IQonga lezoQoqosho oluBlue eAfrika

Ngalo lonke ixesha ndimenywa ukuba ndithethe, ndiba nethuba lokuphinda ndicinge ngenkalo yokuphucula ulwalamano lwabantu nolwandle. Ngokunjalo, njengoko ndithetha nabalingane bethu kwiindibano ezinje ngeForam yakutsha nje ye-Africa Blue Economy eTunis, ndifumana izimvo ezintsha okanye amandla amatsha kwiimbono zabo ngale miba. Kutshanje ezo ngcinga bezisekelwe kwintabalala, ngokuyinxenye iphefumlelwe yintetho yakutshanje ka-Alexandra Cousteau ekwisiXeko saseMexico apho besikwiphaneli yemekobume kunye kwiNgqungquthela yeSizwe yooSomashishini.

Ulwandle lwehlabathi luyi-71% yeplanethi kunye nokukhula. Olo lwando lusesinye nje songezelelo kuluhlu lwezoyikiso kulwandle-ukuthontelana kwabantu kwandisa umthwalo wongcoliseko-kunye nezoyikiso zokuphumeza uqoqosho lokwenyani. Kufuneka sigxininise kubuninzi, hayi ukutsalwa.

Kutheni singaqulunqi izigqibo zethu zolawulo malunga noluvo lokuba ukuze kuphunyezwe ubuninzi, ubomi bolwandle bufuna indawo?

Siyazi ukuba kufuneka sibuyisele indalo esempilweni elunxwemeni naselwandle, sinciphise ungcoliseko nokuxhasa ushishino lokuloba oluzinzileyo. Echazwe ngokukuko, enyanzeliswa ngokupheleleyo, kwaye ngaloo ndlela esebenzayo imimandla yolwandle ekhuselweyo (MPAs) idala indawo yokubuyisela ubutyebi obufunekayo ukuxhasa uqoqosho oluluhlaza oluzinzileyo, iseti ephantsi elungileyo yayo yonke imisebenzi yoqoqosho exhomekeke elwandle. Kukho umfutho emva kokwandisa uqoqosho oluluhlaza, apho sonyusa imisebenzi yabantu elungele ulwandle, sinciphise imisebenzi eyonakalisa ulwandle, kwaye ngaloo ndlela sandise ubuninzi. Ngaloo ndlela, siba ngamagosa angcono enkqubo yethu yenkxaso yobomi. 

Inxalenye yentshukumo yaveliswa kukusekwa kweNjongo ye-14 yoPhuhliso oluZinzileyo ye-UN “ukulondoloza nokusebenzisa ngokuzinzileyo iilwandle, iilwandle nobuncwane baselwandle kuphuhliso oluzinzileyo.” Embindini wayo i-SDG 14 eqondwa ngokupheleleyo iya kuthetha ukufezekiswa ngokupheleleyo kolwandle, uqoqosho oluluhlaza kunye nazo zonke izibonelelo eziya kuthi zifumaneke kwiintlanga eziselunxwemeni nakuthi sonke. Olo sukelo lunokuba lulangazelelo, kodwa, lunako kwaye kufuneka luqale ngokutyhala iiMPAs ezomeleleyo-isikhokelo esigqibeleleyo sazo zonke iinzame zethu zokuqinisekisa uqoqosho lonxweme olusempilweni kwizizukulwana ezizayo.

IiMPA sele zikhona. Sifuna okungakumbi, ngokuqinisekileyo, ukuqinisekisa ukuba ubutyebi bunayo indawo yokukhulisa. Kodwa ulawulo olungcono lwaba sinabo luya kwenza umahluko omkhulu. Imizamo enjalo inokubonelela ngokhuseleko lwexesha elide lokubuyiselwa kwekhabhoni eluhlaza kunye nokunciphisa zombini i-asidi yolwandle (OA) kunye nokuphazamiseka kwemozulu. 

IMPA enempumelelo enobushushu ifuna amanzi acocekileyo, umoya ococekileyo, kunye nolawulo olunyanzeliswe kakuhle lwemisebenzi evumelekileyo nengekho mthethweni. Izigqibo ezenziweyo malunga nezinto ezenziwa kumanzi akufutshane naselunxwemeni kufuneka zithathele ingqalelo umoya kunye namanzi aqukuqela ukuya kwi-MPA. Ke, i-lens ye-MPA inokuqulunqa iimvume zophuhliso lonxweme, ulawulo lwenkunkuma eqinileyo, ukusetyenziswa (okanye hayi) kwezichumiso zekhemikhali kunye nezitshabalalisi, kwaye nokuba zixhase imisebenzi yethu yokubuyisela enceda ekunciphiseni ukuntywila kwentlenga, ukonyusa ukukhuselwa kwezaqhwithi, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo kulungiswe iasidi yolwandle. imiba ekuhlaleni. Imangrove echumileyo, amadlelo abanzi engca yolwandle, kunye neekorale ezichumileyo ziziimpawu zobuninzi obunceda wonke umntu.

Ukubekw'esweni kwe-OA kuya kusixelela apho ukuthomalalisa oko kungumba ophambili. Kananjalo iya kusixelela ukuba masenze phi uqhelaniso lwe-OA kwiifama zoonokrwece kunye nemisebenzi enxulumene noko. Ukongeza, apho iiprojekthi zokubuyisela zivuselela, zandise okanye zandise impilo yamadlelo engca yolwandle, amachweba anetyuwa, kunye namahlathi e-mangrove, zonyusa i-biomass kwaye ngaloo ndlela ubuninzi kunye nempumelelo yeentlobo ezibanjiweyo zasendle nezilinywayo eziyinxalenye yokutya kwethu. Kwaye, ngokuqinisekileyo, iiprojekthi ngokwazo ziya kudala ukubuyisela kunye nokubeka iliso kwimisebenzi. Kananjalo, uluntu luya kubona ukhuseleko lokutya oluphuculweyo, ukutya kwaselwandle okunamandla kunye noqoqosho lweemveliso zaselwandle, kunye nokupheliswa kwentlupheko. Ngokufanayo, ezi projekthi zixhasa uqoqosho lwezokhenketho, olukhula ngohlobo lwentabalala esiyibonayo—enokulawulwa ukuxhasa intabalala kumanxweme ethu nakulwandle lwethu. 

Ngamafutshane, sifuna le lens intsha, ipro-abundance kulawulo, umba ophambili ocwangcisiweyo kunye nokusetwa komgaqo-nkqubo, notyalo-mali. Imigaqo-nkqubo exhasa ii-MPA ezicocekileyo, ezikhuselweyo zikwanceda ekuqinisekiseni ukuba ubuninzi be-biomass buhlala buphambi kokukhula kwabemi, ukuze kubekho uqoqosho oluzinzileyo oluluhlaza oluxhasa izizukulwana ezizayo. Ilifa lethu likamva labo.