Mbalame ya Bird ndi mpainiya wa eco-tourism ndi malo omwe amapezeka ku mbalame.
Pa ulendo wapita ku Seychelles posachedwapa, ndinadabwa kwambiri ndi kukongola kokongola kwa zilumba 115 zomwe zimadutsa nyanja ya Indian. Aliyense ali ndi zosiyana zake ndipo amadzinenera kutchuka.
Monga momwe dzina limatchulira, Bird Island imadziwika padziko lonse ngati malo operekera nyama zakutchire, makamaka mbalame zosaoneka ndi zoopsya. Ndinkafuna kudziwa zambiri, ndinaganiza zokambirana ndi Melanie Felix, Woimira Malonda a Bird Island, Seychelles.
Mafilimu a Melanie Felix, Wotsatsa malonda ku Bird Island, Seychelles: Melanie wakhala akuyimira malonda a Bird Island, Seychelles kuyambira September 2015. Mzinda wake uli m'gulu la zokopa alendo. Anamaliza maphunziro a Bachelor of Commerce, Majoring ku Tourism Management kuchokera ku Curtin University, ku Australia Australia mu 2010. Kuyambira pamenepo iye wagwiritsanso ntchito 'hotelo ina' ku Seychelles.
OB: Kodi mungandiuzeko pang'ono za mbiri ya Bird Island? Nchifukwa chiyani chiri chapadera kwa Seychelles?
MF: Bird Island ndi mpainiya wa eco-tourism ku Seychelles. Chilumbacho chinagulidwa ndi Bambo Guy Savy kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1960 pamene adaganiza zopanga zokopa alendo ku Seychelles. Anali atangotsala nthawi yake kuti azisangalala ndi zomera komanso zinyama za pachilumbachi kuti alendo azisangalala kotero mu 1973 adatsegula malo oyamba ogona a Seychelles.
Mbalame ya Bird imadziwidwanso kuti ndi imodzi mwa malo omwe mbalame zimafikira ku Seychelles. Pali ziwerengero zazikulu za nyanja zakutchire zikupezeka, ndikuyitana nthawi zonse chaka chonse. Komabe, ndi Sooty Tern Colony yomwe chilumbachi chimadziwika kwambiri.
Chilumbachi ndi malo otetezeka kwambiri okhudzana ndi Sooty Terns. Pamene idagulidwa ndi Mr Savy, adachotsa mitengo yamanja ya kokonati yambiri, kuchokera kuzilumba zakale monga kokonati m'munda, zomwe zinathandiza kuti maulendo 15,000 a Sooty Terns omwe adakhalapo pachilumbacho akhale akulu awiri,000. Lero, 1.5 miliyoni za Sooty Tern zimati zifika ku chilumba kupita ku chisa.
OB: Kodi mumakhulupirira bwanji kuti Bird Island yapindula ndi zokopa za dzikoli?
MF: Ndizowonetseratu zochititsa chidwi kuchitira umboni Sooty Tern Colony. Pa nyengo yawo yobereketsa yomwe ikuchokera mu Meyi mpaka September, mudzapeza zikwi zambiri za mbalame zikudyetsa kapena kukulira mlengalenga pamwamba pa coloni. Chochititsa chidwi ichi chapangitsa kuti zokopa alendo zikhale zokopa zachilengedwe, kukopa alendo ku chilumba chaka chilichonse.
Chifukwa cha malo ake, Mbalame ya Bird ndi malo oyamba omwe mbalame zambiri zimasamukira kumadera ena, komanso zina mwazimene zinalembedwa paliponse ku Seychelles, ndipo zimakhala malo okongola kwambiri kwa odwala nyamakazi.
OB: Kotero apa ndi malo amatsenga. Kodi, makamaka, ndi zinthu ziti zomwe mumazikonda pachilumbachi ndi mbalamezi?
MF: Ndili ndi mbali zambiri zomwe ndimakonda ku Chilumba cha Mbalame, ndipo zimaphatikizapo:
- Mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya mbalame yomwe mungapeze, ikupangitsa kuti mukhale wamkulu ngati mbalame ikuyang'ana wokondeka.
- Mfundo yakuti mungayandikire pafupi ndi mbalame zina monga Tern Fairy kapena White-Tailed tropic mbalame, popanda kuwopseza. Ndipo mukhoza kutenga zithunzi zabwino!
- Kukongola kwakukulu kwa chilumba ichi chozizira, zomera zokongola ndi mabwalo ake aatali a mchenga woyera.
- Mfundo yakuti mungathe kusambira mamita ochepa kuchokera kumtunda ndikuyamba kusambira ndi makoswe atatu kapena anai palimodzi!
- Malo okongola a Giant Land Tortoises omwe amayendetsa malo.
- Zomwe zinayikidwa mmbuyo ndi zowona za chilumbacho.
- Mpaka lero chilumbachi chikuthamangitsidwa ndi banja la Seychellois. Ndipo mukhoza kuwapeza pachilumbachi.
