Chiŵerengero cha anyani a m’mapiri ku Africa chawonjezeka kwambiri monga chisonyezero cha zabwino zoyesayesa za osunga zachilengedwe pofuna kuwapulumutsa kuti asatheretu, bungwe la International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) linati.
Gorilla wamapiri, monga amadziwika ndi anthu ambiri omwe biology homework inachitidwa bwino, imapezeka mu Afirika mokha ndipo yandandalikidwa pa “Red List” ya zamoyo zowopsezedwa. Chiwerengero chawo chawonjezeka kuchoka pa anthu 680 mu 2008 kufika pa anthu 1,000, chiwerengero chachikulu kwambiri chomwe chinalembedwapo pamagulu amtundu wa Eastern Gorilla, IUCN yatero lipoti lake laposachedwa.
Malo okhala anyani a m’mapiriwa amangokhala m’malo otetezedwa okhala pafupifupi masikweya kilomita 800 m’malo awiri opangidwa ndi Virunga Massif ndi Bwindi-Sarambwe, kudutsa Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda ndi Uganda.
Gorilla wakumapiri akukumanabe ndi ziwopsezo zazikulu, kuphatikiza kupha nyama popanda chilolezo pakati pa chipwirikiti chapachiweniweni komanso matenda.
"Zosintha zamasiku ano za IUCN Red List zikuwonetsa mphamvu yachitetezo," Inger Andersen, Director General wa IUCN, adatero m'mawu ake.
Inger anati: “Zimenezi zikuyenda bwino poteteza zachilengedwe ndi umboni wakuti kuyesetsa kwakukulu, kugwirizana kwa maboma, mabizinesi ndi mabungwe a anthu kungathetseretu kuwonongeka kwa zamoyo.”
Red List yomwe yasinthidwa pakadali pano ili kutali kwambiri ndi kuwerenga kosangalatsa, ikuphatikiza mitundu 96,951 ya nyama ndi zomera, pomwe 26,840 ili pachiwopsezo cha kutha.
"Ngakhale kukwera kwa anyani a m'mapiri ndi nkhani yosangalatsa, zamoyozo zidakali pachiwopsezo ndipo ntchito zoteteza ziyenera kupitiliza," atero a Liz Williamson, katswiri wa anyani ku International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
IUCN imayika mitundu ya zamoyo malinga ndi momwe ikuopsezedwa, ndipo manambala a omwe ali apamwamba kwambiri akugwa.
Anyani odziwika bwino a 'silverback' omwe apezeka akuyendayenda m'mapiri ophulika m'nkhalango ku Western Rift Valley komwe amakumana ndi Rwanda, Congo ndi Uganda, akopa alendo masauzande ambiri omwe akufuna kulipira madola mazana ambiri kuti akawawone.
Malo awo amathandiziranso zamoyo zina zomwe sizipezeka kwina kulikonse, kuphatikiza anyani agolide, koma amangopezeka kumadera awiri otetezedwa a Virunga Massif, omwe amakhala m'maiko awiri aku Central Africa ndi nkhalango ya Bwindi yaku Uganda.
Malo okhala a gorilla a m'mapiri azunguliridwa ndi minda yomwe ili ndi kuchuluka kwa anthu omwe akuwopseza kulanda moyo wachilengedwe wa gorilla. Akukumananso ndi ziwopsezo zochokera kwa opha nyama, zipolowe komanso matenda, kuphatikiza kachilombo ka Ebola.
Chiwopsezo chachikulu kwa anyani a m'mapiri chingakhale matenda atsopano komanso opatsirana kwambiri, chifukwa ndizovuta kwambiri kuwongolera.
Andrew Seguya wochokera ku bungwe la Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration wati kukwera kwa anyaniwa kukutanthauzanso kufunika kokulitsa malo awo okhala komanso kupeza ndalama zambiri zothandizira anthu amderali.
Pafupi ndi anthu, anyani a m'mapiri ndi omwe amakopa alendo ambiri ku Rwanda, omwe amakopa khamu la alendo padziko lonse lapansi. Maulendo a gorilla ndiye ulendo wokwera mtengo kwambiri wa nyama zakuthengo ku Africa wokhala ndi moyo wonse.
