Umlo ochasene nenkunkuma yolwandle

NguEmily Franc, uMdibaniso woPhando, iSiseko soLwandle

Ubutyobo baselwandle bufika ngeendlela ezininzi, ukusuka kwimpundu yecuba ukuya kwi-4,000 yeekhilogram ezishiyiweyo zokuloba.

Akukho mntu ukonwabela ukujonga unxweme olugcwele inkunkuma okanye ukuqubha ecaleni kwenkunkuma. Kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo asikonwabeli ukubona izilwanyana zaselwandle zisifa ngenxa yokuginya inkunkuma okanye ukubanjiswa kuyo. Ukuxhaphaka kwenkunkuma yaselwandle yingxaki eyaziwa kwihlabathi jikelele ekufuneka isonjululwe ngawo onke amazwe. Owona mthombo ungundoqo wobutyobo baselwandle, njengoko kungqinwe ngo-2009 i-UNEP yagunyazisa uphononongo olufuna izisombululo zentengiso kwinkunkuma yaselwandle.[1] yinkunkuma esekwe emhlabeni: inkunkuma elahliweyo ezitalatweni nakwimijelo yamanzi, ephetshethwa ngumoya okanye imvula eqhutyelwe kwimijelo, imijelo kwaye ekugqibeleni iye kwimo engqongileyo yesiqithi. Eminye imithombo yobutyobo baselwandle iquka ukulahlwa kwenkunkuma ngokungekho mthethweni kunye nolawulo olulambathayo lwendawo yokulahla inkunkuma. Inkunkuma esekwe emhlabeni nayo ifumana indlela yayo yokungena elwandle ukusuka kwiindawo ezihlala esiqithini ngenxa yezaqhwithi kunye neetsunami. Unxweme lwePasifiki lwaseUnited States lubona izixa ezikhulu zobutyobo obusuka kwinyikima etshabalalisayo ka-2011 kunye netsunami kumntla-mpuma weJapan ehlanjwa kunxweme lwethu.

Nyaka ngamnye, inkunkuma eselwandle ibulala ngaphezu kwesigidi esinye seentaka zaselwandle kunye ne-100,000 lezilwanyana zasemanzini ezanyisayo kunye nofudo xa ziginya okanye zizixakekise ngayo.

Iindaba ezimnandi zezokuba abantu kunye nemibutho bazama ukulwa le ngxaki. Ngokomzekelo, nge-21 ka-Agasti, i-2013 i-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ibhengeze ithuba elitsha lenkxaso-mali yokuxhasa imizamo yokucoca inkunkuma yaselwandle. Iyonke inkxaso-mali yenkqubo yi-2 yezigidi zeedola, apho balindele ukunika malunga ne-15 izibonelelo kwii-nonprofits ezifanelekileyo, ii-arhente zikarhulumente kuwo onke amanqanaba, oorhulumente bomthonyama baseMelika, kunye nemibutho yenzuzo, kwizixa ezisuka kwi-15,000 yeedola ukuya kwi-250,000 yeedola.

I-Ocean Foundation ingumxhasi oqinileyo wokucocwa kobutyobo ngonxweme ngeNgxowa-mali yeCode yoNxweme, ebonelelwa ngeminikelo yesisa evela kwi-Alaskan Brewing Company ukususela ngo-2007. Isiseko soLwandle kunye neewebhusayithi zeCODE zoNxweme[SM1] .

Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, le ngxowa-mali isenze ukuba sikwazi ukuxhasa iinzame eziqhubekayo ze-26 zasekuhlaleni, imibutho yoluntu kunye namawaka amavolontiya kunxweme lwePasifiki ukulungelelanisa imisebenzi yokucoca iilwandle, ukuphucula umgangatho wamanzi, ukubonelela ngemfundo malunga nokugcinwa nokugcinwa kolwandle, kunye nokuxhasa ukuloba okuzinzileyo. Umzekelo, sisanda kubonelela ngemali kwi-Alaska SeaLife Centre ekuxhaseni kwabo Iprojekthi yeGyres, umzamo wentsebenziswano kunye neMyuziyam yaseAnchorage ukubhala ukufikelela ngokugqithisileyo kobutyobo baselwandle kwindawo ekucingelwa ukuba zikude kwaye “ezingekachukunyiswa” ezingqonge iiAleutian Islands. Le ngxelo inefuthe isandula ukukhutshwa nguNatGeo kwaye inokujongwa ngokupheleleyo Apha.

Usuku lwaMazwe ngaMazwe lokuCoca iiNdawo ezingaseluNxwemeni lwenziwa minyaka le nge-21 kaSeptemba.

I-CODE kuNxweme ayixhasi nje ukucocwa kweelwandle kuphela, kodwa ikwamkele nendlela ezinzileyo yokuphila ngokwenza AMAZA. emele:

Walk, ibhayisekile okanye iseyile ukunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwegesi
Athethelela ulwandle lwethu kunye namanxweme ethu
Volunteer
Ekukutya kwaselwandle okuzinzileyo
Sfunda ulwazi lwakho

Isibhengezo se-NOAA lithuba elichulumancisayo lokuxhasa kunye nokuxhasa ngemali ingca, imisebenzi esekwe kuluntu eya kugcina iindawo zethu zokuhlala zaselwandle zingenankunkuma kwizilwanyana zaselwandle ezixhomekeke kwindawo ecocekileyo, esempilweni nengenankunkuma.

Yintoni ekufuneka uyazi malunga nokufaka isicelo sesibonelelo se-NOAA:

Isicelo sokugqibela: Novemba 1, 2013
igama:  FY2014 Ukususwa kobutyobo baseLwandle oluSekwe kuLuntu, iSebe lezoRhwebo
Inamba yokutrekha: NOAA-NMFS-HCPO-2014-2003849
ikhonkco: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=240334

Ngelixa sisebenzela izisombululo zokunciphisa iingxaki ezibangela ubugoxo baselwandle, kubalulekile ukukhusela uluntu lwethu lwaselwandle ngokuqhubeka sicoca ubumdaka bethu. Joyina umlo ochasene nenkunkuma yaselwandle kwaye uncede ukukhusela iilwandle zethu ngokunikela okanye ukufaka isicelo sesibonelelo namhlanje.