Resiliency Personified

Nharaunda muVieques, Puerto Rico iri kubudirira sei isingasviki makore matatu mushure mekusangana nedutu rakaipisisa mumakore 89.

MunaGunyana 2017, nyika yakatarisa sezvo nharaunda dzezvitsuwa muCaribbean yese dzichitsvaga kwete imwe chete, asi maviri eChikamu 5 madutu; nzira dzavo dzinopfuura nemuGungwa reCaribbean mukati memavhiki maviri.

Hurricane Irma yakatanga, ichiteverwa neHurricane Maria. Ose ari maviri akaparadza kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweCaribbean - kunyanya Dominica, Saint Croix nePuerto Rico. Maria nhasi anorangarirwa sengwavaira yomusikirwo yakaipisisa munhau yakanyorwa yakambobata zvitsuwa izvozvo. Vieques, Puerto Rico akaenda Mwedzi misere pasina chimiro chipi nechipi chesimba rinovimbika, rinopfuurira. Kuti uzviise mumaonero, simba rakadzoserwa kune inokwana 95% yevatengi mukati memazuva gumi nematatu eSuperstorm Sandy muNew York uye mukati mevhiki imwe mushure meHurricane Harvey muTexas. Viequenses vakaenda zvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zvegore vasina kukwanisa kupisa zvitofu zvavo, kuvhenekera dzimba dzavo kana magetsi emagetsi emhando ipi zvayo. Vazhinji vedu nhasi hatingazive kubata bhatiri re iPhone rakafa, ndoda kuona kuti chikafu nemushonga zvaive zvasvika kwatiri. Sezvo nharaunda yaitsvaga kuvaka patsva, kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakakura 13 kwakarova Puerto Rico muna Ndira 6.4. Uye muna Kurume, nyika yakatanga kurwisana nedenda repasi rose. 

Nezvose zvakakanganisa chitsuwa cheVieques mumakore mashomanana adarika, unogona kufunga kuti mweya wemunharaunda waizoputsika. Asi, mune zvakaitika kwatiri, zvakangosimbisa chete. Iri pano pakati pemabhiza emusango, nguruve dzemugungwa dzinofura uye kupenya kupenya kwezuva kweorenji tinowana nharaunda yevatungamiri vane simba, kuvaka zvizvarwa zvevanochengetedza remangwana.

Nenzira dzakawanda, hatifaniri kushamiswa. Viequenses vanopona - pamusoro pemakore makumi matanhatu ekufambisa kwemauto uye kuyedza kwemauto, madutu anogara achinaya, nguva yakawedzerwa yekunaya kana kusanaya kwemvura, kushaikwa kwekufambisa uye pasina chipatara kana nzvimbo dzehutano dzakakwana zvave zvakajairika. Uye nepo Vieques iri imwe yevarombo uye vashoma-yakasimwa-munzvimbo dzePuerto Rico, inewo mamwe emahombekombe akanaka kwazvo muCaribbean, mibhedha yakakura yeuswa hwegungwa, masango emangrove uye maruva nemhuka dziri mungozi. Ndiko zvakare kumusha Bahía Bioluminiscente - iyo inopenya bioluminescent bay munyika, uye kune vamwe chishamiso chechisere chepasi.  

Maturakiti akawandisa emangrove anodzivirira uye uswa hwegungwa akaparadzwa panguva yeHurricane Maria, zvichisiya nzvimbo huru dzinogara dzichikukurwa. Mangroves akapoteredza Bay anobatsira kuchengetedza chiyero chakapfava chinobvumira chisikwa chinokonzera kupenya uku kunobwinya - kunonzi dinoflagellates kana Pyrodinium bahamense - kubudirira. Kukukurwa kwevhu, kuparara kwemangrove uye kushanduka kwe morphology zvaireva kuti idzi dinoflagellate dzaigona kudzingwa mugungwa. Pasina kupindira, Bay yaive panjodzi yeku "kusviba" uye nayo, kwete nzvimbo inoshamisa, asi tsika nehupfumi hunoenderana nazvo.

Ndichiri kudhirowa ecotourism, iyo bioluminescent dinoflagellate inoshandawo yakakosha basa rezvakatipoteredza. Zvipuka zvidiki zvomugungwa zviri rudzi rwe plankton, kana zvipenyu zvinotakurwa nemasaisai nemafungu. Se phytoplankton, dinoflagellates ndivo vagadziri vekutanga vanopa huwandu hukuru hwesimba kumisa hwaro hwegungwa rekudya webhu.

Kwemakore mashoma apfuura kuburikidza nebasa rangu kuThe Ocean Foundation, ndakazviona ndine rombo rakanaka rekushanda nenharaunda iyi. Mukomana wemurenje anobva kuArizona, ndanga ndichidzidza mashura chete mumwe munhu anobva kuchitsuwa anogona kudzidzisa. Kuwedzera kwatinoita, ndipo pandinoona kuti Vieques Trust haisi sangano rekuchengetedza, asi ari sangano renharaunda rinotarisira kushandira munhu wese wevagari vangangosvika zviuru zvipfumbamwe nemazana matatu vanogara pachitsuwa neimwe nzira. Kana iwe uchigara muVieques, iwe unoziva vashandi vavo uye vadzidzi zvakanaka. Pamwe wakapa mari, zvinhu kana nguva yako. Uye kana uine dambudziko, unogona kutanga wafonera ivo.

