Kunengxenye emngceleni ophakathi kweMexico ne-United States lapho imihosha ejulile ibusa indawo eyihlane, kwesinye isikhathi njengengabonakali njengombukwane.
Kutholakala enhliziyweni yoGwadule lwaseChihuahuense, umhosha iSanta Elena, phakathi kweChihuahua neTexas, kanye nalawo aseMariscal naseBoquillas, phakathi kweCoahuila neTexas, yimigodi emithathu emangalisa kakhulu esifundeni: izindonga zazo ezinhle zidlula amamitha angama-400 ukuphakama. kwamanye amaphuzu. Lezi zici zomhlaba zingumphumela wokuguguleka komhlaba okwenziwe izinkulungwane zeminyaka ngaphambi kweRio Grande futhi, ngaphandle kokungabaza, zimele elinye lamafa emvelo ahlaba umxhwele kakhulu abiwe phakathi kwamazwe amabili.
Le mihosha emithathu ingatholakala ngaphakathi kweBig Bend National Park, eTexas, eyalelwa ngo-1944 ngemuva kwesikhathi eside sokuthula phakathi kwalezi zizwe zombili. Ejabule ngaleli qiniso, futhi emangazwa ubuhle bendawo ebukeka ohlangothini lomfula iMexico, owayengumongameli wase-United States ngaleso sikhathi, uFranklin D. Roosevelt, waphakamisa ukwakhiwa kwepaki lokuthula lamazwe omhlaba phakathi kweMexico ne-United States. IMexico yathatha cishe isigamu sekhulu leminyaka ukusabela, yamemezela izindawo ezimbili zemvelo ezivikelekile endaweni yaseRio Grande canyons, kepha isenzo sikahulumeni waseMelika sakhombisa ukuqala kwendaba yokongiwa kwemvelo eqhubeka kuze kube namuhla. Namuhla, umhlaba uvikelekile ezinhlangothini zombili zomngcele ngaphansi kwezinhlelo ezahlukahlukene ezibandakanya izinqolobane zombuso, zombuso nezizimele. Kukhona neyodwa egxile kuphela ekunakekelweni komcengezi: iRío Escénico y Salvaje, e-United States, kanye ne-Mexico elilingana nayo, i-Río Bravo del Norte Natural Monument esanda kumenyezelwa, iqinisekisa ukuvikeleka komfula nemifudlana yawo ngaphezu kuka-300 amakhilomitha.
Umzamo wokuwela umngcele
Isikhathi sokuqala lapho ngangena komunye walezi zigubhu ezimangalisayo, ngakwenza njengobufakazi obuyilungelo lomcimbi womlando. Kulowo mcimbi, abaphathi beBig Bend, abasebenzi baseCemex –inhlangano esithenge izindawo eziningi ezakhelene neRio Grande eMexico nase-United States ukuzisebenzisela ukonga isikhathi eside- kanye nabamele i-Agrupación Sierra Madre - inhlangano yokulondolozwa yaseMexico esebenza isikhathi esingaphezu kweminyaka eyishumi kule ndawo - bahlangane ukugwedla phansi iBoquillas Canyon baxoxa ngekusasa lesifunda nangezinyathelo ezizolandelwa ukulondolozwa kwaso. Izinsuku ezintathu nobusuku obubili ngikwazile ukuhlanganyela naleli qembu lababonayo izinkinga namathuba okuphatha indawo enjalo efanekisela.
Namuhla, ngenxa yedrayivu nokuqiniseka kwabaphuphi abambalwa, umlando uyajika. Ihlelwe ngaphansi kwe-El Carmen-Big Bend Conservation Corridor Initiative, ebambe iqhaza kohulumeni, izinhlangano zaseMexico nezamazwe omhlaba, abafuyi bezinkomo kanye nezinkampani ezizimele, ezimelwe yiCemex, lezi zenzo zifuna ukufeza umbono ofanayo ngekusasa phakathi kwabo bonke abalingisi esifundeni ukuze bazuze ukuvikeleka kwesikhathi eside kwaleli megacorridor yebhayoloji enezinkulungwane ezine zamahektare.
Ngiyohlala ngikhumbula ukushona kwelanga ngaphakathi komunye wemigodi. Ukukhonona kwamanje nokuzwakala komhlanga kuyaluza emoyeni kwenza umsindo othambile ezindongeni okwathi, njengoba siqhubeka, zancipha zaze zaba umhosha omncane. Ilanga lase lishona vele futhi ezansi nomhosha isigubuzelo esicishe sibe ngumlingo sasimboza. Ngicabanga ngezingxoxo zamahora adlule, ngalala phansi ngabheka phezulu, ngazula ngobunono isihlenga sami. Ngemuva kwemijikelezo eminingana angitholanga mehluko phakathi kwezindonga zombili - iMexico kanye neMelika - futhi ngacabanga ngoshova oludla izindonga zasemhosheni nebhere elimnyama eliwela umfula lifuna izindawo ezintsha, kungakhathalekile ukuthi likuluphi uhlangothi.
Mhlawumbe umuntu ulahlekelwe unomphela ithuba lokuqonda indawo ngaphandle kwemikhawulo yezepolitiki, kodwa ngineqiniso lokuthi, uma siqhubeka nokuthembela ekubambeni iqhaza kwezinhlangano nabantu abazibophezele njengabahlanganyeli kulo mlando wokongiwa kwemvelo, ukuqonda kuzoqiniswa ukuzama kuzuzwe umbono ovamile.
