Mapulani a Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism ku Namibia (MEFT) kulanda ndi kugulitsa njovu 170 zomalizira kuyenda mwaulere pakati pa madera a anthu wamba kumpoto chakumadzulo ndi kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Namibia zikuwonetsa kuti zikukangana kwambiri ndipo zitha kusokoneza makampani azokopa alendo omwe akuvutika kale.
"Alendo ochokera kumayiko ena akutsatira izi mosamala kwambiri ndipo akuwopseza kuti anyanyala ntchito zokopa alendo ku Namibia," zomwe zingasokoneze kuteteza zachilengedwe, atero a Izak Smit, yemwe amadziwika kuti amasunga mikango m'chipululu.
MEFT sabata yatha Lachitatu idalengeza zopereka kuchokera kumakampani olembetsa masewera ku Namibia kuti agwire ndikuchotsa njovu zambiri 30 mpaka 60 mdera la Omatjete, Kamanjab, Tsumkwe ndi Kavango East.
"Chifukwa cha chilala komanso kuchuluka kwa njovu kuphatikiza zochitika zamkangano za Anthu-Njovu, pakufunika kuti pakhale kuchepa kwa anthuwa," adatero.
Komabe, palibe umboni wotsimikizira kuti izi zanenedwa, ndi zotsatira za kafukufuku wa mlengalenga wa Ogasiti 2019 wa njovu kumpoto chakum'mawa zomwe zidzatulutsidwe ngakhale atapemphedwa.
Zikuwoneka kuti pempholi ndi lingaliro lazandale chifukwa osamalira zachilengedwe akumaderako sanasangalale ndi malingaliro awo, osatchulapo za kugwidwa uku ndikugulitsidwa pamsonkhano waposachedwa wokambirana za kukonzanso kwa Elephant Management Plan ku Namibia. Malingaliro ena a konkriti ochepetsa Kusamvana kwa Njovu za Anthu komabe adagwirizana posachedwa ndi omwe akukhudzidwa, kuphatikiza kupezeka kwa malo amadzi a njovu kutali ndi midzi, mpanda wamagetsi ndi makonde a njovu omwe angathetse vuto lililonse loti asamuke.
Akuluakulu a MEFT nawonso sanadziwe malingaliro awa.
Zikuwonetsa kuti anthu akucheperachepera, Namibia ikuvutika ndi chilala chomwe chathetsa kuchuluka kwa nyama zam'madzi ndikuchititsa kufalikira kwa anthrax komwe kwachititsa kuti kufa kwa njovu ku Linyanti-Chobe.
Mneneri wa MEFT a Romeo Muyanda atsimikiza Lachiwiri kuti mitembo ya njovu 31 yapezeka m'mbali mwa mtsinje wa Linyanti.
“Tikukayikira kwambiri kuti njovu mwina zidafa ndi anthrax poganizira kuti sabata limodzi m'mbuyomo mvuu 12 zinafa chifukwa cha matenda a anthrax. Zitsanzo zatengedwa kuti zidziwike zenizeni, ”adatero Muyanda.
Pamsonkano wanjovu womwe udachitikira ku Windhoek masabata awiri apitawa, a Pohamba Shifeta a MEFT nawonso adatchulapo mutuwu m'mawu awo otsegulira pomwe adanenanso kuti Namibia ili ndi ufulu wogulitsa minyanga ya njovu yolemera matani 50. Kugulitsa kwa minyanga ya njovu komabe ndikuletsedwa pano malinga ndi malamulo a CITES komanso malingaliro aposachedwa ndi Namibia kuti agulitse malonda a minyanga agonjetsedwa kwambiri.
Malinga ndi lipoti la AfESG African Elephant status la 2016 panali njovu 22 754 ku Namibia, Ambiri mwa anthuwa, njovu pafupifupi 17 265 zili m'makomo owoloka malire omwe amayenda pakati pa Namibia, Angola, Zambia ndi Botswana. Director of National Resources Colgar Sikopo ananenapo kale kuti nyama zosakhalitsa sizinaphatikizidwe mkuyerekeza kwa Namibia.
Okwa Namibia okwa popi kutya okwa popa momvula yoElephant Element 2015, okwa li a pewa omalonga gwomwenyo gwawo. Pali kuyerekezera kwakukulu pamalingaliro a anthuwa omwe amapitilira malire a chidaliro cha 10% omwe oyang'anira mlengalenga amafunira, chifukwa chake ndizokayikitsa ngati mapangidwe a kafukufuku waku mlengalenga aku Namibia akupereka ziwerengero zolondola za njovu zomwe zimayenda pakati pa mayiko anayi .
