African Elephant Coalition (AEC): Japan msika wanu waminyanga ya njovu!

Bungwe la Akuluakulu a Mgwirizano wa Njovu ku Africa (AEC) wopangidwa ndi mayiko 32 aku Africa komanso mayiko ambiri a njovu ku Africa akupempha boma la Japan kuti litseke msika wawo waminyanga ya njovu, womwe ndi waukulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, ndikuthandizira kuteteza mwamphamvu njovu zaku Africa.

“Tikupempha Japan kuti itengere chitsanzo cha China ndikutseka msika wake wanyanga waminyanga ya njovu. Tikukhulupirira kuti kuchita izi kulimbitsa chithunzi chaku Japan chachitetezo chamayiko isanakwane Olimpiki ndi Ma Paralympics a 2020 ”, atero a Azizou El Hadj Issa, Wapampando wa AEC's Council of Elders, popempha a Taro Kono, nduna yakunja yaku Japan kuti athandizire Mgwirizanowu.

 Bungwe la AEC la Akulu lalembera Nduna Yowona Zakunja ku Japan, Taro Kono, kupempha thandizo ndi mgwirizano kuti alimbikitse njira zapadziko lonse zochepetsera kufunikira kwa minyanga ya njovu "kuti minyanga ya njovu isakhalenso zinthu zofunika".

AEC yapereka zikalata zingapo za 18^th Msonkhano wa Zipani a Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) ndipo akupempha Japan kuti igwirizane ndi malingaliro awo kuti alimbikitse kuteteza njovu.

Makamaka, AEC ikufuna:

• Maiko onse atsatira chitsanzo cha China potseka misika yawo ya minyanga ya njovu polimbikitsa chisankho (10.10) ku Msonkhano wa Zipani.
• Kulemba mndandanda wa njovu zonse zaku Africa kuti Zakumapeto I, chitetezo champhamvu kwambiri pansi pa CITES. Pakadali pano, njovu ku Africa ndizogawikana ndi njovu ku Botswana, Namibia, South Africa ndi Zimbabwe ku Zakumapeto II, yomwe imalola malonda pamikhalidwe ina.

Kuyambira kale AEC idaganiza kuti ngati njovu ziyenera kutetezedwa ndikofunikira kuti zonse zizikhala pamndandanda wa Zakumapeto I. Kugawikaku kwapangitsa kuti pakhale chisokonezo pakufunidwa kwa ogula ndikubweretsa kupitilizabe kugulitsa minyanga ya njovu, yomwe idakwera pambuyo pogulitsa nkhokwe zaminyanga ya njovu kuchokera kumwera kwa Africa kupita ku China ndi Japan mu 2008. China idatseka msika wake mu 2017, koma msika waku minyanga ya njovu ku Japan ukhalabe waukulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo pali umboni wochuluka kuti minyanga ya ku Japan ikutumizidwa ku China mosaloledwa pamtengo waukulu, zomwe zikuwononga chiletso.

Coalition ikulimbikitsa misika yayikulu yaminyanga ya njovu - makamaka aku Japan ndi European Union - kuti atengere chitsanzo cha China. Kalata yopita ku Mtumiki Kono ipempha Japan kuti itseke msika wake waminyanga ya njovu, ndipo imakoperedwa kwa Nduna Zachilengedwe, Yoshiaki Haradakomanso Economy, Trade and Industry, Hiroshige Seko, omwe onse ali ndi udindo wopanga mfundo pamalonda aminyanga, kuwongolera malonda apanyumba aminyanga ndikukhazikitsa mfundo zokhudzana ndi minyanga ya njovu (10.10) ku Japan. Khonsoloyo ikukhulupirira kuti kutseka msika wake waminyanga ya njovu "kulimbitsa chithunzi cha Japan padziko lonse lapansi chisanafike Masewera a Olimpiki a 2020 ndi Paralympics".

Wapampando wa Council of Akulu, Azizou El Hadj Issa, walemberanso nduna yaku China yakunja, Wang Yi, posonyeza kuyamikira "ndondomeko yakale yoteteza zachilengedwe yaku China potseka msika wake waminyanga ya njovu motsogozedwa ndi Purezidenti Xi Jingping", ndikupempha China kuti igwirizane ndi malingaliro a AEC.

Makalata opita kumayiko onsewa amatchula posachedwapa anatulutsidwa Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, yomwe ikuwunikira kufunikira kwakuteteza mitundu ya nyama zomwe zatsala pang'ono kutha monga njovu. Ripotilo linapeza kuti kuzunza njovu mu malonda kukuwonjezera kutha kwawo. Bungwe la AEC la Akulu limachenjeza kuti CITES mpaka pano yalephera njovu zaku Africa, chizindikiro chomwecho cha Msonkhano.

Makalata onsewa akutsindika kuti AEC ikuyimira liwu logwirizana la mitundu yambiri ya njovu zaku Africa ndipo likugwirizana ndi malingaliro apadziko lonse lapansi komanso asayansi ambiri a njovu. Mayiko ochepa aku Africa - motsogozedwa ndi Botswana - akufunabe kudyera njovu minyanga yawo. Komabe, cholinga cha Mgwirizanowu wa mayiko 32 ndikuti njovu zitha kukhala ndi moyo wathanzi popanda kuwopsezedwa ndi malonda apadziko lonse aminyanga ya njovu.