Ulwandle luthumele Iimpawu zoMsi kwiveki ephelileyo. Masiphulaphule.

NgoLwesihlanu, umhla we-2 kaJulayi, ukuvuza kwerhasi kwintshona yeYucatan Peninsula yaseMexico yaphuma kumbhobho ongaphantsi kwamanzi, okukhokelela ekubeni umlilo ovuthayo phezu kolwandle. 

Umlilo ucime malunga neyure ezintlanu emva koko. kodwa amadangatye aqaqambileyo abila ukuya kutsho kumphezulu weGulf of Mexico sesinye isikhumbuzo sendlela eceketheke ngayo inkqubo yendalo yethu yolwandle. 

Iintlekele ezifana naleyo siyibonileyo kuLwesihlanu odlulileyo isibonisa, phakathi kwezinto ezininzi, ukubaluleka kokulinganisa ngokufanelekileyo imingcipheko yokukhupha ubuncwane elwandle. Olu hlobo lokutsalwa luyanda kakhulu, ludala uxinzelelo olongezelelekileyo kwi-ikhosistim ebalulekileyo esixhomekeke kuyo sonke. Ukusuka kwi-Exxon Valdez ukuya kwi-BP Deepwater Horizon ioli yokuchitheka, kubonakala ngathi sinobunzima bokufunda isifundo sethu. Nangona iPetróleos Mexicanos, eyaziwa ngokuba yiPemex - inkampani ejongene nesi siganeko samva nje - inerekhodi eyaziwayo yeengozi ezinkulu kwiindawo zayo kunye nemithombo yeoli, kubandakanywa ukuqhuma okubulalayo kwi-2012, 2013 kunye ne-2016.

Ulwandle luxhasa ubomi bomhlaba wethu. Ukugubungela i-71% yesijikelezi-langa sethu, ulwandle sesona sixhobo sisebenzayo somhlaba ukulawula imozulu yethu, izindlu ze-phytoplankton ezinoxanduva ubuncinane lwe-50% ye-oksijini yethu, kwaye ibambe i-97% yamanzi omhlaba. Ibonelela ngomthombo wokutya kwiibhiliyoni zabantu, ixhasa intabalala yobomi, kwaye idala izigidi zemisebenzi kukhenketho nakwicandelo lezokuloba. 

Xa sikhusela ulwandle, ulwandle luyasikhusela. Kwaye isiganeko seveki ephelileyo sisifundise oku: ukuba siza kusebenzisa ulwandle ukuphucula impilo yethu, kufuneka kuqala sijongane nezoyikiso kwimpilo yolwandle. Kufuneka sibe ngamagosa olwandle.

Kwi-Ocean Foundation, sinebhongo kakhulu ngokubamba ngaphezulu Iiprojekthi ezingama-50 ezizodwa ethatha iindidi ngeendidi zeenzame zolondolozo lwaselwandle ukongezelela ezethu amalinge angundoqo ezijolise ekujonganeni ne-asidi yolwandle, ukuqhubela phambili izisombululo zekhabhoni eziluhlaza ezisekwe kwindalo, kunye nokujongana nengxaki yongcoliseko lweplastiki. Sisebenza njengesiseko soluntu solwandle kuphela, kuba siyazi ukuba ulwandle luhlabathi kwaye lufuna uluntu lwamazwe ngamazwe ukuba luphendule kwizoyikiso ezivelayo.

Ngelixa sinombulelo ukuba akukho nzakala ngoLwesihlanu odlulileyo, siyazazi iziphumo ezipheleleyo zokusingqongileyo kwesi sehlo, njengezinto ezininzi ezenzekileyo ngaphambili, aziyi kuqondwa ngokupheleleyo kumashumi eminyaka - ukuba kunjalo. Ezi ntlekele ziya kuqhubeka zisenzeka ukuba nje sityeshela uxanduva lwethu njengamagosa olwandle kwaye sibona ngokudibeneyo ukubaluleka okubalulekileyo kokukhusela nokulondoloza ulwandle lwethu lwehlabathi. 

Isilumkisi somlilo siyakhala; lixesha lokuba simamele.