I kekahi manawa, ʻike ʻia ua mākaukau nā kānaka i kēlā me kēia kenimika square o ka honua, akā i kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua ʻike nā kānaka ʻepekema, e hoʻohana ana i nā kiʻi mai nā satelite o ka papahana Google Earth, i kahi honua nalowale ma Mozambique - ʻo ka ululāʻau kai ma ka mauna ʻo Mabu a puni ia " hoʻopiha ʻia” me nā holoholona, nā ʻōpala a me nā mea kanu, ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike ma kahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua. Ua lilo ʻo mauna ʻo Mabu i home no nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole he nui a ke hakakā nei kekahi hui ʻepekema i kēia manawa e ʻike ʻia ʻo ia he mālama kūlohelohe - e mālama i ka poʻe lāʻau.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻia me ka ʻike ʻana ʻo Julian Bayliss, he kanaka ʻepekema mai ka hui ʻo Kew Gardens, i kekahi mau moʻo kumulāʻau maka gula ma ka mauna ʻo Mabu. Mai ia manawa, ua loaʻa i kāna hui he 126 mau ʻano manu, ʻehiku o ia mau mea i hoʻoweliweli ʻia e pau, ma kahi o 250 mau ʻano pepeke, me ʻelima mau ʻano i wehewehe ʻole ʻia, a me nā ʻano ʻē aʻe i ʻike ʻole ʻia ma mua o nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa, rana, rodents, iʻa a mea kanu.
"ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo i loaʻa iā mākou nāʻano holoholona a me nā mea kanu hou e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i ka pono e hana i kēia'āina me ka hikiʻole ke hoʻopaʻaʻia, pono e mālamaʻia e like me ia," wahi a Dr. Bayliss. Ua noi kekahi hui ʻepekema no ka ʻike ʻana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka honua o kēia teritore a hāʻawi i ke kūlana o kahi mālama. I kēia manawa, ua ʻae ʻia kēia noi ma ka pae o ke aupuni o ka ʻāina a me Mozambique a ke kali nei i ka ʻae ʻia o nā hui honua.
Manaʻo ʻo Bayliss e hoʻoholo koke ʻia nā hoʻoholo a pau: “Aia ka poʻe e hoʻoweliweli iā Mabu. A i kēia manawa ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou e lanakila i ka heihei kūʻē i ka uaki - e hoʻopakele i kēia ʻāina kūʻokoʻa. ʻO nā ululāʻau ma kēia wahi he mea hoihoi loa ia i ka poʻe kālai lāʻau, ka poʻe i mākaukau - maoli - mākaukau me nā kaulahao.
Wahi a The Guardian.
Kiʻi: Julian Bayliss, i ka wā o ka huakaʻi i ka mauna ʻo Mabu.