Isiqithi saseBird nguvulindlela we-eco-tourism kunye neendawo ezinokufikelela kwiinyoni.
Ngoluhambo olutshanje lwaseSychelles, ndandiphazamiseka ngobuhle obuqhenqileyo beziqithi ezili-115 ezityhila i-Indian Ocean. Ngamnye unalo uqobo lwakhe kwaye ubiza udumo.
Njengoko igama libonisa, isiqithi saseBird saziwa emhlabeni jikelele njengendawo engcwele yezilwanyana zasendle, ngokukodwa iintaka ezinqabileyo nezingozi. Unomdla wokufunda ngakumbi, ndagqiba ekubeni ndixoxe noMelanie Felix, uMmeli weNtengiso kwiBird Island, eSychelles.
I-Biography ka-Melanie Felix, uMmeli weNtengiso kwi-Bird Island, i-Seychelles: UMelanie ube ngummeli weNtengiso kwi-Bird Island, i-Seychelles ukususela ngoSeptemba 2015. Imvelaphi yakhe yinkampani yezokhenketho. Waphumelela ngeCachelor of Commerce, i-Majoring kwezoLawulo lwezoKhenketho kwi-University of Curtin, e-Western Australia ngo-2010. Ukususela ngoko uye wasebenza kwenye 'ihotele-hotele' kwiSychelles.
UB: Ngaba unganditsho kancinci malunga nembali yeSiqithi saseBird? Kutheni kubaluleke kakhulu kwiSychelles?
I-MF: I- Bird Island nguvulindlela we-eco-tourism eSychelles. Isiqithi sathengwa nguMnu Guy Savy ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1960 xa wagqiba ekubeni agxininise ekuphuhliseni ukhenketho kwi-Seychelles. Wayephambi kwexesha lakhe njengoko wayefuna ukugcina ubuhle bemvelo-intlanzi kunye nezilwanyana zasesiqhingini ukuze abantu bavelele ngo-1973 wavula i-eco-lodge yokuqala yaseSychelles.
Isiqithi sase-Bird siyaziwa ngokuba yinxalenye yeentaka ezifikeleke kakhulu kwiiSychelles. Kukho amaninzi amaninzi olwandle akhoyo, kwaye ubiza rhoqo ngokuqhubekayo kunyaka. Nangona kunjalo, i-Sooty Tern Colony ebizwa ngokuba yi siqithi.
Isiqithi siyindawo ebalulekileyo yokuhlalisa i-Sooty Terns. Xa kuthengwa nguMnu Savy, wasusa umhlaba weentendelezo zekakhukhunathi ezigqithisiweyo, ukusuka kwiiqithi zephondo zangaphambili njengesiqhamo sekhukhunathi, okwenza ii-15,000 zombini ze-Sooty Tern eziye zahlala esiqhingini zikhule zibe ngama-700,000. Namhlanje, kuthiwa i-1.5 million yeziTernas zifike kwisiqithi ukuya kwisihla.
I-OB: Ukholelwa njani i-Bird Island ezuze ukhenketho lwelizwe?
I-MF: Kuyinto ekhangayo ukubona ubungqina beSooty Tern Colony. Ngethuba lokuzalisa ixesha lokusukela ngoMeyi ukuya kuSeptemba, uya kufumana amawaka ezi ntaka zihlala okanye zikhuphuke esibhakabhakeni ngaphaya kwekholoni. Lo mbonakaliso uzuze i-shishini lokhenketho njengokhenketho lwemvelo, ukudonsa iindwendwe kwisiqithi sonyaka.
Ngenxa yendawo yayo, isiqithi saseBird sinokuqala komhlaba kwiintaka ezininzi ezifudukelayo kunye namagqabi, ezinye zazo zirekhodyiwe nenye indawo e-Seychelles, kwaye yenza indawo ekhangayo kakhulu kwi-ornithologists.
I-OB: Ngoko ke indawo yombane. Yintoni, ngokukhethekileyo, izinto zakho ezizithandayo malunga nesiqithi kunye neentaka?
I-MF: Ndineendawo ezininzi ezizithandayo zeSiqithi saseBird, kwaye ziquka:
- Iintlobo zeentaka onokuzifumana, okwenza ukuba ukhululekile ukuba uyintaka ekhangeleleneyo.
- Inyaniso yokuba unokuthi ungene kufuphi neentaka ezithile ezifana ne-Fairy Tern okanye i-White Tailed tropic bird, ngaphandle kokuyikrakra. Kwaye ungathatha iifoto ezinkulu!
- Ubuhle obuqingqiweyo besi siqithi samatyala, iindawo eziqhotyoshelweyo kunye neelwandle ezide ezimhlophe.
- Inyaniso yokuba unako ukubhukuda nje kumitha ambalwa ukusuka elunxwemeni uze udide kunye neentlanzi ezintathu okanye ezine ezine-turki zasemanzini onke!
- IziThuthi zeLizwe eziMaqambileyo ezihamba ngeendawo.
- Ukuziva okubuyiselwayo nokuqinisekileyo kwesi siqithi.
- Kuze kube namhlanje isi siqithi sisasetyenziswa ngumndeni waseSylollois. Kwaye unokuzifumana kwisiqithi kusekhona kakhulu.
