Umndeni wama-gorilla waseRwanda uthuthela e-Uganda: Abaholi beziqiwi zikazwelonke kufanele banake

Ngokusho kwemithombo esendaweni yokulondolozwa kweVirunga, ama-gorilla angama-20 avela emndenini wakwaHirwa awela eMt. IMahinga Gorilla National Park eningizimu-ntshonalanga ye-Uganda. Sebelapho okungenani isonto manje.

Lokhu kuqinisekiswe ngu Iziphathimandla Zasendle Zase-UgandaIsikhulu nomthwebuli wewebhusayithi ka-UWA), uPaddy Musiime Muramura, oqinisekise ukuthi ama-gorilla asekhona e-Uganda amasonto ambalwa, futhi aphethwe eceleni kwama-gorilla asevele aphila ngokwemihlahlandlela ye-International Gorilla Conservation Program (IGCP).

Imali engenayo yalolu hlelo yabiwa ngama-50-50 phakathi kweRwanda ne-Uganda lapho ama-gorilla elandelwa kuwo wonke umngcele. Indida ukungafani kwezindleko zezimvume eziphakathi kwamazwe ama-2. Izimvume zaseRwanda zibiza u- $ 1,500 uma kuqhathaniswa nezase-Uganda ngo- $ 600. La mazwe ama-2 ekuqaleni ayevumelanise amanani awo ngaphambi kokuba iRwanda ibuye.

Ama-gorilla asezintabeni ahamba ngokukhululeka, ewela le mingcele yezwe eyabiwe yi-Uganda neRwanda, kanye neDR Congo endaweni eyaziwa ngokuthi iGreater Virunga Landscape. Umndeni wakwaHirwa waqhamuka engxenyeni esenyakatho neRwanda eyaziwa ngeKinigi, manje usukanise eMgahinga. Akukona okokuqala kwenzeka lokhu. Kuze kube yiminyaka embalwa eyedlule, bekunzima ukubhuka izimvume ze-gorilla eMgahinga ngoba umndeni wakwaMgahinga wawusufudukele ngaphesheya komngcele eminyakeni eyishumi edlule.

IMahinga Gorilla National Park icwile emafwini ebangeni eliphakathi kwamamitha angu-2,227 4,127 no-XNUMX. Njengoba igama layo libonisa, yadalelwa ukuvikela ama-gorilla asezintabeni angavamile ahlala emahlathini awo aminyene. Futhi kuyindawo yokuhlala ebalulekile yenkawu yegolide esengozini

Futhi ngokubaluleka kwezilwane zasendle, ipaki nayo inokubaluleka okukhulu kwamasiko ikakhulukazi kwabavivinywa bomdabu baseBatwa. Lesi sizwe sabazingeli abaqoqayo "kwakungabantu bokuqala" behlathi, futhi ulwazi lwabo lwasendulo ngezimfihlo zalo alunakulinganiswa.

UMgahinga uyingxenye yeGreater Virunga Landscape nayo eyingxenye ye-Albertine Rift. Inothile kakhulu ezinhlotsheni ezicebile nezesabekayo kubandakanya wonke ama-gorilla asezintabeni emhlabeni, ama-grauers gorilla, nezimfene. Iqukethe amapaki kazwelonke ayisishiyagalombili, amahlathi eziqiwu amane nezindawo zokugcina izilwane zasendle ezi-8, le ndawo inqamula umngcele weDemocratic Republic of Congo, iRwanda ne-Uganda. IVirunga, iBwindi Impenetrable Forest, neRwenzori National Parks yizindawo ezingamaGugu Omhlaba, kuyilapho iNdlovukazi u-Elizabeth National Park iyi-UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, kanti iLake George iyindawo yaseRamsar.

Amandla okudayisa lesi sifunda makhulu, kanti iDRC inethemba lokujoyina i-East African Community (EAC) njengesifunda esisodwa, kunethemba lokuthi abaholi be-EAC baboleka iqabunga emndenini wakwaHirwa nakwezinye izindawo zama-gorilla ekuhlanganiseni lezi ziqiwi.