St. Kitts Marriott Resort & The Royal Beach Casino Partners ndi The Ocean Foundation, Grogenics ndi Local Community kuti agwirizane ndi Sargassum

Washington, DC, August 18^th 2021 - Pazaka khumi zapitazi, dera la Caribbean lakhala likuwona zovuta zambiri sargassum, mtundu wa macroalgae akutsuka m'mphepete mwa nyanja mochititsa mantha. Zotsatira zake zakhala zowononga; zokopa alendo, kutulutsa mpweya woipa m'mlengalenga ndikusokoneza zachilengedwe za m'mphepete mwa nyanja m'dera lonselo. Caribbean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism (CAST) yalemba zina mwazowononga kwambiri, zachilengedwe ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu, kuphatikizapo kuchepetsedwa kwa zokopa alendo ndi pafupifupi gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu, pamwamba pa zikwi zambiri za ndalama zowonjezera zochotseratu zikawonekera pamphepete mwa nyanja. St. Kitts ndi Nevis, makamaka, akuloseredwa kuti adzagwedezeka kwambiri chaka chino ndi chodabwitsa chatsopanochi.

Pomwe msika waulimi wam'nyanja womwe uli pakati pa nyanja zam'madzi kuti ubwezerenso ntchito ndiwofunika kale USD14 biliyoni, ndikukula chaka chilichonse, sargassum zasiyidwa kwambiri chifukwa cha kusadziwikiratu kwa kupezeka. Chaka chimodzi chikhoza kuwoneka chochuluka ku Puerto Rico, chaka chotsatira chikhoza kukhala St. Kitts, chaka chotsatira chikhoza kukhala Mexico, ndi zina zotero. Izi zapangitsa kuti ndalama zamagulu akuluakulu zikhale zovuta. Ichi ndichifukwa chake The Ocean Foundation idagwirizana ndi Grogenics ndi AlgeaNova mu 2019 kuyesa njira yotsika mtengo yosonkhanitsa. sargassum isanafike n'komwe m'mphepete mwa nyanja, kenako ndikuigwiritsanso ntchito m'dera lanu kuti igwire ntchito zaulimi. Kutsatira kukwaniritsidwa bwino kwa ntchito yoyesererayi ku Dominican Republic, The Ocean Foundation ndi Grogenics alowa mgwirizano ndi The St. Kitts Marriott Resort & The Royal Beach Casino kuti athandizire sargassum kuchotsa ndi kuyikamo mogwirizana ndi Montraville Farms ku St. Kitts.

"Kupyolera mu mgwirizanowu, St. Kitts Marriott Resort & Royal Beach Casino ikuyembekeza kukwaniritsa zoyesayesa zomwe zilipo kale za The Ocean Foundation ndi Grogenics. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, izi zidzathandiza alimi a St. Kitts kugwiritsa ntchito zachilengedwe zochokera kumtunda ndi madzi, kupititsa patsogolo chakudya chaulimi ndikupeza mwayi wogwira ntchito m'tsogolomu. Njira yabwino kwa onse okhudzidwa ndi madera ozungulira. Bungwe la St. Kitts Marriott Resort & Royal Beach Casino likukonzekeranso kuthandizira ntchitoyi poyembekezera zokolola zomwe zingapezeke kumalo ochezerako.

Anna McNutt, General Manager
St. Kitts Marriott Resort & Royal Beach Casino

Monga wamkulu sargassum Zomangira zimakhala zovutitsa mobwerezabwereza, madera a m'mphepete mwa nyanja akukakamizika kwambiri ndipo zotsatira zake zimakhala zosasunthika pakukhazikika kwa gombe ndi ntchito zina zachilengedwe, kuphatikiza kuchotsedwa kwa mpweya ndi kusungirako. Vuto la malo otsetsereka apano limabwera ndi kutayika kwa matani akuluakulu a biomass omwe asonkhanitsidwa, zomwe zikubweretsa zovuta zina zamayendedwe ndi kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe. Kugwirizana kwatsopano kumeneku kudzayang'ana pa kujambula sargassum pafupi ndi m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndikuchigwiritsanso ntchito pophatikiza ndi zinyalala, kukulitsa zomanga thupi ndikuchotsa mpweya woipa. Tiphatikiza sargassum ndi zinyalala za organic kuti zisinthe kukhala manyowa achilengedwe, ndikupanga feteleza wina wapamwamba wa bio.

