I nā makahiki ʻelua i hala iho nei, ua hoʻonui ka mākaʻikaʻi kaiāulu ma luna o USD 20,000 kālā no nā kamaʻāina, ʻoiai e hoʻonui kālā ana i kahi kikowaena keiki, mālama orchid a me nā papahana hoʻomohala kaiāulu.
"ʻOi aku ka mākaʻikaʻi kaiāulu ma mua o ka leʻaleʻa i kahi moʻomeheu hou me ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka hoʻomohala hoʻomau - he ala maikaʻi loa ia e hana ai i mau hoaaloha lōʻihi," wahi a Thamrong Chompusri, ka luna o Andaman Discoveries.
ʻO Darunee Pakdee, a i ʻole ʻo Cha i kapa ʻia e kona mau hoa, ʻakaʻaka ʻo ia i kona hoʻokipa ʻana i ka hui o nā mea hoʻokele huakaʻi i kona kauhale ma ke kahakai ʻo Andaman. ʻAʻole like me ka hapa nui o ka poʻe malihini kipa i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ʻaʻole kēia hui malihini e ʻike i ka luku ʻia e ke kai eʻe o 2004. Akā, aia lākou ma ʻaneʻi ma ke ʻano he poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e leʻaleʻa i ka moʻomeheu a me ka nani maoli o Ban Talae Nok, kahi kauhale. o 67 mau hale ma waena o nā ʻākoʻa a me nā wao ua nui o ka Hema Thailand.
ʻAʻole i maʻalahi loa ke ola no Cha — ua luku ʻia ka hapa nui o kona kauhale i ke kai eʻe, a ma muli o ka emi ʻana o ka nui o nā iʻa a me ka luku ʻana i nā mangrove, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻi i kāna ʻano lawaiʻa kuʻuna. Me ka ulu ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi kaiāulu, ke huli nei kāna laki.
"Ke hoʻomaka nei mākou e hoʻomaopopo i ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi me ko mākou ʻano o ke ola, a kaʻana like me nā poʻe i ke ʻano kūlohelohe a mākou e hilinaʻi nei no kā mākou moʻomeheu a me ko mākou ola," wehewehe ʻo Cha.
Mai ke kūkulu hou ʻana i ko lākou ola ma hope o ke kai eʻe, ke hoʻohana nei kekahi poʻe kamaʻāina ma ke kuaʻāina ʻo Thailand i ka mākaʻikaʻi i mea hana no ka hoʻomohala mau. Hāʻawi nā lālā kaiāulu e like me Cha i nā homestays, nā huakaʻi kaiapuni a me nā hana ʻē aʻe - e ʻae ana i ka poʻe malihini e komo i ke ʻano kuʻuna o ke ʻano o ke ola ʻana e pale pinepine i ka mākaʻikaʻi maʻamau. Ua kōkua ʻia kā lākou hana e Andaman Discoveries, kahi hui kaiaulu i hoʻokumu ʻia ma 2006 e hana nei ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka North Andaman Community Tourism Network. Ma lalo o ke kākoʻo o ka International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), e lawelawe ana kēia mau hui ʻelua ma ke ʻano he alahaka ma waena o nā kauhale kūloko a me ka ʻoihana pilikino.
No ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ko lākou ala kūʻokoʻa, ua loaʻa iā Andaman Discoveries kahi makana SEED 2008 no ka ʻoihana ʻoihana i ka hoʻomohala hoʻomau. Koho ʻia mai kahi kokoke i 400 mau noi mai 100 mau ʻāina ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, e hoʻohana ʻo Andaman Discoveries i ka makana e hoʻonui i kāna hui pū ʻana me ka Community Tourism Network.
ʻO ka SEED (Supporting Entrepreneurs for Sustainable Development) Initiative he pūnaewele puni honua no ka hana e pili ana i nā hui hoʻomohala hoʻomau, i hoʻokumu ʻia e IUCN, ka United Nations Development Program (UNDP) a me United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) e hoʻopuka i ka holomua paʻa i ka ʻae ʻana o ka honua. , nā pahuhopu aspirational i loko o ka UN's Millennium Declaration a me nā hoʻohiki i hana ʻia ma ka World Summit on Sustainable Development ma Johannesburg i ka makahiki 2002.
Kūleʻa ʻo SEED i nā hui ʻoihana i alakaʻi ʻia e ka ʻāina ma nā ʻāina kūkulu. ʻO kāna pahuhopu ka hoʻoulu ʻana, hoʻoikaika a kūkulu i ka hiki ke kākoʻo i nā ala hou e hana like ai nā hui like ʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka loaʻa kālā a hoʻoikaika i ka nohona; hoʻoponopono i ka ʻilihune a me ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana a mālama a mālama i nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe a me nā kaiaola.
Ma o ka makahiki makahiki, hōʻike ʻo SEED i nā ʻano hana hou e hana ai i ka ʻoihana ma o ka hui ʻana a hāʻawi i ka ʻike honua i nā ʻoihana ʻoi loa.
Loaʻa ka SEED Award Winners i kahi pūʻolo o nā lawelawe kākoʻo e kōkua iā lākou e hoʻokumu a hoʻonui i ko lākou hopena. Hoʻopili kēia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka loea kūpono a me ke kōkua ʻenehana, hālāwai me nā hoa hou a me ke kūkulu ʻana i nā ʻupena, ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā hoʻolālā ʻoihana a me ka ʻike ʻana i nā kumu kālā.
"Ke mahalo nei au i ka holomua o Andaman Discoveries a me ka North Andaman Community Tourism Network," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Kauka Janaka de Silva, ka luna hoʻoponopono papahana o IUCN Thailand, me ka hoʻohui ʻana "hiki i kēia mau hana i kākoʻo ʻia e ka IUCN ke lilo i kumu hoʻohālike no ka mākaʻikaʻi a puni ka ʻāina."
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"ʻO nā hanana e like me kēia e hāʻawi iaʻu i ka hoʻoikaika e hoʻomohala i ka mākaʻikaʻi e pono ai koʻu kaiāulu, ʻoiai nā pilikia. Manaʻo wau e hoʻomohala i kahi hui mākaʻikaʻi ikaika me ke kōkua o nā alakaʻi ʻōpio i ke kauhale a me ka hanauna hou.
ʻO Gasom Vejasart, Laem Naew Community Tourism Group
“A hiki i koʻu kipa ʻana, ʻaʻole au i ʻike he nui nā mea e hāʻawi aku ai ka North Andaman. Manaʻo wau e hoʻouna i nā hui no ke kaʻa kaʻa, homestay a me nā hana manawaleʻa.
ʻO Ittipol Puttasiri, ka luna huahana, North by Northeast Tours
"Ma ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka hoʻololi moʻomeheu maoli ma waena o nā malihini a me nā kamaʻāina, hoʻokumu ka mākaʻikaʻi kaiāulu i kahi manawa no nā kaiāulu e mālama i ko lākou ʻano kuʻuna o ke ola a me ke kaiapuni kūlohelohe."
ʻO Bodhi Garrett, ʻĀkau Andaman Community Tourism Network
"He kuleana koʻikoʻi ka SEED Awards i ke kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻololi maikaʻi. Hōʻike nā mea lanakila iā mākou āpau pehea, e hana pū ana, hiki iā mākou ke holomua maoli i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kā mākou mau pahuhopu hoʻomohala.
Kemal Dervis, luna hoʻomalu UNDP
"Ke hoʻomaka nei mākou e hoʻomaopopo i ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi me ko mākou ʻano o ke ola, a kaʻana like me nā poʻe i ke ʻano kūlohelohe a mākou e hilinaʻi nei no kā mākou moʻomeheu a me ke ola."
ʻO Darunee (Cha) Pakdee, Luna Hoʻokele Kaiāulu, Ban Talae Nok
"ʻOi aku ka mākaʻikaʻi kaiāulu ma mua o ka leʻaleʻa i kahi moʻomeheu hou aʻo ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka hoʻomohala hoʻomau - he ala maikaʻi loa ia e hana ai i mau hoaaloha lōʻihi."
ʻO Thamrong Chompusri, ka luna hoʻomalu, Andaman Discoveries
“Ke mahalo nei au i ka holomua o Andaman Discoveries a me ka North Andaman Community Tourism Network. Hiki i kēia mau hana i kākoʻo ʻia e IUCN ke lilo i kumu hoʻohālike no ka mākaʻikaʻi a puni ka ʻāina.
ʻO Janaka de Silva, ka luna papahana, IUCN Thailand
No ka 'ike hou aku, e kelepona:
ʻO Bodhi Garrett, alakaʻi alakaʻi, North Andaman Community Tourism Network
Loko aku: + 66 81 787 7344
E-mail: [pale ʻia ka leka uila]
ʻO Thamrong Chompusri, ka luna hoʻomalu, Andaman Discoveries
Loko aku: + 66 86 907 1559
E-mail: [pale ʻia ka leka uila]
Paena pūnaewele: www.andamandiscoveries.com
Minna Epps, luna kamaʻilio, IUCN Asia Regional Office
Tel: +66 2 662 4029 ext. 108
E-mail: [pale ʻia ka leka uila]
Paena pūnaewele: www.iucn.org/asia
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