E-Uganda Elawula Ukuhweba Ngezilwane Zasendle Ngogesi, Ukulondolozwa Kwezokuvakasha

1. Ngaphansi kwengqikimba ethi “Ukuqinisa Umthethonqubo Wokuhweba Okusimeme Ngezilwane Zasendle,” uhlelo lokuvumela izimvume ngogesi luhlose ukulawula ukuhweba ngokusemthethweni kwezilwane zasendle nokuvimbela ukuhweba ngezinhlobo ezingekho emthethweni.
2. Lokhu kufezwa ngezimvume zikagesi namalayisense okuhweba (ukungenisa, ukuthekelisa, nokuthekelisa kabusha) kuma-specimens.
3. Lezi zinhlobo zibhalwe ku-Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

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I-Uganda manje iba yizwe lokuqala eMpumalanga ye-Afrika kanye nelesi-8 ezwenikazi lase-Afrika ukwenza uhlelo lwe-elektroniki lwe-CITES.

Ukuthuthukiswa kohlelo lokuvumela izimvume ngogesi kuxhaswe ngabantu baseMelika ngaphansi kohlelo lwe-United States Agency for International Development (USAID) / Uganda Combating Wildlife Crime (CWC) ngohlelo lweWildlife Conservation Society (WCS) ngokubambisana noMnyango Wezokuvakasha, Izilwane zasendle kanye nezinto zakudala.

Ukwethulwa kwalungiswa nguDkt. Barirega Akankwasah, PhD, uKhomishani Wezokulondolozwa Kwezilwane Zasendle kanye noMqondisi Obambile we-Ministry of Tourism Wildlife and Antiquities (MTWA), nge-hybrid online kanye nefomethi. Ababekhona kwakunguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Kwezilwane Zasendulo Nezinto Zasendulo, uMhlonishwa uTom Butime, owayengamele ukwethulwa kwalolu hlelo; uNobhala wakhe Onomphela, uDoreen Katusiime; Inxusa laseMelika e-Uganda, iNxusa uNatalie E. Brown; kanye neNhloko Yezithunywa ZaseYurophu e-Uganda, Inxusa u-Attilio Pacifici. UHaruko Okusu, iNhloko yePhrojekthi, ukwazile ukumela cishe i-CITES Secretariat cishe.

Ekhuluma kulo mcimbi, uNxusa uBrown uqhakambise amaphrojekthi asekelwa yi-USAID ukulwa nokuhweba ngokungemthetho kwezilwane zasendle okubandakanya iCanine Unit eKaruma Wildlife Reserve, lapho kuqeqeshwa khona izinja futhi zihlonyiselwe ukuvimba imikhiqizo yezilwane zasendle esifundeni. 

Inxusa uPacifici likugxekile ukubhujiswa kwehlathi kubandakanya iBugoma kuya kushukela osetshenziswayo okhuliswa yiHoima Sugar Limited kanye neZoka Forest kubalimi abagawula imithi ababehanjelwe ithimba le-EU ngoNovemba 2020 futhi babhala ngokucekelwa phansi ngezithombe zesathelayithi. Ihlathi laseBugoma liyindawo yokuhlala endle yase-Uganda Mangabey, kanti iZoka Forest yindawo ehlala abantu abaningi eFlying Squirrel. Womabili la mahlathi abesenkabeni yemikhankaso eqhubekayo yokulwa nenqwaba yabantu abathumba umhlaba nezinto ezikhohlakele emahhovisi aphezulu.

UHaruko Okusu, i-CITES Secretariat, uphawule ukuthi “… Izimvume zingelinye lamathuluzi ayinhloko okuqapha ukuhweba ngezinhlobo ezibalulwe ku-CITES futhi kubalulekile ukuqonda ubukhulu bezentengiselwano ze-CITES. Uhlelo lwase-Uganda lufuna ukuthola isinyathelo ngasinye sokuboshwa. ”

UDkt. Barirega unikeze umlando nge-CITES nokusayinwa kwe-Uganda okulandelayo okubandakanya ukutolikwa kwe-Appendices I, II, no-III ohlwini lwezinhlobo zoMhlangano ezinikezwe amazinga ahlukene noma izinhlobo zokuvikelwa ekusetshenzisweni ngokweqile.