"Kupambana kwathu kudzakhala pothandizira kupanga njira zina zopezera madera - kuchokera sargassum kusonkhanitsa ku kompositi, kugawa, kugwiritsa ntchito, ulimi, ulimi wamitengo, ndi kubwereketsa ngongole za carbon - kuchepetsa chiopsezo cha anthu, kuonjezera chitetezo cha chakudya komanso kupititsa patsogolo kupirira kwa nyengo kudera lonse la Caribbean," anatero Michel Kaine wa Grogenics.

Pulojekitiyi ithandiza kuchepetsa kukhudzidwa kwa ntchito zokopa alendo ndi kuchereza alendo, ndikuwonjezera chitetezo cha chakudya cham'deralo ndikuchepetsa kusintha kwanyengo pochotsa ndi kusunga mpweya m'nthaka yaulimi. Ku St. Kitts ndi Nevis, zosakwana 10% za zokolola zatsopano zomwe zimadyedwa pazilumbazi zimabzalidwa m'deralo ndipo ulimi umakhala wosakwana 2% ya GDP mu Federation. Kudzera mu polojekitiyi tikufuna kusintha izi.

Mafamu a Montraville adzagwiritsa ntchito izi sargassum zaulimi wamba wamba.

“St. Kitts ndi Nevis, pokhala amodzi mwa mayiko ang'onoang'ono kwambiri, ali ndi mbiri yakale komanso yolemera pa ulimi. Cholinga chathu ndikukulitsa cholowa chimenecho, ndikuyikanso dziko ngati mecca yopangira chakudya chokhazikika komanso njira zopangira bwino mderali, "atero a Samal Duggins, ku Montraville Farms.

Ntchitoyi imachokera ku mgwirizano woyamba womwe unapangidwa pakati pa The Ocean Foundation ndi Marriott International mu 2019, pomwe Marriott International idapereka ndalama zothandizira TOF kuti ikhazikitse ntchito yoyeserera ku Dominican Republic, mogwirizana ndi Grogenics, AlgaeNova ndi Fundación Grupo Puntacana. Ntchito yoyesererayi idapereka zotsatira zochititsa chidwi, kuthandiza kutsimikizira lingaliroli kwa othandizira ena, ndikutsegulira njira kuti The Ocean Foundation ndi Grogenics ikulitse ntchitoyi ku Caribbean. Ocean Foundation ipitilira kuwirikiza kawiri pazachuma ku Dominican Republic m'zaka zikubwerazi ndikuzindikira madera atsopano oti agwirizane nawo, monga St. Kitts ndi Nevis. 

"Ku Marriott International, kusungitsa ndalama zachilengedwe ndi gawo lofunikira kwambiri pakukhazikika kwathu. Ntchito zonga izi, zomwe sizikungobwezeretsa zachilengedwe zomwe zakhudzidwa, komanso kuchepetsa zovuta zakusintha kwanyengo ndikupindulitsa anthu amderali chifukwa chakukula kwachuma, ndipamene tipitilize kutsogolera zoyesayesa zathu. ”

DENISE NAGUIB, WABWINO WA PRESIDENT, KUSINTHA NDI KUSINTHA KWA WOPEREKA
Malingaliro a kampani MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL

"Kupyolera mu ntchitoyi, TOF ikugwira ntchito ndi mabungwe apadera a mabungwe am'deralo - kuphatikizapo alimi, asodzi, ndi makampani ochereza alendo - kuti apange bizinesi yokhazikika yomwe ikugwirizana ndi sargassum Ben Scheelk, Program Officer wa Ocean Foundation anati: "Zosinthika kwambiri komanso zosinthika mwachangu, sargassum carbon insetting ndi njira yotsika mtengo yomwe imathandiza anthu am'mphepete mwa nyanja kusintha vuto lalikulu kukhala mwayi weniweni womwe ungathandizire kukula kwachuma chokhazikika kudera lonse la Wider Caribbean Region. "

ubwino Sargassum Kuyika:

• Kuthamangitsidwa kwa Carbon poyang'ana pa chitukuko chosinthika, polojekitiyi ingathandize kusintha zina mwa zotsatira za kusintha kwa nyengo. Kompositi ya Grogenics's organic composite imabwezeretsa dothi lamoyo pobwezeretsa mpweya wochuluka m'nthaka ndi zomera. Pogwiritsa ntchito njira zotsitsimutsa, cholinga chomaliza ndikutenga matani ambiri a carbon dioxide monga ma carbon credits omwe angapangitse ndalama zowonjezera kwa alimi ndikulola kuti malo ochitirako tchuthi athetse mpweya wawo.

• Kuthandizira Healthy Ocean Ecosystems pochepetsa kupsyinjika kwa zamoyo zam'madzi ndi zam'mphepete mwa nyanja kudzera mukukolola zowononga sargassum limamasula.

