Tafkin Kamnarok

Tafkin Kamnarok tafki ne na yanayi kuma ɗaya daga cikin ƙananan tafkunan shanu a Kenya, da ake samu a gindin kwarin Kerio. Sunan ya samo asali ne daga kalmar Kalenjin Narok, wacce ake amfani da ita wajen nufin wani nau'in shukar ruwa da aka samu a cikin tafkin. Dasashi mai kauri yana kewaye da tafkin, wanda hakan ke sa samun damar shiga ya zama ƙalubale. Tafkin ya mamaye yanki na kusan 1 km2 duk da cewa tafkin yanayi ne, girmansa na iya zama ƙarami a wasu lokutan. Ya kasance kafin 1961 amma ruwan sama na wannan shekarar ya haifar da faɗaɗa shi. Bala'in ambaliyar ruwan ya sa aka kwashe mutanen da ke zaune a yankin domin ceton rayuka. An yi amfani da jiragen sama masu saukar ungulu a lokacin aikin kwashe mutane daga yankin don jigilar mutane zuwa tudun Maab Konga wani tudu kusa da cibiyar kasuwanci ta Muchukwo. Darajar muhalli An yi wa tafkin kallon teku a shekarar 1983, lokacin da aka ƙirƙiri Tafkin Kamnarok Namun Daji kuma an taɓa kiransa da shi a matsayin na biyu mafi girman yanayin halittu a Afirka tare da mafi yawan dabbobi bayan Tafkin Chad. A cewar rahoton Nation Media Group, tafkin ya samar da mafaka ga fararen kada sama da 10,000, giwaye 400, nau'ikan wasu dabbobi masu shayarwa 13 da nau'ikan tsuntsaye iri-iri nan da shekarar 2020, wanda hakan ya sanya shi ɗaya daga cikin wuraren adana namun daji mafi arziki dangane da bambancin halittu a ƙasar da kuma Afirka. Wannan ya jawo hankalin dubban masu yawon buɗe ido waɗanda suka yi tururuwa zuwa tafkin don kallon kyawawan namun daji na Afirka, wanda ya samar da babbar riba ga gundumar. Barazana da kiyayewa Kamar sauran tafkunan Great Rift Valley, wanzuwar Tafkin Kamnarok na fuskantar barazana, galibi saboda ayyukan noma a yankin, kiwo fiye da kima da sauyin yanayi. Magudanan ruwa da ke ciyar da Tafkin Kamnarok sun haɗa da kogunan Ketipborok, Cheplogoi, Oiwo da Lelabei. Duk da ƙoƙarin da mazauna yankin da gwamnati suka yi don ceto tafkin, namun daji na Tafkin Kamnarok har yanzu suna fuskantar barazanar ɓacewa sakamakon mamayewar mutane da kuma sauyin yanayi. Da yake magana da ƙungiyar Nation Media Group, hukumar kula da gandun daji na Tafkin Kamnarok ta tabbatar da cewa aƙalla fararen kada 200 sun mutu sakamakon yunwa da ƙishirwa tsakanin watan Janairu da Maris, 2023, yayin da waɗanda suka tsira ke tilasta musu ƙaura zuwa sama don neman ingantaccen wurin zama. Rahoton ya bayyana cewa wasu fararen kada har yanzu suna makale a cikin laka za su iya halaka idan ba a ɗauki mataki ba. Mutanen yankin suna kuma roƙon hukumomin jihar da suka dace kamar Hukumar Kula da Dabbobin Daji ta Kenya da su ɗauki matakai masu mahimmanci waɗanda za su iya ceton rayukan sauran namun daji. Manazarta