Uthe, njengeCITES Management Authority, uMnyango Wezokuvakasha, Izilwane Zasendle kanye Nezinto Zasendulo ugunyaziwe ukuthi uqinisekise ukuthi ukuhweba ngezinhlobo zezilwane zasendle ezibhalwe ku-CITES kuqhubeka futhi kusemthethweni. Lokhu kwenziwa phakathi kwezinye izindlela ngokunikezwa kwezimvume ze-CITES ngokuncoma kwe-Uganda Wildlife Authority ngezilwane zasendle; uMnyango Wezolimo, Ezimboni Zezilwane Nezokudoba ngenhlanzi yokuhlobisa; kanye noMnyango Wezamanzi Nezemvelo wezitshalo ezivela endle. Kungumsebenzi weziphathimandla zesayensi ze-CITES ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ukuhweba, ikakhulukazi izinhlobo zezilwane noma zezitshalo, akulimazi ukuphila kwazo kohlobo lwasendle.

Kuze kube manje, i-Uganda njengamanye amazwe amaningi ibisebenzisa uhlelo olususelwa emaphepheni lokunikeza izitifiketi nokukhishwa kwezimvume, okungahle kube yimbumbulu, kuthatha isikhathi esithe xaxa ukucubungula nokuqinisekisa, futhi lapho kufika i-COVID-19, ukuhanjiswa kwemibhalo ube yingozi yokudluliswa kwezifo. Ngohlelo lwe-elekthronikhi, izindawo ezahlukahlukene zokugxila e-CITES kanye nama-ejensi okuphoqelela umthetho angaqinisekisa ngokushesha imvume futhi ahlanganyele imininingwane yesikhathi sangempela ngokuhweba ngezilwane zasendle. Lokhu kuzovimbela ukuhweba ngokungemthetho kwezilwane zasendle okusongela inqwaba yezinhlobo zezilwane zasendle ezigqamile njengezindlovu, ngaleyo ndlela kucekele phansi imali yezokuvakasha yase-Uganda nokuphepha kwezwe.

UJoward Baluku, Isikhulu Sezilwane Zasendle eMnyangweni Wezokuvakasha, Izilwane Zasendle kanye Nezinto Zakudala, ukhombise uhlelo online ngokukhombisa ukuthi umuntu kufanele enze kanjani bhala imininingwane yabo ngesixhumanisi esikwi-website yoMnyango Wezokuvakasha Wezilwane Zasendulo kanye Nezinto Zakudala ethatha ofaka isicelo ngenqubo yokubhalisa ngaphambi kokuqinisekiswa nokuqinisekiswa.

I-United States Agency for International Development (USAID) / Uganda Combating Wildlife Crime (CWC) ngumsebenzi weminyaka emihlanu (Meyi 5, 13 - Meyi 2020, 12) owenziwe yiWildlife Conservation Society (WCS) kanye nenhlangano yabalingani kufaka phakathi i-African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), Natural Resource Conservation Network (NRCN), kanye neRoyal United Services Institute (RUSI). Inhloso yalo msebenzi ukunciphisa ubugebengu bezilwane zasendle e-Uganda ngokuqinisa ikhono lababambiqhaza be-CWC ukuthola, ukuvimba, nokushushisa ubugebengu bezilwane zasendle ngokusebenzisana ngokusondelene nabezokuphepha nabomthetho, i-USAID esebenzisana nabalingani, izinkampani zemikhakha ezimele, kanye nemiphakathi ehlala eduze. ezindaweni ezivikelekile.

I-Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) yasayinwa ngoMashi 3, 1973, futhi yaqala ukusebenza ngoJulayi 1, 1975. Umhlangano lo wawudingida ukuhwebelana kwamazwe omhlaba ngezinhlobo zezinhlobo ezikhethiwe ukuze ugunyazwe ngohlelo lokunikeza amalayisense. . I-Uganda, eyingxenye yomhlangano kusukela ngo-Okthoba 16, 1991, iqoke uMnyango Wezokuvakasha, Izilwane Zasendle kanye Nezinto Zasendulo njengeCITES Management Authority ukuphatha uhlelo lokunikeza amalayisense nokuxhumanisa ukuqaliswa kweCITES e-Uganda. I-Uganda iphinde yaqoka i-Uganda Wildlife Authority; Umnyango Wezamanzi Nezemvelo; kanye noMnyango Wezolimo, Ezimboni Zezilwane Nezokudoba ukuze babe yi-CITES Iziphathimandla Zezesayensi zezilwane zasendle, izitshalo zasendle, nezinhlanzi zokuhlobisa ngokulandelana ukunikela ngezeluleko zesayensi ngemiphumela yezohwebo ekulondolozweni kwezinhlobo zasendle.