- O le failautusi a le Kapeneta o Kenya mo turisi ma meaola, Najib Balala, na ia valaau atu i tagata o aafia ai i meaola ma meaola e galulue faatasi ma le malo e faaleleia atili ai faiga faapaaga a tagata lautele-tumaoti i le taofia o feteʻenaʻiga o manu feʻai.
- “O auala e faʻaitiitia ai galuega e puʻupuʻu. O le talanoaga e manaʻomia le loloto o lona loloto i le tulaga o le faʻatupeina, faʻafanua, ma le faia o faʻaiuga ae taua filifiliga mo le faʻasaoina o a tatou meaola. Ia avea le lalolagi lautele lagolagoina atoatoa le elefane faasao taumafaiga i upu ma i le agalelei, "tusia Balala.
- O le CS na faia ana saunoaga ananafi i le taimi o le webinar na vaʻaia ai le faʻailoaina ma le talanoaina o le 'Living on the Edge', o se ata puʻupuʻu a le Black Bean Productions na faʻamamafaina ai le tulaga pagatia o Aferika- Elephants faʻafitauli.
O le webinar, na faʻatautaia e le Elephant Protection Initiative's Foundation (EPIF) o le Faʻatonu o le Soʻotaga a le Malo, Dr. Winnie Kiiru, na faʻaalia ai ni talanoaga a tagata lauiloa o meaola o le vao, tagata faʻapitoa, tagata faʻatau tupe ma faʻatonutonu na aofia ai:
- Prof. Lee White, CBE: Minisita o vaomatua, Vasa, Siosiomaga ma Suiga o le Tau, Gabon
- Greta Lori: Faʻatonu o le Polokalama Atinaʻe, EPIF
- Grant Burden: Faufautua Faapitoa i feteʻenaʻiga o elefane tagata, EPIF
O le saunoaga a Prof. White na saunoa ai i le polokalame o le webinar, o suiga o le tau ua aafia ai le faitau aofai o elefane, ma tuua ai le latou nofoaga e saili ai ni meaʻai i nofoaga o tagata.
Grant Burden i lana itu, faamamafa i le manaʻoga e aofia ai nuu i le loto pe a talanoaina e uiga i taimi uʻamea tali mo tagata-manu feʻai.
O le fausiaina o Mr. White, na toe taʻua ai e Greta Lori le auala na aafia ai manu feʻai i meaola, mea tau pisinisi, falefaigaluega, ma le tau, ma le manaʻoga e faamatala ni auala fou e mafai ai ona tatou nonofo faatasi ma i latou.
Na faamamafa e CS Balala le mataupu o le tapunia o maketi i Ivory i le Iuni a Europa ma Iapani aua o le faapea mai o le maua o nei maketi o le sili taufaamatau i le faasaoina o elefane.
“I le 2020, 0 rhinos ma 9 elefane na gaoia i Kenya. O se sitepu sili lea ile faʻasao o tatou meaola. Peitai, o loʻo tatou leiloa atu tele manu i feteʻenaʻiga o manu-manufeʻai lo le gaoi. O le mea lea e manaʻomia ai ona tatou talanoaina le mataupu i le taimi nei a leai o le a tatou le maua le agalelei o tagata o le a afaina ai le Elephants faasao, "faaopoopo Balala.
Fai mai le CS, a tatou le maua le agalelei o tagata, o lona uiga o le atoa le faʻasao o polokalame o le a leiloa. Ole mafuaʻaga lea e tatau ai ona tatou faia nei gaioiga, e puipui ai tagata ma faʻafaigaluega ai tupe faʻaalu a tagata-feola i meaola e umi ma ia lagona e tagata ua puipuia mai meaola o le vao.
OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:
- Na faamamafa e CS Balala le mataupu o le tapunia o maketi i Ivory i le Iuni a Europa ma Iapani aua o le faapea mai o le maua o nei maketi o le sili taufaamatau i le faasaoina o elefane.
- The CS made the remarks yesterday during a webinar that saw the screening and discussion of ‘Living on the Edge', a documentary film by Black Bean Productions that highlighted the plight of Africa's human- Elephants crisis.
- This is why we need to take action now, to protect the people and to invest into human-wildlife conflict mitigation measures that are long term and that make people feel they are protected from wildlife.