OB: Kodi chikuchitika chiyani kuti muteteze mbalame pachilumbachi, makamaka pangozi?
MF: Kuyambira kugula chilumbachi, Bambo Savy waika mapulogalamu a zachilengedwe kuti ateteze mbalame pachilumbacho. A Conservation Officer amagwiritsidwa ntchito kuti azisamalira ntchito zowonongeka, ndipo sizingowonjezera mbalame zokha koma amapita ku chitetezo cha Green Turtles ndi Hawksbill Turtles zomwe zimafika pachilumbachi. Mbalame ya Bird imakhalanso malo okwezeretsa nsombazi.
OB: Ndi chiyani chinanso chomwe Amamerika amamvetsetsa za Bird Island?
MF: Palibe zambiri zoti timvetsetse zina koma kuti tikufuna kusunga chilumba chathu chokongola; kuti alendo aone chinachake chimene sichidzakumane nawo m'dziko lawo, komanso m'badwo wam'tsogolo.
OB: Ndili ndi funso losiyana tsopano. Kodi mumakonda bwanji chilumba ku Seychelles ndipo chifukwa chiyani?
MF: Zikuwoneka kuti ndikunyalanyaza ndithu, pamene ndikuti ndi chilumba cha mbalame.
Pazilumba za Seychelles zomwe ndayendera, Bird Island ndithudi ndimakonda. Ndimakumbukira bwino ena ambiri koma ndikuona kuti ena akukula kwambiri, ndipo sindikufuna izi pazilumba zazing'ono. Sindikufuna kuyang'ana magalimoto ambiri pamsewu kapena anthu ambiri pamapiri. Kwa iwo omwe sali otero ndikuthokoza, koma kumeneko, mudzapeza hotelo yaikulu yamaketoni kapena malo osungiramo alendo ndi kutentha kwa hotelo yaing'ono yowonongeka ya 'nyumba-wamkulu'.
Ichi ndi chifukwa chake ndimakonda Bird Island ndi malo ake ogona. Popeza adagulidwa ndi Mr Savy, chilumbacho sichinawonongeke chenichenicho, chithumwa chake. Ndi malo enieni omwe muyenera kupita ndipo simuyenera kudandaula kapena kuganizira chilichonse. Ali ndi chikhalidwe choterechi ndipo izi zimapangidwa ndi kukongola kwa chilumbacho ndi nyanja zake zochititsa chidwi. Ndipo sitingathe kuiwala zochititsa chidwi za Sooty Tern Colony! Ichi ndi maso omwe amandichititsa mantha nthawi iliyonse ndikaiwona ndikupangitsa kuzindikira momwe zinthu zilili zosayembekezereka.
OB: Ndichifukwa chiyani mukuganiza kuti Seychelles ndi malo oyenera kuyendera, tiyeni tizinena, Achimereka ndi a Canada kufupi ndi dziko lapansi?
MF: Ndikumva kuti ku America ndi ku Canada, Seychelles ndi malo atsopano oti apeze. Kupita ku malo atsopano monga Seychelles omwe ali ndi zosiyana ndi zopereka kudzafunidwa m'malo moyendayenda ku malo monga North America iwowo ndi Europe. The Seychelles amapereka chikhalidwe chosiyana komanso chosiyana. Ndife poto losungunuka, zomwe zimabweretsa anthu oyeretsa osiyana kudzera mu zakudya zathu, nyimbo zathu ndi moyo wathu wonse.
Kuwonjezera apo, malo a zisumbu zathu amatithandiza kukhala ndi nyengo yabwino ya nyengo yonse. Ndi malo osangalatsa a chilumba cha zilumba zamtchire, okongola kwa anthu osiyanasiyana, okonda nsomba, okonda zachilengedwe, oyendayenda akutsatira zikhalidwe zenizeni komanso ndizofunikira kwa iwo amene akufuna kutentha dzuwa tsiku lonse m'mphepete mwa nyanja za Indian Ocean.
Mbiri ya Bambo Guy Savy: Ndondomeko ya Savy ya Bird Island, yomwe ili kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Seychelles, inayamba mu 1967 pamene adabwerera ku Seychelles kuchokera ku New Zealand komwe adakhala zaka zambiri akuwerenga. Anapeza Mbalame panthawi yomwe chilumbachi chinali choipa kwambiri chifukwa cha kusokonezeka kwa anthu pa chilumba chodziwika kwambiri cha chilumba cha sooty tern chimene chiwerengero chawo cha m'ma 1950 chinachokera ku mbalame pafupifupi milioni 65,000. Ndipo nayamba kuyendetsa nthawi yaitali ndikuwombera pachilumbachi kuchokera ku chilengedwe cha zochitika zachilengedwe kupyolera mwachisamaliro chokongola komanso zokopa alendo. Bwana Savy anapatsa oyang'anira chilumbacho kwa ana ake, Nick ndi Alex mu January 2016. (Excerpt kuchokera ku INSIDE Seychelles 2015. ndi Glynn Burridge)