Sundarban Spill: ʻO nā mangroves a me nā iʻa i ka pilikia

Na Mark J. Spalding, Peresidena

I ke kakahiaka Poalua, ua ala mākou i ka lono maikaʻi ʻole e pili ana i kahi ulia moku ma ka wai o Bangladesh. ʻO ka Southern Star-7, kahi moku moku i kuʻi me kekahi moku ʻē aʻe a ʻo ka hopena, he 92,000 mau galani o ka ʻaila umu. Ua kāpae ʻia ka hoʻouna ʻana ma ke ala a ua huki maikaʻi ʻia ka moku i hili ʻia i ke awa i ka Pōʻalima, e hoʻōki ana i ke kahe hou ʻana. Eia naʻe, ke hoʻomau nei ka laha ʻana o ka ʻaila ʻaila ma kekahi o nā wahi kūlohelohe koʻikoʻi o ka ʻāina, ka ʻōnaehana nahele mangrove kahakai i kapa ʻia ʻo Sundarbans, kahi UNESCO World Heritage Site mai 1997 a he wahi mākaʻikaʻi kaulana.  

Ma kahi kokoke i ke kai kūʻono o Bengal ma ka moana ʻĪnia, ʻo ka Sundarbans kahi wahi e kū ana ma nā kahawai Ganges, Brahmaputra a me Meghna, e hana ana i ka nahele mangrove nui loa o ka honua. He home ia no nā holoholona laha ʻole e like me ka tiger Bengal a me nā ʻano mea hoʻoweliweli ʻē aʻe e like me nā iʻa muliwai (Irawaddy a me Ganges) a me nā pythons India. Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Bangladesh i nā wahi i hoʻomalu ʻia i ka iʻa i ka makahiki 2011 i ka wā i ʻike ai nā luna e hoʻokipa ana nā Sundarbans i ka heluna nui loa o nā iʻa Irawaddy. Ua pāpā ʻia ka hoʻouna ʻana aku i nā wai i ka hopena o ka makahiki 1990 akā ua ʻae ke aupuni i ka wehe hou ʻana i kahi ala moku mua ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana o ke ala ʻē aʻe i ka makahiki 2011.

Piʻi nā iʻa Irawaddy i ʻewalu kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi. He mau iʻa nuku ʻāhinahina polū me ke poʻo poepoe a he iʻa ka meaʻai. Pili loa lākou i ka orca a ʻo lākou wale nō ka iʻa i ʻike ʻia e kuha i ka wā e hānai ana a me ka launa pū ʻana. Ma waho aʻe o ka palekana o ka hoʻouna ʻana, ʻo nā mea hoʻoweliweli i ka Irawaddy e pili ana i ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā mea lawaiʻa a me ka nalowale o ka noho ʻana ma muli o ka ulu ʻana o ke kanaka a me ka piʻi ʻana o ke kai.  

I kēia kakahiaka, ua aʻo mākou mai ka BBC, "ua haʻi aku ke poʻo o ka mana o ke awa kūloko i ka poʻe nūhou e hoʻohana ka poʻe lawaiʻa i nā 'sponges a me nā ʻeke' e hōʻiliʻili ai i ka ʻaila i hoʻokahe ʻia, i pālahalaha ʻia ma kahi o 80-kilomita." ʻOiai ke hōʻike ʻia nei ka hoʻouna ʻana o nā mana i nā mea hoʻopuehu i ia wahi, ʻaʻole maopopo loa ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kemika e pōmaikaʻi i nā iʻa, nā mangroves, a i ʻole nā ​​​​holoholona ʻē aʻe e noho ana i kēia ʻōnaehana waiwai. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, hāʻawi ʻia nā ʻikepili e puka mai ana mai ka pōʻino Deepwater Horizon i ka makahiki 2010 ma ke Kaiwa o Mekiko, ua ʻike mākou he mau hopena ʻawaʻawa lōʻihi nā dispersants i ke ola moana, a ʻoi aku, i hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ka haki ʻana o ka ʻaila i loko o ka wai. , e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana e hoʻomau i ka papahele o ka moana a hiki ke hoʻoulu ʻia e nā ʻino.

Ua ʻike mākou a pau i nā mea kemika o ka aila (me nā huahana e like me ke kinoea a i ʻole ka wahie diesel) hiki ke hōʻoia i ka make i nā mea kanu a me nā holoholona, ​​​​me ke kanaka. Eia kekahi, ʻo ka ʻaila ʻana i nā manu kai a me nā holoholona ʻē aʻe o ke kai hiki ke hōʻemi i ko lākou hiki ke hoʻoponopono i ka mahana o ke kino, a hiki i ka make. ʻO ka wehe ʻana i ka ʻaila ma o nā booms a me nā ʻano ʻē aʻe kekahi hoʻolālā. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā dispersants kemika kekahi.