Isiphephelo Sokugcina

nguBrad Nahill, uMqondisi kanye noMsunguli we-SEEtheWILD

Ulwandle olubanzi ngobusuku obufudumele obucwathile lungaba indawo ephumuzayo kakhulu emhlabeni. Cishe besingeke sihlangane nezimfudu ezizalela kulobu busuku obuhle ekhoneni elisenyakatho-ntshonalanga yeNicaragua (amagagasi ayengalungile), kodwa asizange sibe nandaba. Umsindo opholile wokuntweza emanzini unikeze iculo le-Milky Way ekhanya kakhulu engike ngayibona eminyakeni. Ukuphumela ngaphandle nje esihlabathini kwakuwukuzijabulisa okwanele. Kodwa asizange sihambe amahora angu-10 ngebhasi sisuka e-El Salvador ukuze sihambe ogwini oluzolile.

Safika ku UPadre Ramos Estuary ngoba iyikhaya lezinhlelo zokongiwa kofudu lwasolwandle olukhuthaza kakhulu emhlabeni. Iqembu lethu le-motley lochwepheshe bofudu lwasolwandle lwamazwe ngamazwe belikhona njengengxenye yohambo lokucwaninga nokuvikela olunye lwezindawo zofudu olusengozini yokushabalala emhlabeni, i-Eastern Pacific. hawksbill ufudu lwasolwandle. Iholwa ngabasebenzi baseNicaragua be Izilwane kanye neFlora International (I-FFI, ithimba lamazwe ngamazwe lokulondolozwa kwemvelo) futhi lenziwa ngokusekelwa yi- I-Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Initiative (eyaziwa ngokuthi i-ICAPO), le phrojekthi yofudu ivikela indawo eyodwa kwezimbili ezinkulu zokuzalela lesi sibalo sabantu (enye I-Jiquilisco Bay yase-El Salvador). Le phrojekthi incike ekubambeni iqhaza kwezakhamizi zendawo; ikomidi lezinhlangano zendawo ezingenzi nzuzo eziyi-18, amaqembu omphakathi, ohulumeni basekhaya, nokunye.

Umgwaqo osogwini ongenela edolobheni lasePadre Ramos uzizwe njengezinye izindawo eziningi ngasogwini lwasePacific lwaseCentral America. Amakhabhinethi amancane ahamba ngasogwini lolwandle, avumela abatshuzi bamanzi ukuba bachithe amahora ambalwa bengaphandle kwamanzi ubusuku ngabunye. Ezokuvakasha ayikalithinti idolobha elikhulu nokho futhi ukugqolozela kwezingane zendawo kuveze ukuthi ama-gringo awakabi yinto evamile uma uhamba edolobheni.

Ngemva kokufika ezindlini zethu, ngathatha ikhamera ngahambahamba edolobheni. Umdlalo webhola lezinyawo wantambama uqhudelana nokubhukuda emanzini apholile ngenjongo yokuzilibazisa eyintandokazi yabahlali. Ngaphuma ngaya ogwini njengoba ilanga lishona ngalilandela ngasenyakatho ngasemlonyeni womfula, ozungeza idolobha. I-crater eyisicaba yentaba-mlilo yaseCosigüina ibheke itheku neziqhingi ezimbalwa.

Ngakusasa, siphumule ngokugcwele, sasuka ekuseni kakhulu ngezikebhe ezimbili ukuze sizame ukubamba inyoni yesilisa emanzini. Iningi lofudu olufundwa kulesi sifunda kube ngezinsikazi ezibanjwa kalula ogwini ngemuva kokuzalela. Sabona i-hawksbill eduze kwesiqhingi esibizwa ngokuthi i-Isla Tigra, ngqo phambi kweNhlonhlo yaseVenecia, futhi ithimba laphuthuma esenzweni, umuntu oyedwa egxuma ephuma esikebheni ngomsila wenetha ngenkathi isikebhe sishwibeka endaweni eyindilinga enkulu, inetha lendlala emva komkhumbi. Lapho isikebhe sifika ogwini, wonke umuntu wagxuma ukuze asize ukudonsa amachopho amabili enetha, ngeshwa angenalutho.

Ngaphandle kwenhlanhla yethu yokubamba izimfudu emanzini, ithimba likwazile ukuthwebula izimfudu ezintathu ebesizidinga kumcimbi wocwaningo lokumaka ngesathelayithi. Siphathe ufudu olulodwa oluvela e-Venecia, etholakala ngaphesheya kwetheku ukusuka edolobheni lase-Padre Ramos, ukuzobandakanya amalungu omphakathi abambe iqhaza kulo msebenzi emcimbini wokumaka ngesathelayithi. Kuncane okwaziwayo mayelana nalezi zimfudu, kodwa ama-satellite transmitters abe yingxenye yocwaningo olusha olushintshe indlela ososayensi ababuka ngayo umlando wempilo yalolu hlobo. Okunye okutholwe okwamangaza ochwepheshe abaningi bofudu iqiniso lokuthi lab’ oklebe bancamela ukuhlala ezindaweni zemihlume; kuze kube yileso sikhathi abaningi babekholelwa ukuthi cishe bahlala ezindaweni zamakhorali kuphela.

