Hāʻawi ʻo Botswana i ka pāpā ʻana i ka hopu holoholona a me ke kālepa ʻana e like me ka emi ʻana o ka helphant

ʻO nā hopena o ka ana a me ka nui o nā helphant heluna kanaka o Botswana i koho ʻia i ka heluna o ka ʻāina ma 126,000 ʻelepani, kahi hāʻule hou aʻe mai ka 131,600 i hōʻike ʻia i ka makahiki 2014. Hōʻike ka hōʻike i nā hōʻike pinepine no ka hoʻonui nui ʻana i ka ʻāhi elepani ma nā wahi wela ʻehā ma Northern Botswana, i hoʻomaka kahi ʻino pāpāho i ka makahiki i hala.

ʻO kēia hōʻike na Elephants without Border (EWB) i hele mai ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana o ke kōmike o ke kuhina nui i kā lākou hōʻike hopu holoholona iā Pelekikena Masisi ma ka Pōʻahā o ka pule i hala, ka mea e hāpai ana ʻaʻole e hāpai wale i ka pāpā ʻana i ka hopu holoholona, ​​akā ʻo ka hoʻolauna pū ʻana o ka ʻānai ʻana o ka ʻelepani maʻamau a me ka ʻiʻo ʻelepani e pili ana. ʻoihana ʻona no ka meaʻai meaʻai holoholona, ​​a me ka pani ʻana i kekahi mau ala hele malihini holoholona laha.

Ua waiho mua ke aupuni Botswana i kahi noi iā CITES no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka hālāwai CoP18 i Mei o kēia makahiki, e noi ana e hoʻololi i ka papa inoa CITES o ka ʻelepani savannah ʻApelika e ʻae ai i ke kālepa ʻana i nā pahu hopu holoholona, ​​nā holoholona ola a me nā waihona i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia (aupuni) niho ʻelepani.

Wahi a ka hōʻike kūlana Elepani ʻApelika (2016), ʻO ka heluna kanaka elepani o Botswana ua hōʻole ʻia e 15% i nā makahiki he 10 i hala. Hōʻike maopopo kēia hōʻike ʻaʻole piʻi ka heluna nui o nā elepani o Botswana, e like me ka mea i hōʻike pinepine ʻia i nā alaloa politika a me nā alualu holoholona. ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka nui o kāna poʻe ma ʻApelika Hema, ʻoiaʻiʻo he 100, 000 ka emi o ka 237,000 pinepine haʻi ʻia e ka poʻe kālaiʻāina a me ka pāpaho ma Botswana. I nā hoʻāʻo e hōʻoia i ka culling a me ka hopu holoholona.

Hoʻokumu ʻia ka heluna ʻelepani EWB o 126,000 ma kahi ana ma kahi ākea ākea ākea ākea, e uhi ana i kahi ākea nui aʻe ma mua o nā noi mua a EWB. Ua lele ka hui EWB a me DWNP hui ma kahi o 62 mau lā, e hoʻopaʻa ana ma mua o 32,000 km o nā transect a uhi ma luna o 100,000 km.² o Botswana, e like me Chobe, Makgadikgadi a me Nxai Pan National Parks a me nā wahi e pili ana i nā Wildlife Management Area, Okavango Delta a me Moremi Game Reserve, a me nā wahi hānai ma Ngamiland, Chobe a me nā Central Central. 

ʻEhā mau wahi ʻāpana lawaiʻa ʻelepani i hōʻike ʻia ma Northern Botswana

Mai ka nānā hope loa ma 2014, ua ʻike ka hui noiʻi EWB i ka piʻi kiʻekiʻe o ka nui o nā kupapaʻu elepani hou a hou, ʻo ia hoʻi nā ʻelepani i make i loko o ka makahiki i hala o nā kumu kūlohelohe a me ka ʻaihue ʻana.

Ua hoʻokūpaʻa ka hui EWB o nā kupapaʻu elepani 128 i emi iho ma mua o hoʻokahi makahiki, ua hōʻoia ʻia he 72 ma ka honua a i ʻole ma ka loiloi lewa e like me ka mea i pepehi ʻia e nā mea ʻai holoholona a me kahi 22 hou aʻe mai nā kiʻi noiʻi e like me ka poʻe ʻimi ʻihi. Hoʻohui ʻia, 79 i ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kupapaʻu o hoʻokahi makahiki i loko o hoʻokahi wahi kikoʻī kikoʻī, a he 63 o ia mau mea i hōʻoia ʻia e like me ka ʻokiʻoki ʻia. Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka lākiō o nā makahiki āpau mai ka 6.8% a i ka 8.1% ma waena o 2014 a me 2018, i ʻae ʻia e hōʻike ana i ka heluna kanaka elepani e hiki ke emi.

