Idaniloju irin-ajo alagbero n ni atilẹyin lati ọdọ aṣaju aṣaju Olimpiiki

Nairobi – Oṣere agbabọọlu Olimpiiki Usain Bolt gba isinmi lati ori orin ni ọjọ Jimọ lati ṣe ifilọlẹ Zeitz Foundation's Long Run Initiative, eyiti o ni ero lati ṣẹda ati atilẹyin awọn iṣẹ akanṣe irin-ajo ni ayika agbaye.

Ise agbese awaoko Long Run Initiative ni Kenya jẹ 50-acre oorun ati aabo agbara afẹfẹ ni agbegbe Rift Valley pẹlu ifẹsẹtẹ erogba aifiyesi.

“Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé wọ́n mọ̀ mí sí sáré jìnnà kúkúrú, mo fẹ́ fún àwọn ẹlòmíràn níṣìírí láti dara pọ̀ mọ́ mi lọ́wọ́lọ́wọ́. Ohunkohun ti o tọ lati ṣe ni tọsi tikaka fun ati ọjọ iwaju ti aye wa ni idi ti o ga julọ,” Bolt sọ, Aṣoju Aṣa ti Zeitz Foundation.

Nigbati o nsoro ni ifilọlẹ atẹjade ti ajo naa ni ilu Nairobi, Oludari Eto Zeitz, Liz Rihoy, sọ pe o ni ireti pe iṣẹ akanṣe naa yoo jẹ awakọ idagbasoke alawọ ewe ni agbegbe nipa ṣiṣẹda awoṣe fun lilo irin-ajo lati ṣe agbega aabo awọn ibugbe adayeba.

Minisita fun Oro Ajeji ti Kenya, Moses Wetangula, ati World Indoor Hurdles Record dimu, Colin Jackson, wa ninu awọn oloye ti o fi agbara han lati ṣe atilẹyin iṣẹlẹ naa.

Gegebi Jochen Zeitz, oludasile ti Zeitz Foundation, fiimu 2009 "Ile" lori ipinle ti aye, nipasẹ UNEP Goodwill Ambassador ati olokiki fiimu Faranse, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, jẹ awokose akọkọ fun iṣẹ naa. "Aworan ti o yanilenu ti awọn iṣẹ ti aye n ṣe afihan pe gbogbo wa le ṣe iranlọwọ si aye alagbero," o sọ.

Yato si Kenya, Long Run Initiative yoo ṣe ifilọlẹ awọn iṣẹ akanṣe Aabo ni Brazil, Tanzania, Costa Rica, Indonesia, New Zealand, Sweden ati Namibia. Awọn iṣẹ akanṣe naa ni a nireti lati ṣe alabapin si itọju awọn ohun-ini adayeba ati aṣa ni awọn orilẹ-ede wọnyi.

Ecotourism jẹ iwulo pataki si UNEP fun ipa rẹ lori itọju, iduroṣinṣin, ati oniruuru ẹda.

Gẹgẹbi ohun elo idagbasoke, irin-ajo irin-ajo ṣe ilosiwaju awọn ibi-afẹde ipilẹ ti Adehun lori Oniruuru Ẹmi nipa fifi agbara iṣakoso agbegbe ti o ni aabo ati jijẹ iye ti awọn eto ilolupo ati awọn ẹranko igbẹ. Awọn iṣẹ akanṣe irin-ajo tun funni ni ọna alagbero si itọju nipasẹ iranlọwọ ṣe ipilẹṣẹ owo-wiwọle, awọn iṣẹ ati awọn aye iṣowo, ni anfani awọn iṣowo ati awọn agbegbe agbegbe.