Yenza ilizwi lakho liviwe kwaye ukhusele izikhumbuzo zethu zeSizwe zaseLwandle

Ngelixa abantu baseMelika bebebhiyozela iNyanga yoLwandlekazi lweSizwe ngoJuni kwaye bechitha ihlobo emanzini okanye kufutshane namanzi, iSebe lezoRhwebo laqala ukucela izimvo zoluntu ukuba liphonononge uninzi lweendawo ezibaluleke kakhulu zolondolozo lwaselwandle kwisizwe sethu. Uphononongo lungakhokelela ekuncitshisweni kobukhulu be-11 yeendawo zethu zokulondoloza zaselwandle kunye nezikhumbuzo. Iyalelwe nguMongameli uTrump, olu hlaziyo luya kugxila ekutyunjweni kunye nokwandiswa kweendawo ezingcwele zaselwandle kunye nezikhumbuzo zaselwandle ukususela ngo-Aprili 28, 2007.

Ukusuka eNew England ukuya eKhalifoniya, malunga neehektare ezingama-425,000,000 zomhlaba, amanzi, kunye nonxweme zisemngciphekweni.

Izikhumbuzo zaseLwandle zeSizwe kunye neeNdawo zeSizwe zaseLwandle ziyafana kuba zombini ziindawo zaselwandle ezikhuselweyo. Noko ke, kukho umahluko kwindlela iitempile namatye ezikhumbuzo amiselwa ngayo kwanemithetho amiselwa phantsi kwayo. Izikhumbuzo zeSizwe zaseLwandle zivame ukulawulwa ngamaqumrhu karhulumente, njenge-Oceanic yeSizwe kunye noLawulo lwe-Atmospheric (NOAA), okanye iSebe lezangaphakathi, umzekelo. IiNdawo zeSizwe zaseLwandle zichongwe yi-NOAA okanye iCongress kwaye zilawulwa yi-NOAA.

INkqubo yeSizwe yeMonument yaseLwandle kunye neNkqubo yeSizwe yeeNdawo zaseLwandle izama ukuqonda kunye nokukhusela ubutyebi bendalo kunye nenkcubeko ngophuhliso lokuhlola, uphando lwezenzululwazi, kunye nemfundo yoluntu malunga nexabiso lale mimandla. Ngelitye lesikhumbuzo okanye indawo engcwele, ezi ndawo zaselwandle zifumana zombini uqwalaselo oluphezulu nokhuseleko. Inkqubo yeMonument yeSizwe yaseLwandle kunye neNkqubo yeSizwe yeNdawo yaseLwandle isebenzisana nabachaphazelekayo bengingqi kunye nabachaphazelekayo kunye namaqabane ukuze kukhuselwe kakuhle ubutyebi baselwandle kule mimandla. Lilonke, kukho malunga ne-130 iindawo ezikhuselweyo e-US ezibhalwe njengezikhumbuzo zelizwe. Noko ke, uninzi lwazo ngamatye ezikhumbuzo asemhlabeni. UMongameli kunye neNkongolo banakho ukuseka ilitye lesikhumbuzo lesizwe. Ngokubhekiselele kwi-13 National Marine Sanctuaries, ezo zasekwa nguMongameli, iCongress, okanye uNobhala weSebe lezoRhwebo. Amalungu oluntu angatyumba iindawo zokutyunjwa kweendawo ezingcwele.

AbaMongameli bethu abambalwa abadlulileyo abavela kumaqela omabini ezopolitiko banike ukhuseleko kwiindawo ezizodwa zenkcubeko, zembali, kunye nendalo yaselwandle. NgoJuni ka-2006, uMongameli uGeorge W. Bush wonyula iPapahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. UBush ukhokele iliza elitsha lolondolozo lwaselwandle. Ngaphantsi kolawulo lwakhe, iindawo ezingcwele ezimbini zandiswa: iiChannel Islands kunye neMonterey Bay eCalifornia. UMongameli u-Obama wandisa iindawo ezingcwele ezine: I-Cordell Bank kunye ne-Greater Farallones e-California, i-Thunder Bay e-Michigan kunye ne-National Marine Sanctuary yase-American Samoa. Ngaphambi kokushiya isikhundla, u-Obama akazange nje andise izikhumbuzo zePapahānaumokuākea kunye neZiqithi ezikude zasePasifiki, kodwa waphinda wenza iSikhumbuzo soLwandle lweSizwe sokuqala kuLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki ngoSeptemba ka-2016: iNortheast Canyons kunye neeSeamounts.

