Ukulondolozwa kwezilwane zasendle ochwepheshe e-Afrika bakhathazekile ngomthelela we Ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 ngezilwane zasendle ezwenikazi ezinemiphumela emibi kwezokuvakasha futhi.
Izilwane zasendle ziwumthombo ohamba phambili wemali yezivakashi e-Afrika ngokusebenzisa uhambo lwezithombe.
Izilwane ezincelisayo ezinkulu, ikakhulukazi amabhubesi, yizona ezihamba phambili ezikhangayo, ezidonsa izixuku ezinkulu zezivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ziye e-Afrika ngokungenisa imali enhle emazweni afanele ohambo lwe-safari ngaphakathi kwezwekazi.
Amabhubesi ayisilwane sasendle esiheha kakhulu esidonsa izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ezifundazweni zaseMpumalanga naseNingizimu Afrika lapho la makati amakhulu atholakala ehlala endle, okuwenza abe ikhadi elikhulu lokudonsa izivakashi ezivakashela amapaki ezilwane zasendle ase-Afrika.
Ngaphandle kwamabhubesi, ohulumeni base-Afrika sebeqhuba umkhankaso wokusindisa obhejane abamnyama ekuqothulweni ngokuphelele. Obhejane bangomunye, phakathi kwamakhadi ahamba phambili ezivakashi ezivakashela isifunda saseMpumalanga naseNingizimu Afrika.
Kepha ukuqubuka kobhubhane lwe-COVID-19 bekubeke inselele ekuvikelweni kwezilwane zasendle ezidumile zase-Afrika. Amapaki ezilwane zasendle abalulekile e-Afrika ahamba ngaphandle kwesivakashi esisodwa ngemva kokukhanselwa kwezinto zokuhamba ngendiza e-Europe, e-United States naseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, okuyimithombo ehamba phambili yezivakashi ezivakashela izinsiza zezilwane zasendle zase-Afrika.
I-Kenya neTanzania eMpumalanga Afrika zibalwa phakathi kwezindawo zase-Afrika zohambo lapho ukongiwa kwezilwane zasendle e-National Parks kubhekene nenselele enkulu.
IPhini likaNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Nezemvelo eTanzania uMnu. Constantine Kanyasu kuleli sonto uzwakalise imizwa yakhe ngesimo esikhona manje kwezokongiwa kwezilwane zasendle esincike emalini etholwa abavakashi ukuthi ixhase amapaki ukuze kuvikelwe izilwane zasendle kanye nemvelo kwezokuvakasha.
UKanyasu uthe imali etholwa kwezokuvakasha isetshenziselwa izinhlelo zokongiwa kwezilwane zasendle, kodwa ukuntuleka kwezivakashi ezivakashela lezi ziqiwi ukuze zizothatha izithombe kuzothinta kakhulu ukongiwa kwezilwane zasendle nemvelo.
I-African Wildlife Foundation ithe embikweni wayo ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule ukuthi ukuvikelwa kwezilwane zasendle ezidumile zase-Afrika kufanele kuhlale kugxilile njengoba izwekazi libhekene nokuphazamiseka okuhlobene nobhubhane lwe-Covid-19.
UKaddu Sebunya, oyisikhulu esiphezulu se-African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) ezinze eNairobi, uthe kudingeka izinyathelo eziqinile ukuze kuqiniswe ukuvikelwa kwezilwane zasendle zezwekazi kanye nezindawo ezihlala kuzo phakathi kwezinto ezibalulekile eziqhudelanayo njengokulwa nalesi sifo.
"Umhlaba uzama ukunciphisa umthelela we-COVID -19 futhi uphendule ezidingweni ezibalulekile zesikhashana," kusho uSebunya etshela iChines News Agency, iXinhua.
“Kepha akumele sikhohlwe ukuthi izilwane zasendle kanye nempilo yemvelo iyisisetshenziswa esibalulekile sokusimama komnotho e-Afrika uma seluphelile lolu bhubhane,” engeza.
USebunya uvumile ukuthi ubhubhane lwe-Covid-19 luzoba nomthelela omubi ekongiweni kwezilwane zasendle e-Afrika phakathi kwemali engenayo yezokuvakasha kanye nengozi yokuzingela ngokungemthetho kanye nezingxabano zabantu nezilwane zasendle.
"Uma kubhekwa izinsiza ezilinganiselwe kakhulu, ohulumeni kungenzeka bayeke ukuvikela izilwane zasendle esikhathini esifushane ukuya esimaphakathi futhi baqondise kabusha izinsiza ekucatshangelweni kosizo lwabantu," uSebunya enhlokodolobha yaseKenya.
Uthe izinhlelo ezibalulekile zokongiwa kwezilwane zasendle zingabhekana nokuncishiswa kwezimali ngenxa yokushoda kwemali okubangelwa ukuphazamiseka kweCovid-19.
“Abanye abaphathi bezindawo ezivikelekile bathe banemali ebekiwe yezinyanga ezintathu kuphela ngemuva kwalokho kungase kudingeke banqamule izinhlelo ezithile,” kusho uSebunya.
Isikhulu esiphezulu se-AWF sithe kungenzeka ukuthi izilwane zasendle zase-Afrika ziphumelele phakathi kweziphazamiso ezibangelwa ubhubhane lwe-Covid-19 uma ohulumeni bebeka eqhulwini ukushaywa kwezinqubomgomo ezikhuthaza ukuthuthukiswa komnotho okuzwelayo kwemvelo.
“Izilwane zasendle zizophumelela e-Afrika uma kuthathwa izinqumo ezifanele namuhla mayelana nomgudu wokuthuthuka kwe-Afrika,” kusho uSebunya.
USebunya unxuse ohulumeni base-Afrika ukuthi bakhiphe imali eyengeziwe ekulondolozweni kwemvelo futhi banciphise ukutshalwa kwezimali kumaphrojekthi alimaza imvelo.
