Ucwaningo olusha olwenziwa yi-Goethe University Frankfurt lubonisa ukuthi amaphesenti angu-41 azo zonke izinhlobo zezilwane ezihlala emanzini emhlabeni wonke asengozini yokushabalala. Izehlakalo zesimo sezulu esibi kakhulu njengamagagasi okushisa nesomiso zibhebhethekisa le nkinga futhi zihlobene ngokuqondile nokuncipha kwenani labantu. IYurophu, isifunda sase-Amazon, neMadagascar kuthinteka kakhulu.
Izilwane eziphila emanzini nasemhlabeni ezifana namaxoxo, ama-salamander, kanye nama-caecilian zihlushwa ukulahlekelwa yindawo yokuhlala, izifo, ukungcola, kanye nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu . Ucwaningo luhlaziye idatha yesimo sezulu yomhlaba wonke yeminyaka engama-40 futhi lwayiqhathanisa nesimo sosongo sezinhlobo ezingaphezu kuka-7.000 zama-amphibian ohlwini olubomvu lwe-IUCN. Umphumela: Ezifundeni ezinamagagasi okushisa avamile kanye nesomiso, isimo sosongo siye sehla kakhulu kusukela ngo-2004. Izilwane eziphila emanzini nasemhlabeni zisengozini enkulu ngenxa yokuthembela kwazo ezindaweni ezimanzi zesikhashana, ezomile ngenxa yesomiso kanye nokushintsha kwezinga lokushisa.
ENingizimu Melika, amaxoxo ikakhulukazi ehlaselwe heatwaves, kuyilapho eYurophu, salamanders uhlushwa isomiso. EYurophu Ephakathi, ingxenye yezinhlobo ze-salamander zomdabu sezivele zichayeka ezikhathini zesomiso ezikhulayo, umkhuba ozoqina ngokuvumelana nezibikezelo zesimo sezulu.
Lolu cwaningo ludinga izinyathelo eziphuthumayo zokongiwa kwemvelo: izindawo ezincane ezivikelekile, izindawo ezingamaxhaphozi ezithuthukisiwe, nezindawo zokukhosela ezinomswakama zingasiza. Izilwane ezihlala emanzini ziyizinkomba ezibalulekile zempilo ye-ecosystem-ukuvikelwa kwazo kubalulekile ezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo.
Iphepha Loqobo:
I-Society for Conservation Biology
