Abasebenza, ososayensi, kanye namalungu omphakathi Omdabu avela emazweni ayishumi ahlukene ahlangana eNyuvesi yaseGeorgia ukuze babelane ngomsebenzi wabo ngemvuselelo yabomdabu kanye nokongiwa kwezindawo ezingcwele (5-7 April 2012). Njengengxenye yokugcotshwa kwe I-Neothropical Montology Collaboratory eholwa nguFausto Sarmiento, umsebenzi omningi wawugxile ezintabeni ezingcwele ezinezibonelo ezithathwe emhlabeni wonke futhi ikakhulukazi i-Andes.
Umvubukuli wokuphakama okuphezulu UConstanza Ceruti wabelane ngomsebenzi wakhe ekuchazweni kwezindawo ezingcwele ze-Inca njengoba zihunyushwa ngokuphenya izidumbu nezindawo zemikhosi ezingaphezu kwama-5000m yonkana eNingizimu Melika.. Nakuba impucuko yama-Inca ingasekho izintaba zisangcwele kumasiko amaningi ase-Andean aphilayo namuhla..
USuperintendent Dorothy Firecloud uchaza ngokuphatha izimangalo eziqhudelanayo nezintshisakalo phakathi kwabaqwali, abahlali kanye nezizwe zamaNdiya eDevils Tower, National Monument in Wyoming. Photo: B. Verschuuren.
Ngokwesibonelo, e-Ecuador, izintaba ezingcwele eziyishumi nanye zaziwa ngokuhlanganisa isizinda esingokomoya sama-Atawalakuna. Cesar Cotacachi, umuntu womdabu wase-Kichwa Otavelano uchaze ukubaluleka kokulawula ezokuvakasha kanye nokubuyisela ubuqotho bemvelo balezi zindawo zemvelo ezingcwele maqondana nenhlalakahle yabo bonke abantu base-Otavelano.
I Sacred Natural Sites Initiative wethule inkulumo eyisihluthulelo echaza isidingo sokusebenzisana phakathi kwabalondolozi bemvelo, ososayensi kanye nama-NGO asekela abanakekeli abavikela futhi baphathe izindawo zabo zemvelo ezingcwele. Ukubeka ukulawula ukongiwa kwezindawo zemvelo ezingcwele ezandleni zabantu bendawo nabomdabu nakho kunikeza imibono emisha endimeni yesayensi..
Ngokusho kukaBern Guri, Izindlela zomdabu zokwazi nazo ziyisayensi. Ubeke iphuzu lokuthi lezi “sayensi zomdabu” ziyisisekelo sendlela yokuphila yemiphakathi yendawo futhi kufanele kube isiqalo sanoma yimuphi umsebenzi wokongiwa kwemvelo noma umsebenzi wesayensi ezindaweni ezingcwele ezingeni lomphakathi.. Ngokwakhe umuntu wakwaDagara waseGhana, UBern wethula CIKODUmsebenzi wokusindisa izindawo ezingcwele zomphakathi waseTancharra (I-Tanchara okusho ukuthi "phakathi kwezintaba" ngolimi lwesiDagara).
Abangene kulumhlangano balalele isifundiswa legqwetha uMnu. UJace Weaver, ophinde abe yilungu leCherokee Eastern Band. Lapha ubonakala echaza ngokubaluleka kwendunduma eyake yahlala ingxenye yendabuko yaseMikwasi.. Photo: B. Verschuuren.
Umphakathi kanye nesazi semivubukulo uBen Steere wethule umsebenzi wakhe we-Eastern Band of Cherokees insimu yakhe eseduze nalapho ingqungquthela yayibanjelwe khona.. Leli qembu liqasha abavubukuli ukuze baphinde bathole ulwazi lwesikhathi sabo esidlule ukuze babuyisele ngokucophelela ukubaluleka ngokomzimba nokungabonakali kwezindawo zabo ezingcwele.. Abaholi beCherookee baqondisa umsebenzi futhi bahileleke eduze nemisebenzi eyenziwayo ngokwayo eholela kulokho okungenzeka okuchazwa kangcono njengomphakathi noma imivubukulo ebambe iqhaza..
Iphathi iqhubekile nokuvakashela I-Cherokee Museum kanye nomkhondo wokutolika weCherokee e-Chattahoochee National Forest. Uhambo lwafika emaphethelweni endundumeni ethathwa njengesizinda esingcwele seCherokee. Lesi siduli salahleka eCherokee njengoba indawo yaba ngaphansi kwemithetho yaseNingizimu Carolina. Kamuva yalinywa ukuze ilinywe ngawo-1920 futhi yathengwa yiCherokee Eastern Band cishe cishe. 3 izigidi zamaRandi 1996 asebeyigcina iphephile ekulimaleni okwengeziwe.
