Gulu lathu posachedwapa linapita ku Xcalak, Mexico ngati gawo la The Ocean Foundation Blue Resilience Initiative (BRI). Chifukwa chiyani? Kuti tidetse manja ndi nsapato zathu - kwenikweni - mu imodzi mwama projekiti athu obwezeretsa mitengo ya mangrove.

Tangoganizirani malo omwe mitengo ya mangrove imayima mwamphamvu polimbana ndi mphepo yamkuntho komanso malo achiwiri aakulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi - Mesoamerican Reef - amateteza anthu ammudzi kuchokera kumapiri a Caribbean, kupanga Xcalak National Reef Park. 

Ndiye Xcalak mwachidule. Malo otetezedwa otentha omwe ali maola asanu kuchokera ku Cancún, koma dziko lomwe lili kutali ndi malo odzaza alendo.

The Mesoamerican Reef monga tawonera kuchokera ku Xcalak
Mesoamerican Reef ili pafupi ndi gombe ku Xcalak. Chithunzi chojambula: Emily Davenport

Tsoka ilo, ngakhale paradiso satetezedwa ku kusintha kwa nyengo ndi zomangamanga. Zachilengedwe za mangrove za Xcalak, komwe kuli mitundu inayi ya mangrove, zikuwopsezedwa. Ndipamene polojekitiyi imabwera. 

Pazaka zingapo zapitazi, tagwirizana ndi gulu lakwathu la Xcalak, Mexico Commission of Natural Area Otetezedwa (CONANP), Center for Research and Advanced Studies ya National Polytechnic Institute - Mérida (CINVESTAV), Pulogalamu ya Mexicano del Carbono (PMC), ndi National Autonomous University ku Mexico (UNAM) kuti ibwezeretse mahekitala 500 a mangrove m'derali.  

Ngwazi za m'mphepete mwa nyanja izi sizokongola chabe; amagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri polimbana ndi kusintha kwa nyengo. Kupyolera mu njira yotchedwa carbon sequestration, amakoka mpweya kuchokera mumlengalenga ndikuutsekera m'nthaka pansi pa mizu yawo - gawo lofunika kwambiri la carbon carbon cycle. 

Kuwonongeka kwa Mangrove: Kuchitira Umboni Zotsatira za Kusintha kwa Nyengo

Polowera m'tauni, kuwonongeka kunaonekera. 

Msewuwu umadutsa m'dera lamatope lomwe poyamba munali chithaphwi. Tsoka ilo, kumangidwa kwa msewuwo kunasokoneza kayendedwe kachilengedwe ka madzi a m’nyanja m’mitengo ya mitengo ya mangrove. Kuwonjezera apo, mphepo yamkuntho yaposachedwapa inachititsa kuti madzi asapitirire kwambiri. Popanda madzi a m'nyanja abwino oti athamangitse dongosolo, zakudya, zoipitsa ndi mchere zimamanga m'madzi osasunthika, ndikusandutsa madambo a mangrove kukhala matope.

Malowa ndi omwe amayendetsa ntchito yonse ya Xcalak - kupambana apa kumatsegula njira yogwirira ntchito pa mahekitala 500+ otsala.

Chiwonetsero cha dambo la mangrove
Kumene kunali dambo la mitengo ya mangrove tsopano kuli matope opanda kanthu. Chithunzi chojambula: Ben Scheelk

Kugwirizana kwa Madera: Chinsinsi cha Chipambano Pakubwezeretsanso Mangrove

Pa tsiku lathu loyamba lathunthu ku Xcalak, tinadziwonera tokha momwe ntchitoyi ikuyendera. Ndi chitsanzo chowala cha mgwirizano ndi kutengapo mbali kwa anthu. 

Pamsonkhano wa m'mawa, tinamva za maphunziro a manja omwe akuchitika komanso mgwirizano ndi CONANP ndi ofufuza ku CINVESTAV akuthandizira anthu a m'dera la Xcalak kuti akhale alonda a kumbuyo kwawo. 

Pokhala ndi mafosholo ndi luso la sayansi, sikuti amangochotsa dothi komanso kubwezeretsa madzi oyenda m’nkhalangoyi, koma akuyang’aniranso mmene chilengedwe chikuyendera.

Aphunzira zambiri zokhudza amene amakhala m’nkhalangoyi. Mulinso mitundu 16 ya mbalame (inayi ili pangozi, imodzi yomwe ili pangozi), agwape, akalulu, nkhandwe imvi - ngakhale jaguar! Mitengo ya mangrove ya Xcalak imakhala yodzaza ndi moyo.

Kuyang'ana Patsogolo pa Kubwezeretsa kwa Xcalak's Future Mangrove

Pamene ntchitoyo ikupita patsogolo, njira yotsatira ndiyo kufutukula kukumba m’dambo lapafupi lozunguliridwa ndi mitengo ya mangrove yomwe imafunika kwambiri kuyenda kwa madzi. Potsirizira pake, ntchito yofukula idzagwirizanitsa nyanjayi ndi matope amatope omwe tinayendetsa paulendo wopita ku tauni. Izi zidzathandiza kuti madzi aziyenda monga momwe zimakhalira m'chilengedwe chonse.

Ndife olimbikitsidwa ndi kudzipereka kwa anthu ammudzi ndipo sitingadikire kuti tiwone kupita patsogolo komwe kukuchitika paulendo wathu wotsatira. 

Pamodzi, sikuti tikungobwezeretsa zachilengedwe za mitengo ya mangrove. Tikubwezeretsanso chiyembekezo cha tsogolo labwino, nsapato yamatope imodzi panthawi.

Ogwira ntchito ku Ocean Foundation atayima m'matope pomwe mitengo ya mangrove idayima kale
Ogwira ntchito ku Ocean Foundation amaima mawondo akuya mumatope pomwe mitengo ya mangrove idayima kale. Chithunzi chojambula: Fernando Bretos
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