Magamba eCaribbean: Jamaica

naMark J. Spalding, Mutungamiriri weOcean Foundation

Pane dzakawanda dzenzendo dzangu ndinoita sendinopedza nguva yakawanda nevanhu vanofarira mumakamuri emusangano asina mahwindo kupfuura nemvura kana munzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana umo vanhu vane hanya negungwa vanoshanda. Rwendo rwokupedzisira rwaApril rwakanga rwakasiyana. Ndakaita rombo rakanaka rekutandara nevanhu vepamusha Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory, iyo inenge awa kubva kuJamaica's Montego Bay airport. 

Iyo Lab inzvimbo yeYunivhesiti yeWest Indies uye inoshanda pasi penzvimbo yeCentre for Marine Sayenzi, iyo inotambirawo Caribbean Coastal Data Center. Discovery Bay Marine Lab yakatsaurirwa kune vese kutsvagisa uye kudzidzisa vadzidzi mubiology, ecology, geology, hydrology, uye mamwe sainzi. Pamusoro pemarabhu ayo, zvikepe, uye zvimwe zvivakwa, Discovery Bay imusha kune yega hyperbaric chamber pachitsuwa-midziyo inobatsira vakasiyana-siyana kupora kubva kuchirwere chedecompression (inozivikanwawo se "bends").   

Pakati pezvinangwa zveDiscovery Marine Lab ndiko kushandiswa kwetsvagiridzo yekuvandudza manejimendi enharaunda yemahombekombe yeJamaica. Matombo eJamaica uye mvura dziri pedyo nemahombekombe zviri pasi pekumanikidzwa kwakanyanya kwekuredza. Somugumisiro, kune nzvimbo shomanana uye shoma umo marudzi makuru, anokosha anogona kuwanikwa. Kwete chete kuedza kunofanirwa kuitwa kuona kuti ndekupi nzvimbo dzemugungwa uye hurongwa hwakasimba hwekutarisira hunogona kubatsira mareef masisitimu eJamaica kupora, asiwo chikamu chehutano hwevanhu chinofanira kugadziriswa. Kwemakumi mashoma emakore apfuura, kwave kune zviitiko zvakanyanya uye zvakanyanya zvechirwere chekuora mwoyo muvabati vehove vakasununguka sezvo vanopedza nguva yakawanda vari pasi pemvura pakadzika dzika kuripa kushomeka kwehove dzemvura isina kudzika, lobster, uye conch-kunyanya kubata hove. yaitsigira nharaunda. 

Mukushanya kwangu, ndakasangana naDr. Dayne Buddo nyanzvi yeMarine Biologist muMarine Invasive Alien Species, Camilo Trench, Chief Scientific Officer, uye Denise Henry an Environmental Biologist. Parizvino ari Sainzi Officer kuDBML, achishanda paSeagrass Restoration Project. Pamusoro pekushanya kwakadzama kwezvivakwa takapedza nguva tichitaura nezveblue kabhoni nemapurojekiti avo ekugadzirisa mangrove uye seagrass. Ini naDenise takava nekurukurirano huru tichienzanisa yedu SeaGrass Kura nzira neavo vaaiedza muJamaica. Takataurawo pamusoro pekubudirira kwavari kuita mukukohwa Shumba Hove dzinoparadza kubva munzvimbo dzavanogara. Uye, ndakadzidza nezvekorari yavo yekireshi uye zvirongwa zvekuita kudzoreredza kwekorari uye kuti inobatana sei nekudikanwa kwekudzikisa huturu hwakaremerwa nemafuta uye runoff pamwe chete nepamusoro chinhu chehove. MuJamaica, vabati vehove vanosvika zviuru makumi maviri, asi vabati vehove ivavo vanogona kurasikirwa nemararamiro avo nekuda kwekushata kwaita gungwa.

Kushaikwa kwehove kunokonzeresa kunokonzeresa kusaenzana kwemhoteredzo inotungamira kune hutongi hwezvikara zvecoral. Zvinosuruvarisa, sekuziva kwedu shamwari itsva kubva kuDBML, kudzoreredza matombo emakorari ivo vachada hove dzakawanda uye lobster, munzvimbo dzinoshanda dzisingatore; chimwe chinhu chichatora nguva kuti chizadzike muJamaica. Tese tiri kutarisa kubudirira kwe Bluefields Bay, nzvimbo hombe isina kutora iri kumadokero kwechitsuwa, inoita seiri kubatsira kuti zvipenyu zvipenyu. Pedyo neDBML ndiyo Nzvimbo yehove yeOracabessa Bay, kwatakashanyira. Idiki, uye inongova nemakore mashoma. Saka pane zvakawanda zvokuita. Zvichakadaro, mumwe wedu Austin Bowden-Kerby, Senior Scientist kuCounterpart International, anoti maJamaican anofanirwa kuunganidza "zvidimbu kubva kumakorari mashoma asara akapona nedenda rechirwere uye zviitiko zvekubuda ropa (ihwo hupfumi hunoenderana nekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze), uye ipapo woarima munzvimbo dzinochengeterwa vana— achivachengeta ari mapenyu uye akanaka nokuda kwokusimazve.”

Ndakaona kuti ibasa rakawanda sei riri kuitwa padanho rekutanga, uye kuti zvakawanda sei zvinoda kuitwa kubatsira vanhu veJamaica uye zviwanikwa zvemugungwa izvo hupfumi hwavo hunoenderana nazvo. Zvinogara zvichikurudzira kupedza nguva nevanhu vakazvitsaurira sevanhu veDiscovery Bay Marine Laboratory muJamaica.

update: Dzimwe Nzvimbo Dzine Hove Dzichamiswa Via Iyo Jamaican Information Service, Dai 9, 2015

Mufananidzo Chikwereti: Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory, MJC Crabbe kuburikidza neMarine Photobank