NaMark J. Spalding, Mutungamiriri, The Ocean Foundation Iyi blog yakatanga kubuda NatGeo's Ocean Views

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Isu takambotenda kuti gungwa rakanga rakakura kwazvo kuti rikundike, kuti taigona kutora hove zhinji, uye kukanda mumarara akawanda, marara uye kusvibiswa sezvataida. Zvino, tinoziva kuti takakanganisa. Uye, kwete chete isu takanga tisina kukanganisa, tinofanira kuzvigadzirisa. Imwe nzvimbo yakanaka yekutanga? Kumisa kuyerera kwezvinhu zvakaipa kupinda mugungwa.

Isu tinofanirwa kutsvaga nzira inotungamira kudyidzana kwevanhu negungwa nemahombekombe kune remangwana rakagadzikana nekuvaka yakasimba, ine simba uye yakanyatso hukama nharaunda yemapurojekiti inopindura zvinobudirira kune yekukurumidzira yekurasa mahombekombe edu nenyanza.

Isu tinofanirwa kuwedzera midhiya nemusika wezvemari kufukidzwa kwemikana inodzoreredza nekutsigira hutano nekusimbaradza kwemahombekombe epasi nemakungwa:
▪ kuitira kuti ruzivo rwevanhu nevanosima mari ruwedzere
▪ kuitira kuti vanogadzira mitemo, vanoisa mari nemabhizinesi vawedzere ruzivo uye kufarira kwavo
▪ kuitira kuti mitemo, misika uye zvisarudzo zvebhizimisi zvichinje
▪ kuitira kuti tishandure hukama hwedu nenyanza kubva mukushungurudzwa kuenda pautariri
▪ kuitira kuti gungwa rirambe richipa zvinhu zvatinoda, zvatinoda, uye zvatinoda.

Kune avo vanobatanidzwa mukufamba uye kushanya, gungwa rinopa zvinhu izvo indasitiri inotsamira pazviri pakurarama, uye purofiti yevagovani: runako, kurudziro, varaidzo uye kunakidzwa. Ndege, dzakaita semudiwa wedu mutsva weJetBlue, dzinobhururutsa vatengi vayo kuenda kumahombekombe akanaka, (tingaadaidza kuti zororo reblue?), nepo isu nevatinoshanda navo vakatarisa kuchengetedza tichidzivirira bhuruu. Ko kana tikakwanisa kuwana nzira yekubatanidza zvinofarirwa uye kugadzira patsva uye yakasarudzika bhizinesi kesi mutyairi kumisa makomo emarara anowana nzira mubhuruu, pamahombekombe edu, uye nekudaro anotyisidzira mararamiro enharaunda dzemahombekombe uye kunyangwe indasitiri yekufambisa. pacharo?

Tese tine hukama hwakadzama hwemanzwiro kumahombekombe uye nyanza. Kungave kuri kwekunyaradza kushushikana, kurudziro, nekutandara, patinofamba kuenda kugungwa, tinoda kuti rirarame zvinoenderana nendangariro dzedu dzinofadza kana mapikicha akanaka akakurudzira sarudzo yedu. Uye tinoodzwa mwoyo kana zvikasadaro.

Pamarara ese akaitwa nevanhu anopinda mumvura dzeCaribbean, zvinofungidzirwa neUnited Nations Caribbean Environment Programme kuti chikamu che89.1% chakabva kumahombekombe nekutandara.

Tagara tichitenda kuti gungwa rakafukidzwa nemarara nemarara harinakidzi, harinakidze, uye nokudaro haakwanisi kutidana kuti tidzoke kushanya zvakare uye zvakare. Tinoyeuka marara, kwete jecha, denga, kana kunyange nyanza. Ko kana tikakwanisa kuratidza kuti kutenda uku kunotsigirwa neumbowo hunoratidza kuti mafungiro aya asina kunaka anokanganisa sei kukosha kwenzvimbo yenzvimbo yemahombekombe egungwa? Ko kana paine humbowo hwekuti mari yendege inobatwa nemhando yemahombekombe? Zvakadini kana ufakazi ihwohwo hwakananga zvakakwana kuti hukoshe mumishumo yemari? Mune mamwe mazwi, kukosha kunogona kuverengerwa zvakanyatsojeka, nemhedzisiro yakajeka, saka inova ine simba rekuwedzera pane kungoita dzvinyiriro yemagariro inounzwa nevavariro yakanaka, uye inobvisa munhu wese parutivi uye mukuedza kuchenesa.

Saka, ko kana tikagadzira hurongwa hwekuchengetedza zviwanikwa zvemugungwa, tichiratidza kukosha kwemahombekombe akachena uye tichibatanidza zvakananga ecology uye kukosha kwechisikwa kuchiyero chepasi chekambani yendege - izvo zvinodaidzwa neindasitiri "mari inowanikwa pachigaro chemamaira inowanikwa" (RASM)? Indasitiri ichateerera here? Nyika dzine GDPs dzinotsamira pakushanya dzichateerera here? JetBlue uye The Ocean Foundation vachaziva.

Isu tinodzidza zvakawanda zuva rega rega nezve kugona kunoshamisa kwepurasitiki uye mamwe marara kuti arambe achityisidzira masisitimu egungwa uye mhuka dziri mazviri. Chidimbu chepurasitiki chega chega chakasara mugungwa chichirimo-muzvimedu zvidiki-diki zvinokanganisa musimboti wecheni yechikafu. Nekudaro, isu tinofunga kuti hutano uye kutaridzika kwenzvimbo yekushanya kune yakananga mhedzisiro pamari. Kana tikakwanisa kuisa kukosha chaiko kwedhora pane iyi metric yemahombekombe ane hutano, tinovimba icharatidza kukosha kwekuchengetedza gungwa, uye nokudaro kushandura hukama hwedu nemahombekombe negungwa.
Ndapota batanai nesu mukutarisira Gore Idzva rinounza neiri rinovhiringidza bhizinesi kuchinja kuongorora kunogona kutungamirira kumhinduro pamwero wendege, uye kune nyika dzinotsamira pakushanyirwa - nokuti mahombekombe negungwa zvinoda kutarisa kwedu uye kutarisira kuti tive nehutano. Uye, kana gungwa risina utano, nesuwo hatisi.