ʻO Arusha, Tanzania (eTN) - ʻO ka ulu ʻana o ke komo ʻana i ka hoʻomohala kaiāulu kūloko ma o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mākaʻikaʻi i lawe mai i Tanzania i ka makana Equator hanohano, kahi hui alakaʻi ʻia e United Nations e kākoʻo ana i nā hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka mālama olaola a me ka hoʻēmi ʻana i ka ʻilihune.
Ma ka papa inoa o 25 mau mea lanakila i koho ʻia mai kēia makahiki mai 310 mau koho, ua lilo ka hui aloha a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi waiwai ʻole o Tanzania ʻo ka Ujamaa Community Resource Trust (UCRT) i hoʻokahi o ka poʻe i loaʻa i ka makana Equator Prize.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka UCRT e Dorobo Safaris, he hui mākaʻikaʻi a huakaʻi me kāna mau hana ma ka ʻĀpana ʻĀkau o Tanzania e hahai holoholona ana ma Loliondo.
Aia ʻo Dorobo Safaris ma waena o nā hui me nā ʻoihana "Travelers' Philanthropy" e hoʻokumu i nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi kaiaulu me nā kauhale e pili ana i Tarangire a me Serengeti National Parks me ka manaʻo e hāpai i ka pono o nā kaiāulu kūloko e pili ana i nā paka holoholona hihiu kaulana ʻelua o Tanzania.
I ka hopena o nā makahiki 90, ua hoʻokumu ka hui i ka Dorobo Fund no Tanzania ma o kāna mau ʻoihana ʻoihana a me nā hoaaloha ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua hoʻokumu pū ʻia me kahi pūʻulu o nā mea hana kaiāulu kūloko i ka UCRT ma ke ʻano he hui kaiaulu kūʻokoʻa 11 mau makahiki i hala.
Hana pū ʻo UCRT me nā pūʻulu marginalized a me nā kahu hānai e pili ana i nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi ma ka ʻākau o Tanzania e hoʻokele i nā ʻōnaehana kumu kūlohelohe a e ʻimi i nā manawa hoʻomohala loaʻa.
Ua kōkua ʻo UCRT ma luna o 20 mau kauhale ma ka ʻākau o Tanzania e komo pū ana me nā wahi waiwai o ka biodiversity o Serengeti a me Tarangire, ka ʻāina palekana a me ka mālama waiwai, hoʻonui i nā pono waiwai o kā lākou kaiaolaola ma o ka ecotourism a hoʻokumu i nā wahi mālama kaiāulu e pili ana i nā hana hoʻokele ʻōiwi.
ʻO kēlā me kēia Equator Prize 2008 lanakila he hōʻike ia i ka pilina ma waena o ke olakino kaiaola a me ke ola kanaka, i ka hiki ʻole o ka mālama ʻana a me ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻilihune ma ke ʻano he kumu kulekele, a me nā haʻawina nui a nā kaiāulu kūloko a me nā ʻōiwi e hoʻokō ai i ka United Nations Millennium Development. Nā Pahuhopu (MDGs).
ʻO UCRT kekahi ma waena o nā hana aloha huakaʻi ʻApelika e hōʻike ʻia i ka 2008 Travelers' Philanthropy Conference e hana ʻia ma ke kūlanakauhale mākaʻikaʻi ʻākau o Tanzania ʻo Arusha a hui pū i nā mea pāʻani koʻikoʻi i ka huakaʻi a me nā hui kanaka ʻē aʻe.
ʻOi aku ma mua o 200 mau alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi a me nā luna kōkua kanaka i hoʻopaʻa inoa e ʻākoakoa a kūkākūkā pehea e pōmaikaʻi ai nā kaiāulu ʻApelika kūloko mai ka mākaʻikaʻi pololei mai nā mākaʻikaʻi.
Ma ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka waiwai hoʻoilina mākaʻikaʻi o ʻApelika, ua hui pū nā poʻe komo o ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā o ka huakaʻi huakaʻi ʻelua e nānā pono i nā pono e loaʻa i nā kaiāulu kūloko ma o nā haʻawina mai ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e kipa ana i ko lākou mau wahi.
ʻO ka ʻaha kūkā ʻekolu lā, e wehe ʻia i ka lā 3 Dekemaba, ua hoʻokipa nui ʻia nā mea pāʻani koʻikoʻi i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me nā hui kanaka ʻē aʻe e hōʻike i kā lākou mau pepa no ke kūkākūkā a me nā manaʻo.
Ua haʻi aku ka Luna Hoʻokele o East Africa no ka ʻaha kūkā ʻo Mr. Fred Nelson i ka eTN ua hoʻopaʻa inoa nā mea nui mai nā ʻāina like ʻole me Costa Rica, United States, United Kingdom, South Africa, Namibia, Mexico a me Dominica.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia mai India, Kenya, Honduras, Uganda a me ka ʻāina hoʻokipa ʻo Tanzania, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe i ke kaʻina hoʻopaʻa inoa.
Ma waena o nā mea ʻōlelo koʻikoʻi e hele mai ana mai ka Nairobi-based Ecotourism Kenya, ke alakaʻi nui o ka ecotourism non-government Organization (NGO) i hoʻokumu ʻia ma mua o 10 mau makahiki i hala.
Loaʻa i ka Ecotourism Kenya kahi hoʻolālā eco-rating noʻonoʻo e hoʻolaha ana i ka Travelers' Philanthropy ma ke ʻano he kākoʻo no ka ʻaha kūkā e hiki mai ana.
ʻO kekahi mea nui ʻē aʻe ʻo ka Honeyguide Foundation, kahi hui aloha i hoʻokumu ʻia e Sokwe-Asilia i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Arusha ma ke ʻano he kumu waiwai ʻole e hana ana e hoʻohui i nā pahuhopu o ka mālama, ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi, a me ka hoʻomohala kaiāulu.
ʻO nā mea kākoʻo kaulana a me nā mea ʻōlelo nui i ka wā o ka hālāwai kūkā e huki ʻia mai Basecamp Explorer a me Basecamp Foundation o Kenya, Micato Safaris (USA), Safari Ventures (USA), Julian Page, Livingstone Tanzania Trust, Cultural Tourism Program (Tanzania) a me nā Miracle Corners o ka Honua (Tanzania).
