Iindaba ezikhuthazayo: IiHighes zokuLondolozwa kwezilwanyana zaseAfrika

Ngaphezulu kwazo zonke izinto, i-Afrika idume ngokumalunga nezilwanyana zasendle . Zininzi zezilwanyana ezithandayo iindawo zomoya, amahlathi, iintaba kunye neentlango azifumanekanga nakwezinye iindawo emhlabeni, okwenza i- African safari ibe namava ekhethekileyo. Nangona kunjalo, ezinye zezilwanyana ze-iconic zaseAfrika zisengozini yokuphela.

Ingqungquthela yokusondeza ephazamisayo indawo zasendle zelizwekazi ixanduva elikhulu, njengokuba kukho ukungqubuzana kwezibonelelo ezibangelwa ngabantu base-Afrika abakhulayo. Imizamo yokulondoloza inempumelelo yithemba elilodwa lentsholongwane efana ne-gorilla esempuma kunye ne-rhino emnyama, kwaye kaninzi, le migudu ixhomekeke ekuzibopheleleni kwamaqhawe asekhaya asebenzayo ukukhusela ilifa labo kwizinga eliphezulu. La maqhawe aquka i-rangers yezemidlalo, iinqununu zemfundo kunye neengcali zenzululwazi, bonke abasebenza kumabonakaliso, ngokuqhelekileyo bengabonakaliyo kwaye kaninzi babengozi.

Ngokwe-Game Rangers 'Association yaseAfrika, ubuncinane ubuncwane be-189 babulawe ngelixa besemsebenzini ukususela ngo-2009, abaninzi babo babulawa ngabazingeli. Kweminye imimandla, kukho ukungqubuzana phakathi kwabagcini bemvelo kunye noluntu lwendawo, olubona umhlaba okhuselekile njengethuba elilahlekileyo lokutya, ukulima nokuzingela. Ngako oko, abagcini bezokulondoloza abavela kuloo mihlaba bahlala bejongana nokuhlaliswa kweentlalo kunye neengozi ezisemzimbeni. Kule nqaku, sibheka ezintlanu zabaninzi, amadoda namabhinqa amaninzi abeka engozini konke ukugcina ulwandle lwama-Afrika.

• 01 ngo 05

  Sylvester Kampamba, Zambia

  Umthonyama waseZambia uSylvester Kampamba usandul 'ukunikezelwa ngo-2017 I-Disney Conservation Hero Award ekuqapheliseni umsebenzi wakhe njengeGosa lezeMfundo kwiNkqubo yoLondolozo lweNdawo yaseNyakatho yaseLambia. Unyaka wonke, i-Kampamba ifundisa amaqela aselula abaselula ngokubaluleka kokugcinwa kweebhino - kokubili kwigumbi lokufundela, kunye nakwi-safaris exhumanayo kwiNqila yaseNorthern Luangwa. Nangona abantwana baseKhamamba bafundisa behlala kwimida yepaki, abaninzi babo abazange babone i-rhino - iindidi ezaziye zagqitywa ekupheleni kweZambia. Ngokubakhuthaza ukuba bahloniphe kwaye baqonde ukuhlaziywa kwebhunga lomnxeba, iKhamamba idlulisa umnqweno wakhe kulondolozo kwisizukulwana esilandelayo.

• 02 we 05

  Ijoni Mpofu, Zimbabwe

  U-Jealous Mpofu unguMatriki oPhezulu weZilondolozo lweNja yePilisi, engenzi inzuzo esebenzayo ukukhusela i-Zimbabwe inja yezilwanyana zasendle . UMpofu ngokwakhe uxanduva lokufumana nokubeka iiphakethi ezintlu zasendle kwiHwange National Park. Kanye nezifo kunye nokulahleka kwendawo, izinja zisengozini yokungena kwiimigibe zentlambo. Ngoko ke, ukukwazi ukufumana izinja ezibanjwe kubalulekile. Xa uMpofu wanikezwa i-Award ye-Disney Conservation Hero ngonyaka ka-2007, wasebenzisa umvuzo wakhe wokuthenga umgaya wokugaya kwidolophana yakhe, efumaneka kwimida yaseHwange. Ngokwenza njalo, wabonisa oontanga ukuba banokufumana inzuzo yokulondolozwa kwezinja zasendle, ekuncediseni ukukhuthaza ubudlelwane obuhle phakathi kobubele kunye nedolophana.

