nguJohn Ditima, okhethekile ku-eTN
The IGonarezhou National Park (GNP) esifundazweni saseZimbabwe iMasvingo sizobuyisa obhejane abamnyama ababalelwa kuma-30 ngonyaka wezi-2020. Lezi zilwane zizothathwa kwezinye iziqiwi Zimbabwe njengeMalilangwe Trust, iBubye Valley Conservancy, neSave Conservancy.
Ifilosofi yezokuvakasha kwepaki ukunyathela kancane kule ndawo ngangokunokwenzeka, ngenkathi uzicwilisa ngokuphelele kulwazi lokuba kulesi sikhala esikhulu sasendle. Izivakashi ziyacelwa ukuthi zihloniphe umoya weGonarezhou, futhi imisebenzi emikhulu enikezwa epaki ifaka ukubuka umdlalo kusuka ezimotweni nasekuhambeni okulinganiselwe.
I-GNP iphethwe yiGonarezhou Conservation Trust (GCT), imodeli entsha yokuphathwa kwendawo evikelekile eyenziwe phakathi kweZimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks), kanye neFrankfurt Zoological Society (FZS).
I-GCT ithe ezokuphepha kwi-GNP sezifinyelele ezingeni lokuthi iphrojekthi yokubuyisa obhejane ibe nokwenzeka.
“Izinga labasebenzi lisezingeni eliphakeme kunawo wonke, njengoba kunabaqaphi abangaphezu kuka-90 abasatshalaliswa epaki ngenyanga, konke kubhekwe ngesikhathi sangempela ngenethiwekhi yomsakazo yedijithali ebanzi.
“Ukuqapha ukuphoqelelwa komthetho kwenziwa ngokuqoqwa kwedatha ngokuqapha kwama-ranger afakwa ku-database ye-SMART yePaki, esebenze ngokugcwele kusukela ngonyaka we-2014 futhi evumela ukuqonda okucacile kwemikhuba emvelweni nasekusatshalalisweni kwezindawo zosongo nokusebenza kahle futhi ukumbozwa kwama-ranger patrols.
"I-GCT isebenzisa izindiza ezimbili ukuqapha nokuxhasa ukuqapha kwamaranger, ukuqapha abagibeli bezindiza kanye nokwenza ucwaningo lwezilwane zasendle kabili ngonyaka."
Ithi ukuvimbela obhejane ukuthi bangaphambuki bangene eMozambique eyakhelene nayo, kuzokwakhiwa uthango lukagesi oluyimicu emithathu oluyizungeze indawo engcwele yobhejane ezovumela ukuhamba (ngaphansi noma ngaphezulu) kwezinye izinhlobo eziningi.
IGonarezhou iyingxenye yeGreat Limpopo Transfrontier Park (GLTP), ehlanganisa iKruger National Park yaseNingizimu Afrika kanye neGaza National Park yaseMozambique. I-GLTP iyikhaya lezinhlobo zezinyoni ezingaphezu kuka-500, izinhlobo zezilwane ezincelisayo ezingama-147, okungenani izinhlobo eziyi-116 zezilwane ezihuquzelayo, izinhlobo ezingama-34 zamaxoxo, nezinhlobo ezingama-49 zezinhlanzi.
