Ulendo Wokhazikika ku Tanzania Walimbikitsidwa ndi New Geopark

Msonkhano Wachikhumi Wapadziko Lonse wa UNESCO Global Geoparks 2023 unachitika ku Marrakesh, Morocco, kuyambira Seputembara 5 mpaka 11 woyendetsedwa ndi Council of the UNESCO Global Geopark Network (GGN).

Utsogoleli wa bungwe la Geopark Africa Network udaperekedwa kwa mkulu wa bungwe la Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) Senior Assistant Conservation Commissioner komanso Mtsogoleri wa Cultural Heritage Section Bambo Joshua Mwankunda ndi Dr. Driss Achbal waku Morocco omwe adamaliza zaka ziwiri.

Ngorongoro Lengai Geopark ndi yokhayo ku Africa kumwera kwa Sahara pambuyo pa M'Goun UNESCO Global Geopark ku Morocco, kubweretsa ku 2 Geoparks yokha yomwe inakhazikitsidwa ku Africa.

Msonkhano wa Geopark

Msonkhano wapadziko lonse wa UNESCO Global Geoparks umakonzedwa zaka ziwiri zilizonse, umasonkhanitsa anthu padziko lonse lapansi kuti agawane zomwe zapezedwa posachedwa komanso zomwe zachitika pamitu yosiyanasiyana, kuyambira kafukufuku wa geological mpaka zokopa alendo zokhazikika, maphunziro, ndi kasamalidwe kagulu ka chitukuko chokhazikika.

Dera la Arab ndi Africa lili ndi ma geopark awiri okha omwe adalembetsedwa mu UNESCO Global Geoparks Network, omwe ndi M'Goun ku Morocco ndi Ngorongoro-Lengai ku Tanzania.

Kupatula nyama zakuthengo, mawonekedwe a geological tsopano akubwera ku Northern Tanzania, makamaka ku Ngorongoro Conservation Area, amodzi mwa malo otchuka okopa alendo ku East Africa. Zowoneka bwino za alendo odzaona zachilengedwe mkati mwa malo osungirako zachilengedwe zakhazikitsidwa pamodzi kuti Ngorongoro Lengai Geopark. Oyang'anira Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) tsopano akupanga malo ogona alendo ndi malo ena ochitirako alendo ku Geopark kuti akope alendo ochulukirapo, alendo akunja ndi akumeneko.

Geopark Hotspots

Phiri la Oldonyo Lengai, lomwe ndi phiri lophulika lomwe lili ku Tanzania, ndi lochititsa chidwi kwambiri pakati pa malo otenthawa. Pa nsonga ya phirili, yooneka ngati chulu, imalavulira moto ikaphulika. Oldonyo Lengai kapena "Phiri la Mulungu" m'chinenero cha Maasai ndi phiri lapadera komanso lochititsa chidwi kwambiri lomwe lili pamwamba pa Rift Valley ya East Africa.

Kuchokera m'munsi mwa phiri la Oldonyo Lengai, ndi Malanja Depression, malo okongola komanso owoneka bwino omwe ali kumwera kwa zigwa za Serengeti komanso kum'mawa kwa Phiri la Ngorongoro. Kupsinjika maganizoku kunayambika ndi kuyenda kwa dzikolo kumadzulo, kusiya mbali ya kum’maŵa kwambiri kupsinjika maganizo. Nyumba za Amasai zimakongoletsa malowa mkati mwa Malanja Depression ndikupereka chidziwitso kwa alendo, kupereka chithunzithunzi cha moyo pakati pa anthu, ziweto, ndi nyama zakuthengo, zonse zimagawana chilengedwe.

Nasera Rock ndi gawo lochititsa chidwi kwambiri la geological lomwe muyenera kuyendera. Ndi mtunda wamamita 50 (mamita 165) okwera ku inselberg yomwe ili kumwera chakumadzulo kwa mapiri a Gol mkati mwa Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Mwala wonyezimira uwu ndi metamorphic gneiss momwe magma osungunuka a granitic adabayidwira ndikuuzizira kuti apange granite wapinki, wonditsogolera adandiuza.

Pali mapanga angapo osaya pansi pa Thanthwe la Nasera lomwe limapereka pogona kwa anthu oyambirira. M'mapangawa, umboni wasonyeza kuti munthu woyambirira amakhala kumeneko zaka 30,000 zapitazo, monga umboni wa zida zamwala, zidutswa za mafupa ndi zoumba zomwe zinapezedwa pano.

Olkarien Gorge ndiye chinthu china chowoneka bwino cha geological kapena malo omwe muyenera kuyendera. Ndi yakuya komanso yopapatiza kwambiri yokhala ndi utali wa makilomita 8. M’mphepete mwa nyanjayi mulinso mikwingwirima yambirimbiri. Mazana a miimba amawulukira pa phompho, pamene Amasai amapeza dothi lopaka tsitsi m’chigwachi.

Zina zowoneka bwino za geological mu NCAA ndi Ngorongoro Crater (250 kms) ndi Olmoti Crater (3.7 kms) ndi Empakai crater (8 kms). Chigwa cha Ngorongoro ndichodziwika kwambiri pakati pa zinthu zina zomwe zimakokera alendo ku Conservation Area. M’chigwachi muli mitundu yambiri ya nyama zakuthengo, monga njovu, zipembere zakuda, mikango, mbawala, ndi nyama zina zazikulu zoyamwitsa. Mbiri ya geological ya Ngorongoro Lengai Geopark idayamba zaka 500 miliyoni zapitazo pomwe mchenga wa granite womwe umawoneka m'mapiri a Gol komanso kumadzulo mozungulira Nyanja ya Eyasi unapangidwa.

UNESCO Global Geoparks ndi madera apadera komanso ogwirizana komwe malo ndi malo ofunikira kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi amayendetsedwa ndi lingaliro lachitetezo, maphunziro, ndi chitukuko chokhazikika chokhudza madera akumaloko.