Msonkhano woyamba wa Africa Protected Areas Congress wakhazikitsidwa

Tsiku la Valentine la chaka chino lidadziwika Lachinayi ndi kukoma kwapadera kwa Africa komwe kunayambitsa msonkhano woyamba wa Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) pamalo odziwika bwino a Ivory Burning Site ku Nairobi National Park. Mlembi wamkulu wa dziko la Kenya – State Department of Tourism and Wildlife, Dr. Margaret Mwakima limodzi ndi Dr. John Waithaka mkulu wa Congress komanso Mr. Luther Anukur Regional Director, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), East and Southern Africa ndi omwe anatsogolera mwambowu. .

Podziwika chifukwa cha chikondi cha chilengedwe, kukhazikitsidwa kwa APAC 2019 kunkafuna kuyika madera otetezedwa ku Africa kuti akwaniritse zolinga zachuma ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu komanso kufunitsitsa kudzipereka kwa maboma aku Africa kuti aphatikize madera otetezedwa mundondomeko ya 2063 ya African Union ya chikhalidwe cha anthu. kusintha kwachuma kwa kontinenti yonse.

"Lero tikukhazikitsa Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC), msonkhano woyamba padziko lonse wa atsogoleri a Africa, nzika, ndi magulu okhudzidwa kuti akambirane ntchito ya madera otetezedwa poteteza chilengedwe ndi kulimbikitsa chitukuko chokhazikika. Msonkhano wapaderawu womwe unakonzedwa ndi World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) ndi International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) umatipatsa mwayi wokambirana moona mtima za tsogolo lomwe tikufuna m'madera athu otetezedwa ndi kufunafuna njira zothetsera mavuto omwe akuchitika komanso omwe akukhudzidwa. mavuto omwe akubwera” adatero mlembi wamkulu wa Tourism and Wildlife Dr. Margaret Mwakima.

Malinga ndi bungwe la International Union for Conservation of Nature, kumayambiriro kwa zaka za zana la 20, panali malo ochepa otetezedwa pafupifupi 200,000 omwe amazungulira 14.6% ya dziko lapansi komanso pafupifupi 2.8% ya nyanja. Pamene dziko likukula, kukakamizidwa kumakulirakulira pazachilengedwe komanso zachilengedwe motero kufunikira koziteteza.

“Tiyenera kumvetsetsa kuti anthu amatha kukhala ndi nyama ndikusamalirana kuti apulumutse zachilengedwe. Monga kontinenti, titha kupereka mphamvu, kusinthika komanso kuthana ndi kusintha kwanyengo kuti titeteze zamoyo zosiyanasiyana,” anawonjezera Dr. Mwakima.

Madera otetezedwa amateteza zachilengedwe ndi chikhalidwe, kupititsa patsogolo moyo wa anthu ndikuyendetsa chitukuko chokhazikika. Tiyenera kugwirira ntchito limodzi kuti tiwasunge. Kutseguliraku kudatsogolera kuzindikira ndi kuwonekera kwa msonkhano womwe ukubwera womwe udzachitike pa 18 mpaka 23 Novembala chaka chino. Mphotho yoyambilira ya APAC Journalists 'Mphotho idakhazikitsidwanso kuti ilimbikitse atolankhani aku Africa ndi nyumba zofalitsa nkhani kuti akhale akatswiri oteteza zachilengedwe ndikulimbikitsa kuyesetsa kuti afotokoze zamitundu yosiyanasiyana yazachilengedwe ku Africa, omwe apambana mphotho yotsegulira adzalengezedwa, kuperekedwa pamsonkhano wa Novembala, zofunsira. zatsegulidwa kale kwa Atolankhani.

Msonkhano wa Novembala ukuyembekezeka kukopa nthumwi zopitilira 2,000 zomwe zidzakambirane njira zakunyumba zopezera tsogolo lokhazikika la madera otetezedwa a Africa, anthu ndi zamoyo zosiyanasiyana pomwe akuwonetsa zitsanzo zapakhomo za mayankho othandiza, otsogola, okhazikika komanso osinthika omwe amagwirizanitsa chitetezo ndi chitukuko chokhazikika cha anthu. .

Atsogoleri aku Africa akuyembekezeka kuthandizira ku Agenda 2063 ya African Union ya "Africa yophatikizika, yotukuka komanso yamtendere, yoyendetsedwa ndi nzika zake ndikuyimira gulu lamphamvu padziko lonse lapansi".