Brian Huntley

**Brian John Huntley** (an haife shi a shekara ta 1944) farfesa ne mai ritaya kuma masanin kimiyyar kiyayewa daga Afirka ta Kudu, wanda aka fi sani da haɓaka da sauya wuraren shakatawa na ƙasashen Afirka. Ya shiga cikin faɗaɗa Cibiyar Nazarin Tsirrai ta Ƙasa (daga baya SANBI ) don zama wurin adana shuke-shuke da fauna na Afirka ta Kudu. A matsayinsa na ƙwararre mai zaman kansa, ya kasance mai ba da shawara ga hukumomi da ƙungiyoyin ƙasa da ƙasa, ciki har da Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya, dangane da kiyaye yanayi. Shi da kansa ya shiga cikin ayyukan kiyayewa da yawa a Afirka.

## Rayuwar farko, ilimi da kuma balaguron farko
An haifi Huntley a Durban, Afirka ta Kudu, a shekara ta 1944. Iyayensa da kakanninsa sun ƙarfafa sha'awar yaron ga tarihin halitta.   Wataƙila jininsa ne; a shekara ta 1850, kakansa ya gabatar da kasuwancin kula da yara da masu shuka iri ga mutanen Afirka ta Kudu, tare da samar da bishiyoyi na farko ga ma'aikatan gonakin zinariya na Transvaal ta hanyar aika kayan shanu zuwa arewa daga Pietermaritzburg .  Tun yana matashi, Huntley ya gano kalmar *ilimin halittu* kuma ya yi amfani da ita don bayyana hanyar aikinsa. Ya ji daɗin bincika yanayin Natal, kuma daga baya, tare da wahayi daga Ian Garland, Roddy Ward da sauransu, ya ci gaba da bincika Ngoye, Mkuzi, St Lucia, da sassan Zululand a lokacin da yake makaranta. 

Domin samun digirinsa na farko a fannin kimiyya, Huntley ya yi shekara guda a Jami'ar Pretoria, sannan ya sami digirinsa na biyu a fannin kimiyya a Jami'ar Natal . A tsakanin 1965 zuwa 1966, ya shiga cikin balaguron halittu masu rai zuwa Tsibirin Prince Edward - balaguron farko da ya taɓa zuwa yankin - a matsayin masanin kimiyyar halittu. An yi amfani da binciken balaguron don takardar digirinsa ta MSc kuma an buga shi a cikin littafin binciken balaguron.  

Bayan kammala karatunsa, aikin Huntley na farko—tare da Sashen Kula da Yanayi na Transvaal—ya kai shi daji na Waterberg da kuma bayan yankin Soutpansberg .   

### Aiki a Angola da Afirka ta Kudu (1970–1989)
A shekarar 1970, Huntley ya ziyarci Angola a karon farko.  Bayan shekara guda, ya ƙaura zuwa can tare da matarsa, inda ya karɓi tayin zama masanin kimiyyar muhalli na gwamnati. Ya shafe shekaru huɗu yana binciken ƙasar, yana haɓaka sabbin wuraren shakatawa na ƙasa, da kuma ba da shawarwari kan kiyaye yanayi.  A watan Agusta na 1975, yayin da ƙasar ke gab da yaƙin basasa, Huntleys sun gudu daga ƙasar a matsayin 'yan gudun hijira (tare da wasu kusan 10,000) suka koma Afirka ta Kudu . 

Iyalan sun zauna a Pretoria, inda Huntley ya sami aiki a matsayin Mai Gudanar da Kimiyya na Savanna Ecosystem Project, wani bincike mai fannoni daban-daban wanda Majalisar Binciken Kimiyya da Masana'antu (CSIR) ta fara. Wannan binciken ya samar da samfurin bincike da ake amfani da shi a cikin bincike da yawa na yanayin ƙasar Afirka ta Kudu. Huntley ya yi aiki a matsayin Mai Gudanar da Kimiyya na tsawon shekaru 14. 

### Cibiyar Nazarin Tsirrai ta Ƙasa da Cibiyar Nazarin Bambancin Halittu ta Ƙasa ta Afirka ta Kudu
A shekarar 1990, aka kafa Cibiyar Nazarin Tsirrai ta Ƙasa da ke Kirstenbosch, kuma aka zaɓi Huntley a matsayin babban jami'in gudanarwa na farko. 

A shekara ta 2004, Huntley ya sanya hannu kan sabuwar dokar bambancin halittu ta Afirka ta Kudu, inda ya mayar da Cibiyar Nazarin Tsirrai ta Ƙasa zuwa Cibiyar Nazarin Bambancin Halittu ta Afirka ta Kudu (SANBI), babbar cibiyar Afirka ta Kudu mafi aiki dangane da bambancin halittu. Sabuwar cibiyar ta zama cibiyar adana kimiyya a duk faɗin ƙasar kuma tana da alhakin bincike, aiwatarwa, da ilimi kan bambancin halittu a faɗin ƙasar. 

A ƙarƙashin jagorancin Huntley, SANBI ta ƙaddamar da manyan shirye-shirye guda huɗu na biological-regional da kuma ayyukan muhalli guda ɗari na makarantu. 

Huntley ya bar mukaminsa a SANBI a shekarar 2007. 

### Matsayi daga baya
Bayan ya bar SANBI a shekarar 2007, Huntley ya yi aiki a matsayin babban mai ba da shawara kan manufofi ga Ma'aikatar Muhalli da Yawon Bude Ido na tsawon shekaru biyu, inda ya yi ritaya a shekarar 2009. 

Sau da yawa ƙungiyoyin ƙasa da ƙasa kamar UNEP, UNDP, da UNESCO suna neman ra'ayin Huntley.  A cikin shekarun baya, Huntley ya zama mai ba da shawara mai zaman kansa, yana shiga cikin ayyukan kiyayewa a ƙasashen Afirka da yawa, yana aiki tare da hukumomin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya da dama, kuma yana sake duba ayyukan kiyayewa a duk faɗin duniya. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
A lokacin aikinsa, Huntley ya yi tafiye-tafiye sosai. Ya ziyarci gandun daji na tundra na yankin kudu da gabashin Antarctica da kuma gandun daji na Congo,  dazuzzukan Zululand, dazuzzukan arewacin Afirka ta Kudu, da wuraren shakatawa na ƙasa na Angola, da sauransu.   Gabaɗaya, ya ziyarci ƙasashe sama da 50, yana koyon yin magana da harshen Portugal da Afirka ban da Turanci. 

A lokacin da suka yi ritaya, Huntley da matarsa sun zauna a wani ƙaramin ƙauye kusa da ƙarshen kudancin Afirka, tsakanin tsaunukan Kogelberg da teku. 

## Kyaututtuka
Huntley ya sami kyautar tunawa da Edward T. La Roe III a shekarar 2011. An ba shi kyautar ne saboda ƙwarewarsa ta jagoranci da kuma iyawarsa ta kare bambancin halittu da kuma kula da yanayin halittu a Afirka ta Kudu da Kudancin Afirka. 

## Manazarta