Misafara 2 ya Utafiti huko Papua Unapaswa Kujua!

Misafara 2 ya Utafiti huko Papua Unapaswa Kujua!

Kisiwa cha Papua, kisiwa cha pili kwa ukubwa duniani, kina utajiri wa maliasili. Kwa hivyo, haishangazi kwamba Papua mara nyingi ni mahali pa safari za wasomi kutoka kote ulimwenguni ambao wanataka kusoma zaidi juu ya kile kilicho huko. Safari hizi za utafiti ni muhimu ili tuwe na taarifa za kutosha kuhusu maliasili zetu. Kwa njia hiyo, tutaweza pia kuona ni maliasili gani zinaweza kuwa na manufaa kwetu na ni juhudi gani tunaweza kuchukua ili kuzilinda.

Wazungu wamekuwa wakifanya uchunguzi wa asili huko Papua tangu karne ya kumi na tisa. Kwa mfano, mnamo Juni-Septemba 1860, msomi Mwingereza Alfred Russel Wallace alichunguza aina nyingi za ndege, vipepeo, na wanyama wengine katika safari yake huko Papua. Licha ya ukweli kwamba imekuwa mamia ya miaka tangu msafara huo, watafiti wanaendelea kutafiti utajiri wa Kisiwa cha Papua hadi leo. Kila wakati msafara mpya wa utafiti unapofanywa, aina mbalimbali za mimea na wanyama ambazo hazijawahi kurekodiwa hugunduliwa.

Je, ungependa kujifunza zaidi kuhusu safari za hivi majuzi za utafiti kwenda Papua na matokeo? Hebu tujifunze zaidi kuhusu Safari ya Lengguru na Safari ya Nusa Manggala, sivyo?

1. Safari ya Lengguru

Mamia ya watafiti kutoka kote ulimwenguni walisafiri hadi eneo la Lengguru huko Papua Magharibi mwishoni mwa 2014 ili kuchunguza na kuchunguza maliasili tofauti walizopata huko. Safari ya Lengguru ilitekelezwa kwa mafanikio kama mradi wa ushirikiano na Taasisi ya Sayansi ya Indonesia (LIPI), Institut De Recherche Pour Le Développement (IRD) au taasisi ya utafiti ya Ufaransa, pamoja na Marine and Fisheries Polytechnic of Sorong. Cha kustaajabisha zaidi ni kwamba msafara huu unachukuliwa kuwa msafara mkubwa zaidi wa kisayansi wa Indonesia. Je, si ajabu?

Katika kipindi cha wiki sita, watafiti walikusanya karibu vielelezo vya wanyama na mimea 4,000 kutoka sakafu ya bahari kwa kina cha mita 100 hadi milimani kwa mita 1400 juu ya usawa wa bahari. Takriban spishi mpya 59 ziligunduliwa, kutia ndani wadudu, amfibia, samaki wa maji baridi, okidi, na taxa nyinginezo. Kwa mfano ni ugunduzi wa aina 4 mpya za okidi zenye majina ya kisayansi Bulbophyllum leucoglossum, Dendrobium centrosepalum, Dendrobium taeniocaule, na Taeniophyllum pyriforme.

Kufuatia msafara wa 2014, msafara wa ufuatiliaji wa miezi 1.5 ulifanyika mwaka wa 2017. Biota ya bahari ya Lengguru na ikolojia ndio mada ya uchunguzi wa msafara huu. Kutoka kwa msafara huu, watafiti waliweza kukusanya vielelezo mbalimbali, kama vile echinoderms, gorgonians (aina ya matumbawe), na pia samaki mbalimbali wa miamba.

2. Msafara wa Nusa Manggala

Kuanzia Oktoba hadi Desemba 2018, Kituo cha Utafiti wa Mazingira cha LIPI kilifanya msafara mwingine wa utafiti uliopewa jina la Safari ya Nusa Manggala. Safari ya Nusa Manggala ilitembelea visiwa vya nje vya Indonesia: Yiew, Budd, Fani, Brass-Fanildo, Liki, Bepondi, Meossu, na kundi la visiwa vya Ayau katika eneo la Raja Ampat la Papua. Jumla ya wanasayansi 55 wa Indonesia kutoka nyanja mbalimbali walihusika katika safari hii, ambayo ilifanywa kwa kutumia chombo cha utafiti cha LIPI Baruna Jaya VIII. Kwa mfano ni watafiti kutoka nyanja za ikolojia, ubinadamu wa kijamii, hadi geomorphology.

Watafiti walikusanya taarifa kuhusu maliasili hai na zisizo hai katika eneo la visiwa kutokana na msafara huu. Walisafiri takriban kilomita 6,000 kwa jumla. Matokeo ya utafiti huu yanaweza kutumika kutengeneza sera mbalimbali za kudhibiti visiwa vidogo vya nje vya Indonesia. Zaidi ya hayo, tunaweza pia kufahamu zaidi kuhusu visiwa hivyo vinane kupitia filamu ya hali halisi yenye jina la Safari ya Nusa Manggala: Hadithi ya Visiwa 8 vya Nje.

Je, haifurahishi kujifunza kuhusu safari hizi mbili? Tunaweza kufahamu kuhusu utajiri asilia wa Ardhi ya Papua kupitia misafara ya utafiti kama hii. Kwa hivyo, ni nani anataka kuwa mtafiti na kuendelea na safari inayofuata ya utafiti? Hakuna haja ya kusubiri tena; unaweza kuanza kujizoeza kama mtafiti kuanzia sasa! Kwa mfano, kwa kushiriki katika mpango wa Wanasayansi Wachanga wa Papua, ambapo unaweza kuhudhuria warsha na kambi za boot katika maandalizi ya utafiti, kupokea mwongozo kutoka kwa wataalam wakati wa utafiti, na kuchapisha matokeo yako ya utafiti.

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