Iikorale Zifuna Isiqabu

Iingqaqa zekorale ziyakwazi ukusingatha iingozi ezininzi ezingapheliyo neziqatha, de zingakwazi. Nje ukuba i-reef tract iwele umda ukusuka kwinkqubo elawulwa yi-coral ukuya kwinkqubo elawulwa yi-micro-algae kwindawo enye; kunzima kakhulu ukubuya.

“Ukushisa kuya kubulala iingqaqa zekorale; iasidi yolwandle iya kubagcina befile.”
-UCharlie Veron

Ndihlonitshwe kwiveki ephelileyo ukuba ndimenywe yiCentral Caribbean Marine Institute kunye nomxhasi wayo, HRH The Earl of Wessex, ukuba baye kwiRethinking the Future for Coral Reefs Symposium, eSt. James Palace eLondon.  

Eli yayingelogumbi lakho lesiqhelo lenkomfa elingenafestile kwenye ihotele engenagama. Kwaye le simpoziyam ibingeyondibano yakho yesiqhelo. Kwakuyi-multi-disciplinary, encinci (kuphela malunga ne-25 yethu kwigumbi), kwaye ukuyiphakamisa i-Prince Edward yahlala nathi iintsuku ezimbini zengxoxo malunga neenkqubo ze-coral reef. Umsitho walo nyaka wokujikijelwa kwebala likukuqhubekeka komsitho owaqala ngo-2014, ngenxa yokufudumala kwamanzi olwandle. Silindele ukuba iminyhadala enje ngehlabathi ikhule ngokuphindaphindiweyo, nto leyo ethetha ukuba asinakukhetha ngaphandle kokucinga ngekamva leingqaqa zekorale. Ukubhubha ngokupheleleyo kweminye imimandla kwaye kwezinye iintlobo akunakuphepheka. Lusuku olulusizi xa kufuneka sihlengahlengise indlela esicinga ngayo ukuze “izinto ziza kuba mbi ngakumbi, kwaye kungekudala kunokuba besicinga.” Kodwa, siphezu kwayo: Ukufumanisa ukuba yintoni esinokuyenza sonke!

Uqaqa lwekorale asiyokorale nje kuphela, yinkqubo entsonkothileyo kodwa eethe-ethe yeentlobo ezihlala kunye yaye zixhomekeke kwenye.  Iingqaqa zekorale ziyenye yezona zinto zibuthathaka kakhulu kwiplanethi yethu.  Ngaloo ndlela, kuqikelelwa ukuba yinkqubo yokuqala yokuwa ebusweni bamanzi afudumeleyo, ukutshintsha i-chemistry yolwandle, kunye ne-deoxygenation yolwandle ngenxa yokukhutshwa kwegesi ye-greenhouse. Oku kudilika kwakuqikelelwe kwangaphambili ukuba kuya kusebenza ngokupheleleyo ngo-2050. Imvumelwano yabo babehlanganisene eLondon yayikukuba kufuneka siwutshintshe lo mhla, siwunyuse, njengoko esi siganeko samva nje sokuphuma kombane sibe nesiphumo sokufa kwekorale kukhulu. imbali.

 

I-Coral reef bleaching yinto yangoku kakhulu. Ulwele lwenzeka xa i-algae ye-symbiotic (zooxanthellae) isifa ngenxa yobushushu obugqithileyo, ibangela ukuba ime ifotosynthesis, kwaye ivimbe iikorale ukutya kwazo. Ukulandela iSivumelwano saseParis sowama-2016, sinethemba lokuphelisa ukufudumala kweplanethi yethu kwi-2 degrees Celsius. Ibleaching esiyibonayo namhlanje isenzeka nge 1 degree Celsius yobushushu behlabathi. Yiminyaka emi-5 kuphela kule minyaka ili-15 idlulileyo ingakhange ibekho kwimisitho yokujija. Ngamanye amazwi, iziganeko ezitsha zokujija ngoku zisiza ngokukhawuleza kwaye rhoqo, zishiya ixesha elincinane lokuchacha. Lo nyaka unzima kangangokuba neentlobo zezilwanyana ebesicinga ukuba zisindileyo ziba ngamaxhoba okwenziwa mhlophe.

Olu hlaselo lobushushu lwakutshanje longeza kuphela kwilahleko yethu yeingqaqa zekorale. Ungcoliseko kunye nokuloba ngokugqithisileyo kuyanda kwaye kufuneka kuqwalaselwe ukuze kuxhaswe oko kunokwenziwa ukomelela.

Amava ethu asixelela ukuba kufuneka sithathe indlela epheleleyo yokusindisa iingqaqa zekorale. Kufuneka siyeke ukubahlutha iintlanzi kunye nabemi abaye baqulunqa inkqubo elungeleleneyo kwiwaka leminyaka. Ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-20, inkqubo yethu Inkqubo yaseCuba uye wafunda waza wasebenza ukuze alondoloze uqaqa lwaseJardines de la Reina. Ngenxa yophando lwabo, siyazi ukuba olu lwandle lusempilweni kwaye luyakwazi ukomelela kunezinye iiqaqa kwiCaribbean. Amanqanaba etrophic ukusuka kumarhamncwa aphezulu ukuya kwi-microalgae asekhona; njengengca yolwandle kunye neemangrove kwigophe elikufutshane. Kwaye, bonke basalingana ubukhulu becala.

