Kugxile emlandweni nephunga lezinongo eZanzibar ogwini lwaseTanzania indawo yezivakashi eyaziwayo. Iziqhingi, Nokho, have inehlangothini elaziwa kancane – Groves yabo Engcwele.
Ekhathazekile ngokuthi la maGroves, bobabili bacebile ngemvelo futhi bayaziswa ngokwamasiko, ukulimala nokunganakwa, abaholi basemakhaya, abadala bendabuko kanye nabantu abasha basanda kuhlangana nezinhlangano zasekhaya nezamazwe ngamazwe ukuze babhale umlando wabo womlomo futhi bahlele ukunakekelwa kwabo okungcono.
Ukusebenzisa indlela ebizwa ngevidiyo yokubamba iqhaza (PV) amalungu ezigodi zase-Jambiani nasePaje ezisogwini oluseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Zanzibar Island akha amaqembu amabili amafilimu, ngamunye ukurekhoda izici ezihlukene zamanye amaGrove abo. Ukuqeqeshwa kwenziwe yi-Mwambao Coastal Community Network, inhlangano yaseTanzania ezinze eZanzibar. “Kwaba khona ‘ukuduma’ kuworkshop yokuqeqesha” kusho uMxhumanisi wezwe uMwambao, IHajj Hajj, “Amaqembu abezimisele kakhulu ukufunda ngemishini futhi efuna ukuyozenzela amafilimu awo”.
U-Ali Mtumwa Hassan umgcini wendawo obhekele zonke iziza ezingcwele; "Bangu 32 izindawo ezingcwele zokhokho, eziningana zazo ziyihlathi esigodini sakithi saseJambiani kanye 38 izindawo ezingcwele olwandle”.
"Idolobhana Paje has ihlathi lezixuku, bazenzela nemihume nezindawo ezivulekile okuyizinto engcwele. Abawuhloniphayo ku umndeni, a
ubaba uthola indodana yakhe ezothatha izintambo. Abawuhloniphayo ukuqondisa abakhulekeli kusayithi, usivulela indlela, abesifazane bapheke iminikelo bahlanze indlela nezingane zilandele” kusho uMzi (umdala) Ame Haji.
Naphezu komlando omude kakhulu we-groves ezingcwele izinto manje zihlukile. U-Hassan Ali Haji womhume ongcwele waseShotele ukhale ngokuthi “izinto zishintshe kakhulu futhi ukuvikelwa kwezindawo kuyinselelo. Abantu abasha awahloniphi emasikweni, eziningi kwemithi emikhulu bebelokhu Imi. Zezihambeli ziyafika yehle emihumeni yethu futhi asazi bazuze nganoma iyiphi indlela futhi umgwaqo bekulokhu cut okwenza kube lula ukufinyelela emihumeni ".
Ngethemba ukuthi ividiyo yokubamba iqhaza izokhulisa intshisekelo nolwazi lwezimila u-Mzee Ame Haji waphawula “Lawa mafilimu senzele ukuqopha amasiko ezigodini zethu. Sixoxisane nabavela ePaje naseJambiani futhi sithanda ukwazisa izigodi ezingomakhelwane kanye nayo yonke iZanzibar ukuze sikwazi ukusindisa izindawo ezingcwele zokhokho bethu nezihlahla ezingcwele”
Lo msebenzi uyingxenye yohlelo olubanzi lokweseka izihlahla ezingcwele eZanzibar. I-ZAZOSO the Zanzibar Zoological Society, obambe iqhaza ekuqeqeshweni kwevidiyo usebenzisana nemiphakathi ukurekhoda amagugu amasiko kanye nemvelo yehlathi futhi asize amalungu omphakathi ukuhlela imisebenzi yokonga.. Ukwesekwa kwemiphakathi yaseZanzibar kuvela ekuhlanganyeleni kwezinhlangano ezahlukene, okuhlanganisa ne-Christensen Fund, i-New England Biolabs Foundation, Terralingua, kanye neSacred Natural Sites Initiative SNSI. I-SNSI iwuhlelo lweQembu Lochwepheshe be-IUCN mayelana Namagugu Ezamasiko Nangokomoya Wezindawo Ezivikelekile. (CSVPA). I-Terralingua yinhlangano esiza abantulayo ezinze e-USA naseCanada esebenzela ukongiwa kwezinhlobonhlobo ze-biocultural.
Ukuthola eminye imininingwane:
Sacred Natural Sites Initiative: info@sacrednaturalsites.org
Coastal Coastal Community Network