SoC01 The World Must Advocate Ecological Diplomacy

[Filosofia ya Rorya]

Category: Environment.​

River Congo, the Lungs of Africa.
Image by the courtesy of Google.​

Mau forest reserve in the republic of Kenya which a decade ago turned to be the hottest political agenda [following massive land invasion and bush clearance in the area] drawing international attention from Egyptian government gossips of planet's war of wetlands and catchments.

Mau's alienation was wrestled down by the then Premier Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga. Naturally, Mau forest reserve attracts rains and provides river catchment whose water flows into Lake Victoria which again drains northern part of Africa where Egypt is situated; through river Nile. Wanton degradation of Mau forest means low supply of water into Lake Victoria which also will lose its volume of water deposit and that will affect supply of water to Egypt through river Nile, let alone empirical fact that Mau forest reserve provides conducive environment for agropastoralism, hunting and gathering, and cultural heritage by Maasai, Kipsigis, Nandi, Digiri, Dorobo and Kalenjin in the southern and central rift valley as it is for Pokot, Turkana and Samburu [the butterfly-people] in the northern rift valley who predominantly are nomads. Mau forest is also rich in ethnoarchaeology by such lineage as Ogiek, Oom, Omotik, Akie, Aap, Piik, Kaplelach, Kapchepkendi, Kipchorwonek, Kipsang’any and Kipkururek who live in the forest as they derive their comfort in trees which in the ancient periods were their houses thus, deforestation of Mau marks the beginning of their extinction on earth as their demography is relatively nominal [5,883 by 1998]. They depend on the vegetations of Mau for foods such as roots, fruits, leaves, honey and insects as before transformation they’re herbivorous. The lineage play central role in green politics of Mau which best provides for their haven as naturally trees mean life to them as such, they’re anti deforestation and poaching [Ogiek/Okiek means caretaker of all plants and wild animals].

Egypt pays royalty to Kenya for conserving and protecting Mau forest although Tanzania and Uganda as well have rivers that supply water into Lake Victoria from which river Nile supplies water to Egypt even though Tanzania and Uganda do not receive royalty from Egypt as Lake Victoria is shared among the trio [Tz 51%, UG 43%, KE 6%] [I do not campaign for Kenya to pay royalty to Tanzania for Mount Kilimanjaro, aim of the book is to make a case for the need and importance of conservation only and that Tanzania should learn better from Kenya about protection of northern part of Mount Kilimanjaro and also learn better from Egypt about conservation and protection of Mau forest which is not in Egypt]. I do not know if flow meters could be affixed to all rivers that supply water into Lake Victoria and determine royalty based on litres supplied to the Lake then perhaps Egyptian economy will collapse.

Consider this rainfall distribution in Uganda, approximately 50% of rains that fall in Uganda depend on the winds that cover thousands of miles from the Atlantic Ocean, and the influence of gigantic Congo forest which also contributes approximately ¾ of the remaining 50% and only ⅓ is generated by local Ugandan topography, all these rains fill water to Ugandan rivers which again flow into Lake Victoria and the Lake supplies Egypt through river Nile, so if Egypt was to pay royalty to Uganda, then this means that DR Congo and perhaps countries of the Atlantic ocean also would have demanded their fraction of royalty either from Uganda or Egypt. The data may not be actual [not refined] but equivalent, I have rounded them for knowledge sake; the actual ones were presented in a keynote address at the opening session of an international meeting for climate resilience in Kampala 2014.

Again there’s a case of multimillion migratory birds that fly thousands of miles and spend months on transit from Australia and the Europe to Rubondo National Park in Lake Victoria and Selous National Park in Lindi for breeding purpose only and get back with their newborns afterwards. This proves how fair God is, he made homes for these birds in Australia and the Europe but their nests for breeding in Tanzania so that they can benefit the trio for bird tourism by swapping the seasons. This too is considered eco-dependence among Australia, Europe and Tanzania as it is for migratory wildebeests between Serengeti in Tanzania and Maasai Mara in Kenya and feature as one of world wonders of Serengeti.

For this reason therefore, both Australia and the Europe have the obligation for sustainable peace and stability of Tanzania so that insecurity may not lead to eco-degradation and impact on sanctuary that best provides for breeding grounds for these migratory birds; thus demotes tourism and affect economies of the trio. This call for Rubondo and Selous National Parks through TANAPA to capture this invaluable opportunity for forging multilateral cooperation for conservation among Tanzania, Australia and the Europe and this will practically translate Tanzania’s policy on economic diplomacy. This also happens with whales from South Africa and Mozambique which seasonally inhabit Tanzania’s waters due to maritime temperature trade-off among South Africa, Mozambique and Tanzania.

The aim of the analyses therefore, is entirely to show how Supernatural Power created interdependence among nations of the world and talking of impediment of insecurity in Somalia to EAC, I underscore vacuity of love that exists among nations of the world whereby spirit of burden sharing for troubles of the universe is long gone and this is the basis for international insecurity.

When 5th phase government of President JPM carried massive tree planting, it implied that it was saving souls of some biodiversity elsewhere as we have seen in above case studies and not for its own sake alone, moreover, national vision 2025 also depends on conservation as if there’s no conservation then there’s no rains and there’s no life for botanical and zoological organisms. Again taking the case of Uganda to underline the importance of national campaign for massive conservation by Tanzania’s 5th phase government, consider this: God forbid, if climate resilience diverts direction of winds from Atlantic Ocean to a different location excluding Uganda that means Uganda will lose 50% of rains from that source.

If one of the world biggest equatorial forests in DR Congo is dilapidated by wanton reaping of logs Uganda will lose ¾ of the remaining 50% of rains, if within Uganda herself conservation is not prioritized then she will lose ⅓ of rains which are locally generated by her topography, the bottom-line of this is, biodiversity in Uganda will definitely disappear as rains will be produced at zero rate, more worse, there will be no electricity to run the economy as dams which depend on rains will no longer deposit water. But if the same scenario of climate resilience happens in Kenya and Tanzania, then world second largest Lake Victoria will lose its volume and will be on the threshold of drying up, the question is, will life be assured for biodiversity in Lake Victoria basin regardless of how long this will happen?

Above instances of ecological interdependence between Uganda and DR Congo, Uganda and Atlantic Ocean, Kenya and Egypt, Kenya and Tanzania, Tanzania and Australia exist in many countries of the world made by God, some have not been studied as yet probably, and not only those six. Operations of the Industrialized world impact on ecosystems of other countries including LDCs e.g. depletion of ozone which has turned to be the bone of contention among countries of the world. Such deep analyses depict interdependence that exist in the globe thus calls for integration of power politics with green politics for drawing up a lesson for peace, stability and security. This means therefore that, Uganda has the duty to participate/assist in maintenance of peace, stability and security of the DR Congo so that equatorial forest in DR Congo should not keep being vandalized as it is the source of supply of rains to Uganda.

Egypt too has the duty to participate/assist in maintenance of peace, stability and security of Kenya so that Mau forest reserve cannot be the target of destruction and its catchment dry up should security in Kenya trip-up and therefore deny water supply to Egypt through Lake Victoria and river Nile. All these measures can only be ensured if the beneficiaries of this ecological interdependence are proactive and concerned for the wellbeing of their forthcoming generations rather than for their present desire for affluence that can be obtained even through destruction of ecosystems that happens with war whose after-effects include wanton reaping of forestry products and other natural resources as we have noted in multiple scenarios in the world.

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