Gcina intshukumo ihambela phambili

Siyayazi into esemngciphekweni. Ngaphezulu kweekhilomitha ezingama-50 zesikweri seekhilomitha zezityalo nezilwanyana ezahlukahlukeneyo ezizaliswe lilifa lesizwe ngokungafaniyo nayo nayiphi na enye into ehlabathini. IMallows Bay, ikhaya kumakhulukhulu eenqanawa zomphunga eziye zatshona zibuyela kwiMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala, mva nje ibe likhaya lezilwanyana zasendle ezityebileyo kunye nendawo yokuzonwabisa yasehlathini yokuzonwabisa yohlobo lwabantu abahamba ngeekayaker rhoqo, abalobi kunye nabakhenkethi. Kodwa kutheni kufuneka sikhathalele kangaka malunga nesiphumo sesigqibo sayo semeko yeNational Marine Sanctuary (NMS) evela kwiNOAA?

Nanjengoko sinethemba lokuba iya kuba yenye yeendawo zokuqala ezichongiweyo kuzwelonke kwiminyaka eli-15, iMallows Bay yilabhoratri ephilayo ye-ecosystem yeidyunivesithi zengingqi kunye nophando lwamanzi kunye nentaphane yabafundi abafunda ngebhayoloji kunye nesayensi yokusingqongileyo kuhambo lokufunda esikolweni. Ukutyunjwa kuya kuguqula indawo ibe ngumtsalane osemthethweni, imema abatyeleli ukuba basebenzise imbali yaso, iminikelo yokuzonwabisa kunye nobuhle bendalo. Uqoqosho olungqonge iMallows Bay luyakubona ukonyuka kwengeniso ngokunjalo¹.

Ngomhla wesi-7 kuMatshi, i-NOAA yabamba intlanganiso kawonke-wonke eLa Plata (MD) ukuva iingcamango zabavoti malunga nokuba sesiphi isicwangciso esilungele ukutyunjwa okulindileyo.². Urhatya lugxininise umceli-mngeni othi umgaqo-nkqubo woluntu uqubisane nomba kunye nezisombululo ezifanelekileyo zingengobantu abamnyama nabamhlophe. Abasebenzi basemanzini, ngokuchasene nommandla omkhulu okhuselweyo, babonise ukunyanzeliswa, bevakalisa inkxalabo malunga nefuthe lommiselo ekufikeleleni korhwebo lokuloba kunye nokuma ngokhetho lwabo lwe-“Alternative A” – akukho bume bobungcwele.³. Kwelinye icala, ootitshala, abaphandi kunye nabahlali-abaxhalabileyo ngongcoliseko lwaseChesapeake-banoloyiko lokuba igama elikhazimlayo lingajika iMallows Bay ibe luphawu, yenze kancinci kwimiba yokusingqongileyo kunye noqoqosho lwendalo.⁴.

Ukhuselo lomanyano lwaseMallows Bay, olwakhe lwabonwa ngokubanzi ukuba luvunyiwe ngokwemvumelwano, ngoku lujongwe ngakumbi. Andikwazi ukukuxelela ukuba kutheni wena njengomntu kufuneka uzikhathalele, okanye yintoni eyenza iMallows Bay ibaluleke kwintsingiselo yobomi bakho okanye indlela eyixhasa ngayo imilinganiselo yakho. Ukuchongwa kweNational Marine Sanctuary eMallows Bay kubonisa amandla esinawo njengabemi okugxininisa amazwi ethu kumkhosi okwaziyo ukuphembelela isenzo. IMallows Bay ibe yindawo ehlonitshwayo ekuyo, hayi yodwa, kodwa ngenxa yokuba abo bathembele kuyo kudala beyiqonda intsingiselo kunye nexabiso layo.

Andinazo iimpendulo ezigqibeleleyo kwezi zinto zixhalabisayo, kwaye ndinqwenela ukuba ngendenze njalo. Kuyenzeka ukuba igama lendawo engcwele linike iMallows ukhuseleko olungaphezulu kunokuba abanye bengathanda, ngaphandle kweentlobo ezithile zemisebenzi kunye nokutsala abanye. Kodwa ubuncinci, inkqubo iye yasuka phezulu, ibonakalisa abachaphazelekayo abohlukeneyo abavakalisa izimvo zabo. Kubo bonke abakholelwa ukuba isiphumo sibi, kuya kuba ngathi iminqweno yabo ayiviwanga, izimvo zabo kunye neenkxalabo zabo azithathelwa ngqalelo.

Kum, ngokuhambelana nenkolelo yam yokubakho kolungelelwaniso olulungileyo lomntu kunye neendawo zokuhlala zendalo, iMallows Bay ichaza umboniso wobuhle bemfundo yokusingqongileyo. Eyona nto iboniswa zezi ntlanganiso zikawonke-wonke kukwahluka kakhulu kweenqobo ezisemgangathweni zomntu ngamnye kunye nemo eguqukayo yengxoxo-mpikiswano ekulawuleni intlanganisela yethu yelifa lemveli-imithombo yethu yoluntu. Nokuba sithini na isiphumo, kufuneka sithathele ingqalelo impumelelo yenkqubo yoluntu, ukuba isigqibo senziwe ngeendlebe ezivulekileyo kunye neyona nto ilungileyo engqondweni. Ukungafihlisi kwaveza ukubaluleka, hayi eMallows Bay kuphela kodwa nokugcinwa kobutyebi boluntu ngokubanzi – koko sikuzuzayo xa onke amazwi, nendalo nembali, eviwa.

Ixesha lokuphawula kwi-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary yesiphakamiso se-NOAA sivala ngoMatshi 31. Sele kukho izimvo ze-700, kunye nokunye okuzayo, kuquka neyakho! Liviwe ilizwi lakho Apha.

1 http://chesapeakeconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Mallows-Bay-DEIS-Highlights.pdf 
2 http://www.somdnews.com/independent/sports/outdoors/why-so-much-for-mallows-bay/article_3a0a671d-0cfd-5724-99af-6d6522b2cd31.html 
3 http://www.bayjournal.com/article/plan_to_protect_ghost_fleet_on_potomac_river_hits_rough_water