Idlanzana labantu labuthana lapho ithimba lethu lisebenza ukuhlanza igobolondo lofudu ulwelwe nama-barnacle. Okulandelayo, sasihlanganisa igobolondo ukuze kube nendawo emagebhugebhu okunamatheliswa kuyo umshini wokuthumela. Ngemuva kwalokho, simboze indawo enkulu ye-carapace ngezingqimba ze-epoxy ukuze siqinisekise ukulingana okuqinile. Lapho sesinamathisele isidluliseli, ucezu lweshubhu ye-PVC evikelayo yabekwa eduze kothi ukuze ivikeleke ezimpandeni nakweminye imfucumfucu engase ixegise uthi. Isinyathelo sokugcina kwakuwukupenda ungqimba lukapende ovimbela ukungcoliswa ukuvimbela ukukhula kolwelwe.

Ngokulandelayo, saphindela emuva eVenecia ukuze sibeke amanye ama-transmitter amabili ezitshudeni eduze nendawo yokuchanyuselwa, lapho amaqanda e-hawksbill alethwa khona esuka eduze nechweba ukuze avikelwe kuze kube yilapho achanyuselwa bese ededelwa. Imizamo engakhathali yama-“careyeros” amaningana wendawo (igama lesiSpanishi elisho abantu abasebenza ne-hawksbill, eyaziwa ngokuthi “carey”) yaklonyeliswa ngethuba lokusebenza ngobuchwepheshe obuphambili kulolu cwaningo lwesayensi olubalulekile. Ukuziqhenya kwabo ngomsebenzi wabo kwakubonakala ekumoyizeleni kwabo njengoba bebuka izimfudu ezimbili zisendleleni eya emanzini lapho sekuxhunywe ama-transmitters.

Ukongiwa kofudu e-Padre Ramos kungaphezu nje kokunamathisela izinto zikagesi kumagobolondo azo. Umsebenzi omningi wenziwa abakwa-careyeros ngaphansi kobumnyama, beshayela izikebhe zabo kulo lonke umfula befuna ama-hawksbill azalela. Uma isitholiwe, babiza abasebenzi bomsebenzi abanamathisela umazisi wensimbi emaphepheni ofudu bese bekala ubude nobubanzi bamagobolondo azo. Ama-careyeros abe eseletha amaqanda endaweni yokuchanyuselwa futhi athole inkokhelo yawo kuye ngokuthi mangaki amaqanda atholayo nokuthi mangaki amaphuphu aphuma esidlekeni.

Kwakuyiminyaka embalwa edlule lapho la madoda afanayo athengisa lawa maqanda ngokungemthetho, efaka ama-dollar ambalwa esidlekeni ngasinye ukuze anikeze amadoda angazethembi nge-libido yawo umfutho owengeziwe. Manje, iningi lala maqanda livikelekile; ngesizini edlule amaqanda angaphezu kwama-90% avikelwe futhi amaphuphu angama-10,000 afinyelele emanzini ngokuphepha ngomsebenzi we-FFI, ICAPO, kanye nabalingani bawo. Lezi zimfudu zisabhekene nezinsongo ezimbalwa e-Padre Ramos Estuary nakulo lonke uhla lwazo. Endaweni, enye yezinsongo zabo ezinkulu isuka ekwandeni okusheshayo kwamapulazi ezimfanzi emihlumeni.

Elinye lamathuluzi i-FFI ne-ICAPO abanethemba lokulisebenzisa ukuze bavikele lezi zimfudu ukuletha amavolontiya nabavakashi bemvelo kule ndawo enhle. A uhlelo olusha lwamavolontiya inikeza izazi zebhayoloji ezisafufusa ithuba lokuchitha isonto kuya ezinyangeni ezimbalwa zisebenza nethimba lendawo ukuze lilawule indawo yokuchanyuselwa, liqoqe imininingwane ngezimfudu, futhi lisize ekufundiseni umphakathi ngokuthi kungani kubalulekile ukuvikela lezi zimfudu. Kubavakashi, azikho ukushoda kwezindlela zokugcwalisa kokubili izinsuku nobusuku, kusukela ekusefeni, ukubhukuda, ukubamba iqhaza ekuhambeni ogwini lolwandle, ukuhamba izintaba, kanye ne-kayaking.

Ekuseni kokugcina e-Padre Ramos, ngavuka ekuseni kakhulu ukuze ngibe isivakashi, ngaqasha umqondisi ozongiyisa ohambweni lwe-kayaking enqamula ehlathini lomhlume. Mina nomqondisi wami sagwedla esiteshini esibanzi futhi sakhuphuka emigwaqweni yamanzi eya ngokuya iminyene eyayibekela inselele ikhono lami elilinganiselwe lokuzulazula. Maphakathi nendawo, sama endaweni ethile futhi senyuka igquma elincane elinombono wendawo yonke.

Ukusuka phezulu, ichweba, elivikelwe njengendawo yokulondoloza imvelo, lalibukeka liphelele. Isici esisodwa esisobala kwakuyipulazi elikhulu lezimfanzi elingunxande elaligqame emajika abushelelezi emizila yamanzi yemvelo. Iningi lezimfanzi emhlabeni sezikhiqizwa ngale ndlela, zitshalwa emazweni asathuthuka anemithetho embalwa yokuvikela amahlathi omhlume izidalwa eziningi ezithembele kuwo. Ngenkathi ngiwela umzila obanzi ohambweni lokubuyela edolobheni, inhloko encane yofudu yaphuma emanzini ukuze iphefumule cishe amafidi angu-30 phambi kwami. Ngithanda ukucabanga ukuthi bekuthi “hasta luego”, kuze kube yilapho sengikwazi ukuphindela kulo mlingo ophuma ekhoneni le-Nicaragua.

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