Ugqirha wezilwanyana waseUganda ufumana i2020 Aldo Leopold Award

Kwileta efunyenwe yi-Conservation Through Public Health (i-CTPH), umbutho wolondolozo osekwe nguGqirha Wezilwanyana waseUganda uGqirha Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, uProf. Douglas A. Kelt uvakalise “ulonwabo olwahlukileyo nolubalulekileyo” njengoMongameli weAmerican Society of Mammalogists (ASM) ngokubhala ukwazisa ngeendaba ezimnandi.

The Ibhaso leSikhumbuzo sika-Aldo Leopold yasekwa yi-ASM ngo-2002 ukuthathela ingqalelo igalelo eligqwesileyo kulondolozo lwezilwanyana kunye neendawo ezihlala kuzo. Ugqirha Kalema-Zikusoka kutshanje uchongwe njengofumene ibhaso kulo nyaka.

Ophumeleleyo ngokusesikweni weli bhaso yayingu-EO Wilson weYunivesithi yaseHarvard ngo-2003 ngenxa yegalelo lakhe elibalulekileyo kulondolozo lwezilwanyana ezikhululekileyo ngokuphucula nokwazisa iingcamango zezinto eziphilayo.

“Eli wonga liwonga inkumbulo yenkokeli yehlabathi kulondolozo lwezilwanyana ezanyisayo, ungutata wezilwanyana zasendle, kwaye ulilungu elikhutheleyo le-ASM kunye neKomiti yoLondolozo lweZilwanyana eziManyeneyo eMhlabeni. Abasandula ukufumana eli bhaso baquka 'ngubani' weenkokheli zehlabathi kulondolozo lwezilwanyana ezanyisayo, kubandakanya uRussell Mittermeier, uGeorge Schaller, uRodrigo Medellin, uRubén Barquez, uDean Biggins, uLarry Heaney, Andrew Smith, Marco FestaBianchet, Gerardo Ceballos, Steve Goodman, kwaye kutshanje, uBernal Rodríguez Herrerra.

"Iinzame zakho kunye ne-Uganda Wildlife Authority, ngakumbi ekulawuleni ukufuduswa kwezilwanyana zasendle ukuphinda ziphinde zilondoloze iipaki zelizwe emva kwemfazwe yamakhaya, zivelele igalelo labo kulondolozo lwabantu basendle kunye negalelo kukhenketho- kwaye konke oko kukhenketho kunegalelo kulondolozo - ngokubuyisela uluntu lwasendle kwiipaka ezininzi. Umsebenzi wakho oqhubekayo njengogqirha wezilwanyana, kunye nokuqeqesha abantu baseUganda kulondolozo, basebenzela ukwandisa ukuqonda kunye nokuxabisa izilwanyana zasendle, impilo yezilwanyana zasendle, kunye nokubaluleka kwazo kulondolozo. Umsebenzi wakho olandelayo wokuseka uLondolozo ngokusebenzisa i-NGO yeMpilo kaRhulumente ibonelela ngemodeli yokudityaniswa okusebenzayo kwempilo yabantu kunye nezasendle kunye nolondolozo lwendalo, ukubonelela ngendalo ephumeleleyo kunye nokuphucula impilo kunye nokhuseleko lwee gorila.

“Ikhampasi yoGcino lweGorilla ehambelana nayo kunye neGrailla yoLondolozo lweKofi (kunye neGafesi yoLondolozo lweGorilla e-Entebbe [Uganda] zibonelela ngendawo wena neqela lakho ukwandisa imizamo yenu kwezemfundo ngelixa nisebenzela ukuphucula ubomi babahlali basekuhlaleni kunye nokukhuthaza ikamva apho iigorila kunye abantu banokwabelana ngalo mmandla wehlabathi, ”le leta ifundeka ngokuyinxenye.

“Ndizive ndizolile ngokufumana eli wonga libalaseleyo, nelifunyenwe ngabalondolozi bendalo abakhuthazayo ngokwenyani- abanye babo bandifundisile, kubandakanya uRussell Mittermeier, uGeorge Schaller, noRodrigo Medellin,” utshilo uGqirha Kalema-Zikusoka emva kokufumana iindaba ezimnandi. kwaye njengoko iposelwe kudonga lwe-facebook.

Usihlalo wekomiti yeembasa, uNjing. U-Erin Baerwald, uchaze abaphumeleleyo ngo-2020 "njengabasetyhini abakhuthazayo kunye neenkokheli zolondolozo."

Ngenxa yangoku COVID-19 bhubhane, Abaphumeleleyo abakwazi ukuya eMelika ukulandela iinkqubo eziqhelekileyo zokufumana amabhaso, nangona kunjalo, kukho isicwangciso sokuba babenike intetho ebonakalayo ngexesha lenkomfa ekulindeleke ukuba yenzeke kunyaka olandelayo. Umhla nexesha liya kubhengezwa kwixesha elizayo.

Ugqirha wezilwanyana waseUganda uGqirha Kalema-Zikusoka unesidanga se-Veterinary Medicine e-Royal Veterinary College (RVC) kunye neMasters kwi-Specialised Veterinary Medicine evela kwiYunivesithi yaseN.

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