Magulu Ogwirizana: 
Chigawo cha West Africa

Kupanga Mphamvu mu Ocean Acidification Monitoring ku Gulf of Guinea (BIOTTA)

TOF itaganiza zothandizira kuphunzitsa kosi ya ocean acidification mini mu 2020 ku Coastal Ocean Ecosystem Summer School ku Ghana (COESSING), tinapeza bwenzi latsopano ku Dr. Edem Mahu, mphunzitsi wa Marine Geochemistry ku Dipatimenti ya Marine and Fisheries Sciences. ku yunivesite ya Ghana. Kuphatikiza pa kukonza magawo a COESSING ndikuchita kafukufuku wodziwika padziko lonse lapansi, Dr. Mgwirizano wa Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO) pulojekiti yotchedwa Building Capacity in Ocean Acidification Monitoring in the Gulf of Guinea (BIOTTA).

TOF adalowa nawo komiti yolangizira ya BIOTTA ndipo kudzera mu nthawi ya antchito, ulemu, ndi ndalama za zida, TOF ikuthandiza BIOTTA ndi: 

  • Kupanga ndi kugawa kafukufuku wowunika malo kuti adziwe mphamvu zomwe zilipo komanso pomwe pali zosowa zosakwanira
  • Kuzindikiritsa ndikutenga nawo gawo kuti alimbikitse njira zothandizira m'deralo ndi madera pothana ndi acidity ya m'nyanja, komanso kulumikiza izi ndi misonkhano yachigawo kuti azindikire zosowa.
  • Kupereka maphunziro a pa intaneti kuti adziwitse ofufuza, ophunzira, oyang'anira zida, ndi opanga mfundo pazoyambira zam'madzi, kuwunikira, ndi njira zoyesera.
  • Kugula ndikupereka $ 100k ya GOA-ON mu zida za Bokosi ndi maphunziro ophunzitsidwa ndi akatswiri kuti ofufuza azitha kuyang'anira kuchuluka kwa acidity ya m'nyanja molingana ndi miyezo yapadziko lonse lapansi pomwe akuthana ndi mipata yazidziwitso zakomweko.

Ngongole yazithunzi: Benjamin Botwe

Mawonekedwe apamwamba a mlengalenga a Saint Thomas ndi Prince, Africa
anthu anayi akutenga zitsanzo za acidity m'nyanja m'boti
Chithunzi cha BIOTTA

Kuti agwire ntchitoyi, Dr. Mahu ndi TOF akutsogolera gulu la Focal Points zisanu kuchokera ku mayiko onse a m'chigawo cha BIOTTA: Benin, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, ndi Nigeria. Focal Point iliyonse imapereka malingaliro pamisonkhano yogwirizanitsa, kulemba anthu oyenerera, ndipo idzatsogolera kupanga mapulani a dziko lonse a OA.

Pulojekiti ya BIOTTA ndi kupitiliza kuyesayesa kwa TOF kupatsa asayansi, opanga mfundo, ndi madera zida zomwe akufunikira kuti amvetsetse ndikuyankha ku acidity ya m'nyanja. Pofika Januware 2022, TOF yaphunzitsa asayansi ndi opanga mfundo opitilira 250 ochokera kumaiko opitilira 25 ndipo adapereka ndalama zoposa $750,000 USD pothandizira mwachindunji zachuma ndi zida. Kuyika ndalama ndi zida m'manja mwa akatswiri am'deralo zimatsimikizira kuti mapulojekitiwa azikhala ogwirizana ndi zosowa zapaderalo ndikukhazikika mtsogolo.


Gulu:

Anthu awiri amatenga zitsanzo za acidification m'nyanja m'bwato
  • Dr. Edem Mahu
  • Dr. Benjamin Botwe
  • Bambo Ulrich Joel Bilounga
  • Dr. Francis Asuqou
  • Dr. Mobio Abaka Brice Hervé
  • Dr. Zacharie Sohou

Ngongole yazithunzi: Benjamin Botwe