E pei ona lipotia talu ai nei, o le Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) leoleo ma tagata faigaluega ola matautia pe a aveina i Mt. O le Elgon National Park, e pei o osofaʻiga a tagata solitulafono, tagata gaoi fale, ma gaoi laupapa na mafua ai le tele o manuʻa ma e oo lava i le tele o maliu a o faatino o latou tiute i le puipuiga o le faasao, puipuia o meaola, ma le faatumauina o le taua o le suavai.

Ae ui i lea, e pei o le tele o tulaga, e lua itu i tala taʻitasi ma le Uganda Human Rights Network i le vaiaso talu ai na taumafai e faʻaleagaina le faʻamanatuga a le UWA o le UN Year of the Gorilla 2009 ma le latou faʻalauiloaina tele o le "Friend a Gorilla" campaign pe a latou fa'amatu'u mai se itu lautele o tu'ua'iga fa'asaga i le fa'alapotopotoga o le fa'afoega o meaola fa'aola a le atunu'u. O i latou e masani i tulaga o Mt. Elgon talu ona suia le tulaga o le paka mai se vaomatua e le puipuia i se paka a le atunuʻu atoa i le 1993, na tilotilo i mea, e aofia ai ni ata faʻataʻitaʻi o tuʻuaʻia o tagata sauaina i le lima o le UWA. aufaigaluega.

E tusa ai ma le sailiga a le eTN, i aso ua tuanaʻi, o le lapoʻa muamua o le fanua faʻasao sa iai muamua - o se paka foʻi a le atunuʻu i le isi itu o le tuaoi o Kenya ma le vaega o fefaʻatauaʻiga i le va o UWA ma le Kenya Wildlife Service - na faʻaititia malie i le va o le 1923, ma le taimi o le tutoʻatasi o Uganda i le 1962, atagia ai le faatupulaia o le faitau aofai o tagata ma a latou talosaga mo nisi fanua tau faʻatoʻaga ae le i oʻo i se taimi na tuʻuina atu ai se tulaga e le malo e faapea o tuaoi o loʻo i ai nei e tatau ona tutu peʻa afai o le faʻasao o loʻo taofia soʻo se uiga lava. O le faʻalauteleina o le puipuiga o le vao togavao o se paka a le atunuʻu, o le mea moni, faʻamoemoe e faʻatumauina le ola o tuaoi pitonuʻu ma Ugandans atoa, e pei lava o le taimi lena o le aoga o le vai e avea o se vaipuna vaʻaia na iloaina, faʻatagaina le faifai pea tafe o vai i vaitafe ma tamaʻi vaitafe o aliaʻe mai le Mauga. Elgon ma le faʻaaogaina mo le tele o mafuaʻaga e ala i fale ma nuʻu i lalo.

Peitai, talu mai le tutoʻatasi, o le faitau aofai o tagata i le paka ua sili atu ma le faʻatoluina, ma e ui e le taumateina o loʻo faʻaauau pea ma faifai pea le manaʻomia mo le tatalaina o le paka mo tagata e nonofo ai, o le manaʻomia o le puipuia o punavai mo na faʻaopopo uma numera ua avea tutusa sili atu ona taua i aso nei nai lo le 15 poʻo le 20 tausaga talu ai. O le mea lea, ua finau mai le UWA ma le faʻasao o aiga, o le lafoa o le paka, poʻo ni ona itu, o le a faia i tausaga o lumanaʻi e atili ai ona leaga le olaga o nuʻu i tafatafa o le mauga, nai lo le sili atu e pei ona fautuaina e le au faʻatauva faʻapolokiki ma tagata faʻaosooso na folafola. "Lagi i le lalolagi" ia i latou e naunau e faʻalogo ma sauni e faia a latou talatalanoaga e ala i le faʻalauiloaina o osofaʻiga masani i luga o tolauapiga tolauapiga ma leoleo i luga o leoleo.

