Iimpawu zeNtsebenziswano:
Ummandla waseNtshona Afrika
Ukwakhiwa koMmandla kwi-Ocean Acidification Monitoring kwi-Gulf of Guinea (BIOTTA)
Xa i-TOF ithatha isigqibo sokunceda ukufundisa i-ocean acidification mini ikhosi ngo-2020 kwi-Coastal Ocean Ecosystem Summer School eGhana (COESSING), safumana iqabane elitsha kuGqr Edem Mahu, umhlohli weMarine Geochemistry kwiSebe leSayensi yaseLwandle kunye nezokuLoba. kwiDyunivesithi yaseGhana. Ukongeza ekuququzeleleni iiseshoni ze-COESSING kunye nokwenza uphando olwaziwayo kwihlabathi jikelele, uGqr. INtsebenziswano yokuQatshelwa kweGlobal Ocean (I-POGO) iprojekthi ebizwa ngokuba yi-Building Capacity in Ocean Acidification Monitoring kwi-Gulf of Guinea (BIOTTA).
I-TOF ijoyine ngokusesikweni ikomiti yeengcebiso yeBIOTTA kwaye ngexesha labasebenzi, imbeko, kunye nemali yezixhobo, i-TOF incedisa iBIOTTA nge:
- Ukuyila nokusasazwa kovavanyo lokuhlola ubume bomhlaba ukuchonga amandla asele ekhona nalapho kukho iimfuno ezingafezekanga
- Ukuchongwa kunye nokubandakanya abachaphazelekayo ukuxhasa iindlela zenkxaso yasekhaya neyengingqi ekujonganeni ne-asidi yolwandle, kunye nokudibanisa eli nyathelo kwiingqungquthela zengingqi ukuqonda ngokusesikweni iimfuno.
- Ukubonelela ngoqeqesho lwe-intanethi ukwazisa abaphandi, abafundi, abaphathi bemithombo, kunye nabenzi bomgaqo-nkqubo kwiziseko ze-asidi yolwandle, ukubeka iliso, kunye neendlela zovavanyo.
- Ukuthenga kunye nokuhambisa i-100k yeedola ze-GOA-ON kwiBhokisi yezixhobo kunye nokuqeqeshwa ngezandla kunye neengcali ukwenzela ukuba abaphandi baqhube umgangatho ophezulu wokubeka iliso kwi-acidification yolwandle kwimigangatho yehlabathi ngelixa bejongene nezikhewu zolwazi lwasekhaya.
Ikhredithi yeefoto: Benjamin Botwe
Ukwenza lo msebenzi, uGqr. Mahu kunye ne-TOF bakhokela iqela leeNgcaciso ezintlanu ezivela kwilizwe ngalinye kummandla weBIOTTA: eBenin, eCameroon, eCôte d'Ivoire, eGhana naseNigeria. Indawo nganye ekuGxilwe kuyo ibonelela ngegalelo ngexesha leentlanganiso zolungelelaniso, ifuna abathathi-nxaxheba abafanelekileyo, kwaye iya kukhokela uphuhliso lwezicwangciso zokuhlola ze-OA zesizwe.
Iprojekthi yeBIOTTA kukuqhubeka kweenzame ze-TOF zokubonelela izazinzulu, abenzi bomgaqo-nkqubo, kunye noluntu ngezixhobo abazidingayo ukuze baqonde kwaye baphendule kwi-acidification yolwandle. Ukususela ngoJanuwari 2022, i-TOF iqeqeshe ngaphezu kwe-250 izazinzulu kunye nabaqulunqi bomgaqo-nkqubo abavela kumazwe angaphezu kwama-25 kwaye babonelele ngaphezu kwe-$ 750,000 USD kwinkxaso yemali kunye nezixhobo zokusebenza. Ukubeka imali kunye nezixhobo ezandleni zeengcali zasekhaya kuqinisekisa ukuba ezi projekthi ziya kusabela kwiimfuno zasekhaya kwaye zigcinwe kwixesha elizayo.
Iqela:
- UGqr. Edem Mahu
- UGqirha Benjamin Botwe
- UMnu Ulrich Joel Bilounga
- UGqr. Francis Asuqou
- UGqr. Mobio Abaka Brice Hervé
- UGqr. Zacharie Sohou
Ikhredithi yeefoto: Benjamin Botwe