Ilitye, iPhepha, iiTurtles: Ukwandisa iMfundo yeTurtle e-El Salvador

NguBrad Nahill, uMlawuli kunye noMseki-Mseki we-SEEtheWILD kwaye BONA iiTurtles
Ukusebenzisana nooTitshala basekuhlaleni ukuze bandise iiNkqubo zeMfundo yoFudo lwaseLwandle e-El Salvador

Ngamakhulu ambalwa kuphela ama-hawksbill abhinqileyo aqikelelwa ukuba aza kuhlala kulo lonke unxweme olusempuma lwePasifiki. (Ityala leFoto: Brad Nahill/SeeTurtles.org)

Abafundi abancinci bayaphuma besiya kwidokhi egqunyiweyo, bencumelene ngoloyiko benxibe imintla emhlophe neebhulukhwe neziketi eziblowu. Amakhwenkwe amabini azinikela ngokuzithandela ukuba abe ngoononkala, amehlo awo ekhanyiselwe ukuba adle abantwana abafunda nabo abajike baqanduselwa. Iintsiba sele zilungile, amakhwenkwe ashukuma emacaleni, ephawula abantwana abazenza iintsana zofudo olusuka elunxwemeni lusiya elwandle.

“Oofudo” abaliqela badlula kwindawo yokuqala, kodwa babona oononkala besiba ziintaka ezilungele ukubancothula emanzini. Emva kokuphumelela okulandelayo, isibini sabafundi esisele sijongene nomsebenzi onzima wokuphepha amakhwenkwe, ngoku adlala ookrebe. Bambalwa kuphela amantshontsho aqanduselweyo asindayo kwi-gauntlet yamarhamncwa ukuze aphile de abe madala.

Ukuzisa ihlabathi lofudo lwaselwandle ebomini kubafundi abakufutshane neendawo ezihlala ufudo kube yinxalenye yeenkqubo zokugcinwa kofudo kumashumi eminyaka. Ngelixa imibutho embalwa emikhulu yolondolozo inezixhobo zokuqhuba iinkqubo zemfundo epheleleyo, uninzi lwamaqela ofudo lunabasebenzi abambalwa kunye nezibonelelo, nto leyo ebavumela ukuba benze utyelelo nje oluncinane ngexesha ngalinye lokuzalela kwizikolo zasekuhlaleni. Ukunceda ukugcwalisa esi sikhewu, KHANGELA ooFudo, ngentsebenziswano nemibutho yaseSalvador ICAPO, EcoViva, yaye Asociación Mangle, idala inkqubo yokwenza ukufundisa ngofudo lwaselwandle ibe ngumsebenzi wonyaka wonke.

Ufudo lolwandle lufumaneka kwihlabathi jikelele, luzalela, lufuna ukutya, kwaye lufuduka emanzini kumazwe angaphezu kwe-100. Kuxhomekeka apho bahlala khona, badibana nezoyikiso ezininzi eziquka ukusetyenziswa kwamaqanda abo kunye nenyama, ukusebenzisa amaqokobhe abo ukwenza umsebenzi wezandla, ukubanjiswa kwizixhobo zokuloba, kunye nophuhliso lonxweme. Ukuze balwe nezi zoyikiso, ehlabathini lonke abalondolozi bendalo bagada iilwandle ezizalela kuzo, baphuhlisa izixhobo zokuloba ezikhuselekileyo kwiifudo, baqulunqa iinkqubo zokhenketho lwendalo, yaye bafundisa abantu ngokubaluleka kokukhusela ufudo.

E-El Salvador, ukutya amaqanda e-turtle akukho mthethweni ukususela ngo-2009, okwenza imfundo ibe sisixhobo esibaluleke kakhulu sokulondoloza. Injongo yethu kukwandisa umsebenzi wamaqabane ethu asekuhlaleni ukuzisa izixhobo kwizikolo zasekuhlaleni, ukunceda ootitshala baphuhlise izifundo ezifikelela kubafundi babo ngeendlela ezisebenzayo nezibandakanyayo. Inyathelo lokuqala, eligqitywe ngoJulayi, yaba kukubamba iindibano zocweyo zootitshala abasebenza kufutshane neJiquilisco Bay, ikhaya leendidi ezintathu zofudo (iihawksbill, iifudo eziluhlaza, nee-olive rilleys). Itheku ngowona mgxobhozo mkhulu welizwe kwaye yenye yeendawo ezimbini eziphambili zokuzalela i-hawksbill yaseMpuma yePasifiki esemngciphekweni wokutshabalala, ekusenokwenzeka ukuba yeyona ndawo isesichengeni sofudo lwaselwandle emhlabeni.

(Ityala leFoto: Brad Nahill/SEEturtles.org)

Ngaphezu kweentsuku ezintathu, saba neendibano zocweyo ezimbini nootitshala abangaphezu kwama-25 abavela kwizikolo zasekuhlaleni eziyi-15, ababemele abafundi abangaphezu kwama-2,000 XNUMX kuloo mmandla. Ukongeza, siye saba nolutsha oluninzi oluvela e-Asociación Mangle oluthatha inxaxheba kwinkqubo yobunkokeli, kunye nabalindi ababini abancedisa esweni i-bay kunye nommeli ovela kwiSebe lezeMfundo. Le nkqubo yaxhaswa ngemali yiNational Geographic's Conservation Trust ukongeza kwabanye abaxhasi.

