$ 15 Miliyoni kwa Madera Odalira Tourism ku Africa

Lipoti losonyeza kukhudzika kwa ndalama zomwe zasonkhanitsidwa m'mabungwe ammudzi kum'mawa ndi kumwera kwa Africa kutsatira zowopsa za mliri wa COVID-19 mderali, latulutsidwa lero. Kuwunikaku kukuwonetsa momwe mliriwu udakhudzidwira pantchito zokopa alendo zachilengedwe komanso madera ndi ntchito zoteteza zachilengedwe zomwe zimadalira gawoli. Lipoti la African Nature-Based Tourism Platform likuwonetsanso kufunikira kopereka ndalama zotsogozedwa ndi anthu amderali kuti athe kulimba mtima ndi zovuta zomwe zingachitike m'tsogolomu.

Bungwe la African Nature-Based Tourism Platform, lomwe linatheka chifukwa cha thandizo la ndalama lochokera ku Global Environment Facility (GEF), lathandiza kwambiri kulumikiza opereka ndalama ndi mabungwe omwe ali m’madera omwe akukhudzidwa ndi kasamalidwe ka zachilengedwe ndi zokopa alendo. Kugwira ntchito ku Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, ndi Zimbabwe, cholinga cha Platform ndikusonkhanitsa ndalama zosachepera $ 15 miliyoni kuti zithandizire madera omwe amadalira ntchito zokopa alendo poyesetsa kubwezeretsa miliri ndikumanga nthawi yayitali- kupirira nthawi.

“Pakhala kufunikira kokulirapo kuchokera kwa opereka ndalama omwe akuwonetsa chikhumbo chachikulu chothandizira ntchito zotsogozedwa ndi anthu. Komabe, kusiyana pakati pa zolinga zomwe zasonyezedwa ndi njira yeniyeni ya ndalama ku mabungwewa ndizovuta kwambiri. The African Nature-based Tourism Platform ikuyesetsa kuthana ndi kusiyana kumeneku polumikiza opereka ndalamawa ndi mabungwe akumaloko omwe akukumana ndi zosowa zenizeni zapadziko lapansi. " - Rachael Axelrod, Senior Program Officer, African Nature-Based Tourism Platform.

Africa ili ndi gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a zamoyo zosiyanasiyana padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo kum'mawa ndi kumwera kwa Africa kuli malo otetezedwa opitilira 2.1 miliyoni komanso malo asanu ndi awiri amitundu yosiyanasiyana. Kusamalira bwino zamoyo zosiyanasiyanazi kumafuna ndalama zokhazikika, zomwe zambiri zimachokera ku zokopa alendo zomwe zimayendera zachilengedwe. Kudabwitsidwa kwa gawo lazokopa alendo komwe kudabwera chifukwa cha mliri wa COVID-19 kunawonetsa kufooka kwa njira yoyendetsera ndalama zoyendetsera ntchito makamaka pa zokopa alendo ndikukulitsa chiwopsezo cha madera ndi malo omwe amadalira makampaniwa. Mliri wapadziko lonse lapansi udasokonekera ndi kusintha kwanyengo komwe kulipo komanso zovuta zamitundumitundu mderali zomwe zikuwonjezera mavuto omwe ali pachiwopsezo kwambiri.

Kuti athane ndi zovutazi, Platform idagwira ntchito ndi anzawo m'maiko 11 kuti achite kafukufuku wowunika momwe COVID-19 imakhudzira madera akumaloko komanso mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono mpaka apakatikati (SMEs) mkati mwa gawo lazokopa alendo. Mpaka pano, Platform yachita kafukufuku 687 m'maiko 11 omwe akufuna.

Pogwiritsa ntchito kafukufukuyu, Platform yagwirizana ndi anzawo kuti apange malingaliro otsogozedwa ndi anthu komanso opangidwa. Njira yogwirizaniranayi yapangitsa kuti pakhale kusonkhanitsa ndalama zambiri zopita mwachindunji kumabungwe ammudzi.

"Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association yatenga nawo gawo pamipata yachitukuko yoperekedwa ndi African Nature-Based Tourism Platform yomwe yawonjezera luso la bungwe lathu lopeza ndalama. Izi zinathandiza KWCA kupeza bwino ndalama kuchokera ku IUCN BIOPAMA kuti ipititse patsogolo kasamalidwe koyenera komanso kasamalidwe kabwino ka gulu limodzi la mamembala athu” - Vincent Oluoch, Senior Program Officer, KWCA.

Ndalama zomwe zakhazikitsidwa mpaka pano zikuphatikizapo:

Ku Malawi, thandizo la $186,000 lochokera ku IUCN BIOPAMA likuthandizira njira zothana ndi nyengo pafupi ndi Kasungu National Park.

Ku South Africa, thandizo la $ 14,000 lochokera ku South Africa National Lotteries Commission kuti lithandizire kupititsa patsogolo ntchito zachitukuko kwa anthu omwe ali pafupi. Malo osungirako zachilengedwe a Kruger.

Ku Botswana, thandizo la $87,000 lochokera ku Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) likulankhula za chitetezo cha chakudya ndi madzi kwa alimi pafupi ndi Okavango Delta ndi Chobe National Park.

Ku Zimbabwe, ndalama zokwana madola 135,000 zikuthandiza anthu kuthana ndi kusintha kwa nyengo m’maboma a Binga ndi Tsholotsho.

Ku Namibia, $159,000 ikuthandizira ntchito zosinthira nyengo pafupi ndi Bwabwata National Park ndi malo ozungulira.

Ku Kenya, thandizo la $208,000 lochokera ku IUCN BIOPAMA lithana ndi zovuta zaulamuliro ku Lumo Community Conservancy.

Ku Tanzania, thandizo la $1.4 miliyoni lochokera ku European Union likuthana ndi nkhani za ulamuliro m'madera 12 a Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) omwe ali ndi anthu.