Ua taʻua e le UWA le kilia o le tusa o le 2,000 hectares o fanua ua uma ona aʻoa ma le faʻatulafonoina, lea e taua tele i le puipuiga o punaoa o le vai ma puipuia ai eleele solo ma eleele solo, aemaise lava i le amataina o timuga mamafa o le N Nino. . O loʻo galueina foʻi vaomatua ma faʻafitauli e toe faʻaleleia i ia vaega, pei ona faʻailoa atu.

I se talanoaga ma le faʻatonusili o le UWA o Mose Mapesa, na ia teʻena ai lava ni manatu ma ni tuʻuaiga e masani ona faia e le UWA ni faiga faʻasauā poʻo ni tulafono faʻasili ae faʻafitia e le o le auala lava lea a le faʻalapotopotoga e galue ai pe o se mataupu o faiga faʻavae pei ona fautuaina. e ona fili. I le avea ai o le faʻatonu o faʻatonu o galuega i le fanua ae le i tofiaina i le tulaga o le CEO, ma le faʻaaloalogia lautele o se tagata faʻaaloalo ma faʻamaoni, e le gata i Uganda ae o le lautele lautele i sasaʻe o Aferika, e atili ai ona talitonuina ana teena.

E ui lava e leʻi faʻateʻaina e Mapesa le taupulepulega a tagata taʻitoʻatasi i le faʻatagaina o tagata i totonu o le paka ona faia ni shambas [tamaʻi faʻatoʻaga] i se faiga piʻopiʻo, ae na ia tauto lava e aumai na tagata faigaluega sese e tusi, ae o ia foʻi na ia tauto e tuliloa leoleo ma isi auala faʻatulafono. i latou na manua pe fasiotia lana aufaigaluega i vaiaso ma masina talu ai.

Na taʻua foi e Mapesa, o nisi o ata na lolomiina e le au fai aiā tatau a tagata i le vaiaso ua tuanaʻi, o le aufaigaluega a le UWA na manuʻa i le taimi o osofaiga, ae LEAI ni tagata nofomau o le nuu na fasi e le aufaigaluega a le UWA, ma o nei ata na avatu i le aufaasalalau e le UWA e avea ma faamaoniga o na osofaʻiga i luga o leoleo ma uarota.

I le tapunia ai o le ma talanoaga, na tuuaia ai e Mapesa le tele o tuʻuaiga i faitotoʻa o le au faʻapolokiki ma tagata faʻapolokiki pepelo, na faʻatupuina pea le toʻatele o tagata i le 2000, 2001, 2005, ma e oʻo lava i le leva o le tausaga, ma o i latou tonu na mafua ai le faʻataligatoto i taimi o fetauaʻiga a le au faatupu vevesi, tagata faomea, faifaatoaga le aufaifaatoaga, ma gaoi laupapa i le tasi itu ma le au faamalosia tulafono o UWA ma isi puipuiga ofisa i le isi itu.

O le mea lava lea e tasi, o le faʻataʻitaʻiga lava lea e tasi na feagai ma le National Forest Authority, lea foʻi na vaʻaia ai le latou aufaigaluega i le fanua i lalo o osofaʻiga masani a o taumafai e faʻamalosia le tulafono e faʻatautaia ai le puleaina o nofoaga tutotonu o vaomatua faʻasao. I le amataga o lenei vaiaso, na faalauiloa ai e le NFA nisi auiliiliga e uiga i osofaiga fou a le vaomatua na aafia ai le lata i le 6,000 hectares o vao na vaʻaia a o mafaufau loloto le malo po o le a le mea e fai ma nofo i ona lima ae le o le lagolagoina malosi o le atunuʻu leoleo o vaomatua.

O le tala lelei i le taimi nei o le UWA, faʻatasi ma taʻitaʻi o le aʻai o le faʻamaoni, na galulue faʻatasi ma se maliega maliega ma nuʻu lata ane, lea o le a faʻatagaina ai le puleaina lelei o vaega o tuaoi o le paka vaomatua, e aofia ai le teuina o pi, aoina o vailaau vailaʻau ma laʻau, ma faʻatapulaʻa le faʻaaogaina o laupapa e le au faʻamanuiaina i aofaʻi faʻamautinoaina le umi-tumau gafataulimaina o sea faiga faʻapaʻaga.

