Tlaleho e bonts'ang phello ea lichelete tse bokelletsoeng mekhatlo ea sechaba ka bochabela le boroa ho Afrika kamora litlamorao tse mpe tsa seoa sa COVID-19 sebakeng seo, e lokollotsoe kajeno. Tlhahlobo ena e totobatsa phello ea seoa sena indastering ea bohahlauli e thehiloeng tlhahong hammoho le sechaba le matsapa a paballo a itšetlehileng ka lekala lena. Tlaleho ea Lepatlelo la Bohahlauli le Thehiloeng ka Tlhaho ea Afrika e boetse e bontša bohlokoa ba ho tšehetsa ka lichelete mats'oao a etelletsoeng pele ke lehae a ho aha sechaba ho mamella likhatello tsa nako e tlang.
Sethala sa Bohahlauli ba Tlhaho ea Afrika, se entsoeng hore se khonehe ka lichelete ho tsoa Lefapheng la Lefatše la Tikoloho (GEF), se bile le seabo ho hokelang batšehetsi ba lichelete le mekhatlo ea sechaba e amehang litabeng tsa paballo le bohahlauli. E sebetsa Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Afrika Boroa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia le Zimbabwe, sepheo sa Platform ke ho bokella bonyane lidolara tse limilione tse 15 ho tšehetsa sechaba se itšetlehileng ka bohahlauli ka boiteko ba ho khutlisa seoa le ho aha nako e telele- botsitso ba nako.
“Ho bile le tlhokahalo e ntseng e hola ho tsoa ho bafani ba bonts'ang takatso e matla ea ho tšehetsa merero e etelletsoeng pele ke sechaba ka lichelete. Leha ho le joalo, lekhalo pakeng tsa morero ona o bontšitsoeng le phallo ea sebele ea lichelete ho mekhatlo ena e ntse e le phephetso e kholo. The Sethala sa Bohahlauli se Thehiloeng ka Tlhaho ea Afrika e sebetsa ho rarolla lekhalo lena ka ho hokahanya bafani bana le mekhatlo ea lehae e sebetsanang le litlhoko tsa 'nete tse teng fatše. " – Rachael Axelrod, Mohlanka e Moholo wa Lenaneo, Sethala sa Bohahlaudi se Thehilweng ka Tlhaho ya Aforika.
Afrika ke lehae la karolo ea boraro ea mefuta-futa ea lintho tse phelang lefatšeng, 'me Afrika e ka bochabela le e ka boroa e ithorisa ka lisekoere-k'hilomithara tse limilione tse 2.1 tsa libaka tse sirelelitsoeng le libaka tse supileng tsa mefuta-futa ea lihloliloeng. Ho boloka taolo e atlehileng ea mefuta-futa ena ea lihloliloeng ho hloka chelete e tsitsitseng, eo karolo e kholo ea eona e tsoang ho bohahlauli bo itšetlehileng ka tlhaho. Tšisinyeho ea lekala la bohahlauli e bakiloeng ke seoa sa COVID-19 e totobalitse bofokoli ba mokhoa oa ho boloka chelete o ipapisitse le bohahlauli le ho mpefatsa tlokotsi ea sechaba le libaka tse itšetlehileng ka indasteri ena. Seoa sa lefats'e se ile sa kopana le phetoho ea maemo a leholimo e teng le likoluoa tsa mefuta-futa ea tikoloho tikolohong eo, tse neng li eketsa litlamorao ho ba tlokotsing haholo.
Ho rarolla mathata ana, Platform e sebelitse le balekane linaheng tse 11 ho etsa liphuputso tse hlahlobang phello ea COVID-19 ho sechaba sa lehae le likhoebong tse nyane ho isa ho tse mahareng (li-SME) ka har'a lekala la bohahlauli la tlhaho. Ho fihlela joale, Platform e entse liphuputso tse 687 ho pholletsa le linaha tse 11 tseo e neng e lebisitsoe ho tsona.
Ka ho sebelisa lintlha tsena tsa lipatlisiso, Platform e sebelisane le balekane ho nts'etsapele litlhahiso tsa lithuso tse etelletsoeng pele ke sechaba. Mokhoa ona oa tšebelisano-'moho o entse hore ho bokelloe lichelete tsa bohlokoa tse eang ka kotloloho mekhatlong ea sechaba.
“Mokhatlo oa Liphoofolo tse Hlaha oa Kenya o kentse letsoho menyetla ea ntlafatso ea tlhahiso e fanoeng ke African Nature-Based Tourism Platform e ekelitseng bokhoni ba mokhatlo oa rona oa ho bokella chelete. Sena se nolofalelitse KWCA ho fumana chelete ka katleho ho tsoa ho IUCN BIOPAMA ho ntlafatsa tsamaiso e sebetsang le puso e leka-lekaneng ea e 'ngoe ea litho tsa rona tsa polokeho ea litho" - Vincent Oluoch, Ofisiri e Phahameng ea Lenaneo, KWCA.
Chelete e bokelletsoeng ho fihlela joale e kenyelletsa:
Malawi, thuso ea $186,000 e tsoang ho IUCN BIOPAMA e tšehetsa mekhoa e meng ea boipheliso e hanyetsanang le boemo ba leholimo haufi le Kasungu National Park.
Afrika Boroa, thuso ea $14,000 e tsoang ho South Africa National Lotteries Commission ho thusa ho khothaletsa nts'etsopele ea mesebetsi ea matsoho ea matsoalloa bakeng sa sechaba se haufi. Kruger National Park.
Mo Botswana, thuso ea $87,000 e tsoang ho Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) e bua ka tšireletso ea lijo le metsi bakeng sa lihoai tse haufi le Okavango Delta le Chobe National Park.
Naheng ea Zimbabwe chelete ea $135,000 ea lichelete e ntse e ntlafatsa boemo ba sechaba khahlanong le phetoho ea maemo a leholimo literekeng tsa Binga le Tsholotsho.
Naheng ea Namibia, $159,000 e tšehetsa merero ea ho ikamahanya le maemo a leholimo haufi le Bwabwata National Park le libaka tse e potolohileng.
Naheng ea Kenya, thuso ea $208,000 e tsoang ho IUCN BIOPAMA e sebetsana le mathata a puso Lumo Community Conservancy.
Tanzania, thuso ea liranta tse limilione tse 1.4 ho tsoa European Union e sebetsana le litaba tsa puso libakeng tse 12 tseo e leng tsa sechaba tsa Tsamaiso ea Liphoofolo tse Hlaha (WMAs).
