ILaos, eyake yabizwa ngokuthi yiLand of a Million Elephants, ibhekene nezixwayiso ezivela kubalondolozi bemvelo zokuthi ingase ilahlekelwe yimihlambi yayo kungakapheli iminyaka engu-50 uma ingasheshi ukuyivikela ngeso lezokuvakasha njengomsindisi.
Ukuzingela ngokungemthetho kanye nokulahlekelwa indawo yokuhlala ngenxa yokugawulwa kwemithi, ezolimo kanye namaphrojekthi kagesi ophehlwa ngamanzi kubangele ukwehla okukhulu kwenani lezindlovu zasendle nezifuywayo zase-Asia eLaos YamaKhomanisi.
I-ElefantAsia, inhlangano engenzi nzuzo ezinze eFrance, ilinganisela inani lezindlovu ezifuywayo, ezisetshenziswa kakhulu embonini yokugawula imithi, lehle ngamaphesenti angu-25 kule minyaka emihlanu edlule laya ku-560 njengoba sekusele izinkomo ezingu-46 kuphela ezineminyaka engaphansi kuka-20.
Ilinganisela ukuthi kunezindlovu ezingaphansi kwe-1,000 ezisele endle lapho kuzalwa izingane ezimbili kuphela kwabayishumi abafayo.
"(Isimo) sibucayi," kusho uSebastien Duffillot, umsunguli we-ElefantAsia, etshela abeReuters. “Ukucekelwa phansi kwendawo okuhlala kuyo kunomthelela omkhulu emaqenjini ezindlovu zasendle. Izindlovu ezifuywayo zisebenza ngokweqile ekugawuleni futhi azizalani.”
I-World Wide Fund for Nature ilinganisela ukuthi zimbalwa izindlovu zasendle zase-Asia ezingu-25,000 15,000 nezingu-12 XNUMX ezithunjiwe zase-Asia ezingase zisale emazweni angu-XNUMX ezihlala kuzo.
Ukukhathazeka ngekusasa lezindlovu zaseLaos uma lokhu kungqubuzana phakathi kwezindlovu nabantu kuqhubeka kubangele ukwanda eminyakeni yamuva nje yezinhlangano ezifana ne-ElefantAsia, amabhizinisi afana ne-Luang Prabang-based Elephant Park Project, kanye nenqaba yokubuka izindlovu ePhou Khao Khouay National. Indawo Evikelekile eduze kwase-Vientiane. Zonke zinenhloso eyodwa enkulu - ukongiwa kwezindlovu.
UMarkus Neuer, oyimenenja ye-Elephant Park Project eyasungulwa ngo-2003 ngenhloso yokusindisa izindlovu embonini yokugawula, uthe kuze kube muva nje ibingekho imizamo yokusindisa izindlovu kulesi sizwe esimpofu kakhulu.
"Kuze kube manje, asikho isiteshi sokuzalanisa futhi akukho ukulawula kwangempela izinombolo, ukubhaliswa kanye nokuntuleka kwangempela kokunakekelwa kwezokwelapha," etshela abeReuters.
IZIVAKASHI AMADOLLA IZIndlovu
La maqembu asebenzisa ezokuvakasha njengendlela yokubuyisa ukuziqhenya kwabantu bendawo - kanye nentshisekelo yezezimali - ngezindlovu.
I-ElefantAsia ngonyaka odlule iqale ukuhlela uMkhosi Wezindlovu waminyaka yonke obubanjwe okwesibili muva nje edolobheni elinobhuqu i-Paklay ekude nentshonalanga yeLaos. Ihehe izindlovu ezingama-70 kanye nezivakashi ezingaba ngu-50,000, ikakhulukazi izivakashi zasekhaya.
I-Elephant Park, exhaswe ngezimali ngasese, iphinde iqondise izivakashi ngohlelo lwezinsuku ezimbili oluthi "Phila njengeMahout" ukuze zifunde amakhono omgcini wezindlovu, futhi inikeza uhambo lwendlovu eduze nedolobha elisohlwini lwe-UNESCO World Heritage yaseLuang Prabang.
Umbhoshongo wezindlovu waba nesiqalo esingesihle lapho ukwakhiwa kwawo kokuqala kudilika ezinsukwini ezimbili ngemva kokuqedwa kodwa kwakhiwa umbhoshongo omusha, wamamitha ayisikhombisa futhi wavulwa ngo-2005 lapho izivakashi zingalala khona ukuze zibone imihlambi yezindlovu zasendle ziphezulu.
Kodwa uxhaso lwezimali luhlala lukhona, njengoba indlovu zibiza kakhulu ukuzigcina, kanti ukuxabana phakathi kwamaqembu ahlukene - lawo axhaswe ngasese kanye nezinhlangano ezizimele - nakho kuphazamise imizamo.
Ukushona kwendlovu eneminyaka engu-4 ubudala ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka e-Elephant Park kwasusa uthuthuva phakathi kwe-ElefantAsia nalesi paki.
I-ElefantAsia, okuyiyo eyanikeza ukwelashwa kokuqala kwendlovu, ithe isilwane safa ngenxa yokuba buthakathaka nesifo sohudo futhi sizwakalise ukukhathazeka ngesimo esikulesi siqiwu.
Kodwa ipaki ithe umbono wesibili ovela kudokotela wezilwane wase-Thai uphakamise ukuxilonga okungalungile kanye nemithi engalungile.
I-ElefantAsia iphinde yazwakalisa ukungawamukeli amakamu ezindlovu ezivakashi, yathi incamela uhambo lwasehlathini endaweni yemvelo.
Njengoba izinkampani eziningi nezifundazwe zibheke ukuhamba kwezindlovu njengendlela yokuthola imali, abaqaphi bemboni balindele ukuthi inkulumompikiswano mayelana nokuxhashazwa kwezindlovu inyuke kakhulu.
UDkt. Klaus Schwettmann, owayengumeluleki wendawo yokubuka izindlovu manje esiphethwe abantu basemakhaya, uthe ezokuvakasha zingase zingabi yisixazululo esiphelele kodwa empeleni yizona ezihamba phambili.
“Okuhle kuhlanganisa ukuvulela abantu bangaphandle, imisebenzi kanye nethuba lokuthi abantu basemakhaya bafunde futhi baqonde. Siyathanda singathandi, imisebenzi nemali yikhona okuhlale kuwukhiye,” usho kanje.
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