OB: Yintoni eyenziwa ukukhusela iintaka kwi siqithi, ngakumbi ingozi?
I-MF: Ukususela ekuthengeni isiqithi, uMnu. Savy uye wabeka iinkqubo zendalo kwokhuseleko lweentaka esiqithi. Igosa loLondolozo liqeshelwa ukulawula le projekthi yolondolozo, kwaye ayikhawulelwanga kuphela kwiintaka kodwa luya kufikelela ekukhuselweni kweeTrans Turtles kunye ne-Hawksbill Turtles eza esihlahleni kwisiqithi. Isiqithi saseBird sisona sikhulu sokuzalisa iindawo zokuloba.
I-OB: Yintoni enye eyayifuneka abaphulaphuli baseMelika baqonde ngeSiqithi se-Bird?
I-MF: Akukho nto eninzi yokuyiqonda ngaphandle kokuba sifuna ukugcina isiqithi sethu esihle; ukuba iindwendwe ziveze into engafanele ibe nayo kwilizwe labo, kunye nakwizizukulwana esizayo.
I-OB: Ndinemibuzo eyahlukeneyo ngoku. Iyintoni isiqithi esithandayo kwiSychelles kwaye kutheni?
I-MF: Kuya kubonakala ngathi ndiyithandana, xa ndithi yiSiqithi saseBird.
Kwiziqithi zase-Seychelles endizivakatyeleyo, isiqithi saseBird ngokuqinisekileyo ndithandayo. Ndiyakhumbula kakhulu abanye abaninzi kodwa ndivakalelwa kukuba abanye baqala ukukhula, kwaye andifuni oku kwiziqithi ezincinci. Andifuni ukubona imoto emininzi kwimizila okanye abantu abaninzi kakhulu kwiibhendi. Kulabo abangenjalo, ndiyabulela, kodwa apho, uya kufumana ihotele enkulu yekhenketho okanye indawo yokungena kuyo ikhefu engenakuchukumisa kunye nokufudumala kwehotele ekhulile ekhulile ekhaya.
Yingakho ndiyathanda i-Bird Island kunye ne-lodge yayo. Ekubeni kuthengwa nguMnu Savy, isiqithi asizange siphulukane nokunyaniseka kwayo, isiqhelo sayo. Ngokuqinisekileyo yindawo eya kuyo kwaye akufuneki ukukhathazeka okanye ucinge ngantoni na. Unalo moya okhuselekile kwaye oku kuphuculiswa ubuhle besiqithi kunye namabhendi ayo amangalisayo. Kwaye asikwazi ukulibala i-Sooty Tern Colony emangalisayo! Lona ngumbono oshiya kum inkxalaba xa ndiyibona kwaye ndiyenze ukuba ndibone indlela imvelo engummangaliso ngayo.
I-OB: Kutheni ucinga ukuba i-Seychelles yindawo ekumele ihambele kuyo, masithi, amaMelika kunye namaKhanadi aphakathi kwehlabathi?
I-MF: Ndiziva ukuba kumaMerika nakumaKhanadi, i-Seychelles iyindawo entsha yokufumana indawo. Ukuya kwiindawo ezintsha ezifana neSychelles kunye nento eyahlukileyo yokunikezela iya kufunwa kunokuba uhambo lwendabuko kwiindawo ezifana neNyakatho Melika ngokwayo neYurophu. I-Seychelles inikeza inkcubeko eyahluke kakhulu. Siyi-pot, ibenzela abantu iziqhamo ezahlukeneyo ngokusebenzisa ukutya kwethu, kumculo wethu kunye nendlela yethu yobomi ngokubanzi.
Ukongeza kule ndawo, indawo yeziqithi zethu ivumela ukuba sibe nomoya ophezulu wonyaka wezulu. Kuyinto ephawulekayo yokuqhelana nesiqithi se-tropical island, esilungeleleneyo kubantu abathanda ukuloba, abathandayo, abahambahambayo ekuphishekeleni iinkcubeko ezithembekileyo kwaye kubaluleke kakhulu kwabo bafuna ukutshisa ilanga yonke imihla emabhankini aselwandle amhlophe asemhlophe e-Indian Ocean.
I-Biography kaMnu. Guy Savy: Ukunqongophala kukaMnu Savy ye-Bird Island, i-Seychelles eyona nxalenye yangasentla, yaqala ngo-1967 xa ebuyela eSychelles esuka eNew Zealand apho wachitha iminyaka emininzi efunda ingxelo. Wafumana i-Bird ngexesha apho isiqithi sasibi kakhulu kunxiba kwiminyaka yokuphazamiseka kwabantu kwikholoni eyaziwayo yesiqithi yabama-sooty tern abemi baloo-1950 abaye bawela kwiindawo zeentaka ezizigidi ezi-65,000. Kwaye ke kwaqala inkqubo eninzi yokubetha isiqithi kwisiqhelo seentlekele zemvelo ngokusebenzisa ulondolozo olusisiseko kunye nokuvakasha kwezobuchule. UMnu Savy unikezele ukulawulwa kwesi siqithi kubantwana bakhe, uNick noAlex ngoJanuwari 2016. (Inkcazo evela kwi-INSIDE Seychelles, 2015. nguGlynn Burridge)