Ke hōʻike mau nei ka ʻelepani i nā hōʻike kiʻi o ke ʻānai ʻana me ka modus operandi like. Pana aku nā Poachers i nā holoholona me nā pū raifela kiʻekiʻe ke hele mai lākou e inu i nā pan kau mamao. Inā ʻaʻole e make koke ka ʻelepani, hoʻoneʻe kekahi o nā mākaʻi iā ia ma ka hōʻino ʻana i ka iwi kuamoʻo me kahi koʻi. Hoʻopiʻi ʻia kā lākou mau huelo, hōʻino nui i ka iwi poʻo, lawe pinepine ʻia ke kumu mai ka maka, a uhi ʻia ke kupapaʻu i nā lālā ʻoki i hoʻāʻo e hūnā i ka holoholona make.

Me he mea lā e hana ana nā mea ʻai holoholona i kekahi wahi, e kuhikuhi ana i nā bipi kauō me nā ʻoi nui, ma mua o ka neʻe ʻana i ka pūnaewele aʻe. ʻAʻole lākou i kahi wikiwiki, no ka mea, ua ʻike ʻia kahi hoʻomoana o ka mea ʻaihue kokoke i kekahi o nā pūpū kupapaʻu.

Ua hoʻokumu ka hui hōʻoia honua i ka hapa nui o nā elepani i ʻio ʻia he mau bipi kauō ma waena o ka makahiki 35-45 mau makahiki. Kūlike pū kēia me nā hōʻike i ka hōʻike ua iho ka heluna bipi mai 21,600 mau kānaka ma 2014 a 19,400 i ka 2018.

ʻIke ʻia ka lawaiʻa ʻana ma nā wahi wela ʻehā ma Northern Botswana - ka wahi ma waena o ka Pan Handle a me ka Caprivi Strip, ma a ma kahi o ka ʻāpana Savuti o Chobe me Khwai a me Linyanti, kokoke i Maun, a ma kahi ma waena o Chobe a me Nxai Pan.

Ua loiloi kekahi panela o ʻepekema ʻepekema ʻepekema kūʻokoʻa i ka hōʻike EWB a ua paʻa ka ʻepekema. Wahi a kekahi lālā, "he hōʻike piha loa kēia me ka nānā pono ʻia ʻana e hōʻike ana i ke koʻikoʻi kiʻekiʻe".

Eia nō naʻe, ke hoʻāʻo nei ke aupuni Botswana e kānalua i nā pilikia like ʻole i kikoʻī ʻia i loko o ka hōʻike, ma ke ʻano he ʻaoʻao politika huikau. EWB hōʻole ikaika i nā koi a ke aupuni a ʻōlelo lākou he mea minamina lākou no ka pili ʻole o ke aupuni iā ​​lākou e kūkākūkā pono ai i ka hōʻike.

Ma waho aʻe o ka nui o nā make ʻelepani, ua luku ʻia he 13 mau rhino e nā kahu holoholona i loko o 11 mau mahina wale nō ma Botswana, ʻekolu o lākou i ka Okavango Delta. Hoʻoweliweli ka ʻāhaʻi ʻana i ka ʻāhiu holoholona ʻana, akā kanikau ʻole ia no Botswana.

ʻO Dr Iain Douglas-Hamilton, ka lālā o ka papa loiloi, ʻōlelo ʻia "i koʻu manaʻo [ka EWB] helu e hōʻike ana ua hoʻonui ʻia ka ʻiʻio elephant i kahi pae ʻoi aku ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo mua ʻia, hāpai i ka hiki ke piʻi aʻe nā piʻi ʻana".

Wahi a kekahi lālā, "palekana ke ʻōlelo ʻana, inā hoʻomau ka ʻike lawaiʻa ʻana, hiki i ka hoʻoliʻiliʻi nui ʻana o ka poʻe ʻelepani. ʻAʻole makemake ka poʻe kālaiʻāina e ʻike i ka hoʻolaha maikaʻi ʻole akā pono kēia e hana ma ke ʻano he lono hoʻolaha, a hana ʻia nā hana pale.