Njovu makumi asanu ndi anayi mwa makumi atatu ndi zisanu ndi zitatu ziyenera kulandidwa m'malo omwe amakhala moyandikana ndi Park ya Khaudom yopanda mpanda ndi anthu pafupifupi 170 3 a njovu.
Maderawa ndi omwe kale anali makolo amtundu wa San, pomwe Kavango East idapangidwa minda pafupifupi 500 ya leasehold ya mahekitala 2 500 iliyonse yomwe idapatsidwa kwa atsogoleri andale kuyambira 2005. koma adafafaniza nkhuni zomwe zikukula pang'onopang'ono ku Africa (Guiberto coleosperma).
Zina 80 zikuyenera kugwidwa kumadera olima ndi ogulitsa wamba kumwera chakumadzulo kwa Etosha National Park komwe magulu awiri amadziwika kuti amasunga, wocheperako mwa 30 nthawi zina amapita kumwera ku Omatjete (300 km kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa likulu Windhoek).
Kaya kugwira njovu izi kuthekera konse pachuma kapena mwakuthupi ndizokayikitsa kwambiri, chifukwa chakubalalika kwawo m'malo omwe nthawi zambiri munthu samatha kufikako. Ziweto zakumpoto chakumadzulo zinkakonda kufalikira pachipululu chachikulu chamiyala, pomwe dera la Kavango East-Tsumkwe ndilokulirapo ndipo lili mkati mwa Kalahari Sand yodzaza ndi denga lolemera.
Tender ya MEFT, yomwe imangolekerera anthu olembetsa masewera ku Namibia kuti atenge zovala ndikutseka pa Januware 29, ikufuna kuti njovu zonse zichotsedwe, kuphatikiza ng'ombe zamphongo nthawi zambiri, m'malo amenewa. Mtengo ndi zoopsa zonse zimayenera kunyamulidwa ndi kampani yomwe imagwira masewerawa.
Chikondwererochi chitha kukhala kuyesa kusunga voti yakumidzi pambuyo poti SWAPO sinawonetse bwino zisankho zaposachedwa zamaboma ndi olimbikitsa kwambiri omwe akukonzekera ndondomekoyi kukhala alimi ang'onoang'ono ogulitsa ku Kavango East komanso alimi akuluakulu aku Kunene ndi Erongo,
Chikondwererochi chimawoneka kuti chikuyang'ana pamsika wogulitsa kunja, zomwe zimayitanitsa omwe akufuna kuti azigulitsa kunja kuti awonetsetse kuti dziko lomwe akupita liloleza kulowa kwawo malinga ndi malamulo a CITES.
Zikuwoneka kuti sizotheka kuti aliyense ku Namibia akufuna njovu zambiri, koma pali msika umodzi wopindulitsa wotumiza kunja: Democratic Republic of the Congo ndi Purezidenti wake wakale Joseph Kabila, yemwe wamanga nkhokwe yayikulu yabizinesi kummawa kwa Kinshasa. Kuyambira 2017, masewera mazana azigwa - kuphatikiza mbidzi, kudu, oryx ndi akadyamsonga - atumizidwa ku DRC.
Izi zitha kutsatira malamulo a CITES omwe amangololeza kutumiza njovu kumayiko ena "kumalo oyenera ndi ovomerezeka" omwe amatchedwa "mapulogalamu osungira kapena malo otetezedwa kuthengo mkati mwazachilengedwe ndi zachilengedwe ku Africa".
Ndi nthawi yokhayo yomwe iwulule tsogolo la njovu ngati kusamutsidwa kosasunthika sikungachitike, kuwononga ndi kusaka chifukwa cha Kuwonongeka Koyambitsa Nyama kulola chiwopsezo chomwe chikupezeka.
Wolemba: John Grobler
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- Zina 80 zikuyenera kugwidwa kumadera olima ndi ogulitsa wamba kumwera chakumadzulo kwa Etosha National Park komwe magulu awiri amadziwika kuti amasunga, wocheperako mwa 30 nthawi zina amapita kumwera ku Omatjete (300 km kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa likulu Windhoek).
- Plans by the Namibian Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT) to capture and sell off 170 of the last free-roaming elephants among the communal farming areas of north-western and north-eastern Namibia are proving highly contentious and potentially a big blow to an already struggling local tourism industry.
- At an official elephant workshop held in Windhoek two weeks ago, MEFT’s Pohamba Shifeta also had raised the topic in his opening speech in which he reiterated that Namibia has the right to sell off its estimated 50-ton ivory stockpile.
