Abaqaphi base-Afrika balwa nokuzingelwa ngokungemthetho ngaphansi kwesimo sobhubhane lwe-COVID-19

1. Ucwaningo olwenziwe yisikhungo esikhuthaza ukongiwa kwemvelo, iTusk neNatural State, sathola ukuthi abaqaphi base-Afrika ababoni zimpawu zokukhululeka.
2. Ukuzingela ngokungemthetho empeleni kuyanda njengoba ubhadane lwe-COVID-19 luyaqhubeka nokuthinta imiphakathi yase-Afrika kanye nezilwane zasendle.
3. Ucwaningo lubuze izinhlangano ezingama-60 emazweni angama-19 ase-Afrika.

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Isikhwama iConservation and Wildlife Fund eHwange National Park, eZimbabwe, sithe sebeke babona ukwanda ngo-8,000% kwezicupho nezingibe phakathi kukaMeyi noJulayi 2020.

“Kube nesibalo esesabekayo ngesibalo sokuboshwa kwabantu okuhlobene nezinyo lendlovu okwenziwe yithimba lethu ngonyaka odlule. Abazingeli abangekho emthethweni ngeke baphumule yize bebhekene nalolu bhubhane, ngakho-ke kukithi ukugcina ukusebenza kanye nokuziphatha okuhle ngokuvikela nokunakekela amaqembu ethu, ”kusho uNyaradzo Hoto, usayitsheni I-International Anti-Poaching Foundation eZimbabwe.

"Simi ngokuqinile ekuzinikeleni kwethu ekuzulazuleni izindawo ezinkulu zasogwadule esiphathiswe zona nokuvikela lezo ezingakwazi ukuzimela kubazingeli abazingela ngokungemthetho," kusho uHoto.

I-International Journal of Protected Areas and Conservation ithole ukuthi ama-78.5% wamazwe ahlolwe e-Afrika abike ukuthi i-COVID-19 ibe nomthelela emandleni abo okuqapha ukuhweba ngokungemthetho kwezilwane zasendle, kwathi amaphesenti angama-53 abika izinga eliphezulu lomthelela ovela ku-COVID-19 emandleni okunciphisa ukungqubuzana kwabantu nezilwane zasendle.

U-Edwin Kinyanjui, oyisikhulu esiphezulu somphakathi wezilwane zasendle eMount Kenya Trust eKenya, uthe abaqaphi kudingeka baqaphe kakhulu ngonyaka odlule.

"Imisebenzi engekho emthethweni ngenxa yokulahleka kwemali engenayo iyanda kanti ngenkathi kuliwa nalo msebenzi, abaqaphi basengozini yokuthola i-COVID-19," kusho uKinyanjui.

“Izindlela zokuzingela ngokungemthetho nazo ziya ngokuya zithuthuka, nohlelo lwezobulungiswa selunwetshwe kakhulu. Siyaqhubeka ngoba siyaqonda ukuthi esikulwelayo kukhulu kunathi, ”kusho uKinyanjui.

Okubalulekile uxhaso lwezokuvakasha kwezilwane zasendle ubuye waba senkingeni ngenxa yalolu bhubhane. Okhulumela i-Frankfurt Zoological Society uthe umthelela we-COVID-19 uzwakala eNsumbu National Park eZambia.

"Lokhu kunciphisa ezokuvakasha kube nomthelela emisebenzini nasezimpilweni ezihlobene nakho futhi kwaletha inselelo ekuxhumaniseni inani lemvelo nenani lempilo yomuntu," kusho umphakathi.

ICharity Rhino Ark, esiza i-Aberdares National Park eKenya, ithe imali yezivakashi eKenya Wildlife Services yehle ngo-96%, nokuholele ekwehlisweni kwesabelomali ezinhlelweni zikahulumeni zokuvikela izilwane zasendle kanye nezinhlelo zokuphepha kwamahlathi.

Emzamweni wokuxazulula le nkinga, amaqembu angaphezu kwama-150 abahleli abamba iqhaza kwi-2021 Wildlife Ranger Challenge, uchungechunge lwezinselelo zengqondo nezomzimba ezafika ngoSepthemba 18 emjahweni wamakhilomitha angama-21 enqamula izindawo ezahlukahlukene nezinselele zezindawo ezivikelekile zase-Afrika. .

Izimali eziqoqiwe zizobhekela izindleko zokusebenza okungenani kwama-rangers angama-5,000 XNUMX, okubenza bakwazi ukuhlinzekela imindeni yabo futhi bavikele imiphakathi kanye nezilwane zasendle kwezinye zezindawo ezisengozini kakhulu e-Afrika.

"Ama-Ranger ayimpilo yemizamo yethu yokongiwa kwemvelo futhi ayigugu kakhulu ukuba angalahleka," kusho uJudi Wakhungu, inxusa laseKenya eFrance, ePortugal, eSerbia, eMonaco naseHoly See.

Imikhankaso yokulwa nokuzingela ngokungemthetho e-Afrika iqhubeka ngaphansi kokushoda okukhulu kwezimali okubangelwa inani eliphansi lokuvakasha kwabavakashi ngesikhathi sobhadane.

ETanzania, elinye lamazwe ase-Afrika anothile ngezilwane zasendle, kwabikwa ukuthi sebebonke abazingeli abazingeli abangama-33,386 baboshiwe eminyakeni emihlanu edlule ngenxa yomkhankaso oqinisiwe wokulwa nokuzingela ngokungemthetho owaqalwa yiNational Anti-Poaching Task Force (NTAP).

Ngesikhathi esifanayo, kuthathwe izikhali ezingama-2,533 5,253; esewonke amacala angu-914 1,600 afakwa enkantolo; kwathi ezingama-XNUMX zaphothulwa kwaholela ekuboshweni kwabantu abangu-XNUMX XNUMX.