Amanzi ashushu, izondlo ezigqithisileyo kunye nongcoliseko aluyihloniphi imida. Ngaloo nto engqondweni, siyazi ukuba asinakusebenzisa ii-MPAs ukutshintsha-ubungqina be-coral reefs. Kodwa sinokulandela ngenkuthalo ukwamkelwa koluntu kunye nenkxaso "yokungathathi" iindawo ezikhuselweyo zaselwandle kwindawo ye-coral reef ecosystems ukugcina ibhalansi kunye nokwandisa ukomelela. Kufuneka sithintele iiankile, izixhobo zokuloba, abantywizisi, izikhephe kunye nedynamite ekujikeni amaphecana oqaqa lwekorale abe ngamaqhekeza. Kwangaxeshanye, kufuneka siyeke ukubeka izinto ezimbi elwandle: inkunkuma yaselwandle, izondlo ezigqithisileyo, ungcoliseko oluyityhefu, kunye nekhabhoni enyibilikisiweyo ekhokelela kwiasidi yolwandle.

Kufuneka sisebenzele ukubuyisela iingqaqa zekorale. Ezinye iikorale zinokukhuliswa ekuthinjweni, kwiifama kunye neegadi kumanzi akufuphi nonxweme, kwaye emva koko "zityalwe" kwiingqaqa ezonakeleyo. Singakwazi nokuchonga iintlobo ze-coral ezikwazi ukunyamezela ukutshintsha kwiqondo lokushisa lamanzi kunye nekhemistri. Esinye isazi sebhayoloji esikholelwa kwindaleko kutshanje siye sathi kuya kubakho abantu beekorale ezahlukahlukeneyo abaya kusinda ngenxa yotshintsho olukhulu oluqhubekayo kwisijikelezi-langa sethu, yaye abo baseleyo baya kuba namandla ngakumbi. Asinakukwazi ukubuyisela iikorale ezinkulu, ezindala. Siyazi ukuba isikali sento esiphulukene nayo yodlula kakhulu isikali esikwaziyo ukusibuyisela ngokobuntu, kodwa yonke into inokunceda.

Ngokudityaniswa nazo zonke ezi nzame, kufuneka kwakhona sibuyisele amadlelo akufuphi nengca yolwandle kunye nezinye iindawo ekuhlala kuzo ii-symbiotic. Njengoko usazi, i-Ocean Foundation, ekuqaleni yayibizwa ngokuba siSiseko seCoral Reef. Saseka iSiseko seCoral Reef malunga namashumi amabini eminyaka eyadlulayo njengesango lokuqala labanikezeli bolondolozo lwe-coral reef-sibonelela ngeengcebiso zobuchwephesha malunga neeprojekthi zolondolozo lwe-coral reef eziyimpumelelo kunye neendlela ezilula zokunikela, ngakumbi kumaqela amancinci kwiindawo ezikude ezazithwele umthwalo omninzi. yokhuselo olusekwe kwindawo olusekwe kwindawo.  Le portal iyaphila kwaye iphilile kwaye isinceda ukuba sifumane inkxaso-mali kubantu abalungileyo abenza owona msebenzi ubalaseleyo emanzini.

Ukuhlaziya: Iingqaqa zekorale zisesichengeni kakhulu kwiimpembelelo zezinto ezenziwa ngabantu. Basesichengeni sokutshintsha kobushushu, imichiza kunye nomgangatho wolwandle. Lugqatso oluchasene newotshi lokuphelisa umonakalo kwizinto ezingcolisa umoya ukuze ezo coral zisinde, zisinde. Ukuba sikhusela uqaqa olusuka phezulu kunye nezinto ezenziwa ngabantu ekuhlaleni, sigcine iindawo zokuhlala ezihlalisana kakuhle, kwaye sibuyisela iingqaqa ezonakeleyo, siyazi ukuba ezinye iingqaqa zekorale zinokuphila.

Izigqibo ezivela kwintlanganiso yaseLondon azizange zihle-kodwa sonke savumelana ukuba kufuneka senze konke okusemandleni ethu ukwenza utshintsho oluhle apho sinakho. Kufuneka sisebenzise indlela yeenkqubo zokufumana izisombululo ezithintela isihendo “seembumbulu zesilivere,” ngakumbi ezo zinokuba neziphumo ebezingalindelekanga. Kufuneka kubekho indlela yepotfoliyo yamanyathelo okwakha ukomelela, ethatyathwe kwezona ndlela zingcono zikhoyo, kunye nokwaziswa kakuhle yinzululwazi, uqoqosho nomthetho.

Asikwazi ukuwahoya amanyathelo adibeneyo ngamnye wethu awathathayo egameni lolwandle. Isikali sikhulu, kwaye kwangaxeshanye, izenzo zakho zibalulekile. Ke, thatha elo qhekeza lenkunkuma, uphephe ukusebenzisa iiplastiki enye, coca emva kwesilwanyana sakho sasekhaya, weqa ukuchumisa ingca yakho (ingakumbi xa imvula ixelwa kwangaphambili), kwaye Jonga indlela yokucima i-carbon footprint yakho.

Thina kwi-Ocean Foundation sinesibophelelo sokuziphatha sokulawula ubudlelwane bomntu kunye nolwandle ukuya kwindawo ephilileyo ukuze iingqaqa zekorale zingasindi nje kuphela, kodwa zichume. Dibana nathi.

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