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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

Imbonakalo ephezulu yomoya weSaint Thomas kunye neNkosana, eAfrika
abantu abane bathatha iisampulu zeasidi yolwandle kwisikhephe
Ilogo yeBIOTTA

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:

Abantu ababini bathatha iisampulu zeasidi yolwandle kwisikhephe
  • 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