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I-Northeast Canyons kunye ne-Seamounts Marine National Monument, yi-4,913 yeemayile zesikwere, kwaye iqulethe imiwonyo, iikorale, iintaba-mlilo ezitshabaleleyo, iminenga esengozini yokuphela, amafudo olwandle, kunye nezinye iintlobo zezilwanyana ezingafumaneki kwenye indawo. Lo mmandla awuxhatshazwa kushishino lokuloba, imigodi, okanye ukugrumba. KwiPasifiki, amatye ezikhumbuzo amane, iMariana’s Trench, iPacific Remote Islands, iRose Atoll, kunye nePapahānaumokuākea zibandakanya ngaphezulu kwe330,000 yeemayile zesikweri zamanzi. Ngokumalunga neendawo ezingcwele zaselwandle, iNational Marine Sanctuary System yenza ngaphezu kweekhilomitha ezingama-783,000 zesikwere.

Esinye sezizathu ezininzi zokuba ezi zikhumbuzo zibalulekile kukuba zisebenza njenge “amadama akhuselweyo okomelela”. Njengoko utshintsho lwemozulu lusiba yingxaki enkulu ngakumbi, kuya kuba yimfuneko ukuba kubekho la madama akhuselweyo. Ngokuseka izikhumbuzo zelizwe, i-US ikhusela le mimandla enovakalelo lwendalo. Kwaye ukukhusela ezi ndawo kuthumela umyalezo wokuba xa sikhusela ulwandle, sikhusela ukhuseleko lokutya kwethu, uqoqosho lwethu, ukuzonwabisa kwethu, uluntu lwethu olunxwemeni, njl.

Jonga ngezantsi kweminye imizekelo ekhethekileyo yeepaki eziluhlaza zaseMelika ezisongelwa lolu hlaziyo. Kwaye okona kubalulekileyo, Ngenisa izimvo zakho namhlanje kwaye sikhusele ubutyebi bethu obuphantsi kwamanzi. Amagqabaza alindeleke ngo-Agasti 15.

Papahānaumokuākea

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Esi sikhumbuzo sithe qelele sesinye sezona zikhulu emhlabeni - sibandakanya phantse i-583,000 yeekhilomitha zeekhilomitha zoLwandlekazi lwePasifiki. Iingqaqa zekorale ezibanzi zitsala ngaphezu kwe-7,000 yezilwanyana zaselwandle ezifana nofudo oluluhlaza olusengozini kunye ne-monk seal yaseHawaii.
IiCanyons ezikuMntla-mpuma kunye neeSeamounts

Ukolula malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-4,900 zeekhilomitha - akukho nkulu kunombuso waseConnecticut - esi sikhumbuzo siqulethe umtya wemiwonyo engaphantsi kwamanzi. Likhaya kwiinkulungwane zakudala zekorale ezifana nekorale emnyama enzulu yolwandle eyaqala kwiminyaka engama-4,000 eyadlulayo.
Channel Islands

Ibekwe kude nonxweme lwaseCarlifonia kukho ubuncwane bezinto zakudala ezizaliswe yimbali enzulu yaselwandle kunye neentlobo ngeentlobo zezinto eziphilayo ezimangalisayo. Le ndawo ingcwele yaselwandle yenye yezona paki zindala eziluhlaza, ezigubungela i-1,490 yeemayile zesikwere zamanzi - zibonelela ngeendawo zokutya zasendle ezifana neminenga engwevu.

IiKhredithi zeFoto: NOAA, iiNkonzo zeNtlanzi zase-US kunye nezilwanyana zasendle, i-Wikipedia