Inani le gorila elisentabeni e-Afrika liphumelele ukukhula okubonakalayo njengophawu lwentelekelelo kwimizamo yabalondolozi bendalo yokubasindisa ekuphelelweni lilonke, i-Union Union yoLondolozo lweNdalo (IUCN) yatsho.
Intaba yegorila, njengoko isaziwa ngabantu abaninzi umsebenzi wasekhaya webhayoloji yenziwe kakuhle, ifumaneka kuphela e-Afrika kwaye idweliswe ku "Uluhlu oluBomvu" lweentlobo ezisengozini. Inani labo lalikhule ukusuka kuma-680 abantu ngo-2008 ukuya ngaphezulu kwe-1,000 yabantu, elona nani liphezulu lakha labhalwa kwii-subspecies ze-Eastern Gorilla, utshilo u-IUCN kwingxelo yakhe yamva nje.
Indawo yokuhlala yegorila yentaba ithintelwe kwiindawo ezikhuselweyo ezigubungela phantse i-800 yeekhilomitha kwiindawo ezimbini ezenziwe yiVirunga Massif kunye ne-Bwindi-Sarambwe, enqumla eDemocratic Republic of Congo, eRwanda nase-Uganda.
Igorila esezintabeni isajongana nezisongelo ezibonakalayo, kubandakanya nokuzingela ngokungekho mthethweni phakathi kwezidubedube zasekuhlaleni nezifo.
"Uhlaziyo lwanamhlanje kuLuhlu oluBomvu lwe-IUCN lubonisa amandla ezenzo zolondolozo," u-Inger Andersen, Umlawuli Jikelele we-IUCN, utshilo kwingxelo.
"Ezi mpu melelo zolondolozo zibubungqina bokuba iinzame zokuzibandakanya, zokusebenzisana koorhulumente, amashishini kunye noluntu lunokubuyisa umva wokulahleka kweentlobo," utshilo u-Inger.
Uluhlu oluHlaziyiweyo oluBomvu okwangoku kukude nokufundwa okuneroses, kubandakanya iintlobo ezingama-96,951 zezilwanyana nezityalo, ezingama-26,840 ezisongelwa kukutshabalala.
"Nangona ukunyuka kwenani leentaba zegorila ziindaba ezimnandi, olu hlobo lusesichengeni kwaye iinzame zolondolozo kufuneka ziqhubeke," utshilo uLiz Williamson, ingcali ye-primate ye-International Union yoLondolozo lweNdalo (IUCN).
IUCN ihlela iintlobo ngokuxhomekeke ekubeni zisengozini kangakanani, kwaye amanani ezona ndawo ziphambili ziyawa.
Iigorila 'zesilverback' eyaziwayo eyafunyanwa izula-zula phakathi kweentaba-mlilo ezigqunywe ziintaba zeNtshona yeRift Valley apho iRwanda, iCongo neUganda zihlangana khona, zitsale amawaka abakhenkethi abazimisele ukuhlawula amakhulu eedola ukuzibona.
Indawo ezihlala kuyo ikwaxhasa ezinye iintlobo zezilwanyana ezingafumanekiyo kwenye indawo, kubandakanya iinkawu zegolide, kodwa zilinganiselwe kwiindawo ezimbini ezikhuselekileyo zeVirunga Massif, ezinabele kumazwe amabini akwii-ikhweyitha ye-Afrika kunye nepaki yesizwe yase-Uganda i-Bwindi.
Iindawo zokuhlala zegorila zentaba zijikelezwe ziifama ezinabantu abanda besoyikisa ukungena kwegorila kubomi bendalo. Bajongene nosongelo lwabazingeli abangekho mthethweni, izidubedube zasekuhlaleni kunye nezifo, kubandakanya intsholongwane ye-Ebola.
Esona sisongelo kwinani leentaba zegorila iya kuba sisifo esitsha nesosulelayo, kuba kuya kuba nzima kakhulu ukusilawula.
U-Andrew Seguya ovela kwi-Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration uthe inani elinyukayo le gorila likwathetha isidingo sokwandisa indawo yokuhlala kunye nokonyusa imali engakumbi kuluntu lommandla.
Kufutshane nabantu, iigorila zentaba zezona zikhokelayo kubakhenkethi eRwanda, zitsala izihlwele zabakhenkethi kwihlabathi liphela. Ukuhamba ngeGorilla yeyona ndlela ibiza kakhulu yezilwanyana zasendle eAfrika enamava obomi.
