Ukuvikela Deep Seas on the High Seas

Ukumbozwa komhlangano wesi-5 we-International Deep Sea Coral Symposium, e-Amsterdam

I-AMSTERDAM, NL - Ingakanani inqubekelaphambili eyenziwa umhlaba ekulawuleni ukudoba olwandle “okungekho emthethweni” olwandle oluphakeme kuncike ekuboneni kwakho, u-Matthew Gianni we I-Deep Sea Conservation Coalition utshele ososayensi engqungqutheleni yangesonto eledlule yeFifth International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals.

“Uma ubuza abantu benqubomgomo, bathi kuyamangaza lokho okufezwe esikhathini esifushane kangaka,” uGianni, owayeyisishoshovu seGreenpeace, wangitshela esidlweni sasemini ngemva kwesethulo sakhe, “kodwa uma ubuza abalondolozi bemvelo, banakho imibono ehlukene.”

U-Gianni uchaze “ulwandle oluphakeme” njengezindawo zasolwandle ezingaphezu kwamanzi ezifunwa amazwe ngamanye. Ngale ncazelo, wathi cishe izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zolwandle zichazwa ngokuthi “izilwandle eziphakeme” futhi zingaphansi komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe kanye nezivumelwano ezihlukahlukene.

Kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, izinhlangano zamazwe ngamazwe, njengoMhlangano-Jikelele WeZizwe Ezihlangene, ziye zavumelana ngemithetho neziqondiso ezihlukahlukene ezivimbela ukudoba ezindaweni ezithile “ezinesimiso semvelo sasolwandle esisengozini” njengamakhorali antekenteke emanzini abandayo.

Ama-deep-sea corals, aphila isikhathi eside kakhulu futhi angathatha amakhulu noma izinkulungwane zeminyaka ukukhula, avame ukudonswa njengokubanjwa okungalindelekile ngabadobi abangaphansi.

Kepha, uGianni utshele ososayensi, akwanele okwenzekile. Ezinye izikebhe ezihlambalazayo ngisho namazwe ahlaba umkhosi izikebhe ezinjalo zingaqulwa ezinkantolo zamazwe ngamazwe ezisekhona kakade, kodwa abashushisi bebemanqikanqika ukuthatha lezi zinyathelo, esho.

Kube khona inqubekela phambili, esho. Ezinye izindawo ebezingakadotshwa zivalwe ukuthi zingadobi ngamanethi angaphansi kanye nezinye izinhlobo zokudoba ngaphandle uma izikhungo eziqhuba ukudoba kuqala zenze isitatimende somthelela kwezemvelo.

Lokhu kukodwa kusungula izinto ezintsha kakhulu, esho, futhi kube nomthelela wokukhawulela kakhulu ukungena kwezokudoba ezindaweni ezinjalo, njengoba zimbalwa izinkampani noma ezinye izinhlaka ezifuna ukuzihlupha ngemibhalo ye-EIS.

Ngakolunye uhlangothi, wengeza, lapho ukudonsa emanzini ajulile bekuvunyelwe ngokwesiko, umphakathi wamazwe omhlaba ubunengekile ukuzama ukunqanda ukudoba, waxwayisa.

"Ukudotshwa ngamanethi emanzini ajulile kufanele kube ngaphansi kokuhlolwa komthelela okufunayo njengalokho okwenzeka embonini kawoyela," kusho u-Gianni etshela umbuthano, njengoba imikhuba yokudoba elimazayo efana nokudotshwa ngamanewa phansi empeleni ilimaza kakhulu kunokumba uwoyela olwandle. (UGianni wayengeyedwa kulo mbono; phakathi nayo yonke le ngqungquthela yezinsuku ezinhlanu, idlanzana labanye, kuhlanganise nososayensi, basho okufanayo.)

Ethola ukunaka komphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe, uGianni wangitshela ngesikhathi sokudla kwasemini, akuseyona inkinga. Lokho sekwenzekile: IZizwe Ezihlangene, uthe, ziphothulile izinqumo ezinhle.

Kunalokho, wathi inkinga iwukuba lezo zinqumo zisetshenziswe yizo zonke izizwe ezihilelekile: “Sithole isinqumo esihle. Manje sisebenzela ukuthi isebenze.”

Lokhu akuwona umsebenzi olula, uma kubhekwa inkolelo yesintu yokuthi kufanele kube nenkululeko yokudoba olwandle.

"Ukushintsha kombuso," esho, "ukushintsha kwepharadigm."

Izizwe ezihilelekile ekudobeni olwandle olwandle olwandle oluseningizimu zenze umsebenzi omuhle uma kuqhathaniswa nokuzama ukuthobela izinqumo zeZizwe Ezihlangene. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ezinye izizwe ezihileleke ekuhwebeni ngamanethi olwandle oluphakeme ePacific azizange ziqine.

Cishe izizwe eziyi-11 zinenani elikhulu lemikhumbi ehlatshwe umkhosi ebandakanyeka ekudobeni olwandle. Ezinye zalezo zizwe zilandela izivumelwano zamazwe ngamazwe kanti ezinye azikwenzi lokho.

Ngibuze mayelana nokwenzeka kokuqinisekisa ukuthotshelwa komthetho.

“Sihamba ngendlela efanele,” ephendula, ecaphuna amacala ambalwa kule minyaka eyishumi edlule ahlanganisa imikhumbi ehlulekile ukuthobela futhi yanqatshelwa ukungena emachwebeni amaningi ngenxa yokungathobeli kwemikhumbi.

Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uGianni nabanye ababambe iqhaza ku-Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (amalungu ayo angaphezu kuka-70 asuka eGreenpeace kanye noMkhandlu Kazwelonke Wezokuvikela kuya kumlingisi uSigourney Weaver) banomuzwa wokuthi inqubekelaphambili ibihamba kancane kakhulu.

Uzalelwe ePittsburgh, ePennsylvania, uGianni uchithe iminyaka eyi-10 njengomdobi wezohwebo futhi wabandakanyeka ekongiweni kolwandle lapho i-US Army Corps of Engineers ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980s ivuma ukuvumela i-dredge tailings evela kuphrojekthi yokuthuthukiswa kwechweba e-Oakland, eCalifornia ukuthi ilahlwe olwandle. endaweni lapho abadobi base bedoba khona.

Wajoyina iGreenpeace nabanye abaningi. Izenzo zokumela ezisakazwe kakhulu zaphoqa uhulumeni wobumbano ukuthi asebenzise indawo yokulahla udoti olwandle, kodwa ngaleso sikhathi u-Gianni wayesezinikele ezindabeni zokongiwa kwemvelo.

Ngemva kokusebenza isikhathi esigcwele e-Greenpeace isikhashana, waba umeluleki obambe iqhaza ezindabeni eziphathelene nokumbiwa kolwandle nokudoba olwandle oluphakeme.