I-Ocean Sustainability kanye Nokuphathwa Kwezinsiza Zomhlaba

U-Mark J. Spalding, uMongameli we-The Ocean Foundation

Ngenyanga edlule ngaya edolobheni eliyitheku laseKiel, inhloko-dolobha yesifunda saseJalimane iSchleswig-Holstein. Ngangikhona ukuze ngibambe iqhaza I-Ocean Sustainability Science Symposium. Njengengxenye yeseshini yomhlangano wasekuseni wokuqala, indima yami kwakuwukukhuluma “ngezilwandle ezise-Anthropocene – Ukusuka Ekubhidlikeni Kwezixhobo Zamakhorali kuye Ekuphakameni Kwezinsalela Zepulasitiki.” Ukulungiselela lolu chungechunge kungivumele ukuba ngiphinde ngicabange ngobudlelwano bomuntu nolwandle, futhi ngilwele ukufingqa esikwenzayo nalokho okudingeka sikwenze.

Kudingeka siguqule indlela esiphatha ngayo ulwandle. Uma siyeka ukulimaza ulwandle, luzolulama ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ngaphandle kosizo oluvela kithi. Siyazi ukuthi sikhipha izinto ezinhle kakhulu olwandle, futhi sifaka izinto ezimbi kakhulu. Futhi ngokwandayo, senza lokho ngokushesha kunokuba ulwandle lungakwazi ukuphinda lugcwalise izinto ezinhle futhi lululame kokubi. Kusukela ngeMpi Yezwe II, izinto ezimbi ziye zanda kancane kancane. Okubi nakakhulu, ukwanda kwawo akugcini nje ngokuba nobuthi, kodwa futhi akunakubola (ngokuqinisekile kunoma yisiphi isikhathi esifanele). Imifudlana ehlukahlukene yepulasitiki, ngokwesibonelo, iya olwandle nasezindaweni zemifula, iqoqana ngamagiya amahlanu bese ihlukana ibe izingcezu ezincane ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Lezo zingcezu zithola indlela yazo ohlelweni lokudla lwezilwane nabantu ngokufanayo. Ngisho namakhorali atholakala edla lezi zingcezu ezincane zepulasitiki—amunca ubuthi, amabhaktheriya nama-virus awacoshile futhi awavimba.ukumuncwa kwenkosi kwezakhi zangempela. Lolu uhlobo lomonakalo okufanele lugwenywe ngenxa yazo zonke izinto eziphilayo emhlabeni.

Sinokuncika okungenakugwemeka nokungenakuphikwa ezinsizeni zasolwandle, ngisho noma ulwandle lungekho ngempela lapha ukuze sisisize. Uma siqhubeka nokusekela ukukhula komnotho womhlaba olwandle, futhi njengoba abenzi benqubomgomo abathile bebheke olwandle "ukukhula okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka" okusha kufanele:

• Lwela ukungenzi umonakalo
• Dala amathuba okubuyisela impilo yolwandle nokulinganisela
• Khipha ingcindezi ekuthembekeni komphakathi okwabelwana ngakho—okujwayelekile

Singakwazi yini ukukhuthaza ukusebenzisana kwamazwe ngamazwe okuxhumene nemvelo yolwandle njengomthombo okwabelwana ngawo wamazwe ngamazwe?

Siyazazi izinsongo olwandle. Eqinisweni, sinomthwalo wemfanelo ngesimo sayo samanje sokuwohloka. Singakwazi ukuhlonza izixazululo futhi sithwale umthwalo wokuzisebenzisa. I-Holocene isiphelile, singene ku-Anthropocene-okungukuthi, igama manje elichaza inkathi yamanje ye-geological engumlando wesimanje futhi ebonisa izimpawu zomthelela obalulekile womuntu. Sihlole noma seqe imikhawulo yemvelo ngemisebenzi yethu. 

Njengoba omunye uzakwethu esanda kusho, sizikhiphile epharadesi. Sijabulele cishe iminyaka engu-12,000 yesimo sezulu esizinzile, esibikezelwa ngokuqhathaniswa futhi senze umonakalo owanele ngokukhishwa kwegesi eliphuma ezimotweni zethu, izimboni kanye nezinsiza zamandla ukuze siqabule lokho.

Ukushintsha indlela esiphatha ngayo ulwandle, kufanele sichaze ukusimama ngokwedlulele kunalokho ebesikwenza ngaphambilini - ukufaka: