KFAR ZABAD, Lebanona - He ʻumi makahiki i hala aku nei, he hihiʻo ʻālohilohi ia - he hoʻolālā e hoʻowalewale i ka poʻe aloha kūlohelohe i nā uka o Lebanona, e hāʻawi ana i ka loaʻa kālā i nā poʻe kamaʻāina, e hānai ana i ka pōʻino o ka ʻāina a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka lokahi lāhui i hoʻokahi hahau.
I kēia lā, ma hope o ke kaua, he pilikia kālai'āina a me ka hoʻoulu ʻana o ka hana hoʻomāinoino, ʻo ka hoʻokolohua wiwo ʻole o Lebanona i ka huakaʻi kaiaola ua paʻi ʻia a hoʻoheheʻe ʻia nā koa.
Ma ka ʻāina ʻo Bekaa hikina kokoke i ka palena o Suria, ua kōkua ke kōkua kālā mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ʻEulopa i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi papahana no ka paipai ʻana i nā ʻohana e hele mai e hauʻoli i ka holoholona hihiu, e noho ana ma nā hale hoʻokipa kūloko a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā alakaʻi kūloko.
Ua luku ʻia e ka poʻe hahai holoholona, ʻo ka ʻāina a puni ke kauhale ʻo Kfar Zabad, kahi e hele ai i ke ala nui o ka neʻe ʻana no nā moa wai ʻApelika-Eurasia, ua hōʻike ʻia he wahi i pale ʻia a i kēia manawa ua piha i nā manu, me nā pōpoki hihiu a me kekahi mau otters muliwai.
"Ma mua, ua piha kēia wahi i ka poʻe hahai holoholona i ka ʻauinalā a ʻo ka leo wale nō o ka pū," wahi a Mekia Qassem Choker me ka haʻaheo, me ke kuhikuhi ʻana i nā māla kokoke i ka puka o ke kauhale.
"Akā, ʻoiai ua koho ʻia ke kauhale i wahi i pale ʻia i ka makahiki 2004, hiki iā mākou ke lohe hou i ka leo manu a hauʻoli i ko mākou puni."
Ua hoʻi ikaika ka holoholona hihiu. Akā mai ka pepehi ʻia ʻana o ka ex-premier Rafiq Hariri i ka makahiki 2005 i hōʻailona ai i ka hoʻokuʻu hou ʻana o Lebanona i loko o ka haunaele, ua lilo ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ʻano ʻano pōʻino.
Ua hoʻonāwaliwali ʻia ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi haole a me ka poʻe haole Lebanona e ka hopohopo e pili ana i ka palekana. ʻO ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi nui i ka Bekaa he poʻe paʻakikī mai Beirut a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe, ka mea i ka manawa mālie e hopu i ka manawa o ka hoʻomaha ʻāina.
"Ke hoʻāʻo mau nei mākou e haʻi i ka poʻe he palekana akā ʻo ka haʻi maʻalahi o ka inoa ʻo Bekaa e hoʻoweliweli iā lākou," wahi a Dalia Al-Jawhary, o ka Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon, ka mea i komo nui i ka papahana Kfar Zabad.
ʻO Faisal Abu-Izzedin, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka papahana ʻo Lebanona Mountain Trail, he ala 440-kilomita (275-mile) e ʻoki ana i nā kauhale he 75, ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou ma nā wahi mamao mai ka ʻākau a hiki i ka hema, wahi a Lebanona e hāʻawi nei i nā waiwai kūʻokoʻa.
"ʻAʻohe wahi ʻē aʻe āu e ʻike ai i kēia ʻokoʻa," wahi āna.
“ʻO kā mākou pahuhopu e hoʻōla hou i kahi hoʻoilina kahiko, ʻo ia ke ala e pili ana i nā kauhale. Manaʻo mākou e hoʻomālamalama ke ala a me nā poʻe e hele ana i ke ala i ke koʻikoʻi o ka mālama ʻana i ka nani o Lebanona.
Mai nā kahakai ma ke Kaiwaenahonua, a hiki i nā mauna, nā ululāʻau, nā holoholona hihiu, nā wahi ʻino o Roma a me nā awāwa - nā mea a pau i loko o kekahi mau hola kaʻa a hele wāwae paha - ʻo ka ʻāina o 10,425 square kilometers (4,170 square miles) he nui nā makana.
"Ua helu ʻia ʻo Lebanona ma waena o nā ʻāina kiʻekiʻe he 25 e pili ana i ka biodiversity," wahi a Pascal Abdallah, ke poʻo o Responsible Mobilities, kahi hui huakaʻi eco-conscious. “He 40 mau ʻano orchid hihiu, ʻelua a ʻekolu paha o ia mau mea e pili ana i Lebanona.
"He mau ʻīlio hae kā mākou ma kēia ʻāina liʻiliʻi, loaʻa iā mākou kahi ʻano hyena e noho wale nei ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina o ke Kaiwaenahonua - a he ʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻi nā kedera."
Kākoʻo ikaika ʻia ʻo Eco-tourism e nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a me ka ʻāina, ʻoiai ka liʻiliʻi o kā lākou ala.
A, ʻoiai nā pilikia o ka ʻāina, ʻo nā kaiāulu kūloko i nā wahi kuaʻāina, kekahi o lākou i hōʻeha nui ʻia mai ke kaua kīwila a me ke kaua 2006 ma waena o Hezbollah a me ʻIseraʻela, ke lawe nei i ka makemake nui i ka eco-tourism ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻomohala o nā hana a me ka loaʻa kālā. .
ʻO nā kauhale kokoke i ka Al-Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve no ka laʻana e wehe ana i kahi noho moe-a-ʻaina kakahiaka, e hāʻawi ana i nā huahana homegrown a me nā hana kuʻuna a me nā hana hana e huki ai i nā mākaʻikaʻi.
Ua ʻae ka poʻe a pau, no ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka huakaʻi kaiaola, pono e kūpaʻa ke kūlana politika o ka ʻāina. He 28,000 ka nui o ka poe kipa i Al-Shouf i ka makahiki 2004. I ka makahiki aku nei, he 14,000 wale no lakou.
"ʻO nā hanana hou loa o ka ʻāina i haki iā mākou," wahi a Abdallah. "Akā, i ka ʻike ʻana i ka ʻaelike hou e hoʻopau ai i ka pilikia politika, ke mālama nei mākou i nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ʻē aʻe e hoʻi mai ana i ke kauwela aʻe."
“Loaʻa iā mākou ka ʻōnaehana. Loaʻa iā mākou nā ala. Pono mākou i ka maluhia, "wahi a Nizar Hani, ka mea hoʻoponopono ʻepekema o ka mālama.
AFP
