High Springs, eFlorida (NgoNovemba 2021) Abo bahlukeneyo bamele inxalenye encinci yabemi abaqala ukubona ihlabathi elingaphantsi kwamanzi, kodwa bahlala benegalelo ekunciphiseni kwayo. Ukunceda ukuphelisa omnye umonakalo wokusingqongileyo ekuthumeleni iimpahla zabo, umbutho ongenzi nzuzo we-scuba diving, IGlobal Underwater Explorers (GUE), inikele kulondolozo nokubuyiselwa kwamadlelo engca yolwandle, iimangrove kunye namagxobhozo anetyuwa ngeNkqubo ye-SeaGrass Grow ye-The Ocean Foundation.

Ngokutsho IPalamente yaseYurophu uphononongo, 40% ye-CO yehlabathi2 Ukukhutshwa kwezinto ezikhutshwayo kuya kubangelwa kukuhamba ngeenqwelomoya kunye nokuthunyelwa kwenqanawa ngo-2050. Ngoko ke, ukuze kuncitshiswe igalelo le-GUE kule ngxaki, banikela ekutyaleni la madlelo makhulu angaphantsi kwamanzi abonakalise ukufunxa ikhabhoni ngempumelelo ngakumbi kunamahlathi emvula.

“Ukuxhasa ukutyalwa kunye nokukhuselwa kwengca yolwandle yi-Ocean Foundation linyathelo eliya kwicala elifanelekileyo ekunciphiseni okanye ekulinganiseni iziphumo zoqeqesho lwethu, ukuhlola nokuntywila okunazo kwiindawo esithanda ukuzindwendwela,” utshilo u-Amanda White, uMlawuli weNtengiso weGUE. ukukhokelela ekutyhalelweni kombutho ekungathathi hlangothi kwekhabhoni. “Oku kongezelela kwiiprojekthi zethu abathi abo bantsundu bathathe inxaxheba ekuhlaleni, kungoko kuvakala njengongezelelo lwendalo kumaphulo ethu amatsha olondolozo lwendalo njengoko ingca yolwandle inegalelo ngqo kwimpilo yendawo esiyithandayo.”

Kwakhona, inxalenye entsha ISithembiso soLondolozo ngu GUE, yeyokuba amalungu ayo akhuthaze uluntu lwabo lwahlukeneyo ukuba banciphise uhambo lwabo lokuntywila ngeSeaGrass Khula sokubala kwi-The Iwebhusayithi yeOcean Foundation. Ukuntywila kuhambo inani elinye igalelo abantu abahlukahlukeneyo benza ukufudumala kwehlabathi kunye nokutshatyalaliswa kwezinto eziphilayo eziphantsi kwamanzi. Abantyi badla ngokubhabha besiya kumanzi ashushu ukuya kuchitha iveki kwisikhephe elwandle besenza into abayithandayo, okanye baqhuba imigama emide ukuya kwiindawo zokuntywila ukuze bafumane uqeqesho okanye ulonwabo.

I-GUE igxininise ekulondolozweni nasekuhloleni, kwaye kunjalo ukuhamba yinxalenye engenakuphepheka yaloo mishini, asikwazi ukuyiphepha. Kodwa sinokuyiphelisa impembelelo yethu kokusingqongileyo ngokuxhasa iiprojekthi zokubuyisela kwisimo sangaphambili ezinciphisa i-CO2 izinto ezikhutshwayo kunye nokuphucula inkqubo yendalo engaphantsi kwamanzi.

"Ukugcina ulwandle olunempilo kubaluleke kakhulu ekuqinisekiseni ikamva elizinzileyo lokhenketho lonxweme," kusho uMark J. Spalding, uMongameli, i-Ocean Foundation. “Ngokunceda uluntu lokuntywila lubuyisele umva ukuze lugcine iindawo eziluthandayo ukuzonwabisa, le ntsebenziswano idala ithuba lokusebenzisana nobulungu be-GUE malunga nendlela yokutyala imali kwizisombululo ezisekelwe kwindalo, ezifana namadlelo olwandle kunye namahlathi eengrove, kunokunceda ukulwa nokutshintsha kwemozulu. , yakha ukomelela kuluntu lwasekuhlaleni kunye nokugcina indalo esempilweni ukuze abo bahlukeneyo bandwendwele kuhambo lokuntywila kwixesha elizayo.”

Ukugcina ulwandle olusempilweni kubalulekile ekuqinisekiseni ikamva elizinzileyo lokhenketho lonxweme

UMarko J. Spalding | Umongameli, i-Ocean Foundation

MALUNGA ABAHLOLI BEHLABATHI BONKE ABANGAPHANTSI KWAMANZI

I-Global Underwater Explorers, i-US 501(c) (3), yaqala ngeqela labantsundu abanothando lokuphonononga ngaphantsi kwamanzi lwakhula ngokwendalo lwaba ngumnqweno wokukhusela ezo ndawo. Ngo-1998, baye benza umbutho okhethekileyo ozinikele kwimfundo ekumgangatho ophakamileyo we-diver ngenjongo yokuxhasa uphando lwasemanzini oluqhubela phambili ulondolozo kunye nokwandisa ngokukhuselekileyo ukuhlola umhlaba ongaphantsi kwamanzi.

MALUNGA NESEKO YOLWANDLE

Njengokuphela kwesiseko soluntu solwandle, injongo ye-Ocean Foundation's 501(c)(3) kukuxhasa, ukomeleza, nokukhuthaza loo mibutho ezinikele ekubuyiseleni umva umkhwa wokutshatyalaliswa kokusingqongileyo kolwandle kwihlabathi jikelele. Sigxininisa ubuchule bethu obuhlangeneyo kwiisongelo ezivelayo ukuze sivelise izisombululo ezibukhali kunye nezicwangciso ezingcono zokuphunyezwa.

ULWAZI LOQHAGAMSHELWANO NAMASIPALA: 

UJason Donofrio, Isiseko soLwandle
P: +1 (202) 313-3178
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