Katswiri waku Tanzania Kuti Alandire Mphotho Yapamwamba Yachilengedwe

Lamulo la zachilengedwe la ku Tanzania don, Dr. Elifuraha Laltaika, wasankhidwa kuti alandire mphotho yapamwamba ya ufulu wa chilengedwe padziko lonse lapansi, kukhala katswiri woyamba wa ku Africa kulandira mphoto yotereyi, motero akukweza mbiri ya dziko lonse lapansi. Dr. Laltaika, mphunzitsi wamkulu wa malamulo ndi ndondomeko za ufulu wa anthu pa yunivesite ya Tumaini Makumira kumpoto kwa safari ya Arusha ku likulu la Tanzania ku Arusha, adzadziwika chifukwa cha mphamvu zake zamalamulo, pamene akugwira ntchito mwakhama kuti athandize anthu ammudzi, makamaka anthu osasamala komanso amwenye.

The Svitlana Kravchenko Environmental Rights Award amaperekedwa kwa katswiri wochokera kulikonse padziko lapansi wokhala ndi “makhalidwe abwino a m’mutu ndi pamtima, kusakaniza kukhwima m’maphunziro ndi kukangalika kwa mzimu, ndi kulankhula zoona ndi mphamvu, kwinaku akusonyeza kukoma mtima kwa onse.” Linatchedwa pulofesa wina wa zamalamulo ku Ukraine yemwe anakhala nzika ya ku America ndi dziko lonse lapansi, ndipo cholinga chake chinali kuzindikira anthu olemekezeka amene amatengera chitsanzo cha Pulofesa Kravchenko yemwe anamwalira mu 2012. Anakhudza kwambiri dziko lonse koma “sanamalizidwe ntchito” yomwe ikufunika kupitiriza. Kupyolera mu ntchito yawo, olandira mphoto amaumirira kuti, "Ufulu wa chilengedwe ndi ufulu wa anthu ndizosiyana."

Wopambana mphothoyo amasankhidwa ndi oyang'anira a Land, Air and Water atasankhidwa ndi kukambirana ndi ogwira ntchito a Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW), ndi Pulofesa John Bonine, mnzake waukadaulo komanso mwamuna wa malemu Professor Kravchenko. . Ophunzira a University of Oregon Environmental and Natural Resources Programme apereka mphotho pamsonkhano wapachaka wa Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC) ​​womwe udawona msonkhano waukulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi wa zachilengedwe.

Chaka chino, msonkhanowu uli mu gawo lake lapachaka la 40, ndipo uchitika chifukwa cha mliri wa COVID-19. Malingana ndi pulogalamu ya msonkhano yomwe inayikidwa pa webusaitiyi, wolandira mphoto ya chaka chino ndi Dr. Laltaika. Mphothoyi imapita kwa munthu yemwe "amakhudza kwambiri malamulo, pomwe akugwira ntchito yothandiza anthu am'deralo." Pakalipano, pakhala anthu asanu ndi awiri okha omwe adalandira mphotoyi kuyambira pamene idaperekedwa koyamba mu 2012. Dr. Laltaika, yemwe adalankhula mlendo pa mphambano ya ufulu wa anthu ndi chilengedwe m'mayunivesite angapo padziko lonse lapansi, adzalandira mphothoyi panthawi ya chikhalidwe cha anthu. msonkhano wamalamulo kuyambira pa Marichi 3-6, 2022, ku Eugene, Oregon, USA.

Wopereka thandizo ku Fulbright komanso yemwe kale anali wofufuza zamalamulo ku Harvard, Dr. Laltaika alowa nawo mgulu la anthu otchuka monga Prof. Oliver Houck (USA), Patrick McGinley (USA), Antonio Oposa (Philippines), William Rogers (USA), Raquel Najera (Mexico), ndi Svitlana Kravchenko (Ukraine/USA).

"Ndi mwayi waukulu kwa ine kujowina anthu olemekezeka omwe adalandirapo kanthu m'mbuyomu omwe athandizira kwambiri kuteteza chilengedwe ndi ufulu wa anthu."

"Koposa zonse, ndimadzimva kukhala wodzichepetsa kuyanjana ndi ntchito ya Pulofesa Kravchenko. Zomwe anachita pamaphunziro ake pamphambano za ufulu wa anthu ndi chilengedwe akadali anzeru kwambiri,” anatero Dr. Laltaika.

Tanthauzo la mphothoyo ndi "kulimbikitsa achinyamata kuti afikire nyenyezi, kwinaku akusunga mapazi awo molimba padziko lapansi omwe akufuna kuteteza, monga momwe Svitlana adachitira." Cholinga chake ndi kutsindika kuti kuteteza chilengedwe kuyenera kutsatana ndi kulemekeza ufulu wa anthu. Ikugogomezeranso kuti madera ndi anthu amtundu wawo ali ndi ufulu wopeza ndikugwiritsa ntchito zachilengedwe zawo, motero amapereka mphotho kwa anthu achitsanzo padziko lonse lapansi omwe amawonetsa kukhazikika kumeneku pantchito yawo.

Kupatula kukhala Senior Lecturer, Dr. Laltaika ndi Director of Research and Consultancy pa Tumaini University Makumira. Amaphunzitsa za Natural Resources Law, Human Rights Law, International Law, ndi Jurisprudence/Philosophy of Law. Ali ku Harvard Law School, Dr. Laltaika adawunikanso ufulu wa anthu amtundu wawo komanso madera awo m'mafakitale ophatikizirako pansi pa malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi komanso ofananiza.

Iye wakhala akuphatikiza zolimbikitsa ndi ntchito zamaphunziro. Mu 2016, Purezidenti wa Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) wa United Nations adamusankha kukhala membala wa UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Izi zisanachitike, adagwira ntchito ngati wamkulu ku Ofesi ya High Commissioner for Human Rights ku Geneva.

M'dera laderalo, Dr. Laltaika wakhala ali patsogolo ngati woteteza moyo wa anthu akumidzi. Ndi loya wokonda anthu, waphunzitsa oweruza a makhothi akuluakulu ndi maloya omwe amagwira ntchito pazaufulu wazachilengedwe waderalo, ndipo amagwira ntchito m'mabungwe angapo osachita phindu. Pamene akugwira ntchito ndi PINGOs Forum ndi mabungwe ena, adakhala miyezi ingapo pakati pa anthu a Barbaig, Akie, ndi Hadza kuti amvetsetse zovuta zawo. Posachedwapa bungwe la Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) ku South Africa linakambirana ndi Dr. Laltaika kuti apereke maganizo a njira zothetsera malamulo otetezera alenje ndi osonkhanitsa ufulu wa nthaka mu Africa.

Chithunzi mwachilolezo cha A.Ihucha