Umphathiswa wezokusiNgqongileyo wase-Australia uSussan Ley ubhengeze ngolwe-Sihlanu ukuba abemi be-koala eQueensland, eNew South Wales, kunye ne-Australian Capital Territory baya kudweliswa ngokusemthethweni njengezilwanyana ezisengozini ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukhuseleko olongezelelweyo lukarhulumente kubantu abanciphayo.
"Sithatha inyathelo elingazange libonwe ngaphambili ukukhusela i-koala, sisebenza nezazinzulu, abaphandi bezonyango, oogqirha bezilwanyana, uluntu, amazwe, oorhulumente basekhaya kunye nabanini bemveli," utshilo umphathiswa, eqaqambisa isicwangciso sokubuyisela iminyaka emine esiya kuxabisa iidola ezingama-50 ezigidi zeedola (US). I-35.6 yezigidi zeedola) kwaye iya kuphunyezwa kuwo onke amazwe amathathu kunxweme olusempuma lwaseOstreliya ukugcina nokukhusela iikoalas.
I-Iconic Australian marsupials iya kuchongwa njengezilwanyana ezisengozini phantsi kwe UMthetho wokuKhuselwa kokusiNgqongileyo kunye noMthetho woLondolozo lweZilwanyana ezahlukeneyo (EPBC Act) 1999, eqonda ukuba ngaphandle kwamanyathelo okukhusela angakumbi, izilwanyana zisengozini yokuphela.
Imibutho yendalo esingqongileyo WWF-Australia, iNgxowa-mali Yezizwe Ngezizwe Yentlalontle Yezilwanyana (IFAW), neHumane Society International (HSI) zambulela umphathiswa wemekobume ngoko bakuchaza “njengesigqibo esibi, kodwa esibalulekileyo,” ngoxa begxeka urhulumente ngokusilela ukukhusela iikoala.
Umanejala wePhulo le-IFAW Wildlife uJosey Sharrad ubize iimarsupials njengophawu lwamazwe ngamazwe kunye nelizwe, kwaye wathi basemngciphekweni ngaphambi 'kweHlobo eliMnyama' lowama-2019-20 ngenxa yembalela enzima, ukulahleka kwendawo yokuhlala ngenxa yokucocwa komhlaba, izifo, uhlaselo lwezinja kunye nokuhlaselwa kwezilwanyana zasendle. iindlela zokubulala.
“Imililo yasehlathini yayiyeyona nto yokugqibela. Oku kufuneka kube ngumnxeba wokuvusa Ostreliya kunye norhulumente ukuba ahambe ngokukhawuleza ukukhusela indawo yokuhlala ebalulekileyo kuphuhliso kunye nokucocwa komhlaba kunye nokujongana ngokunzulu nefuthe lokutshintsha kwemozulu, "utshilo.
Isigqibo sokudwelisa iikoala njengohlobo olusengozini yokuphela seza kwiminyaka nje eli-10 emva kokuba ii<em>marsupial zidweliswe ‘njengezilwanyana ezisengozini’ ngoMeyi 2012. Ukususela ngoko, abemi bekoala bebesoloko besongelwa ngokucocwa kweehektare ezingaphezu kwama-25,000 XNUMX zendalo yazo. indawo yokuhlala, evunywe ngokusemthethweni ngurhulumente.
Kuqikelelwa ukuba ngo-2032, xa ikomkhulu laseQueensland, iBrisbane iya kubamba imidlalo yeOlimpiki, inani le-koala kweli lizwe liya kuhla lingaphantsi kwama-8,000, ngokutsho kweWWF.
I-koala okanye, ngokungachanekanga, ibhere ye-koala, yibhere Arboreal herbivorous marsupial inzalelwane Ostreliya. Nguye kuphela ummeli okhoyo wosapho lwe-Phascolarctidae kunye nezihlobo zayo ezisondeleyo ezihlalayo zi-wombats, ezingamalungu osapho lweVombatidae.
I<em>koala ifumaneka kwimimandla eselunxwemeni yemimandla esempuma nesemazantsi yelizwe, ehlala eQueensland, eNew South Wales, eVictoria nakuMzantsi Ostreliya. Ibonakala lula ngomzimba wayo oqinileyo, ongenamsila kunye nentloko enkulu enendlebe ezingqukuva, ezithambileyo kunye nempumlo enkulu emile okwecephe. Umbala woboya ukusuka kwisilivere ukuya kumdaka wetshokolethi.
Iikoala zihlala kumathafa eeucalypt avulekileyo, kwaye amagqabi ale mithi enza uninzi lokutya kwazo.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- This must be a wake-up call to Australia and the government to move much faster to protect critical habitat from development and land-clearing and seriously address the impacts of climate change,” she stated.
- IFAW Wildlife Campaign Manager Josey Sharrad called the marsupials an international and national icon, and said they were in danger before the ‘Black Summer' of 2019-20 due to severe droughts, loss of habitat to land-clearing, diseases, dog attacks, and roadkills.
- Umphathiswa wezokusiNgqongileyo wase-Australia uSussan Ley ubhengeze ngolwe-Sihlanu ukuba abemi be-koala eQueensland, eNew South Wales, kunye ne-Australian Capital Territory baya kudweliswa ngokusemthethweni njengezilwanyana ezisengozini ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukhuseleko olongezelelweyo lukarhulumente kubantu abanciphayo.
