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Indlela abahlali baseVieques, ePuerto Rico abaqhuba kakuhle ngayo ngaphantsi kweminyaka emithathu emva kokufumana isaqhwithi esibi kwiminyaka engama-89.

NgoSeptemba ka-2017, ihlabathi libukele njengoko uluntu lweziqithi kwiCaribbean luzama ukufumana enye, kodwa ezimbini kwiinkanyamba ze-5; iindlela zabo zinqumla kuLwandle lweCaribbean kwisithuba seeveki ezimbini.

Kweza kuqala iNkanyamba uIrma, kwaza kwalandela iNkanyamba uMaria. Zombini zatshabalalisa umntla-mpuma weCaribbean- ngakumbi iDominica, iSaint Croix kunye nePuerto Rico. IMaria namhlanje igqalwa njengeyona ntlekele yemvelo imbi kwezakha zachaphazela ezo ziqithi. Vieques, ePuerto Rico waya INYANGA EZISIBHOZO ngaphandle kwalo naluphi na uhlobo lwamandla athembekileyo, azingisayo. Ukuyibeka ngokwembono, amandla abuyiselwe ubuncinci kwi-95% yabathengi ngaphakathi kwe-13 yeentsuku ze-Superstorm Sandy eNew York kwaye kwiveki enye emva kweNkanyamba uHarvey eTexas. I-Viequenses yahamba isibini kwisithathu sonyaka ngaphandle kokukwazi ukutshisa ngokunyanisekileyo izitovu zabo, ukukhanyisa amakhaya abo okanye izixhobo ze-elektroniki zamandla naluphi na uhlobo. Uninzi lwethu namhlanje alunakwazi ukuba iphathwa njani ibhetri ye-iPhone efileyo, singasathethi ke ngokuqinisekisa ukuba ukutya kunye namayeza bekukufikelelo lwethu. Njengoko uluntu lwalufuna ukwakha kwakhona, inyikima enkulu ye-6.4 yabetha iPuerto Rico ngoJanuwari 2020. Kwaye ngoMatshi, ihlabathi laqala ukulwa nobhubhane wehlabathi. 

Ngayo yonke into echaphazela isiqithi saseVieques kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, unokucinga ukuba umoya woluntu uya kuphulwa. Ukanti, kumava ethu, iye yomelela kuphela. Kulapha phakathi kwamahashe asendle, amafudo aselwandle atya ingca kunye nokutshona kwelanga okuorenji okuqaqambileyo. uluntu lweenkokeli ezinamandla, ukwakha izizukulwana zabalondolozi bexesha elizayo.

Ngeendlela ezininzi, akufanele simangaliswe. I-Viequenses ngabasindileyo - iminyaka engaphezu kwe-60 yokuqhuba umkhosi kunye novavanyo lwe-artillery, iinkanyamba rhoqo, ixesha elongezelelweyo lemvula encinci okanye engekho, ukuthutha okungahambi kakuhle kwaye akukho sibhedlele okanye izibonelelo zempilo ezaneleyo zibe yinto eqhelekileyo. Kwaye ngelixa i-Vieques yenye yezona ndawo zihlwempuzekileyo kunye nezona zincinci-mali-mali-kwiindawo zasePuerto Rico, nazo zinawona mabhishi amahle kakhulu eCaribbean, iibhedi ezinzulu zolwandle, amahlathi e-mangrove kunye neentyatyambo kunye nezilwanyana ezisengozini. Ikwalikhaya I-Bahía Bioluminiscente - eyona ndawo iqaqambileyo yebhayoluminescent bay ehlabathini, kwaye kwezinye imimangaliso yesibhozo yehlabathi.  

Amaphecana amaninzi okukhusela ama-mangrove kunye ne-seagrasses atshatyalaliswa ngexesha leNkanyamba uMaria, eshiya iindawo ezinkulu ezixhomekeke ekukhukulisekeni okuqhubekayo. Imangrove ejikelezileyo yeBay inceda ukukhusela ulungelelwaniso oluthambileyo oluvumela into ephilayo enoxanduva lokukhanya kukhazimlayo - okubizwa ngokuba yi-dinoflagellates okanye Pyrodinium bahamense - ukuphumelela. Ukhukuliseko, ukuthotywa kwe-mangrove kunye nokutshintsha kwe-morphology kuthetha ukuba ezi dinoflagellate zinokukhutshelwa elwandle. Ngaphandle kokungenelela, iBay yayisemngciphekweni "wokuba mnyama" kunye nayo, kungekhona nje indawo ekhangayo, kodwa inkcubeko yonke kunye noqoqosho oluxhomekeke kuyo.

Ngelixa ingumzobo we-ecotourism, i-bioluminescent dinoflagellate ikwadlala indima ephambili kwindalo. Zizinto eziphilayo ezincinci zaselwandle eziluhlobo lweplankton, okanye izinto eziphilayo ezithwalwa ngamaza namaza. Njenge-phytoplankton, i-dinoflagellates ngabavelisi abaphambili ababonelela ngezixa ezikhulu zamandla ukuseka isiseko sewebhu yokutya elwandle.

Kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo ngendima yam kwi-Ocean Foundation, ndizifumene ndinethamsanqa ngokwaneleyo lokusebenza nolu luntu. Inkwenkwe yasentlango e-Arizona, bendifunda imimangaliso kuphela ngumntu osuka esiqithini onokufundisa. Okukhona sibandakanyeka, ngakumbi ndibona indlela iVieques Trust ayiyona nje intlangano yolondolozo, kodwa le Umbutho wabahlali onoxanduva lokusebenzela phantse wonke umntu ngamnye kubahlali abamalunga ne-9,300 abahlala esiqithini ngandlel' ithile. Ukuba uhlala eVieques, uyazi kakuhle abasebenzi babo kunye nabafundi. Mhlawumbi unikele ngemali, iimpahla okanye ixesha lakho. Kwaye ukuba unengxaki, kusenokwenzeka ukuba ubafowunele kuqala.

