Rangers na Wasannin Afirka: Abokan haɗin kiyaye kiyaye yawon shakatawa a cikin damuwa

Namun daji ita ce kan gaba wajen jan hankalin masu yawon bude ido da kuma samun kudaden shiga na yawon bude ido a Afirka baya ga dimbin tarihi da al'adun gargajiya da aka baiwa nahiyar.

safari na daukar hoto na namun daji yana jan hankalin miliyoyin masu yawon bude ido daga Turai, Amurka da Asiya don ziyartar wannan nahiya don yin hutu a wuraren da aka kare namun daji.

Duk da arzikin namun dajin da take da shi, har yanzu Afirka na fuskantar matsalar farautar namun daji wanda ya zuwa yanzu, rashin kiyaye namun daji duk da kokarin da ake yi na kame lamarin. Gwamnatocin Afirka tare da hadin gwiwar kungiyoyin kare namun daji na duniya, yanzu haka suna aiki tare don ceto namun dajin na Afirka daga bacewa, galibi nau'in da ke cikin hadari.

Ma'aikatan kiwon namun daji a Afirka su ne abokan aikin kiyayewa na farko da suka sadaukar da rayuwarsu don kare namun dajin daga wahalhalun bil'adama, amma suna aiki cikin hadari daga mutane da namun daji da suka yi alkawarin kare su.

Ma'aikatan kiwon lafiya suna fuskantar matsin lamba na tunani da yawa waɗanda ke haifar da yuwuwar tasirin lafiyar kwakwalwa. Ana yawan fuskantar tashin hankali a ciki da wajen aikinsu.

Yawancin ma'aikatan gandun daji suna ganin danginsu kamar sau ɗaya a shekara, suna haifar da matsananciyar damuwa ga alaƙar mutum da damuwa.

A Tanzaniya, alal misali, wani da ake zargin mafarauci ya kashe wani shugaban al'umma a ƙoƙarin hana farauta a dajin Tarangire, sanannen wurin shakatawa na namun daji a arewacin Tanzaniya.

Wani da ake zargin mafarauci ne ya yanke kan shugaban kauyen Mista Faustine Sanka, wanda ya kawo karshen rayuwar shugaban al’ummar da ke kusa da dajin a watan Fabrairun wannan shekara.

‘Yan sanda sun ce kisan gilla da aka yi wa shugaban kauyen, Mista Faustine Sanka, an yi shi ne don dakile ayyukan farauta a dajin Tarangire da ke da arzikin giwaye da sauran manyan dabbobi masu shayarwa na Afirka.

Wadanda ake zargin mafarauta ne sun kashe shugaban kauyen ta hanyar datse kai ta hanyar amfani da makami mai kaifi. Bayan kashe shi, an nade gawarsa a cikin wata leda sannan aka bar babur dinsa da yake hawa a can, in ji jami’an ‘yan sanda.

A farkon watan Afrilun shekarar da ta gabata, wasu da ake zargin 'yan bindiga ne dauke da makamai sun bindige wasu ma'aikatan kiwon namun daji guda biyar da kuma direban su a gandun dajin Virunga na Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo.

Shi ne hari mafi muni a tarihin zubar da jini na Virunga, kuma na baya-bayan nan a cikin jerin munanan al'amura da ma'aikatan kiwon lafiya suka yi asarar rayukansu wajen kare al'adun gargajiya na duniya, in ji kafofin yada labarai na kiyayewa.

Duk da ci gaba da wayar da kan jama'a game da raunin da yawa daga cikin fitattun nau'o'in ƙauna da kwarjini a duniya kamar giwaye da karkanda, ba a samu fahimtar juna ba kuma kusan babu bincike kan damuwa da yiwuwar lafiyar kwakwalwa ga waɗanda ke da alhakin kare su, in ji masu kiyayewa.

"Dole ne mu kula da mutanen da ke kawo canji," in ji Johan Jooste, shugaban sojojin da ke yaki da farauta a wuraren shakatawa na Afirka ta Kudu (SANParks).

A haƙiƙanin gaskiya, an ƙara gudanar da bincike kan matsalar damuwa bayan tashin hankali (PTSD) tsakanin giwaye da ke biyo bayan farautar farauta fiye da masu kula da su ma.

Masana kula da namun daji sun ci gaba da cewa kashi 82 cikin XNUMX na ma'aikatan kiwon lafiya a Afirka sun fuskanci wani yanayi mai barazana ga rayuwa a bakin aikinsu.

