3 Makiyi Ekuchengetedza Fodya Caye

naMichael Bourie, TOF Intern

Mushure mekupedza Kisimusi yekupedzisira ndakaungana mukati ndichinzvenga sinou, ndakafunga kupedza mwaka wechando wapfuura muCaribbean ndichitora kosi yenzvimbo dzinopisa dzepasi pemvura yezvipenyu kuburikidza neInstitute for Sustainable International Studies. Ndakapedza vhiki mbiri ndichigara paTobacco Caye iri pedyo nemhenderekedzo yeBelize. Fodya Caye yakagadzira paMesoamerican Barrier Reef. Iyo ingangoita maeka mana emaeka uye ine gumi neshanu vagari vekusingaperi, asi ichiri kukwanisa kuve, izvo zvinonzi nevagari venzvimbo, "nzira huru" (kunyangwe pasina mota imwe pacaye).

Anosvika mamaira gumi kubva kudhorobha rechiteshi chengarava reDangriga, Tobacco Caye inobviswa kubva kumararamiro emazuva ese eBelize. Mushure mekunge Hurricane Mitch yarova muna 1998, zvakawanda zvezvivakwa zveTobacco Caye zvakakuvadzwa. Mazhinji emaroji mashoma pacaye achiri kugadziridzwa.

Nguva yedu pacaye haina kutambisa. Pakati pevazhinji snorkels pazuva, kungave zvakananga kubva kumahombekombe uye madocks, kana kukurumidza kukwira chikepe kuenda, hurukuro muTobacco Caye Marine Station, kukwira miti yekokonati, kusangana nenharaunda yeko, uye neapo neapo kurara mune hammock, isu. vaigara vakanyura mukudzidza nezvezvirongwa zvemugungwa zveMesoamerican barrier reef.

Kunyange zvazvo takadzidza ruzivo rwesemesita kwemavhiki maviri, zvinhu zvitatu zvakaramba zvakandibata pamusoro peTobacco Caye nekuedza kwayo kuchengetedza mugungwa.

Chekutanga, vagari veko vakagadzira conch shell barrier yakatenderedza caye mukuyedza kudzivirira kumwe kukukurwa. Gore roga roga, mhenderekedzo yegungwa inodzikira uye caye yatova diki inotoita diki. Pasina huzhinji hwemangrove hwaimbogara pachiwi vanhu vasati vasimukira, mahombekombe ari kuratidzwa nekukukurwa kwemafungu kwakanyanya, kunyanya munguva yemadutu. Vagari vemufodya yefodya vari kubatsirwa nekuchengetwa kwemaroja, kana kuti vabati vehove. Iyo yakajairika uye yakakurumbira kubata kwemubati wehove yeTobacco Caye ndeye conch. Pavanodzokera kucaye, vanobvisa conch kubva mudeko uye vanokanda goko kumahombekombe. Makore emuitiro uyu akatogadzira chipingamupinyi chinotyisa chemahombekombe. Uyu muenzaniso wakanaka wenharaunda yemunharaunda ichibatana pamwechete kubatsira kuchengetedza caye nenzira yakagadzikana uye ine hushamwari.

Chechipiri, hurumende yeBelize yakagadza South Water Caye Marine Reserve muna 1996. Vabati vehove vose veTobacco Caye vabati vehove vane unyanzvi uye vakanga vajaira kubata hove vari pedyo nemhenderekedzo. Zvisinei, neTobacco Caye iri munzvimbo inochengeterwa zvikepe, vanoziva kuti vanofanira kufamba chinhambwe chinhambwe chekiromita kubva kumahombekombe kunoredza. Kunyange zvazvo vabati vehove vakawanda vakaodzwa mwoyo nokusagadzikana kwenzvimbo inochengeterwa mhuka, vari kutanga kuona kushanda kwayo. Vari kuona kukura kwehove dzakasiyana-siyana dzavasati vamboona kubvira vachiri vana, kukura kwemaspiny lobster, conch, nehove zhinji dziri pedyo nemahombekombe dzichiwedzera, uye maererano necherechedzo yomumwe mugari, nhamba yakawedzera yekamba dzomugungwa dzinogara pamhenderekedzo. Fodya Caye shore kekutanga mumakore angangoita gumi. Zvinogona kunge zvichikanganisa zvishoma kune vabati vehove, asi marine reserve zviri pachena kuti ine zvakakosha, zvinokonzeresa pazvipenyu zvegungwa.
 

Chechitatu, uye munguva pfupi yapfuura, kupinda kweshumba iri kukanganisa dzimwe hove dzakawanda. Lionfish haisati yazvarwa kuAtlantic Ocean uye nekudaro ine zvikara zvishoma. Iyo zvakare hove inodya nyama uye inodya kune dzakawanda dzehove dzinowanikwa kuMesoamerican Barrier Reef. Mukuedza kurwisa kupambwa uku, zviteshi zvemugungwa zveko, zvakaita seTobacco Caye Marine Station, zvinosimudzira shumba mumisika yehove yeko kuti iwedzere kudiwa uye inotarisira kunyengetedza vabati vehove kuti vatange kushingaira kuredza hove dzakawanda dzine huturu uhu. Uyu mumwezve muenzaniso wematanho akareruka ayo nharaunda dziri paCayes dzeBelize dziri kutora kuvandudza nekuchengetedza iyi yakakosha marine ecosystem.

Mifananidzo nerubatsiro rwaMichael Bourie

Mufananidzo 1: Conch shell barriers

Mufananidzo 2: maonero kubva kuReef's End Tobacco Caye

Mufananidzo 3: Fodya Caye

Mufananidzo 4: Mufasa the Lionfish