Amaqiniso e-Serengeti National Park
Amaqiniso e-Serengeti National Park
1. I-Serengeti ingenye yezindawo ezindala kakhulu futhi ezibaluleke kakhulu ngokwesayensi emhlabeni. Izimo zezulu zayo, izilwane, nezitshalo kukholakala ukuthi zishintshile kancane kakhulu eminyakeni engaphezu kwesigidi, okwenza le ndawo ibe nomuzwa wangaphambi komlando, ingenye yamaqiniso adume kakhulu eSerengeti National Park.
2. I-ecosystem enkulu ye-Serengeti ihlanganisa ISerengeti National Park efanele; I-Ngorongoro Conservation Area; Isiqiwu saseMaswa; I-Loliondo, iGrumeti, ne-Ikorongo Game Controlled Areas; kanye neMasai Mara National Reserve eKenya.
3. Igama elithi, Serengeti, lisuselwa egameni lesiMaasai i-siringit, okusho ukuthi “amathafa angapheli.” Incazelo enembile ecabangela yonke i-ecosystem inweba ngaphezu kwamakhilomitha-skwele angu-12,000 (amakhilomitha-skwele angu-30,000)!
4. I-Serengeti iyikhaya lezilwane ezihambayo ezinkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, ngokuvamile ezibizwa ngokuthi “Ukufuduka Okukhulu.” Izinkonkoni ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-1.7, amadube angu-500,000, nezinyamazane ezingu-200,000 zisuka esifundeni saseNdutu eningizimu yeSerengeti zibheke enyakatho kuwo wonke “mathafa angapheli” ziya eMasai Mara yaseKenya (ingqikithi yamamitha angu-500 / 800 km). Lokhu kufuduka okujikelezayo kuqala ngoNdasa (ngemuva kokuzalwa kwamathole eNdutu ngonyaka kaNhlolanja) futhi kuphetha ngokubuya kwawo ngoJanuwari, kulandela umjikelezo waminyaka yonke wemvula notshani obusha. Ngalesi sikhathi, cishe 250,000 izinkonkoni zizodwa zafa ngenxa yokoma, indlala, ukukhathala, kanye izilwane.
5. I-Great Migration yaseSerengeti yakhethwa ngo-2013 njengomunye we Izimanga Eziyisikhombisa Zemvelo Zase-Afrika. Ezinye i-Red Sea reef system, iMount Kilimanjaro, i-Sahara Desert, i-Ngorongoro Crater, uMfula iNayile, ne-Okavango Delta. (Qaphela ukuthi abathathu kwayisikhombisa baseTanzania.)
6. Isizwe samaMaasai sasikade sidla izinkomo zaso emathafeni aseSerengeti iminyaka engaba ngu-200 lapho kufika abahloli bamazwe bokuqala baseYurophu. Isazi sokuma komhlaba saseJalimane uDkt. Oscar Baumann wangena kule ndawo ngo-1892. Owokuqala waseBrithani ukubona iSerengeti, uStewart Edward White, wabhala ukuhlola kwakhe ngo-1913. Ingxenye yokuqala yesiqiwu engamahektha angu-800 (3.2 sq km) yasungulwa ngo-1921, futhi egcwele ngo-1929 yaba yindawo yokulondoloza iSerenge National Park. 1951.
7. Ngawo-1890, isomiso nesifo sezinkomo kwadala umonakalo omkhulu ezilwaneni zasendle zaseSerengeti, ikakhulukazi ezinkonkoni. Kwaze kwaba maphakathi neminyaka yawo-1970 lapho isibalo sezinkonkoni nezinyathi sase siluleme ngokugcwele.
8. Ngaphandle kobhejane, abaqothulwa abazingeli, nezinja ezizingelayo, ezincipha kancane kancane, uzobona kalula zonke izinhlobo zezilwane ezincelisayo zase-Afrika ezincelisayo eSerengeti. Yindawo engcono kakhulu eMpumalanga Afrika yokubona izilwane ezidla ezinye zisebenza, ngenxa yamathafa otshani avulekile lapho izilwane eziklabile zibuthana khona, izilwane ezidla ezinye ziningi futhi zibonakala kalula ku-safari-goer.
9. Zisabalele kuyo yonke indawo eseningizimu emaphakathi ne-Serengeti, i-kopjes (ebizwa ngokuthi “ikhophi”) izimangaliso ze-geologic ezihlanganisa i-gneiss eveziwe kanye negwadle elibunjwe umoya nezinga lokushisa. Njengoba kunamadwala ashiswe yilanga, izitshalo ezinomthunzi, nokuphakama kwawo ngamamitha ambalwa ngaphezu kwamathafa, ama-kopjes ayindawo yokuphumula eyintandokazi yamabhubesi. Kubonakala sengathi u-Serengeti Kopje othile, owaziwa ngelikaSimba Kopje, waba ugqozi lwe-Pride Rock kuma-Disney's. The Lion King.
10. Ngo-2010, uhulumeni waseTanzania wamemezela izinhlelo zokwakha umgwaqo wezohwebo ongamakhilomitha angama-53 ngaphesheya kwengxenye esenyakatho yeSerengeti National Park. Uma usuqediwe, umgwaqo onguthelawayeka, ongasheshisa ukuthuthwa kwabantu nezimpahla ezweni lonke, nawo ungaba nomthelela omubi ohlelweni lwendalo. Umgwaqo omkhulu uzokhuthaza ukuhlaliswa kwabantu, izilwane ezihlaselayo, izingxabano zabantu nezilwane zasendle, ukuzingela ngokungemthetho, ukuphazamisa imizila yokufuduka, futhi uhlukanise i-ecosystem. Nakuba “umgwaqo uSerengeti Highway” uvinjwe izinkantolo njengamanje, ukwakhiwa kwawo kuzokwenzeka.
