Wildlife conservation nyanzvi muAfrica dziri kunetsekana nemhedzisiro ye COVID-19 dambudziko pamusoro pemhuka dzesango mukondinendi ine mhedzisiro yakaipa pakushanya zvakare.
Mhuka dzesango ndiyo inotungamira mari yevashanyi muAfrica kuburikidza nemifananidzo safaris.
Mhuka huru dzinoyamwisa, kunyanya shumba, ndidzo dzino tungamira zvinokwezva, dzichikwevera mhomho huru yevashanyi vekunze kuAfrica nekuita mari yakanaka kune dzimwe nyika dzesafari dziri mukondinendi.
Shumba ndiyo mhuka yemusango inokwezva zvikuru inokweva vashanyi vekune dzimwe nyika kuEast neSouthern Africa uko kunowanikwa katsi hombe idzi dzichigara musango, zvichiita kuti ive kadhi rakakura kwazvo revashanyi vanoshanyira mapaki emhuka emuAfrica.
Kunze kweshumba, hurumende dzemuAfrica dzave kuita chirongwa chekuchengetedza chipembere chitema kuti chisatsakatika zvachose. Zvipembere ndeimwe, pakati peanotungamira makadhi ekudhirowa evashanyi vanoshanya kuEast neSouthern Africa mudunhu.
Asi kubuda kwedenda reCCIDID-19 kwakanga kwaunza dambudziko pakuchengetedzwa kwemhuka dzesango dzemuAfrica. Mapaki emhuka emusango akakosha muAfrica ari kuenda pasina mushanyi mumwe chete mushure mekumiswa kwekutakura kwendege muEurope, United States neSoutheast Asia, kunotungamira masosi evashanyi vanoshanyira zviwanikwa zvemusango zveAfrica.
Kenya neTanzania muEast Africa dzinoverengerwa pakati penzvimbo dzeAfrica safari uko kuchengetedza mhuka dzesango muNational Parks kwakatarisana nedambudziko rakakura.
Mutevedzeri wegurukota rinoona nezvekushanyirwa kwenyika nezviwanikwa kuTanzania, VaConstantine Kanyasu svondo rino vakaratidza manzwiro avo pamusoro pemamiriro akaita zvinhu munyaya dzekuchengetedzwa kwemhuka dzesango izvo zvinoenderana nemari inowanikwa nevashanyi kuti iwane mari mumapaki ekuchengetedza mhuka dzesango pamwe nekushanya.
Kanyasu akati mari inowanikwa kubva mukushanyirwa inopedzerwa muzvirongwa zvekuchengetedza mhuka dzesango, asi kushomeka kwevashanyi vanoshevedzera kumapaki aya kuti vatore mafoto safaris kunokanganisa zvakanyanya kuchengetedzwa kwemhuka dzesango nezvisikwa.
Sangano reAfrican Wildlife Foundation rakataura mumushumo waro mazuva mashoma apfuura kuti kuchengetedzwa kwemhuka dzesango dzemuAfrica dzinofanirwa kuramba dzakatariswa kunyangwe kondinendi iri kunetsekana nekuvhiringika kwakabatana nedenda reCovid-19.
Kaddu Sebunya, mukuru mukuru weNairobi-based African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) akati matanho anodiwa anofanirwa kusimbaradza kuchengetedzwa kwemhuka dzesango dzekondinendi nenzvimbo dzadzo pakati pezvinokwikwidza sekurwisa chirwere ichi.
"Nyika iri kuyedza kudzikisa kukanganiswa kweCCIDID-19 uye kupindura kune zvakakosha zvenguva pfupi," Sebunya akaudza China News Agency, Xinhua.
"Asi hatifanirwe kukanganwa kuti mhuka dzesango uye hutano hwezvakatipoteredza chinhu chakakosha mukumutsiridza hupfumi muAfrica kana denda iri rapera," akawedzera.
Sebunya akabvuma kuti denda reCovid-19 richakanganisa kuchengetedzwa kwemhuka dzesango muAfrica pakati pekuderera kwemari yekushanya uye njodzi yekuvhima pamwe chete nekunetsana kwevanhu nemhuka.
"Nekuda kwezviwanikwa zvishoma, hurumende dzinogona kusiya kuchengetedza mhuka dzesango munguva pfupi kusvika pakati uye kuendesa zviwanikwa kune rubatsiro," Sebunya muguta guru reKenya.
Vati zvirongwa zvakakosha zvekuchengetedza mhuka dzesango zvinogona kutarisana nekudzikiswa kwemari nekuda kwekushomeka kwemari kunokonzerwa nekukanganiswa kweCovid-19.
“Vamwe maneja enzvimbo dzakadzivirirwa vakati vane mari yemwedzi mitatu chete mushure mezvo vanozofanira kucheka zvimwe zvirongwa zvachose,” akadaro Sebunya.
Mukuru weAWF akati zvinokwanisika kuti mhuka dzesango dzemuAfrica dzibudirire pakati pekuvhiringidzika kuri kukonzerwa nedenda reCovid-19 kana hurumende dzikaisa pamberi kudzikwa kwemitemo inosimudzira budiriro yehupfumi.
"Mhuka dzemusango dzichabudirira muAfrica kana sarudzo dzakarurama dzaitwa nhasi pamusoro pebudiriro yeAfrica," akadaro Sebunya.
Sebunya akakurudzira hurumende dzemuAfrica kuti dzipe mari yakawanda mukuchengetedza kwezvakatipoteredza uye kudzikisira mari muzvirongwa zvinokuvadza nharaunda.