Kweanoda kusvika makore matatu, The Ocean Foundation yakashanda pachitsuwa ichi kupindura Maria. Takakwanisa kuwana rutsigiro rwakakomba kubva kune vanopa vamwe uye shasha dzinokosha kuJetBlue Airways, Columbia Sportswear, Rockefeller Capital Management, 11th Hour Racing uye The New York Community Trust. Mushure mekupindira kwekukurumidza, takatsvaga rutsigiro rwakakura rwekuwedzera kudzoreredza, kubvumidza uye kuronga zvirongwa zvedzidzo yevechidiki munharaunda mukubatana nevatinoshanda navo kuVieques Trust. Makanga muri mukutsvaka ikoko takawana rombo rakanaka risingabviri rokusangana ZVINHU/ZVINHU.

ZVINHU/ZVINHU zvakaumbwa makore matatu apfuura nechinangwa chekutsigira vanhu, pasi nemhuka. Chinhu chekutanga chatakaona kwaive kunzwisisa kwavo kwakasiyana kwekupindirana kunofanirwa kuvepo muhurombo. Kuburikidza nechinangwa ichi chekudyara muzvishandiso zvechisikigo kutarisana nekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze - ukuwo uchitsigira nharaunda dzenzvimbo sesimba rinokurudzira shanduko - kubatana kuVieques Trust uye kuchengetedzwa kweMosquito Bay kwakava pachena kwatiri tese. Chinhu chikuru chaive maitirwo nekutaura nyaya kuti vamwe vanzwisise.

Zvingadai zvakaringana kuti WELL/BEINGS itsigire chirongwa ichi nemari - ndanga ndiri mubudiriro kweanopfuura makore gumi uye ndizvo zvinowanzoitika. Asi nguva ino yakanga yakasiyana: Kwete chete kuti WELL/BEINGS vakatora kuwedzera kubatanidzwa mukutsvaga dzimwe nzira dzekutsigira vatinoshanda navo, asi vavambi vakafunga kuti zvakakodzera kushanya kuti vanzwisise zvido zvemunharaunda kubva munharaunda pachavo. Isu tose takasarudza kuita firimu uye kunyora basa rinoshamisa iro Vieques Trust iri kuita kuchengetedza Bay, kuratidza nzvimbo inopenya kubva munharaunda ine nyaya inofanirwa kutaurwa. Kunze kwezvo, kune zvinhu zvakaipisisa zvekuita nehupenyu hwako sezvatinobuda kubva mudenda repasi rose pane kupedza mazuva mashanu mune imwe yenzvimbo dzakanaka kwazvo munyika.

Mushure mekushanyira Vieques Trust uye nharaunda yavo inoratidzika isingagumi uye mapurogiramu ezvidzidzo zvevechidiki, takaenda kuBay kuti tione basa uye bioluminescence isu pachedu. Kufamba zvishoma mumugwagwa usina tara kwakatitungamirira kumucheto kweBay. Takasvika pakuvhurwa kwemafiti 20 uye takakwaziswa nenyanzvi dzekutungamira dzevashanyi dzakashongedzerwa zvizere nemabhachi ehupenyu, marambi emusoro uye kunyemwerera kukuru.

PaBay, masparks ebioluminescent akatamba sezvipfuti diki pasi pekayak yedu inopenya pataichaira murima. Nekukurumidza kwataikwasva, kupenya kwavaiita uye kwakangoerekana kwaita nyeredzi kumusoro nenyeredzi pazasi - mashiripiti aimhanya achititenderedza kwese kwese. Chiitiko ichi chaive chiyeuchidzo chezvatiri kushanda kuchengetedza nekukoshesa, kukosha kwakadii mumwe nemumwe wedu mukutamba mabasa edu uye zvakadaro - isu tisingakoshi sei tichifananidzwa nesimba uye chakavanzika chehunhu hwaamai.

Bioluminescent bays inonyanya kushoma nhasi. Kunyange zvazvo nhamba chaiyo ichikakavadzana zvikuru, zvinogamuchirwa zvikuru kuti kune vasingasviki gumi nevaviri munyika yose. Uye zvakadaro Puerto Rico imusha kune vatatu vavo. Vakanga vasiri nguva dzose zvakadai; Marekodhi eSainzi anoratidza kuti kwaimbove nezvimwe zvakawanda zvisati zvaitika zvitsva zvachinja mamiriro uye nharaunda dzakatenderedza.

Asi muVieques, iyo Bay inopenya husiku hwese uye iwe unogona kunyatsoona uye unzwe nzvimbo ino yakasimba sei chaizvo. Zviri pano, nevatinoshanda navo kuVieques Conservation uye Historical Trust, kuti takayeuchidzwa kuti zvicharamba zvakadaro kana tikatora danho rekubatana kuti ridzivirire..