Ngokwe-International Union for Conservation of Nature, inani lezindlovu ezwenikazi lase-Afrika lehle ngabantu abayizinkulungwane eziyi-111 eminyakeni eyishumi nje vo.
Manje i-Afrika isinezindlu zezindlovu ezingaba yizinkulungwane ezingama-415. Kulezo zifunda ezibhekwa ngokungajwayelekile, abanye abantu abayizinkulungwane eziyi-117 kuya kwezi-135 zalezi zilwane bangaphila. Cishe izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zabantu zihlala eNingizimu Afrika, amaphesenti angamashumi amabili eNtshonalanga Afrika, naseCentral Africa cishe amaphesenti ayisithupha.
Kumele kushiwo ukuthi isizathu esiyinhloko sokwehla ngokushesha kwabantu bezindlovu kwaba ukuqhuma okunamandla kakhulu kokuzingela ngokungemthetho, okwaqala ngama-70-80s wekhulu lama-XX. Isibonelo, empumalanga yezwekazi elimnyama, elithinteka kakhulu ngabazingeli abazingela ngokungemthetho, inani lezindlovu selinciphe ngesigamu. Iphutha elikhulu kulolu daba liseTanzania, lapho cishe izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zabantu zabhujiswa khona. Ukuqhathanisa, eRwanda, Kenya nase-Uganda, inani lezindlovu aligcinanga nje ngokuncipha, kodwa kwezinye izindawo laze landa. Inani lezindlovu lehle kakhulu eCameroon, eCongo, eGabon, futhi ikakhulukazi eRepublic of Chad, eCentral African Republic naseDemocratic Republic of the Congo.
Umsebenzi wezomnotho womuntu, ngenxa yokuthi izindlovu zilahlekelwa yindawo yazo yemvelo, nakho kuneqhaza elibonakalayo ekwehleni kwenani lezindlovu. Ngokusho kwabaphenyi, lo bekungumbiko wokuqala wenani lezindlovu e-Afrika eminyakeni eyishumi edlule.
