Malo otetezedwa a Mt. Elgon National Park ali kutali kwambiri

Monga tanena posachedwapa, alonda ndi ogwira ntchito ku Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) amakhala moopsa pamene atumizidwa ku Mt. Elgon National Park, chifukwa zigawenga za anthu ozembera mosaloledwa, opha nyama, ndi mbava zamatabwa zawavulaza kwambiri komanso kupha anthu angapo pamene akugwira ntchito yawo. chitetezo chachitetezo, chitetezo cha nyama zakuthengo, ndikusunga malo osungira madzi ofunikira.

Komabe, monga nthawi zambiri, pali mbali ziwiri pa nkhani iliyonse ndipo bungwe la Uganda Human Rights Network sabata yatha lidayesa kuwononga zikondwerero za UWA za Chaka cha UN cha Gorilla 2009 komanso kukhazikitsidwa kwawo kodziwika bwino kwa kampeni ya "Friend a Gorilla" adatulutsa nkhani yokhazikika komanso yolunjika pamilandu yotsutsana ndi bungwe loyang'anira nyama zakuthengo. Anthu odziwa bwino mmene phiri la Elgon linkakhalira pamene malowa anasintha kuchoka ku nkhalango yosatetezedwa n’kukhala malo otetezedwa bwino kwambiri m’chaka cha 1993, anayang’ana zimene zinalembedwapo, kuphatikizapo zithunzi zosonyeza anthu omwe ankazunzidwa ndi bungwe la UWA. ndodo.

Malinga ndi kafukufuku wa eTN, m'masiku aposachedwa kukula koyambirira kwa malo omwe kale anali nkhalango - mwamwayi komanso malo osungirako zachilengedwe kudutsa malire a Kenya komanso gawo limodzi la mgwirizano wodutsa malire pakati pa UWA ndi Kenya Wildlife Service - adachepetsedwa pang'onopang'ono pakati pa 1923, komanso nthawi yomwe Uganda idalandira ufulu wodzilamulira mu 1962, zomwe zikuwonetsa kuchuluka kwa anthu ndikupempha kwawo malo owonjezera olimapo boma lisanavomereze kuti malire omwe analipo akuyenera kuyimilira ngati kutetezedwa kukhalebe ndi tanthauzo lililonse. Kutetezedwa kokulirapo kwa nkhalango yamapiri monga malo osungirako zachilengedwe, kwenikweni, cholinga chake chinali kuchirikiza moyo wa anthu oyandikana nawo ndi a Uganda onse, popeza ngakhale panthawiyo ntchito ya phirilo ngati malo osungira madzi idazindikirika, kulola kuyenda kosalekeza. madzi a m'mitsinje ndi mitsinje ing'onoing'ono yotuluka kuchokera ku phiri la Elgon ndipo amagwiritsidwa ntchito pazinthu zosiyanasiyana m'nyumba ndi midzi kunsi kwa mtsinje.

Komabe, chiyambireni ufulu wodzilamulira, chiŵerengero cha anthu ozungulira pakichi chaŵirikiza kuŵirikiza katatu, ndipo ngakhale kuti mosakayikira pali kufunikira kosalekeza ndi kosalekeza kwa kutsegula malowo kuti anthu azikhalamo, kufunikira koteteza magwero a madzi kwa manambala owonjezerekawo kwafika ponseponse. zofunika kwambiri masiku ano kuposa mmene zinalili zaka 15 kapena 20 zapitazo. Chifukwa chake, akutsutsidwa ndi UWA ndi mabungwe oteteza zachilengedwe kuti kusiya malowa, kapena mbali zina zake, mzaka zikubwerazi kungapangitse moyo wa madera ozungulira phirili kukhala loyipa kwambiri, m'malo mokhala bwino monga akunenera okonda ndale ndi olimbikitsa kulonjeza. “kumwamba padziko lapansi” kwa awo ofunitsitsa kumvetsera ndi okonzeka kuchita zofuna zawo mwa kuukira nthaŵi zonse misasa ya alonda ndi alonda amene amalondera.

UWA imati yachotsa malo okwana mahekitala 2,000 omwe adalandidwa kale komanso olimidwa kale, zomwe akuti ndizofunikira kwambiri pakuteteza magwero amadzi komanso kupewa kugumuka kwa nthaka komanso kukokoloka kwa nthaka, makamaka mvula ikayamba kugwa modabwitsa kwambiri chifukwa cha el Nino. . Kubzalanso nkhalango ndi kukonzanso kogwirizanako kukuchitikanso m'madera otere, monga momwe zinanenedwera.

Pokambirana ndi mkulu wa bungwe la UWA a Moses Mapesa, iye anakana maganizo ndi zonena zoti UWA imachita chizolowezi kapena dala kuchita zinthu zozunzika kapena zopondereza ndipo anakana kuti iyi si njira ya bungwe logwirira ntchito kapena ndi mfundo monga zanenedweratu. ndi adani ake. Pokhala woyang'anira ntchito za bungweli asanasankhidwe paudindo wa CEO, komanso kulemekezedwa ndi anthu ambiri ngati munthu wolemekezeka komanso wowona mtima, osati ku Uganda kokha komanso dera lonse lakum'mawa kwa Africa, kumapereka umboni wopitilira kukana kwake.

Ngakhale a Mapesa sanakane kugwirizana kwa alonda paokha polola anthu kulowa m'paki kuti apange ma shamba [mafamu ang'onoang'ono] mwachinyengo, adalonjeza kuti abweretsa antchito omwe adalakwitsa, pomwe adalonjeza kuti adzatsata apolisi ndi njira zina zamalamulo. amene anavulaza kapena kupha antchito ake m'masabata ndi miyezi yapitayi.

