A ranar Juma'ar da ta gabata, shugaban kasar Ecuador Guillermo Lasso ya rattaba hannu kan wannan doka don samar da sabon wurin ajiyar ruwa na Galapagos, wanda ake kira Hermandad ko "Brotherhood." Rikicin ya faɗaɗa jimillar yankin da ke da kariya ta ruwa a cikin tsibiran da kashi 45%, daga kilomita 133,000.2 (kilomita 51,351) zuwa kilomita 193,0002 (kilomita 74,517, sau biyu da rabi girman jihar Maryland).
An sanya hannu kan bikin sanya hannu kan wannan doka a cikin Tsibirin Galapagos, tare da kasancewar Ivan Duque, shugaban Colombia, da ministocin harkokin waje na Panama da Costa Rica. Tsohon shugaban Amurka Bill Clinton ne ya shaida rattaba hannun. Sauran manyan baki da dama daga Amurka da Ecuador, da kuma manyan cibiyoyin Galapagos, su ma sun halarta, ciki har da fitacciyar masaniyar nazarin halittun ruwa da kuma mai kula da kiyayewa Dakta Sylvia Earle.
“Akwai wuraren da suka yi tasiri a tarihin bil’adama kuma a yau muna da darajar kasancewa a daya daga cikin wuraren. Waɗannan tsibiran da suke maraba da mu sun koya mana abubuwa da yawa game da kanmu. Don haka, maimakon mu zama ƙwararrun masanan waɗannan ƙasashe da tekuna, bai kamata mu zama masu kare su ba?” Inji shugaba Lasso.
Ba daidai ba ne sabon ajiyar ya kara zuwa arewa maso gabas, tun da manufar ita ce ƙirƙirar hanyar "tashar teku" tare da. Costa RicaTsibirin Cocos - hanya ce ta ƙaura da miliyoyin kunkuru na teku, whales, sharks da haskoki ke amfani da su - ta haka suna shiga wuraren tarihi na UNESCO na ruwa guda biyu.
Bayan sanarwar su a COP26 a Glasgow a karshen shekarar da ta gabata, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama da Costa Rica dukkansu sun himmatu wajen yin aiki tare don samar da wata babbar hanyar teku ta Gabashin Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor tsakanin kasashensu.
Dokar da aka rattaba hannu a ranar Juma'a babu shakka tana kiyaye abubuwan da maziyarta suka yaba da namun daji. Tsibirin Galapagos. Za su ji daɗi da kuma jin daɗin haduwar yanayin ruwa iri ɗaya - ko ta hanyar binciken bakin teku tare da jiragen ruwa, kayak, allunan kwale-kwale ko kwale-kwalen gilashin ƙasa, snorkeling ko SCUBA ruwa - shekaru da yawa masu zuwa.
ABUBUWAN DA ZA KU GUDU DAGA WANNAN LABARI:
- The ceremonial signing of the decree took place in the Galapagos Islands, with the presence of Ivan Duque, President of Colombia, and the Foreign Ministers of both Panama and Costa Rica.
- It's no coincidence the new reserve extends to the northeast, since the objective is to create an “ocean highway” connection with Costa Rica's Cocos Islands — a migratory route used by millions of sea turtles, whales, sharks and rays — thereby joining two marine UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
- “There are places that have made a mark on the history of humanity and today we have the honor of being in one of those places.
