Akamba a ku Nyanja ya Yucatan Peninsula

Wolemba Brad Nahill, Co-founder ndi Director wa SEEtheWild.org 

“Tingafunike kuyenda m’njira kuti tikaone kamba,” ndinauza mwana wanga wamkazi Karina titaimirira pagombe la X'cacel, limodzi mwa magombe ofunikira kwambiri omanga zisa za akamba ku Mexico, pafupi ndi Playa del Carmen pa chisumbu cha Yucatan.

Monga mwayi ukanakhala nawo, tinkangofunika kuyenda mamita 20 musanayambe mawonekedwe ozungulira. The kamba wobiriwira zinatulukira kutsogolo kwa malo ofufuzira omwe amayendetsedwa ndi Flora, Fauna ndi Cultura de Mexico, bungwe la kamba wapanyanja komweko komanso mnzake wa ONANI Akamba. Kuti tipatse kamba malo oti akumbire, tinkakwera m’njira, koma kamba kakutitsatira. Komabe, m’kupita kwa nthaŵi anasintha maganizo n’kubwerera m’madzimo popanda kumanga zisa.

Sitinachedwe kudikira kuti akamba ena atuluke m’madzimo. Tinadikirira mpaka kamba wapafupi akuikira mazira kuti asawasokoneze pa malo ovuta kwambiri akale. Uyu anali kamba wina wobiriwira, wolemera pafupifupi mapaundi 200. Ngakhale kuti ndakhala ndikugwira ntchito yosamalira akamba akunyanja kwa zaka zoposa khumi, aka kanali kamba woyamba mwana wanga kuona zisa, ndipo mwambowu unam'tengera.

X'cacel ili kumapeto kwa msewu wafumbi wopanda zizindikilo zolimbikitsira malo achilengedwe awa, omwe ku Mexico komwe amakonda alendo akhoza kukhala chinthu chabwino. Akamba amakhala m'dera lonselo kuchokera ku Cancun kupita ku Tulum, koma awa ndi amodzi mwamalo ochepa pomwe gombe lilibe malo akuluakulu ochezera. Kuwala, mipando ya m'mphepete mwa nyanja, ndi makamu a anthu onse amachepetsa chiwerengero cha akamba omwe amabwera ku chisa, kotero kuti kutambasula kwachilengedwe monga chonchi n'kofunika kwambiri kuti zokwawa zachikokazi zibwerere.

Flora, Fauna y Cultura watha zaka 30 akuteteza mitundu itatu ya akamba am'nyanja omwe amakhala m'mphepete mwa nyanja 11 m'derali. Akambawa amakumana ndi ziwopsezo zambiri kuphatikizapo kudya mazira ndi nyama ndipo pano - mwina kuposa kwina kulikonse padziko lapansi - chitukuko chachikulu cha zokopa alendo m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Ngakhale kuti ndi malo osungirako zachilengedwe (otchedwa Santuario de la Tortuga Marina Xcacel-Xcacelito), Xcacel akupitiriza kukumana ndi chiwopsezo chokhala ndi gombe lake labwino kwambiri lopangidwa kukhala malo akuluakulu ochezeramo.

Tinanyamuka m’maŵa wotsatira ku Akumal yapafupi (Mayan kutanthauza “Malo a Akamba”), yomwe ili ndi gombe lodziŵika ndi akamba obiriŵira omwe amadyerako chakudya. Twatela kufwila kukwasha antu amakwawu nikuvwala nsañu yitunateli kuyikwasha kulonda tufunti. Pasanapite nthawi, mkazi wanga anapeza kamba akudya udzu ndipo tinamuonera chapatali. Chigoba chake chokongola chalalanje, chabulauni, ndi chagolide chinali chowala kwambiri kuposa chija tinachiwona dzulo lake.

Kamba wobiriwira ankakhala yekha kwa mphindi 15 asanalowemo. Kambayo ankayenda pang'onopang'ono mu udzu wa m'nyanja, ndipo nthawi zina ankayandama pamwamba kuti adzaze mapapo ake asanamiranso pansi. Ambiri mwa osambirawo anapatsa nyamayo malo okwanira, ngakhale kuti munthu mmodzi anathamangitsa kambayo poyandikira kwambiri ndikuyesera kuitsatira ndi kamera. Atasangalatsidwa ndi chokumana nachocho, mwana wanga wamkazi ananena pambuyo pake kuti kuwonera kamba amene ali m’malo ake achilengedwe anampatsa chiyembekezo cha mtsogolo mwa zamoyo zimenezi.

Pamene tinamaliza, anthu ambiri anali kulowa m’madzi. Titatuluka, tinali ndi mwayi wocheza ndi Paul Sanchez-Navarro, mkulu wamaphunziro a Centro Ecologico Akumal, gulu lomwe limateteza akamba m'madzi ndi zisa zapafupi. Iye anafotokoza kuti kuchuluka kwa anthu ochita snorkeers ku gombeli kumakhudza kwambiri akamba omwe amadya udzu wa m’nyanja, zomwe zimachititsa kuti asamadye kwambiri komanso aziwonjezera nkhawa. Nkhani yabwino ndiyakuti dongosolo latsopano loyang'anira likhazikitsidwa posachedwa kuti likhazikitse momwe alendo ndi otsogolera alendo amachitira akazungulira akamba.