O mea matautia ua aliae mai, aemaise ma le vaavaai totoʻa i le palota i le 2011 i Uganda, peitai, na faamamafaina ina ua faalauiloa e le PRO le faalapotopotoga, i le taimi o le sauniga ma le au tusitala i Bwindi, i totonu o le mataupu o le taliina o se fesili. ana tali ae o le a le tosina atili atu i le mataupu. O le taʻalo ma le faʻasao mo taimi puʻupuʻu polofiti e mafai ona i ai ni faʻalavelave mataʻutia e pei o le ogaoga aʻafiaga o le Mau faʻatafunaina ma le faʻatafunaga i luga o le tuaoi i Kenya lava faʻaalia. O iina, mo le lelei o palota, ua leva ona le amanaʻia e le aufaipolokiki le tele o tausaga i faʻafitauli ua aliaʻe mai ma ua naʻo lea ua le toe mafai ona nanaina le paʻu mai le vaega o loʻo iai le vai na gaugau ma mafua ai le tele o faʻafitauli nai lo le tele o faʻateʻa. o le afa-loto tali atu amata ona tulaʻi mai le malo i Nairobi.

Ata lata mai nei e faʻaalia ai le Mauga. O le pito i luga o Kilimanjaro e aunoa ma le kiona ma le aisa, o le faʻaauau pea o le paʻu o le Rwenzori icecaps, ma le tele o taimi o timuga ma lologa, o se toe fafagu lava lea - o le ola tumau o tagata ua lamatia, ma o le a oʻo mai Copenhagen Climate Conference o le a faia. Avea ma faʻamaoniga sili ona manino pe o le a le ogaoga o malo o malo atiaʻe, malo faitotoʻa, ma le tele o tatou lava malo Aferika e moni e laveaʻi le paneta mai le faʻatafunaga.

O lena faʻafanoga e masani lava ona amata i se tulaga laʻititi i se mea, o le mafuaʻaga lena e manaʻomia ai e le UWA uma le lagolago ma faʻapolokiki lagolago e puipuia ai le toe faʻalavelaveina ma vaevaeina i le Mauga. Elgon National Park.

O le sailia o faʻasalalauga faʻatau taugofie pei o mea na folafola e le tagata lava ia, e leʻo le ala i luma. E leai ni leoleo na aveina i le faamasinoga mo le afaina o le tino, mo le sauaina, faaoolima, po o le fasioti tagata e oʻo mai i lenei taimi, ma e foliga mai ona o le leai o se molimau e pei o isi latou na faia nei tuuaiga toe fai foi lipoti tutusa moliaga ma moliaga - leai se tasi lea na tupu.

I le faaiuga, o nei tonu lava lagona na tele foi faaleoina e na vaega o le lotoifale lolomiina ma faaeletonika ala o faasalalauga manatu taua, ao se vaega ese o isi aufaasālalau sa taumafai e faia taugofie faapolokiki tupe faavae mai le faanoanoa mea na tupu ina ua latou faamamafaina i le tasi itu faiga o tuuaiga faasaga i le Uganda Wildlife Pulega ma faaaogaina o se tulaga e osofaia ai le malo i le lautele e uiga i mea uma.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

According to eTN own research, in recent days the original size of the former forest reserve – incidentally also a national park across the border in Kenya and part of a trans-boundary cooperation between UWA and the Kenya Wildlife Service – was gradually reduced between 1923, and the time of Uganda's independence in 1962, reflecting growing populations and their requests for more agricultural land before eventually a position was taken by government that the existing boundaries would now have to stand if conservation was to retain any meaning at all.
The widened protection of the mountainous forest as a national park was, in fact, aimed to sustain the livelihood of neighboring communities and Ugandans as a whole, as even then the function of the mountain as a water catchment area was recognized, permitting the constant flow of water in streams and small rivers emerging from Mt.
Hence, it is argued by UWA and the conservation fraternity that letting go of the park, or even parts of it, would in coming years make the life of communities around the mountain much worse, instead of better as suggested by political opportunists and inciters promising “heaven on earth”.