Chikwata chedu nguva pfupi yadarika chakaenda kuXcalak, Mexico sechikamu cheThe Ocean Foundation's Blue Resilience Initiative (BRI). Sei? Kuita kuti maoko edu nebhutsu zvisvibe - chaizvo - mune imwe yemapurojekiti edu ekudzoreredza mangrove.

Fungidzira nzvimbo iyo mangrove inomira yakasimba pakatarisana nemhepo yegungwa uye yechipiri pakukura kwecoral reef pasi rose - Mesoamerican Reef - inodzivirira mharaunda kubva pakukwira kweCaribbean, ichigadzira Xcalak National Reef Park. 

Ndiyo Xcalak muchidimbu. Nzvimbo yenzvimbo dzinopisa dzinopisa dziri maawa mashanu kubva kuCancún, asi nyika iri kure nenzvimbo yevashanyi.

Iyo Mesoamerican Reef sekuonekwa kubva kuXcalak
Iyo Mesoamerican Reef ichangobva kumahombekombe muXcalak. Mufananidzo wechikwereti: Emily Davenport

Nehurombo, kunyangwe paradhiso haina kudzivirirwa kubva mukushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze uye kuvaka. Xcalak's mangrove ecosystem, kumusha kune mana marudzi emangrove, ari kutyisidzirwa. Ndipo panopinda chirongwa ichi. 

Kwemakore mashoma apfuura, takabatana nenharaunda yeXcalak, Mexico Komisheni Yenzvimbo Dzakachengetedzwa Nzvimbo (CONANP), Center for Research and Advanced Studies yeNational Polytechnic Institute - Mérida (CINVESTAV), Programa Mexicano del Carbono (PMC), uye National Autonomous Yunivhesiti yeMexico (UNAM) kudzoreredza pamusoro pe500 mahekita emangrove mudunhu rino.  

Aya magamba emumhenderekedzo yegungwa haana kungonaka; vanoita basa rakakosha mukurwisa kushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze. Kuburikidza nemaitiro anonzi carbon sequestration, vanoteya kabhoni kubva mumhepo voivharira kure muvhu pasi pemidzi yavo - chikamu chakakosha cheblue carbon cycle. 

Kuparadzwa kweMangrove: Kupupurira Kukanganisa Kwemamiriro ekunze

Ndichipinda mudhorobha, kukuvara kwakabva kwaoneka. 

Mugwagwa wacho unoenda pamusoro penzvimbo ine madhaka hombe pakanga pambomira machakwi. Zvinosuruvarisa, kuvakwa kwemugwagwa kwakakanganisa kuyerera kwechisikigo kwemvura yegungwa nemumiti yemikoko. Kuwedzera kutuka, madutu enguva pfupi yapfuura akaunza madhaka akawanda, achivhara kuyerera kwemvura zvakatowanda. Pasina mvura yegungwa yakachena yekugezesa sisitimu, zvinovaka muviri, zvinosvibisa uye munyu zvinovaka mumvura yakamira, kushandura machakwi emanrove kuita madhaka.

Nzvimbo iyi ndiyo mutyairi webasa rose reXcalak - kubudirira pano kunovhura nzira yebasa pane asara 500+ mahekita.

Maonero echimvuramabwe chemumango
Paimbomira davi remumango pari zvino pakamira dope risina chinhu. Mufananidzo wechikwereti: Ben Scheelk

Kudyidzana Kwenharaunda: Kiyi yekubudirira muKudzoreredza kweMangrove

Pazuva redu rekutanga rakazara muXcalak, takazvionera tega mafambiro ari kuita chirongwa. Uyu muenzaniso unopenya wekubatana uye kubatanidzwa kwenharaunda. 

Pamusangano wemangwanani, takanzwa nezvekudzidziswa kwemaoko kunoitwa uye kubatana neCONANP uye vatsvakurudzi veCINVESTAV vanotsigira vagari vemo veXcalak kuti vave vatariri vemashure avo. 

Vakashongedzerwa nemafoshoro uye ruzivo rwesainzi, havasi kungobvisa madhaka uye kudzoreredza kuyerera kwemvura kumangrove, ivo vari kutarisa hutano hweecosystem yavo munzira.

Vakadzidza zvakawanda nezvokuti ndivanaani vanogara pakati pemiti yemikoko. Dzinosanganisira gumi nenhanhatu shiri (ina dziri mungozi, imwe iri kutyisidzirwa), nondo, ocelots, grey gava - kunyange jaguar! Mangrove eXcalak ari kuzara nehupenyu.

Kutarisa Mberi kune Xcalak's Remangwana Mangrove Kudzoreredzwa

Sezvo chirongwa ichi chichienderera mberi, nhanho dzinotevera ndedzekuwedzera kuchera mudhamu riri pedyo rakakomberedzwa nemikoko inoda zvikuru kuyerera kwemvura. Pakupedzisira, kuedza kwekuchera kuchabatanidza dhamu nedhaka ratakachaira tichienda kuguta. Izvi zvichabatsira kuyerera kwemvura sezvayaimboita muecosystem yese.

Isu tinokurudzirwa nekuzvipira kwenharaunda uye hatingamiri kuona mafambiro akaitwa pakushanya kwedu kunotevera. 

Pamwe chete, hatisi kungodzoreredza ecosystem yemangrove. Tiri kudzoreredza tariro yeramangwana rakajeka, rimwe bhutsu ine madhaka panguva.

Vashandi veOcean Foundation vakamira mumatope paive pakamira mangrove
Vashandi veOcean Foundation vanomira mumabvi akadzika mumadhaka pakambomira mangrove. Mufananidzo wechikwereti: Fernando Bretos
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