Kuchuluka kwa Snow Leopards ku Bhutan Rose mu 2023: Kafukufuku

The 2022-2023 National Snow Leopard Survey, mothandizidwa ndi bungwe la Bhutan For Life initiative ndi WWF-Bhutan, lawonetsa kuwonjezeka kodabwitsa kwa 39.5% kwa chiwerengero cha anyalugwe a chipale chofewa poyerekeza ndi kafukufuku woyamba wochitidwa mu 2016.

Kafukufuku wathunthu adagwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wokhometsa makamera. Ku Bhutan (kumpoto kwa Bhutan) kunali malo opitilira masikweya kilomita 9,000 okhala anyalugwe.

Kafukufukuyu adapeza anyalugwe 134 a chipale chofewa ku Bhutan, kukwera kodziwika kuchokera pa chiwerengero cha 2016 cha anthu 96. Izi zikuwonetsa zomwe Bhutan adachita bwino pakusamalira komanso kudzipereka pakuteteza malo okhala akambuku.

Kuphatikiza apo, kafukufukuyu adawonetsa kusiyana kwa kuchuluka kwa akambuku a chipale chofewa ku Bhutan m'magawo osiyanasiyana. Western Bhutan inali ndi amphaka akulu osowawa. Kusiyanasiyana kwa chigawochi kukuwonetsa kufunikira kwa njira zotetezera zachilengedwe kuti zithandizire kukula kosalekeza kwa akambuku a chipale chofewa.

Chimodzi mwazinthu zodziwika bwino za kafukufukuyu chinali kuzindikirika kwa akambuku a chipale chofewa m'malo omwe sanalembedwepo monga Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary ndi madera otsika pafupi ndi Divisional Forest Office ku Thimphu. Kukula kumeneku kwa malo awo odziwika bwino kumatsimikizira udindo wofunikira wa Bhutan monga malo achitetezo a zolengedwa zomwe zatsala pang'ono kutha.

Ndi lalikulu ndi oyenera matalala nyalugwe mu malire ake ndi India (Sikkim ndi Arunachal Pradesh) ndi China (mapiri a ku Tibetan), Bhutan ili pamalo ofunikira kwambiri a kambuku a chipale chofewa m'derali.

Bungwe la IUCN Red List limaika m’gulu la kambuku wa chipale chofeŵa kukhala “Wosatetezeka,” kusonyeza kuti popanda kuyesetsa kuteteza, zamoyo zochititsa chidwizi zili pachiwopsezo cha kutha posachedwapa.

Bhutan yakhazikitsa njira zodzitetezera kwa anyalugwe a chipale chofewa, kuwatcha Ndandanda I pansi pa Forests and Nature Conservation Act 2023, pomwe zowatsutsa zimawonedwa ngati milandu yachinayi. Kafukufukuyu adapereka chidziwitso chofunikira pakuchita kwa akambuku a chipale chofewa ndi nyama zina zazikulu, kuphatikizapo akambuku ndi akambuku wamba.

Kuphatikiza apo, idakhazikitsa mbiri yatsopano yamtundu wina kupatula akambuku a chipale chofewa ku Bhutan pogwira mbawala yamilomo yoyera/Thorold's (Cervus albirostris) mu Divisional Forest Office ku Paro.