Abemi be-Snow Leopards eBhutan Rose ngo-2023: Uvavanyo

I 2022-2023 UPhando lweLizwe lweNgwegwe yeKhephu, exhaswa yi-Bhutan For Life initiative kunye ne-WWF-Bhutan, ibonise ukwanda okumangalisayo kwe-39.5% yabantu beengwe zekhephu xa kuthelekiswa nophando lokuqala olwenziwe kwi-2016.

Uvavanyo olubanzi lusebenzise itekhnoloji yokubambisa ikhamera. Yayigubungela ngaphezu kwe-9,000 yeekhilomitha zeekhilomitha zendawo yokuhlala yamahlosi ekhephu eBhutan (emantla eBhutan).

Uphononongo lufumene iingwe zekhephu ezili-134 eBhutan, ukunyuka okuphawulekayo kwinani le-2016 labantu abangama-96. Oku kuqaqambisa amanyathelo ayimpumelelo olondolozo lweBhutan kunye nokuzinikela ekukhuseleni iindawo ezihlala iingwe zekhephu.

Ukongeza, uphando lubonise umahluko kubuninzi beengwe zekhephu eBhutan kwimimandla eyahlukeneyo. I-Western Bhutan yayinoxinaniso oluphezulu kakhulu lwezi kati ezinkulu. Lo mahluko wengingqi uqaqambisa imfuneko yeendlela zolondolozo ezilungelelanisiweyo ukuxhasa ukukhula okuqhubekayo kweengwe zekhephu.

Enye yezinto eziye zafunyaniswa zolu phando kukuchongwa kweengwe zekhephu kwiindawo ezingabhalwanga ngaphambili ezifana neBumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary kunye nemimandla esezantsi yokuphakama kufutshane ne-Divisional Forest Office eThimphu. Oku kwandiswa kweendawo zabo zokuhlala ezaziwayo kugxininisa indawo ebalulekileyo yeBhutan njengenqaba yezi zidalwa zisengozini.

Kunye neendawo zokuhlala ingwe ikhephu ebanzi kunye efanelekileyo kunye nemida yayo nge Indiya (iSikkim kunye ne-Arunachal Pradesh) kunye neTshayina (ithafa laseTibetan), iBhutan ibekwe kwindawo yokusebenzela njengomthombo obalulekileyo weengwe zekhephu kulo mmandla.

ULuhlu Olubomvu lwe-IUCN luchaza ingwe yekhephu “njengesesichengeni,” nto leyo ebonisa ukuba ngaphandle kwemigudu yokulondoloza, esi sityalo sihle kakhulu sisemngciphekweni wokuphela kungekudala.

I-Bhutan yenze imilinganiselo yokukhusela iingwe zekhephu, ezizichaza njengeShedyuli I phantsi koMthetho we-Forest and Nature Conservation Act 2023, apho izenzo ezingekho mthethweni ezichasene nazo ziphathwa njengezenzo zesine. Uvavanyo lubonelele ngezimvo ezixabisekileyo kunxibelelwano lweengwe zekhephu nezinye izilwanyana ezinkulu ezidla inyama, kuquka amahlosi kunye namahlosi aqhelekileyo.

Ngaphaya koko, yamisela uhlobo olutsha lwerekhodi ngaphandle kweengwe zekhephu eBhutan ngokubamba ixhama elimhlophe/ixhama likaThorold (Cervus albirostris) kwiOfisi yoLwahlulo lweHlathi eParo.