17 月 800 日星期三在基加利舉行的為期一天的會議專門討論了瀕臨滅絕的山地大猩猩的保護問題，其中不到 XNUMX 只現在在盧旺達、烏干達和剛果民主共和國的山區邊境地區倖存下來。 昨天，大批保護主義者和旅遊業和社會感興趣的團體聚集在基加利，討論並勾勒出主題為“大維龍加地區大猩猩保護的挑戰和機遇”的路線圖。
聯合國已宣布今年為“大猩猩年”，希望盧旺達的許多活動——比如周六針對“Kwita Izina”的為期一周的一系列慶祝活動、會議和研討會的高潮——將有助於關注這種野生動物資源的保護和經濟利用的可持續共存，盧旺達因此而聞名於世。 隨著該國從 1994 年前 15 年種族滅絕的廢墟中崛起，可持續旅遊業處於經濟活動的最前沿，發展和旅遊業現在在其他主流行業中排名靠前。
這是與“Kwita Izina”一起舉行的第二次此類會議，“Kwita Izina”本身已進入第五個年頭，根據 RDB/ORTPN 消息來源，該會議將成為年度活動，因為會議的結果和建議將被納入未來 ORTPN 採取的政策決策和增加的保護措施中。 ORTPN 負責人兼盧旺達發展委員會副首席執行官羅塞特·魯甘巴 (Rosette Rugamba) 也在活動中發表講話，重申雖然大猩猩追踪仍佔該國遊客活動的大部分，但正在努力使提供的旅遊產品多樣化，尤其是 Nyungwe 國家公園，由於額外的支持性營銷活動，該公園開始接待更多遊客。 新出生的大猩猩嬰兒的主要命名儀式將於週六在火山國家公園或“火山公園”附近舉行，因為盧旺達是一個除了主要的白話“kinyarwanda”外，英語和法語都是通用語言的國家。
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- The United Nations has declared this as the “Year of the Gorilla,” and it is hoped that the many activities in Rwanda – like the culmination of a week-long series of festivities, meetings, and seminars towards “Kwita Izina” on Saturday – will help to focus on sustainable coexistence of conservation and economic utilization of this wildlife resource, for which Rwanda has become known across the world.
- Rosette Rugamba, head of ORTPN and deputy CEO of the Rwanda Development Board, who also spoke at the event, reaffirmed that while gorilla tracking still made up the bulk of tourist visitor activities in the country, efforts were underway to diversify the tourism products on offer, in particular the Nyungwe National Park which has started to receive more visitors as a result of extra supporting marketing activities.
- This was the second such conference meeting of its kind to be held alongside “Kwita Izina,” itself now in its fifth year, which will, according to RDB/ORTPN sources, become an annual event, as the findings and recommendations of the meeting would be absorbed into policy decisions and added conservations measures taken by ORTPN in the future.