• Kuthandizira Madera Athanzi Ndi Okhalamo polima chakudya chochuluka cha organic, chuma cha m'deralo chidzayenda bwino. Zidzawachotsa ku njala ndi umphawi, ndipo zopeza zowonjezera zidzaonetsetsa kuti azitha kuchita bwino ku mibadwomibadwo.

• Low Impact, Sustainable Solutions. Timalemba njira zokhazikika, zachilengedwe zomwe ndizolunjika, zosinthika, zopezeka, zotsika mtengo komanso zowopsa. Mayankho athu atha kugwiritsidwa ntchito m'malo osiyanasiyana okhala ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana yazachuma kuti zitsimikizire kukhazikika kwanthawi yayitali kuphatikiza pakupereka mapindu azachilengedwe, chikhalidwe, komanso zachuma.

Za The Ocean Foundation

Monga maziko okhawo am'madzi am'nyanja, cholinga cha The Ocean Foundation's 501(c)(3) ndikuthandizira, kulimbikitsa, ndi kulimbikitsa mabungwe omwe adzipereka kuti athetse chiwonongeko cha chilengedwe cha nyanja padziko lonse lapansi. Timayang'ana ukatswiri wathu pazowopseza zomwe zikubwera kuti tipeze mayankho apamwamba komanso njira zabwino zogwirira ntchito. TOF imachita zoyeserera zolimbana ndi acidity ya m'nyanja, kupititsa patsogolo kulimba kwa buluu komanso kuthana ndi kuipitsidwa kwa pulasitiki padziko lonse lapansi. TOF imagwiranso ntchito ndi ndalama zoposa 50 m'mayiko 25 ndipo inayamba kugwira ntchito ku St. Kitts mu 2006.

Za Groogenics

Ntchito ya Grogenics ndikuyang'anira nyanja pochepetsa kupsinjika kwa zamoyo zam'madzi ndi zam'mphepete mwa nyanja pokolola zinthu zovulaza. sargassum limamasula pofuna kuteteza kusiyanasiyana ndi kuchuluka kwa zamoyo zam'madzi. Timachita izi pokonzanso zinthu sargassum ndi zinyalala za organic kukhala kompositi kuti dothi likhalenso ndi dothi, potero kubwezera mpweya wochuluka mu nthaka, mitengo ndi zomera. Pokhazikitsa njira zotsitsimutsa, timajambulanso matani angapo a carbon dioxide omwe angapangitse alimi owonjezera ndalama kapena-kapena malo ochezeramo pogwiritsa ntchito carbon offsets. Timaonjezera chitetezo cha chakudya ndi agroforestry ndi bio intensive Agriculture, kugwiritsa ntchito njira zamakono, zokhazikika.

Za Mafamu a Montraville

Mafamu a Montraville ndi opambana mphoto, bizinesi ya mabanja ndi famu yomwe ili ku St. Kitts, yomwe imagwiritsa ntchito umisiri wokhazikika waulimi, zomangamanga ndi njira zomwe cholinga chake ndi kupititsa patsogolo ndondomeko ya chitetezo cha chakudya ndi zakudya m'deralo, polimbikitsa maphunziro, chitukuko cha luso, kupanga ntchito ndi kupatsa mphamvu anthu. Famuyi ili kale m'modzi mwa omwe amapanga mitundu yapadera ya masamba obiriwira a Federation ndipo pakali pano akukulitsa ntchito zawo pachilumbachi.

The St. Kitts Marriott Resort & The Royal Beach Casino

Malo omwe ali m'mphepete mwa mchenga ku St. Kitts, malo ochezera a m'mphepete mwa nyanja amapereka mwayi wapadera wa paradiso. Zipinda za alendo ndi ma suites amapereka mawonedwe ochititsa chidwi a nyanja kumapiri odabwitsa; mawonedwe a khonde adzakhazikitsa njira yopitako. Kaya muli pagombe, pa imodzi mwa malo awo odyera asanu ndi awiri, kupumula kosayerekezeka, kukonzanso ndi ntchito yofunda zikukuyembekezerani. Malo ochitirako hoteloyo ali ndi zinthu zingapo kuphatikiza bwalo la gofu la 18-hole, kasino wapamalo ndi spa signature. Gwiritsani ntchito nthawi yabwino kwambiri yotentha mu imodzi mwa maiwe awo atatu, idyani malo osambira kapena pezani malo abwino kwambiri pansi pa palapas pomwe St. Kitts wanu wapadera amathawira kothawa.

Zambiri Zoyankhulana Ndi Media:

Jason Donofrio, The Ocean Foundation
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