Mapesa adapitiliza kunena kuti zithunzi zina zomwe zidasindikizidwa ndi omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe sabata yatha ndi za ogwira ntchito ku UWA omwe adavulala panthawi yachiwembu komanso OSATI za anthu osalakwa omwe adamenyedwa ndi ogwira ntchito ku UWA komanso kuti zithunzizi zidaperekedwa kwa atolankhani ndi UWA ngati umboni kuukira kumeneku kwa alonda ndi alonda.

Potseka zokambirana zathu, a Mapesa anadzudzula akuluakulu a ndale komanso anthu onyenga omwe ankafuna kuti achite nawo ndale, omwe ankalimbikitsa anthu mobwerezabwereza mu 2000, 2001, 2005, komanso mochedwa, komanso omwe adayambitsa kukhetsa mwazi komwe kunachitika panthawi ya mikangano ya anthu achiwawa. opha nyama, alimi osaloledwa, ndi akuba matabwa mbali imodzi ndi aboma a UWA ndi mabungwe ena achitetezo mbali inayo.

Izi ndi zomwe a National Forest Authority akumana nazo, zomwe zawonanso antchito awo akuwukiridwa pafupipafupi poyesa kukhazikitsa lamulo loyang'anira kasamalidwe ka nkhalango zapakati. Kumayambiriro kwa sabata ino, NFA idatulutsanso zambiri zokhudzana ndi kukwera kwa nkhalango kwatsopano komwe kumakhudza pafupifupi mahekitala 6,000 a nkhalango zosindikizidwa pomwe boma likulingalira zoyenera kuchita ndikukhala m'manja m'malo mothandizira mwamphamvu bungwe loyang'anira nkhalango.

Nkhani yabwino tsopano ndi yakuti UWA, mogwirizana ndi atsogoleri ammudzi a umphumphu, apanga mgwirizano ndi midzi yoyandikana nayo, yomwe idzalole kugwiritsiridwa ntchito mokhazikika kwa magawo a malire a nkhalango, kuphatikizapo kusunga njuchi, kusonkhanitsa. mankhwala azitsamba ndi zomera, ndi kagwiritsidwe ntchito kochepa kwa matabwa ndi anthu osankhidwa omwe adzapindule nawo mu kuchuluka kwake kuwonetsetsa kukhazikika kwa mgwirizano wachuma woterewu.

Zowopsa zomwe zidabuka, makamaka poyang'ana zisankho za 2011 ku Uganda, zidatsindikitsidwa pomwe PRO wabungweli, pamsonkhano ndi atolankhani ku Bwindi pawokha poyankha funso, adalowetsa m'modzi mwa atolankhani ku Bwindi. mayankho ake koma osayankhidwanso pankhaniyi. Kusewera ndi kusungirako phindu la ndale kwakanthawi kochepa kumatha kukhala ndi zotulukapo zowopsa monga momwe kuwonongera nkhalango za Mau ndikuwononga kumalire a Kenya kukuwonetsa. Kumeneko, chifukwa cha mavoti, ndale zakhala zikuyang'anitsitsa kwa zaka zambiri pa mavuto omwe akubwera ndipo pokhapo kuti kugwa kwa malo opunduka olowera m'madzi opunduka sikungathenso kubisika ndipo kumayambitsa mavuto ambiri kuposa kuthamangitsidwa komwe kungathe kufalikira. kutengeka kwa theka kukuyamba kutuluka m'boma ku Nairobi.

Zithunzi zaposachedwa zosonyeza pamwamba pa phiri la Kilimanjaro lopanda chipale chofewa ndi ayezi, kutsetsereka kosalekeza kwa mapiri oundana a Rwenzori, komanso kuchulukirachulukira kwa chilala ndi kusefukira kwa madzi zonse ndizizindikiro zomaliza - kupulumuka kwanthawi yayitali kwa anthu kuli pachiwopsezo. Msonkhano wapadziko lonse wa Climate wa Copenhagen udzakhala umboni woonekeratu wa momwe maboma a mayiko otukuka, mayiko otukuka, komanso maboma athu aku Africa alili ofunitsitsa kupulumutsa dziko lapansi ku chiwonongeko.

Chiwonongekocho nthawi zonse chimayamba pang'onopang'ono kwinakwake, ndichifukwa chake UWA ikufunika thandizo lonse ndi thandizo la ndale kuti tipewe kusokoneza ndi kugawanika ku Mt. Elgon National Park.

Kufunafuna zokopa zotsika mtengo zodziwika bwino ngati zomwe amadzitcha omenyera ufulu waumunthu ndithudi si njira yopitira patsogolo. Palibe oyang'anira omwe adatengedwera kukhothi chifukwa chovulaza thupi, kuzunza, kumenya, kapena kupha mpaka pano, ndipo mwina chifukwa chosowa umboni chifukwa mwina omwe akunena izi akadanenanso kuti akuimbidwa mlandu komanso kutsutsidwa - palibe zomwe zinachitika.

Pomaliza, malingaliro enieniwa adanenedwanso mozama ndi zigawo za zosindikizira zapanyumba ndi zida zamagetsi zomwe zimaonedwa kuti ndizofunika, pomwe gulu lina lazankhani zina likuyesera kupanga ndalama zotsika mtengo zandale pazochitika zachisoni pomwe zidawonetsa mbali imodzi. m'mene amaneneza bungwe la Uganda Wildlife Authority ndipo lidagwiritsa ntchito ngati bwalo kuukira boma nthawi zonse.