Encwadini eyatholwa yiConservation Through Public Health (CTPH), inhlangano yokulondolozwa kwemvelo eyasungulwa nguDokotela Wezilwane wase-Uganda uDkt. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, uProf. Douglas A. Kelt wazwakalisa “injabulo yakhe ehlukile” njengoMongameli we-American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) ngokubhala ukumemezela izindaba ezimnandi.
The Umklomelo we-Aldo Leopold Memorial yasungulwa yi-ASM ngonyaka we-2002 ukuhlonipha amagalelo avelele okongweni kwezilwane ezincelisayo nezindawo zazo zokuhlala. UDkt Kalema-Zikusoka usanda kuqokwa njengomklomelo womklomelo walo nyaka.
Owathola kuqala lo mklomelo kwakungu-EO Wilson waseHarvard University ngo-2003 ngenxa yeminikelo yakhe ebalulekile ekongweni kwezilwane ezincelisayo ngokuthuthukisa kwakhe nokuthuthukisa imiqondo yezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo.
“Lo mklomelo uhlonipha inkumbulo yomholi womhlaba wonke kwezokondla izilwane ezincelisayo, ongubaba wemvelo yezilwane zasendle, futhi oyilungu elikhuthele le-ASM neleConservation of Land Mammals Committee. Abathole lo mklomelo muva nje kubalwa ukuthi ngubani 'wabaholi bomhlaba jikelele ekulondolozweni kwezilwane ezincelisayo, kubandakanya uRussell Mittermeier, uGeorge Schaller, uRodrigo Medellin, uRubén Barquez, uDean Biggins, uLarry Heaney, Andrew Smith, uMarco FestaBianchet, uGerardo Ceballos, uSteve Goodman, futhi muva nje, uBernal Rodríguez Herrerra.
“Imizamo yakho ne-Uganda Wildlife Authority, ikakhulukazi ekuphatheni ukuthuthwa kwezilwane zasendle ukuze ziphinde zigcwalise amapaki kazwelonke ngemuva kwempi yombango, igqamile ngomthelela wazo ekulondolozweni kwabantu basendle kanye neminikelo kwezokuvakasha - nakho konke lokho ezokuvakasha zifaka isandla ekulondolozweni - ngokubuyisela imiphakathi yezilwane zasendle emapaki amaningi. Umsebenzi wakho oqhubekayo njengodokotela wezilwane, futhi ekuqeqesheni abantu abasha base-Uganda ukongiwa kwemvelo, kusebenza ukukhulisa ukuqonda nokwazisa ngezilwane zasendle, impilo yezilwane zasendle, nokubaluleka kwazo ekongweni. Umsebenzi wakho olandelayo osungula i-Conservation Through Public Health NGO uhlinzeka ngemodeli yokuhlanganiswa ngempumelelo kwempilo yabantu neyezilwane zasendle ngokulondolozwa kwendawo, ukuhlinzekela ezokuvakasha okuphumelelayo kanye nempilo ethuthukisiwe nokuvikeleka kwama-gorilla.
“Ikamu elihlobene ne-Gorilla Conservation kanye neGorilla Conservation Coffee (kanye ne-Gorilla Conservation Café e-Entebbe [Uganda] banikela ngezindawo wena nethimba lakho ukuze nandise imizamo yenu kwezemfundo ngenkathi nisebenzela ukuthuthukisa izimpilo zabahlali bendawo nokukhuthaza ikusasa lapho ama-gorilla abantu bangabelana ngalesi sifunda somhlaba, ”kufunda le ncwadi ngokwengxenye.
"Ngithobekile kakhulu ukuthola lo mklomelo ohloniphekile, otholwe ngabalondolozi bemvelo abakhuthazayo - abanye babo abangifundisile, kubandakanya uRussell Mittermeier, uGeorge Schaller, noRodrigo Medellin," kusho uDkt Kalema-Zikusoka ngesikhathi ethola izindaba ezinhle futhi njengoba kuthunyelwe odongeni lwakhe lwe-facebook.
Usihlalo wekomidi lezindondo, uProf. Erin Baerwald, uchaze abawine ngo-2020 “njengabafazi abakhuthazayo nabaholi bezemvelo.”
Ngenxa yamanje Ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19, abawinile abakwazi ukuya eMelika ukulandela inqubo ejwayelekile yokuthola imiklomelo, noma kunjalo, kunohlelo lokuthi banikeze isethulo esibonakalayo ngesikhathi somhlangano okulindeleke ukuthi ube ngonyaka ozayo. Usuku nesikhathi kuzomenyezelwa ngokuzayo.
Udokotela Wezilwane wase-Uganda uDkt Kalema-Zikusoka uphethe iBachelor of Veterinary Medicine evela eRoyal Veterinary College (RVC) neMasters in Specialised Veterinary Medicine evela eNC State University.
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