Saint Lucia: Maulendo ndi Zokopa alendo zikupita patsogolo pachitetezo ndi zachilengedwe

Kuyambira kukhazikitsidwa kwake mu 2016, a Saint Lucia National Conservation Fund (SLUNCF) wadzipereka kupanga gulu la mabungwe odzipereka kuti alimbikitse anthu, kulimbikitsa kasungidwe, ndi kulimbikitsa kubwezeretsedwa kwa zachilengedwe zofunika pachikhalidwe komanso zofunikira pazamoyo ndi zamoyo. Ntchito zawo zonse zidzapindula Saint Lucia lonse ndi Travel and Tourism pamapeto pake.

Bungwe la SLUNCF linatumiza nthumwi zoti zikachite nawo msonkhano wapachaka wa Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) umene unachitika kuyambira pa June 15-20, 2019 ku St. John’s Antigua. SLUNCF ndi mnzake wapadziko lonse wa CBF ndipo ndiye maziko a CCI's Sustainable Financing Goal.

Oimira SLUNCF pamsonkhanowo anali Chairman Noorani Azeez (yemwenso ndi CEO wa Saint Lucia Hotel & Tourism Association), Chief Executive Officer Dr. Vasantha Chase, ndi Director Sarita Peter. Iwo, pamodzi ndi oimira ena ndi owona ochokera ku Trust Funds ofanana m'dera lonselo, adatenga nawo mbali pamsonkhano wofunikirawu.

Opezekapo adasonkhana kuti awone zomwe akwaniritsa pokwaniritsa cholinga cha Caribbean Challenge Initiative (CCI) chosunga ndi kuyang'anira osachepera 20% ya chilengedwe cha m'madzi ndi m'mphepete mwa nyanja pofika chaka cha 2020 ndikuwunika njira zopezera ndalama zokhazikika zoyendetsera chilengedwe.

"Kulimbikitsa ndi kuthandizira kasungidwe, kubwezeretsedwa ndi kasamalidwe koyenera kwa zachilengedwe zaku Saint Lucia ndi zachilengedwe ndiye cholinga chachikulu cha SLUNCF ndipo mgwirizano ndi mabungwe osiyanasiyana amayiko ndi mayiko ndikofunikira kuti ntchitoyi itheke," adatero Wapampando wa SLUNCF Noorani Azeez.

Bambo Azeez anakhala Wapampando wa SLUNCF miyezi ingapo yapitayo pambuyo poti bungwe la Saint Lucia Hotel and Tourism Association's Tourism Enhancement Fund (SLHTA/TEF) litapereka ndalama zopitirira theka la madola miliyoni pa ntchito yosamalira zachilengedwe ya SLUNCF pazaka ziwiri zikubwerazi.

Bungwe la Atsogoleri a SLUNCF ndi mgwirizano wa mabungwe omwe siaboma ndipo amapangidwa ndi nthumwi zochokera ku dipatimenti yoona za chitukuko cha zachuma, dipatimenti yachitukuko chokhazikika, dipatimenti yausodzi, ndi unduna wowona zachilungamo. Otsogolera ena amachokera ku Caribbean Environmental Youth Network. Saint Lucia Bar Association, Credit Union League, ndi The Nature Conservancy. Otsogolera omwe adayambitsa adachokera ku SLHTA, St. Lucia National Trust, ndi dipatimenti ya Economic Development.