Kwesinye isikhathi kubonakala sengathi abantu sebekwazi kahle wonke amasentimitha-skwele omhlaba, kodwa eminyakeni embalwa edlule, ososayensi, besebenzisa izithombe zamasathelayithi ohlelo lwe-Google Earth, bathola umhlaba olahlekile eMozambique - ihlathi elishisayo eNtabeni iMabu elizungezile lisho ukuthi " egcwele” izilwane, izinambuzane nezitshalo, ongeke ukuthole kwenye indawo emhlabeni. I-Mount Mabu isiyikhaya lezinhlobo eziningi zezilwane eziyingqayizivele kangangokuthi ithimba lososayensi okwamanje lilwela ukuthi iqashelwe njengendawo yokulondoloza imvelo - ukuze bagweme abagawuli bemithi.
Konke kwaqala ngokuthi u-Julian Bayliss, usosayensi weqembu lase-Kew Gardens, wabona amabululu amaningi esihlahleni anamehlo egolide eMount Mabu. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, iqembu lakhe liye lathola izinhlobo zezinyoni ezingu-126, okuyisikhombisa kuzo ezisengozini yokushabalala, izinhlobo zezimvemvane ezingaba ngu-250, kuhlanganise nezinhlobo ezinhlanu ezingakachazwa, nezinye izinhlobo zamalulwane, amaxoxo, amagundane, izinhlanzi namagundane ezazingaziwa ngaphambili. izitshalo.
UDkt. Bayliss uthi: “Iqiniso lokuthi sithole izinhlobo ezintsha zezilwane nezitshalo liqinisekisa isidingo sokwenza le ndawo ingaphazamiseki, kuyadingeka ukuyilondoloza njengoba injalo. Ithimba lososayensi lafaka isicelo sokuqashelwa kokubaluleka kwamazwe ngamazwe kwale ndawo futhi linikeze isimo sendawo yokulondoloza. Njengamanje, lesi sicelo semukelwe ezingeni likahulumeni wesifunda kanye neMozambique futhi silindele ukugunyazwa yizinhlangano zamazwe ngamazwe.
U-Bayliss ugcizelela ukuthi zonke izinqumo kumele zithathwe ngokushesha: “Abantu abasabisa uMabu sebevele bekhona. Futhi manje sizama ukuwina umjaho sibhekene newashi – ukuze sisindise le ndawo eyingqayizivele.” Amahlathi akule ndawo anesithakazelo esikhulu kubagawuli bemithi, asebevele - ngokoqobo - bekulungele ngama-chainsaws.
Ngokusho kweThe Guardian.
Isithombe: Julian Bayliss, ngesikhathi sohambo oluya eMount Mabu.