• 03 we 05

  Collet Ngobeni, eMzantsi Afrika

  I-Collet Ngobeni ngenye yamalungu asekuqaleni e-Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit. Iyunithi, eyona nto ibhinqa, iphumelele i-United Nations 'Championships yoMhlaba Award ngo-2015. AmaMambas aMnyama anikezelwa ekukhuseleni izilwanyana zasendle kwi-Greater Kruger National Park, kwaye achitha iintsuku zabo ngokuphamba kwepaki ekukhangela iinkampu zokuzingela kunye nemigibe yezilwanyana zasendle . Ukususela ngo-2013, iqela libophe abatshizi abathandathu kwaye banciphisa ukukhawuleza kule ndawo ngo-76%. AmaMambas aMnyama afana no-Ngobeni angenakuxhaswa, ukuthembela endaweni yokulwa kunye noqeqesho lokulandelela ukuphazamisa abazingeli abaxhaswa ngamaqela olwaphulo-mthetho ngamazwe ngamazwe. U-Ngobeni uthi isigqibo sakhe sokujoyina iMambas saphefumlelwe yimfuneko yokulondoloza ilifa lemvelo laseMzantsi Afrika kwizizukulwana ezizayo-kuquka nentombi yakhe encinci.

• 04 we 05

  Tom Lalampaa, eKenya

  I- Samburu esuka kwi-West Gate Community Conservancy enyakatho yeKenya, uTom Lalampaa waphothula nge-MBA kwiCandelo loLawulo oluCwangcisiweyo ukusuka kwiYunivesithi yaseNairobi emva kokuba uluntu luphakamisa imali efunekayo yokumthumela esikolweni. Ukususela ngo-2006, usebenze ngokungakhathali njengoko uMncedisi woPhuhliso loLuntu kwiNyakatho yeRangelands Trust ukuphuhlisa nokudibanisa i- conservancies yasekuhlaleni eKenya. Isikhundla seLalampaa njengendlela ethembekileyo kunye nehlonishwayo ye-Samburu imodeli inamnceda ekukhuthazeni uxolo phakathi kwezizwe ezilwa nommandla, kunye nokulondolozwa kwezilwanyana zasendle ezisengozini. Uphumelele i-Tusk Award yokuLondolozwa kweAfrika ngo-2013, kunye ne-Stanford Bright Award yokugcina ngo-2016.

• 05 we 05

  UJackson Kabuyaya Mbeke, iDemocratic Republic of Congo

  Emva kokuzibeka kwisikolo sezilwanyana, uJackson Kubuyaya Mbeke waqala ukuhlangabezana ne-gorilla yaseGrauer eyingozi kakhulu ngenkqubela i-gorilla ngenkathi ethatha inxaxheba kwinkalo yobalo be-gorilla e-Tayna Nature Reserve. Ngomnyaka we-2008, waqeshwa ukuba ancedise ukwakha iPorilla Rehabilitation and Centre Conservation Centre kufuphi naseKasugho, injongo yaloo nto yayiza kubeka iigorilla zeGrauer ezinenkedama ngabazingeli. Nangona kunjalo, imbambano phakathi kwe-DRC ifake iprojekthi-kodwa uMbeke waqhubeka nokukhuthaza imbono yeziko kuze kugqityiwe, yagqitywa ngowama-2010. Ngoku, uMbeke ungumlawuli waseCongo wokuqala weziko, elijolise ekuvuseleleni i-gorilla encinci kwaye ekugqibeleni ukuyikhulula ekuhlaleni. Ujongamela yonke imisebenzi, kwaye ibaluleke kakhulu phakathi kweprojekthi kunye noluntu lwasekuhlaleni.