Phantse iminyaka emithathu, i-Ocean Foundation isebenze kwisiqithi ngokuphendula uMaria. Siye sakwazi ukufumana inkxaso ebalulekileyo kubaxhasi ngabanye kunye neentshatsheli eziphambili kwi-JetBlue Airways, i-Columbia Sportswear, i-Rockefeller Capital Management, i-11th Hour Racing kunye ne-New York Community Trust. Emva kokungenelela ngokukhawuleza, siye safuna inkxaso ebanzi yokubuyisela okongeziweyo, imvume kunye nokucwangciswa kweenkqubo zemfundo yolutsha lwasekuhlaleni ngekonsathi kunye namaqabane ethu eVieques Trust. Kuloo sukelo safumana ithamsanqa ebesingenakucingelwa ukuba lokudibana AMALUNGA/ IZINTO.

AMALUNGA/ IZINTO zasekwa kwiminyaka emithathu edlulileyo ngenjongo yokuxhasa abantu, iplanethi nezilwanyana. Into yokuqala esiyiqapheleyo kukuqonda kwabo okukodwa kokudibana kweendlela ekufanele kube khona kwisisa. Ngokusebenzisa le njongo yokubambisana ukutyalomali kwizixhobo zendalo zokujongana nokutshintsha kwemozulu - ngelixa likwaxhasa uluntu lwasekuhlaleni njengento eqhuba utshintsho - ukudibanisa kwiVieques Trust kunye nokugcinwa kweMosquito Bay kwacaca kuthi sonke. Undoqo yayiyindlela yokuphumeza nokubalisa ibali ukuze abanye baliqonde.

Bekuya kuba kuhle ngokwaneleyo ukuba WELL/BEINGS ukuxhasa iprojekthi ngokwezemali - bendikuphuhliso iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi kwaye oko kuqhelekile. Kodwa eli xesha lahlukile: Akunjalo kuphela i-WELL / BEINGS ithathe inxaxheba eyongeziweyo ekuchongeni iindlela ezongezelelweyo zokuxhasa amaqabane ethu, kodwa abasunguli banquma ukuba bekufanelekile ukutyelela ukuqonda iimfuno zendawo kuluntu ngokwalo. Sonke sagqiba ekubeni senze ifilimu kwaye sibhale umsebenzi ongakholelekiyo weVieques Trust owenzayo ukugcina iBay, ukubonisa indawo eqaqambileyo ukusuka kuluntu olunebali elifanele ukuxelela. Ngaphandle koko, kukho izinto ezimbi kakhulu onokuthi uzenze ngobomi bakho njengoko siphuma kubhubhani wehlabathi liphela kunokuchitha iintsuku ezintlanu kwenye yezona ndawo zintle emhlabeni.

Emva kokutyelela i-Vieques Trust kunye neenkqubo zabo zoluntu ezibonakala zingenasiphelo kunye neenkqubo zemfundo yolutsha, siye saya eBay ukuze sibone umsebenzi kunye ne-bioluminescence ngokwethu. Ukuhamba ngokufutshane kwindlela emdaka yasikhokelela kwincam yeBay. Sifike kwindawo yokuvulwa kweenyawo ezingama-20 kwaye samkelwa ngabakhenkethi abanobuchule abaxhotyiswe ngokupheleleyo ngeebhatyi zobomi, izibane zentloko kunye noncumo olukhulu.

Kwi-Bay, iintlantsi ze-bioluminescent zadanisa okomlilokazi omncinane ngaphantsi kwe-kayak yethu ecocekileyo njengoko sasibheqa ebumnyameni. Okukhona sibhexa ngokukhawuleza, kokukhona badanisa ngakumbi kwaye ngequbuliso kwabakho iinkwenkwezi phezulu kunye neenkwenkwezi ngaphantsi - umlingo wawusijikeleza macala onke. La mava ayesisikhumbuzo sento esisebenzela ukuyigcina kwaye siyixabise, indlela ekubaluleke ngayo ukuba ngamnye wethu adlale indima yakhe kwaye sekunjalo - indlela esingabalulekanga ngayo xa sithelekiswa namandla kunye nemfihlakalo yendalo kamama.

Iibheyi zeBioluminescent zinqabile kakhulu namhlanje. Ngelixa inani elichanekileyo lixoxwa kakhulu, kuyamkelwa kakhulu ukuba bangaphantsi kweshumi elinesibini kwihlabathi liphela. Ukanti iPuerto Rico ilikhaya lesithathu kubo. Babengasoloko benqabile ngolu hlobo; Iirekhodi zenzululwazi zibonisa ukuba bekukho okuninzi ngaphambi kokuba uphuhliso olutsha luguqule imbonakalo yomhlaba kunye nenkqubo yendalo engqongileyo.

Kodwa eVieques, iBay ikhanya ubusuku bonke kwaye unokubona ngokoqobo kwaye uzive yomelele kangakanani le ndawo ngokwenene. Kulapha, kunye namaqabane ethu kwi-Vieques Conservation kunye neMbali Trust, ukuba sikhunjuzwe ukuba kuya kuhlala kunjalo kuphela ukuba sithatha inyathelo elihlangeneyo ukuyikhusela..