Ukusuka kwiiTropiki ukuya kwiAtlantiki

Ubumnyama obuMbala ka-Oktobha
Icandelo 1: Ukusuka kwiiTropiki ukuya kuNxweme lweAtlantiki

nguMark J. Spalding

Ikwindla lixesha elixakekileyo xa kufikwa kwiinkomfa kunye neentlanganiso, kwaye u-Oktobha wayenjalo.

Ndinibhalela ndisuka eLoreto, e-BCS, eMexico, apho siququzelela iindibano zocweyo zokuxhasa indawo entsha ekhuselweyo kwindawo enamanzi ekufuphi ne-Loreto National Marine Park, indawo yeLifa leMveli yeHlabathi. Lithuba lokuqala endilifumeneyo lokujonga emva kwezi veki zimbalwa zidlulileyo. Ngandlela thile, sinokubilisa uhambo lwam ukuya kuthi ga "iziseko zolwandle."  Akukho nalunye kolo hambo lwalumalunga neemegafauna ezinkulu, kodwa lonke uhambo lwam lwalumalunga namathuba okuphucula ulwalamano lwabantu nolwandle.

Ndiqale ngo-Okthobha ngohambo oluya eCosta Rica, apho ndachitha iintsuku ezimbalwa kwikomkhulu iSan Jose. Sihlanganisene ukuze sithethe ngokuzinza kunye nophuhliso oluluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kwinqanaba lalo lendawo-indawo enye ecetywayo kwindawo entle ecaleni kolwandle. Sathetha ngamanzi kunye namanzi amdaka, malunga nokubonelela ngokutya kunye ne-composting, malunga nemimoya evuthuzayo kunye nokuvuthuza kwesaqhwithi, malunga neendlela zokuhamba, iindlela zokuhamba ngeebhayisikili, kunye neendlela zokuqhuba. Ukusuka kwimibhobho yamanzi ukuya eluphahleni ukuya kwiinkqubo zoqeqesho, sathetha ngezona ndlela zilungileyo zokuphuhlisa indawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide ebonelela ngeengenelo zokwenene kuluntu olukufutshane kunye nakwiindwendwe ngokwazo. Sazibuza njani ukuba, iindwendwe zinokukhululeka njani kubuhle bolwandle kwaye ziqaphele iindawo ezizingqongileyo ngaxeshanye?

Lo mbuzo ubalulekile njengoko sivavanya iinketho zokuphucula amathuba ezoqoqosho kumazwe asesiqithini, sizame ukufundisa abatyeleli malunga nemithombo yendalo eyodwa yendawo, kwaye sisebenzele ukuqinisekisa ukuba isakhiwo esitsha silala kancinci emhlabeni-kwaye kancinci ulwandle ngokunjalo. Asinakukubetha ngoyaba ukunyuka komphakamo wolwandle. Asinakukubetha ngoyaba ukugaleleka kwesaqhwithi—nento ebuyiselwa elwandle. Asinakwenza ngathi umthombo wamandla ethu okanye indawo yokucocwa kwenkunkuma—amanzi, inkunkuma, njalo njalo—ayibalulekanga njengembonakalo yevenkile yokutyela engaselwandle. Ngethamsanqa, kukho abantu abaninzi abazinikeleyo abayiqondayo loo nto kuwo onke amanqanaba-kwaye sifuna abaninzi ngakumbi.

Okulusizi kukuba, ngoxa ndandiseCosta Rica, seva ukuba uthotho lwezivumelwano urhulumente afikelela kuzo necandelo lokuloba ngaphandle kweminyango evaliweyo zaziza kwenza buthathaka kakhulu ukhuseleko kookrebe. Ke, thina, kunye namaqabane ethu, sinomsebenzi omninzi ekufuneka siwenze. Ukuchaza iqhawe lolwandle uPeter Douglas, “Ulwandle alunakusindiswa; ihlala igcinwa.” 

Iifoto “zezendawo enye ecetywayo yokuphumla” ebizwa ngokuba yiTropicalia, eza kwakhiwa eDominican Republic.