Sun bayyana kalubalen yanayin aiki, kyamar al'umma, keɓewa daga dangi, ƙarancin kayan aiki da rashin isassun horar da ma'aikatan kiwon lafiya da yawa, ƙarancin albashi da rashin mutuntawa a matsayin sauran barazanar rayuwa da ke fuskantar ma'aikatan kiwon lafiya na Afirka.

Gidauniyar Thin Greenline, wata kungiya mai tushe ta Melbourne da aka sadaukar don tallafawa masu kula da dabbobi, tana tattara bayanai game da mutuwar ma'aikacin a cikin shekaru 10 da suka gabata.

Tsakanin kashi 50 zuwa 70 cikin XNUMX na mace-macen kiwo a Afirka da sauran nahiyoyi masu arzikin namun daji mafarauta ne ke dauke da su. Sauran kashi dari na irin wannan mace-mace na faruwa ne saboda kalubalen yanayin da ma'aikatan kiwon lafiya ke fuskanta a kowace rana, kamar aiki tare da dabbobi masu haɗari da kuma a cikin mahalli masu haɗari.

Sean Willmore, wanda ya kafa gidauniyar Thin Green Line Foundation kuma shugaban kungiyar Ranger ta kasa da kasa, wata kungiya mai zaman kanta da ke kula da kungiyoyin kare 100 a duk duniya, ya ce "Zan iya fada muku sarai game da mutuwar kiwo 120 zuwa 90 da muka sani kowace shekara."

Willmore ya yi imanin cewa adadi na gaskiya na duniya zai iya karuwa sosai, tun da kungiyar ba ta da bayanai daga kasashe da dama a Asiya da Gabas ta Tsakiya.

Ma'aikatan kiwon dabbobi a Tanzaniya da sauran Gabashin Afirka na fuskantar yanayi iri daya, masu barazana ga rayuwa yayin da suke bakin aikin kare namun dajin, galibi a wuraren shakatawa na kasa, wuraren adana namun daji da kuma wuraren da aka kare gandun daji.

Selous Game Reserve, yanki mafi girma na kare namun daji a Afirka ba a tsira daga irin wannan munanan al'amura da ke fuskantar ma'aikatan ba. Suna aiki cikin yanayi mai tsauri, inda suka bi ta daruruwan kilomita suna sintiri don kare namun daji, galibi giwaye.

Cike da damuwa da matsalolin tunani, ma'aikatan kiwon lafiya suna gudanar da ayyukansu tare da cikakken himma don tabbatar da rayuwar namun daji a Tanzaniya da Afirka.

A cikin Selous Game Reserve, ma'aikata suna zaune nesa da danginsu; sun fada cikin kasadar rayuwa da suka hada da hare-haren namun daji da mafarauta daga kauyukan da ke makwabtaka da su, galibi wadanda ke kashe namun daji domin naman daji.

Al'ummomin da ke makwabtaka da wannan wurin shakatawa (Selous) ba su da wani tushen furotin da ya wuce naman daji. Babu dabbobi, kaji da kamun kifi a wannan yanki na Afirka, lamarin da ke sa mazauna kauyukan farautar naman daji.

Rangers a cikin wannan wurin shakatawa kuma, suna fama da damuwa na tunani daga aiki. Yawancinsu sun bar iyalansu a garuruwa ko wasu yankuna a Tanzaniya don kare namun daji a cikin gandun daji na Selous.

“Muna da ’ya’yanmu suna zaune su kadai. Ban sani ba ko yarana suna da kyau a makaranta ko a'a. Wani lokaci ba ma yin magana da iyalanmu daga nesa ba tare da la’akari da cewa babu wani sabis na sadarwa da ake samu a wannan yanki,” in ji wani ma’aikacin gandun daji ga eTN.

Sadarwar wayar hannu, wacce a yanzu ita ce kan gaba wajen tuntuɓar juna a Tanzaniya, yanzu ba ta samuwa a wasu yankuna na Selous Game Reserve saboda wurare.

“Kowane mutum kamar maƙiyi ne a nan. Al’ummar yankin na neman naman farauta, mafarauta na neman kofuna don kasuwanci, gwamnati na neman kudaden shiga, masu yawon bude ido suna neman kariya daga ‘yan fashi da makamantansu. Wannan nauyi ne bayanmu, "in ji ma'aikacin ya shaida wa eTN.

'Yan siyasa da manajojin namun daji suna tuka motoci masu ban sha'awa a manyan garuruwa suna jin daɗin rayuwa mai inganci, banki kan kuncin rayuwa da ma'aikatan kiwon ke fuskanta a halin yanzu.