Ootitshala, njengabafundi, bafunda ngcono ngokwenza kunokubukela. KHANGELA umnxibelelanisi wemfundo kaTurtles uCelene Nahill (ukubhengezwa ngokupheleleyo: ungumfazi wam) ucwangcise iindibano zocweyo ukuba zibe namandla, kunye neentetho zebhayoloji kunye nolondolozo zixutywe nemisebenzi kunye nohambo lwasendle. Enye yeenjongo zethu yayikukushiya ootitshala nemidlalo elula yokunceda abafundi babo baqonde i-ecology yofudo lwaselwandle, kuquka nalowo ubizwa ngokuba yi-“Mi Vecino Tiene,” umdlalo wezitulo zomculo apho abathathi-nxaxheba balinganisa isimilo sezilwanyana ze-ecosystem ye-mangrove.

Kolunye lohambo, sathatha iqela lokuqala lootitshala saya eJiquilisco Bay ukuya kuthatha inxaxheba kwinkqubo yophando ngamafudo amnyama (uhlobo oluthile lofudo oluluhlaza). Ezi mfudo zivela kude njengeziqithi zaseGalapagos ukuya kufuna ukutya kwingca yolwandle. Bebona intloko iphumela emoyeni, abalobi abasebenza ne-ICAPO bakhawuleza bajikeleza ufudo ngomnatha baza batsibela emanzini ukuze bangenise ufudo enqanaweni. Nje ukuba ikhwele, iqela lophando lifake uphawu kufudo, laqokelela idata kuquka ubude nobubanzi bayo, laze lathatha isampuli yolusu phambi kokuba liyibuyisele emanzini.

Amanani asezantsi okuzalela acebisa ukuba uhlobo alunakwenzeka ukuba luphile ngaphandle kwezenzo zolondolozo ezilungelelanisiweyo zokukhusela amaqanda, ukwandisa imveliso yokuqandusela, ukuvelisa ulwazi lwebhayoloji nokukhusela iindawo zokuhlala eziphambili zaselwandle. (Ityala leFoto: Brad Nahill/SEEturtles.org)

Ngelixa BONA iiTurtles kunye ne-ICAPO zizisa abantu abavela kwihlabathi liphela ukuba basebenze nezi fuduka, kunqabile ukuba abantu abahlala kufutshane babone ubungqina bophando. Sivakalelwa kukuba eyona ndlela ibalaseleyo yokufunda ngezi zilwanyana nokuxabisa ukubaluleka kwazo kukuzijonga ngokusondeleyo, yaye ootitshala bavuma ngokusuk’ entliziyweni. Siphinde sathatha ootitshala sabasa kwindawo ye-ICAPO yokuqandusela ukuze bafunde ukuba abaphandi bawakhusela njani amaqanda ofudo de aqandusele.

Enye into eyayibalasele kolu cweyo yayilithuba lokuba ootitshala basebenzise izixhobo zabo ezitsha neqela labafundi. Iiklasi zebanga lokuqala nelesibini kwisikolo esikufutshane zeza kwindawo yokusebenzela zaza zavavanya ezinye zezinto ezenziwayo. Elinye iqela lidlale umdlalo ohlukeneyo we "Rock, Paper, Scissors" apho abantwana bakhuphisana ukuba badlule kwisigaba sobomi bofudo ukuya kwelinye, ngelixa elinye iqela lalidlala umdlalo we-"Crabs & Hatchlings".

Ngokutsho kophando, umgangatho ophakathi wootitshala wolwazi malunga nofudo oluphindwe kabini emva kweendibano zocweyo, kodwa ezi workshops linyathelo lokuqala kwiprogram yexesha elide ukunceda iiprojekthi zolondolozo lwe-turtle yase-El Salvador ukuphuhlisa ikharityhulam yemfundo yemfundo yolwandle lwesizwe. Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezizayo, aba bafundisi-ntsapho, abaninzi ngoncedo lweenkokeli zolutsha zika-Asociación Mangle, baya kucwangcisa “iintsuku zofudo lwaselwandle” kwizikolo zabo ngezifundo ezitsha esiziphuhlisayo. Ukongeza, iiklasi ezindala ezivela kwizikolo ezininzi ziya kuthatha inxaxheba kwiinkqubo zophando ezenziwa ngezandla.

Kwixesha elide, injongo yethu kukukhuthaza abafundi base-El Salvador ukuba bafumane ummangaliso wofudo lwaselwandle kwiyadi yabo yangasemva kwaye bathathe inxaxheba ngokukhutheleyo kulondolozo lwabo.

http://hawksbill.org/
http://www.ecoviva.org/
http://manglebajolempa.org/
http://www.seeturtles.org/1130/illegal-poaching.html
http://www.seeturtles.org/2938/jiquilisco-bay.html