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Ukwakha Amandla E-Ocean Acidification Monitoring e-Gulf of Guinea (BIOTTA)
Lapho i-TOF inquma ukusiza ukufundisa isifundo esincane se-ocean acidification ngo-2020 e-Coastal Ocean Ecosystem Summer School e-Ghana (COESSING), sathola uzakwethu omusha kuDkt. Edem Mahu, umfundisi we-Marine Geochemistry eMnyangweni Wesayensi Yasolwandle Nezokudoba. weNyuvesi yaseGhana. Ngaphezu kokuhlela amaseshini e-COESSING nokwenza ucwaningo olwamukelwa umhlaba wonke, uDkt. Mahu uhola iqembu Ubambiswano lwe-Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO) iphrojekthi ebizwa nge-Building Capacity in Ocean Acidification Monitoring eGulf of Guinea (BIOTTA).
I-TOF ijoyine ngokusemthethweni ikomiti elilulekayo le-BIOTTA futhi ngesikhathi sabasebenzi, i-honoraria, nezimali zemishini, i-TOF isiza i-BIOTTA ngalokhu:
- Ukuklama nokusabalalisa inhlolovo yokuhlola indawo ukuze kutholwe amandla akhona nalapho kunezidingo ezingafezeki
- Ukuhlonza kanye nokubandakanya ababambiqhaza ukuze kuqiniswe izindlela zokwesekwa kwendawo kanye nesifunda ekubhekaneni ne-acidity yolwandle, kanye nokuxhumanisa lesi sinyathelo nezingqungquthela zesifunda ukuze kuqashelwe ngokusemthethweni izidingo.
- Ukunikeza ukuqeqeshwa okuku-inthanethi ukwethula abacwaningi, abafundi, abaphathi bezinsiza, kanye nabenzi bezinqubomgomo eziyisisekelo ze-acidification olwandle, ukuqapha, kanye nezindlela zokuhlola
- Ukuthola nokuletha u-$100k we-GOA-ON Ebhokisini kanye nokuqeqeshwa kochwepheshe ukuze abacwaningi bakwazi ukwenza ukuqapha kwekhwalithi ephezulu ye-acidity yolwandle kumazinga omhlaba ngenkathi kubhekwa izikhala zolwazi lwasendaweni.
Ikhredithi Yesithombe: Benjamin Botwe
Ukuze benze lo msebenzi, uDkt. Mahu kanye ne-TOF bahola ithimba lama-Focal Points amahlanu avela emazweni angaphansi kwe-BIOTTA: i-Benin, i-Cameroon, i-Côte d'Ivoire, iGhana, neNigeria. I-Focal Point ngayinye ihlinzeka ngemibono phakathi nemihlangano yokudidiyela, inxenxa abadlali abafanelekile, futhi izohola ukuthuthukiswa kwezinhlelo zokuqapha ze-OA zikazwelonke.
Iphrojekthi ye-BIOTTA iwukuqhutshekwa kwemizamo ye-TOF yokuhlinzeka ososayensi, abenzi bezinqubomgomo, nemiphakathi ngamathuluzi abawadingayo ukuze baqonde futhi baphendule ekuguqulweni kwe-acid olwandle. Kusukela ngoJanuwari 2022, i-TOF isiqeqeshe ososayensi nabenzi benqubomgomo abangaphezu kuka-250 abavela emazweni angaphezu kwangu-25 futhi yanikeza ngaphezu kuka-$750,000 USD ekusekelweni okuqondile kwezezimali nemishini. Ukubeka imali kanye namathuluzi ezandleni zochwepheshe bendawo kuqinisekisa ukuthi le miklamo izosabela ezidingweni zendawo futhi iqhubekele phambili esikhathini esizayo.
Iqembu:
- UDkt Edem Mahu
- UDkt Benjamin Botwe
- UMnu Ulrich Joel Bilounga
- UDkt. Francis Asuqou
- UDkt. Mobio Abaka Brice Hervé
- UDkt. Zacharie Sohou
Ikhredithi Yesithombe: Benjamin Botwe