Madzulo a tsiku limenelo, tinapita kum’mwera ku Tulum. Chilichonse chinachepa pang'onopang'ono pamene tinazimitsa msewu waukulu ndikuyendetsa galimoto yathu yobwereka pazipata zapafupi za msewu wopita ku Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve. Ku Hotel Nueva Vida de Ramiro, hotelo yakwanuko yomwe imathandizira kuchepetsa kufalikira kwa chilengedwe pomwe ikupanga malo osangalatsa, malo ambiri amabzalidwa mitengo yachilengedwe. Malo ang'onoang'ono ochezerako amakhala ndi alendo ochokera ku Flora, Fauna y Cultura ndi malo osungiramo mazira kuti ateteze mazira omwe amaikidwa ndi akamba omwe amabwera m'mphepete mwa nyanjayi.

Madzulo a tsiku limenelo, oyang’anira akambawo anagogoda pakhomo pathu kutidziŵitsa kuti imodzi inali kumanga zisa kutsogolo kwa hoteloyo, imodzi mwa malo ochepa amene amazimitsa magetsi usiku m’nyengo yomanga zisa ndi kusuntha mipando m’mphepete mwa nyanja. Njira zodziwikiratu ngati izi ndizofunikira pogawana gombe ndi akamba am'nyanja, koma mwatsoka, malo ambiri okhala m'mphepete mwa gombeli satenga izi.

Kamba ameneyu, yemwenso anali wobiriŵira, analunjika ku malo osungiramo malowa koma anasintha maganizo n’kubwerera kunyanja popanda zisa. Mwamwayi kamba wina anatulukira pa mtunda waufupi ndi gombe, kotero kuti tinatha kuona njira yonse yomanga chisa kuyambira kukumba chisa ndi kuikira mazira kubisala kwa adani. Mkazi wanga, yemwenso ndi katswiri wa sayansi ya zamoyo za kamba, anathandiza mlonda kugwira kamba pamene ine ndinkafotokozera mmene zisa zimakhalira kwa anthu angapo amene anafika poyenda panyanja.

Pobwerera, tinawona njira zatsopano za kamba zomwe zimapita ku mpando wamphepete mwa nyanja kutsogolo kwa malo owonetserako owala. Zinali zoonekeratu kuti kambayo anatembenuka popanda kumanga zisa atakumana ndi mpando-umboni wowonjezereka wosonyeza kuti malo osangalalira ngati awa alowa m'malo mwa kupha nyama mozembera m'mphepete mwa nyanjayi monga chiwopsezo chachikulu cha komweko. Dziwani zambiri za momwe chitukuko cha m'mphepete mwa nyanja chimakhudzira akamba am'nyanja.

Ulendo wathu wopita ku magombe a kamba a m'deralo unatha ndi msonkhano ndi anzathu ku Flora, Fauna y Cultura ndi gulu la achinyamata a Mayan omwe amalondera gombe lapafupi ku Tulum National Park, pafupi ndi mabwinja otchuka. Mphepete mwa nyanjayi ndi malo ambiri ophera mazira chifukwa pali anthu ochepa omwe amakhala m'mphepete mwamadzi. Zathu Miliyoni ya Ana Akamba Pulogalamuyi ikuthandiza kuthandizira pulojekitiyi, yomwe imapereka ntchito kwa anyamatawa pamene ikuthandiza kuteteza gombe lofunika kwambiri lachisa.

Paulendo wathu, tidayenda ndi oteteza kamba kupita kugombe. Pamene mwana wanga wamkazi anakwirira mapazi ake mumchenga, anyamatawo anatiuza za ntchito yaikulu imene inachitidwa kuti gombeli likhale lotetezeka kwa akamba. Amakhala usiku wonse pagombe, akuyenda kufunafuna akamba obiriwira ndi a hawskbill. M’bandakucha, amawanyamula n’kubwerera kwawo kuti akapume ndi kuchira. Kudzipereka kotereku ndi komwe kumafunika kuti kamba abwerere ku magombewa kwa zaka zambiri zikubwerazi.

Brad ndiye woyambitsa komanso wotsogolera wa SEEtheWILD.org, tsamba loyamba padziko lonse lapansi lopanda phindu losamalira zachilengedwe. Wagwira ntchito yosamalira kamba, ecotourism, ndi maphunziro a zachilengedwe kwa zaka 15 ndi mabungwe kuphatikizapo Ocean Conservancy, Rare, Asociacion ANAI (Costa Rica), ndi Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia). Adafunsanso makampani angapo okopa alendo komanso osapindula, kuphatikiza EcoTeach ndi Costa Rican Adventures. Walembapo mitu ingapo yamabuku, mabulogu, ndi zofotokozera za kasungidwe ka kamba ndi zokopa alendo ndipo wapereka ndemanga pamisonkhano yayikulu yoyendera ndi ma symposia akamba akunyanja. Brad ali ndi BS mu Environmental Economics kuchokera ku University of Penn State ndipo amaphunzitsa kalasi ya ecotourism ku Mount Hood Community College.