Todos Santos: Ukugcina kunye nokutshintsha

Phawula Spalding

Imibuliso evela elangeni iTodos Santos, idolophu yesibini ngobukhulu kumasipala waseLa Paz, owasekwa ngowe-1724. iigalari kunye nezinye iivenkile ezifakwe kwizakhiwo zayo eziphantsi ze-stucco. Kufuphi, iindawo ezide zonxweme olunesanti zinika amathuba okusefa, ilanga kunye nokuqubha.

Ndilapha for IQela lothethwano ngeBiological Diversityintlanganiso yonyaka. Sizonwabele izithethi ezidlamkileyo kunye neencoko ezinomdla malunga nemiba yehlabathi echaphazela impilo-ntle yezityalo nezilwanyana, kunye neendawo zokuhlala ezixhomekeke kuzo. UGqr. Exequiel Ezcurra ukhokele intlanganiso ngentetho ephambili kwisidlo sethu sangokuhlwa sokuvula. Ungummeli wexesha elide kwimithombo yendalo kunye nenkcubeko yaseBaja California.

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Intlanganiso esesikweni yaqala kwithiyetha yakudala eyimbali kumbindi wedolophu. Sivile kubantu abaliqela malunga neenzame zokuseka ukhuseleko lwesikali somhlaba kunye neelwandle. U-Kris Tompkins wase-Conservación Patagonica uchaze iinzame zentsebenziswano zombutho wakhe zokuseka iipaki zelizwe eChile naseArgentina, ezinye zazo ezisuka kwiiAndes ukuya elwandle, zibonelela ngamakhaya akhuselekileyo eecondors neepenguin ngokufanayo.

Emva kwenjikalanga yokugqibela, seva ngabathathi-nxaxheba abaliqela malunga neendlela abasebenza ngazo ukuze babonelele ngeendawo ezikhuselekileyo amatshantliziyo asebenzela ukukhusela uluntu, ukukhuthaza umoya ococekileyo namanzi, nokulondoloza ilifa lezinto zendalo zelizwe lawo. Amatshantliziyo aphantsi kohlaselo ehlabathini lonke, nakumazwe agqalwa njengakhuselekile njengeKhanada neUnited States. Aba babonisi banikele ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo esinokuthi sizenze zikhuseleke ngakumbi ukukhusela umhlaba wethu kunye noluntu oluxhomekeke kwimithombo yendalo ephilileyo-oko kukuthi, sonke.

Phezolo, sihlanganisene kulwandle oluhle kuLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, malunga nemizuzu engama-20 ukusuka edolophini. Kwakumangalisa kwaye kunzima ukuba lapho. Kwelinye icala unxweme olunesanti kunye neendunduma zalo ezikhuselayo zinwebeka kangangeekhilomitha, kwaye amaza antlithekayo, ukutshona kwelanga kunye norhatya lwatsalela uninzi lwethu elunxwemeni lwamanzi lukhwankqisiwe. Kwelinye icala, njengoko ndandilaqaza, andizange ndikwazi ukuzibamba ndanxiba umnqwazi wam wokuzigcina. Indawo ngokwayo yayintsha kraca—ukutyalwa kwakusandul’ ukugqitywa kamsinya nje ngaphambi kokuba sifike kwisidlo sethu sangokuhlwa. Iyilelwe kuphela ukuxhasa abakhweli beelwandle (kunye nemisitho efana neyethu), ihlala ngokulinganayo kwiindunduma ezilungelelaniswe iindlela eziya kunxweme oluvulekileyo. Liziko elikhulu elivulekileyo elizidla ngepuli elinesisa, indawo yokutyela yomculo, umgangatho wokudanisa onesisa, ipalapa ebingaphezulu kweenyawo ezingama-40 ububanzi, iindawo ezigangathiweyo zokongeza indawo yokuhlala, kunye nekhitshi eligcweleyo kunye neendawo zokuhlambela kunye neshawari. Alithandabuzeki elokuba bekuya kuba nzima ngakumbi ukudibanisa abantu abayi-130 okanye ngaphezulu ababeye kwiintlanganiso elunxwemeni naselwandle ngaphandle kwesakhiwo esinjalo.

BEACH PHOTO APHA

Kwaye nangona kunjalo, le ndawo yodwa yophuhliso lokhenketho ayizukubekwa yodwa ixesha elide, ndiqinisekile. Isenokuba yinxalenye yoko kwachazwa enye inkokeli yasekuhlaleni “njengokukhula kophuhliso” oluzayo olungasoloko luluncedo. Iindwendwe ezize kunandipha idolophu, zikwalapha ukuza kusefa, ukudada, kunye nelanga. Iindwendwe ezininzi kakhulu kunye nolwakhiwo oluninzi olungacwangciswanga ukuhlangabezana nolindelo lwabo, kwaye iinkqubo zendalo ezibatsalayo ziba nzima. Lulungelelwano phakathi kokuvumela uluntu ukuba luxhamle kwindawo yalo kunye nokuthintela isikali ekubeni sibe sikhulu kakhulu ukuze izibonelelo zigcineke ekuhambeni kwexesha.

POOL PHOTO APHA

Ndisebenze eBaja iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu. Yindawo entle, enomlingo apho intlango idibana khona nolwandle ngokuphindaphindiweyo ngeendlela ezimangalisayo, kwaye ilikhaya leentaka, amalulwane, iintlanzi, iminenga, amahlengesi, kunye namakhulu oluntu, kuquka abantu. I-Ocean Foundation inebhongo ngokubamba iiprojekthi ezilishumi ezisebenzela ukukhusela nokuphucula olu luntu. Ndiyavuya kuba abaxhasi bezimali abaninzi abakhathalele olu luntu bakwazile ukuzibonela ngokwabo ikona enye encinci yepeninsula. Sinethemba lokuba bathwele iinkumbulo zasekhaya zobuhle bendalo kunye nembali yenkcubeko etyebileyo, kwaye, kwakhona, ulwazi oluhlaziyiweyo, lokuba abantu kunye nezilwanyana ngokufanayo bafuna iindawo ezikhuselekileyo, ezicocekileyo nezinempilo zokuhlala.