Amaqhawe aseCaribbean: Jamaica

nguMark J. Spalding, uMongameli we-Ocean Foundation

Ohambweni lwami oluningi kubonakala ngichitha isikhathi esiningi nabantu abathokozisayo emakamelweni enkomfa angenamafasitela kunasemanzini noma ezindaweni ezihlukene lapho abantu abakhathalela ulwandle besebenza khona. Uhambo lokugcina luka-April lwaluhlukile. Ngaba nenhlanhla yokuchitha isikhathi nabantu base- I-Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory, okuyindawo ecishe ibe yihora ukusuka esikhumulweni sezindiza sase-Jamaica e-Montego Bay. 

I-Lab iyindawo yeNyuvesi yase-West Indies futhi isebenza ngaphansi kwe-Centre for Marine Sciences, ephinde isingathe i-Caribbean Coastal Data Centre. I-Discovery Bay Marine Lab inikezelwe kukho kokubili ucwaningo nokufundisa abafundi kwi-biology, i-ecology, i-geology, i-hydrology, nezinye isayensi. Ngaphezu kwama-labs ayo, izikebhe, nezinye izinsiza, i-Discovery Bay iyikhaya legumbi elilodwa le-hyperbaric esiqhingini-imishini esiza abahlukahlukene ukuba balulame ekuguleni kokucindezeleka (okubuye kwaziwe ngokuthi "ukugoba").   

Phakathi kwezinjongo ze-Discovery Marine Lab wukusetshenziswa kocwaningo ekuphathweni okuthuthukisiwe kwendawo esengozini yogu yase-Jamaica. Izixhobo zase-Jamaica kanye namanzi aseduze nogu angaphansi kwengcindezi enkulu yokudoba. Ngenxa yalokho, kunezindawo ezimbalwa nezimbalwa lapho kutholakala khona izinhlobo ezinkulu, eziyigugu kakhulu. Akumele kuphela kwenziwe imizamo yokuhlonza ukuthi izindawo ezigcina amanzi olwandle kanye nezinhlelo zokuphatha eziqinile zingasiza kanjani izinhlelo zamatshe e-Jamaica ukuba zilulame, kodwa nengxenye yezempilo yabantu kufanele kubhekwane nayo. Emashumini ambalwa eminyaka adlule, kuye kwaba nezimo eziningi kakhulu zokugula okuwohlokayo kubadobi bamahhala be-diving njengoba bechitha isikhathi esiningi ngaphansi kwamanzi ekujuleni okukhulu ukuze kunxeshezelwe ukushoda kwezinhlanzi zamanzi angashoni, ama-lobster, nama-conch—indawo yokudoba evamile kakhulu. eyayisekela imiphakathi. 

Phakathi nokuvakasha kwami, ngahlangana noDkt. Dayne Buddo isazi se-Marine Biologist e-Marine Invasive Alien Species, uCamilo Trench, Isikhulu Esiyinhloko Sezesayensi, kanye noDenise Henry oyisazi se-Environmental Biologist. Njengamanje uyiSikhulu Sesayensi kwa-DBML, esebenza ku-Seagrass Restoration Project. Ngaphezu kokuvakasha okuningiliziwe kwezikhungo sichithe isikhathi sikhuluma ngekhabhoni eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kanye nemiklamo yazo yokuvuselela imihlume notshani basolwandle. Mina noDenise saba nengxoxo emnandi kakhulu uma siqhathanisa nesethu I-SeaGrass Khula izindlela nalezo ayezihlola e-Jamaica. Siphinde sakhuluma ngokuthi ingakanani impumelelo ababa nayo ekuvuneni i-Lion Fish ehlaselayo ezindaweni zabo eziwugwadule. Futhi, ngafunda ngenkulisa yabo yamakhorali kanye nezinhlelo zokwenza ukubuyiselwa kwamakhorali nokuthi kuhlobana kanjani nesidingo sokunciphisa ukungcola okugcwele izakhamzimba nokugeleza kanye nesici esivelele sokudoba ngokweqile. E-Jamaica, izindawo zokudoba zamatshe zisekela abadobi bezandla abangaba ngu-20,000, kodwa labo badobi bangase balahlekelwe indlela yokuziphilisa ngenxa yokuthi ulwandle selunciphe kakhulu kangakanani.

Ukuntuleka kwezinhlanzi okuwumphumela kubangela ukungalingani kwe-ecosystem okuholela ekubuseni kwezilwane ezidla amakhorali. Ngokudabukisayo, njengoba abangane bethu abasha be-DBML bazi, ukubuyisela izixhobo zamakhorali bazodinga inala yezinhlanzi nama-lobster, ezindaweni ezingathathwanga ngempumelelo; into ezothatha isikhathi ukuyifeza eJamaica. Sonke siqaphe impumelelo ye I-Bluefields Bay, indawo enkulu okungenwa kuyo ohlangothini olusentshonalanga yesiqhingi, ebonakala isiza ukusimama kwe-biomass. Eduze kwe-DBML kune- Indawo yezinhlanzi e-Oracabessa Bay, esiyivakashele. Incane, futhi ineminyaka embalwa kuphela ubudala. Ngakho kuningi okumelwe ukwenze. Okwamanje, uzakwethu u-Austin Bowden-Kerby, onguSosayensi Omkhulu e-Counterpart International, uthi abantu baseJamaica badinga ukuqoqa “izingcezwana zamakhorali ambalwa asekhona asinde ezifweni eziwumshayabhuqe zezifo kanye nezenzakalo eziba mhlophe (ziyingcebo yofuzo evumelaniswe nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu), futhi bese uzilimela ezindaweni ezigcina izingane— uzigcine uphila futhi ulungele ukutshalwa kabusha.”

Ngabona ukuthi ungakanani umsebenzi owenziwayo, nokuthi mkhulu kangakanani okudingeka wenziwe ukuze kusizwe abantu baseJamaica kanye nezinsiza zasolwandle umnotho wabo oncike kuzo. Kuhlala kukhuthaza ukuchitha isikhathi nabantu abazinikele njengabantu baseDiscovery Bay Marine Laboratory e-Jamaica.

buyekeza: Ezinye Izindawo Ezine Zezinhlanzi Ezizokwakhiwa nge I-Jamaican Information Service, Kwangathi 9, 2015

Ikhredithi Yesithombe: I-Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory, i-MJC Crabbe nge-Marine Photobank