ʻO Eco ka huaʻōlelo buzz ma nā huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi honua, a ke piʻi nei nā manaʻolana i nā wahi i manaʻo ʻia e manaʻo nui ʻia ma ia wahi. Ke alakaʻi nei ʻo Seychelles i ka pūʻulu ma nā wahi he nui i ke kahua o ka eco-tourism a me ka mālama ʻana.
ʻO Mr. James Michel, ka Pelekikena o ka Repubalika Seychelles, ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea kākoʻo ikaika no ka mālama ʻana i ke kaiapuni, a ua komo pilikino ʻo ia i ka loaʻa ʻana o 50% o ka nui o ka ʻāina o Seychelles i hoʻolaha ʻia he mau mālama mālama. ʻAʻole kēia he hana maʻalahi no kahi lāhui mokupuni liʻiliʻi, akā ua ʻōlelo ka Peresidena o ka mokupuni e ʻike ʻia kona aupuni ma ke ʻano he mau kiaʻi maikaʻi no nā mea kupanaha kūlohelohe i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia e nā mokupuni waena o ka moana o Seychelles.
Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Prof. Rolph Payet ʻo Pelekikena Michel ke Kuhina o ka mokupuni i kuleana no ke Kaiapuni. ʻO ka hoihoi o kēia Kuhina hou ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻomalu kaiapuni e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka Seychelles i ka waiwai i kēia lā. He loea ʻo Prof. Payet i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau a me nā pilikia o nā mokuʻāina liʻiliʻi a me ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻilikai. He mea kamaʻilio pinepine ʻo ia ma nā ʻaha kūkā o ka honua a ua loaʻa iā ia ka Nobel Peace Prize no kekahi o kāna mau hana.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ke ala mālama mālama ʻo Seychelles e ko lākou Kuhina Kūʻai ma nā kūkākūkā me ka poʻe paʻi ma Brazil. Ua hele a wehewehe ʻo ia i ke koʻikoʻi o ka mālama ʻana i ke kaiapuni wale nō, akā i nā lula hou e hoʻokō ʻia ana i nā wahi kūpono kahi i neʻe ai nā mokupuni ma ke kahua hoʻomohala. ʻO ka mokupuni ʻo La Digue i ka hui ʻo Seychelles i hōʻike ʻia e ke Kuhina Alain St.Ange, ke Kuhina Seychelles kuleana no ka Tourism and Culture.
"Makemake ke aupuni Seychelles i nā mokupuni ʻaʻole e mālama wale i ka nani kūlohelohe i loaʻa iā ia, akā makemake nō hoʻi e hoʻihoʻi hou i nā kumu o nā wahi a mākou i ʻae ai i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka lima kiʻekiʻe," wahi a ke Kuhina Seychelles.
Ua wehewehe ʻo Kuhina Alain St.Ange, ʻo kahi ʻāpana i kēia manawa ka nānā ʻana ma La Digue, ʻo ia ka lawe ʻana, a ʻo ia hoʻi nā kaʻa a me nā kaʻa huki. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e nānā pono ana ʻo Pelekikena James Michel o Seychelles i ka holomua ma kēia wahi, no ka mea, e nalowale ana ka mokupuni i kona nani inā ʻaʻole e hoʻoponopono ʻia ka nui o nā kaʻa ʻaila ma ka mokupuni i mea e hiki ai i nā kaʻa kaiaola, hoʻohana ʻia i nā kaʻa. Ua hana mua ke aupuni Seychelles i nā hoʻonohonoho pono ma o ke Kuhina ʻo Pierre Laporte, ke Kuhina Waiwai o ka mokupuni, e paipai i ka poʻe noho o ka mokupuni ʻo La Digue e neʻe i nā kaʻa eco-friendly ma ka wehe ʻana i nā dute āpau ma ia mau mea lawe mai.
"Ke hana nei ke Kuhina no Transport, ʻo Kuhina Joel Morgan i nā kikoʻī a me nā papa manawa no kēia neʻe ʻana, a ua manaʻo ʻia ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia kēia neʻe ʻana e hoʻolilo i ka mokupuni ʻo La Digue i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka eco-friendly ma mua o kēia lā," wahi a ka mokupuni. Wahi a Kuhina i ka pane ʻana i nā nīnau mai ka nūpepa.
Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei ʻo Seychelles ʻo ia mau neʻe e hana ʻia me nā kaʻa ʻaila ma La Digue e hoʻonui ai i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o ka mokupuni a mālama i nā hoʻopukapuka ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi i hana ʻia e nā mokupuni ʻo La Digue ponoʻī.
He lālā hoʻokumu ʻo Seychelles o ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā o nā Hoa Hoʻokipa (ICTP).
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “The Minister responsible for Transport, Minister Joel Morgan is working on the details and time tables for this move, and it is believed that this move is set to make La Digue island even more eco-friendly than it is today,” the island's Tourism Minister said when answering questions from the press.
- James Michel, the President of the Seychelles Republic, has been one of the strong advocates for protection of the environment, and he has been personally involved in having over 50% of the total land area of Seychelles declared as protected reserves.
- He said that President James Michel of Seychelles is personally monitoring progress in this area, as the island would lose its charm if the number of petrol vehicles on the island were not tackled to make way for eco-friendly, battery-operated vehicles.
