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Dunhu reWest Africa

Kuvaka Kugona muOcean Acidification Monitoring muGulf yeGuinea (BIOTTA)

TOF payakafunga kubatsira kudzidzisa kosi yeocean acidification mini muna 2020 yeCoastal Ocean Ecosystem Summer School kuGhana (COESSING), takawana shamwari nyowani muna Dr. Edem Mahu, mudzidzisi weMarine Geochemistry kuDhipatimendi reMarine neFisheries Sayenzi. yeYunivhesiti yeGhana. Pamusoro pekuronga zvirongwa zveCOESSING nekuita tsvakiridzo dzinozivikanwa pasi rose, Dr. Kudyidzana kweObservation of the Global Ocean (POGO) chirongwa chinonzi Building Capacity muOcean Acidification Monitoring muGulf of Guinea (BIOTTA).

TOF yakapinda zviri pamutemo komiti yekuraira yeBIOTTA uye kuburikidza nenguva yevashandi, honoraria, uye mari yemidziyo, TOF iri kubatsira BIOTTA ne: 

  • Kugadzira uye kugovera ongororo yekuongorora mamiriro enzvimbo yekuona hunyanzvi huripo uye pane zvisingaite
  • Kuziva nekubatanidza vanobatana kuti vatsigire nzira dzerutsigiro rwemunharaunda neyedunhu mukugadzirisa acidization yegungwa, pamwe nekubatanidza chirongwa ichi kumagungano edunhu kuti vaone zviri pamutemo zvinodiwa.
  • Kupa online kudzidziswa kusuma vaongorori, vadzidzi, zviwanikwa mamaneja, uye vanogadzira mutemo kune egungwa acidification basic, yekutarisa, uye yekuedza nzira.
  • Kutenga uye kuendesa $100k yeGOA-ON muBhokisi midziyo uye maoko-pakudzidziswa nenyanzvi kuitira kuti vaongorori vakwanise kuita zvemhando yepamusoro soro rekutarisa acidization yegungwa kumazinga epasi rose vachigadzirisa mikaha yeruzivo rwenzvimbo.

Mufananidzo Chikwereti: Benjamin Botwe

Aerial yepamusoro maonero eSaint Thomas naPrince, Africa
vanhu vana vachitora sampuli dzeasidhi yegungwa muchikepe
BIOTTA logo

Kuti vaite basa iri, Dr. Mahu neTOF vari kutungamirira chikwata cheFocal Points shanu kubva kune imwe neimwe yenyika dziri munharaunda yeBIOTTA: Benin, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, neNigeria. Imwe neimwe Focal Point inopa mazano panguva yemisangano yekudyidzana, inotora vatambi vakakodzera, uye ichatungamira kuvandudzwa kwehurongwa hwekutarisa OA yenyika.

Chirongwa cheBIOTTA kuenderera mberi kwekuedza kweTOF kupa masayendisiti, vanogadzira mitemo, uye nharaunda zvishandiso zvavanoda kuti vanzwisise uye vapindure kune acidification yegungwa. Kubva muna Ndira 2022, TOF yakadzidzisa masayendisiti anodarika mazana maviri nemakumi mashanu nevagadziri vemitemo kubva kunyika dzinopfuura makumi maviri neshanu uye yakapa mari inodarika mazana manomwe nemakumi mashanu emadhora eUSD mune yakananga mari nerutsigiro rwemidziyo. Kuisa mari nezvishandiso mumaoko enyanzvi dzemuno kunoita kuti mapurojekiti aya aite zvinoenderana nezvido zvemuno uye arambe achienderera mberi mune ramangwana.


Chikwata:

Vanhu vaviri vanotora yegungwa acidification samples muchikepe
  • Dr. Edem Mahu
  • Dr. Benjamin Botwe
  • VaUlrich Joel Bilounga
  • Dr. Francis Asuqou
  • Dr. Mobio Abaka Brice Hervé
  • Dr. Zacharie Sohou

Mufananidzo Chikwereti: Benjamin Botwe