By Hideki Yoshikawa, Mutungamiriri we Okinawa Environmental Justice Project, Mbudzi 22, 2019
Pakati pe Hurumende yeJapan kusagadzikana kushingairira kuvaka nyowani yemauto eUS kuHenoko-Oura Bay kuOkinawa Island, Japan, Mission Blue's kudomwa kweHenoko Oura Bay Coastal Waters seTariro Spot yakapa kurudziro inodiwa-kwazvo isu vedu vanopikisa kuvaka kwekuvaka.
Mission Blue inoremekedzwa, US-based NGO, inotungamirwa naDkt Sylvia Earle, nyanzvi yezvemakungwa yeAmerica. Zvayo Tariro Spots chirongwa yakarongedza kutarisirwa kwenyika dzese uye yakurudzira kufamba kwemakungwa pasi rose.
Mukuronga iyo Henoko Oura Bay Coastal Waters seJapan yekutanga Hope Spot, Mission Blue yasimbisa kuti nzvimbo iyi inzvimbo inoenderana nezvimwe zvishamiso zvepamoyo uye Hope Spots kutenderera pasirese. Izvo zvakaratidzawo izvozvo kurwira kwedu kuuchengetedza hazvina basa. Uye isu tinofanira kuramba tichirwa. Ini ndinogamuchira nemoyo wese uye ndinofara nesarudzo yeMission Blue.
Ndinovimba zita rekuti richakwezva kutarisisa kwenyika kushamisika uye dambudziko reHenoko-Oura Bay uye richabatsira kurima yakatsigirwa kurwira kwedu.
Kunyanya, chishuwo changu kuti kudanwa uku seTariro Spot kunounza mhedzisiro mitatu: Chekutanga, kuti izvo zvidzidzo zvisina kukwana zvezvakatipoteredza zvakaitiswa nehurumende yeJapan zvekuvakisa base zvaziviswa.
Hurumende yeJapan yakati mune inoongorora Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) uye nepashure-EIA kuongorora kuti hwaro hahuzove nemamiriro ekunze pamamiriro ekunze. ("Hapana zvazvinoita," vanodaro. Ndokusaka kuvakwa kwedanho kuri kuitika).
Uku "hakuna kukanganisa" kutaura kwakaratidza kuve kwenhema. Kudzoreredzwa kwevhu kwave kukonzera kukanganisa kukuru kwezvakatipoteredza. Semuenzaniso, iyo dugong, mhuka iri mungozi yekutsakatika uye tsika yeOkinawa, yaiwanzoonekwa muHenoko-Oura Bay munguva yakapfuura, asi ikozvino yanyangarika kubva munzvimbo iyi. Zvinosuruvarisa, kubva munaGunyana 2018, hapana kana imwe dugong yakaonekwa muOkinawa.
Chechipiri chinotarisirwa mhedzisiro ndechekuti hunyengeri hwehurumende yeJapan maererano nehukama hweUS-Japan nemaonero avo erusaruro kuOkinawa zvichaitwa kuti zvionekwe nevanhu vese.
Hurumende yeJapan inosimbisa kuti Japan inokoshesa hukama hwekuchengetedzeka kweUS-Japan uye inotsigira kuvepo kwenzvimbo dzemauto eUS muJapan, asi zvave zvisingadi kubvunza chero dzimwe nzvimbo muTainland Japan kuti goverana mutoro zvekutambira zvigaro zvemauto eUS. Nharaunda dziri mumahombekombe eJapan hadzina shungu kudarika veOkinawans "yekubatisa" zvigadziko zveUS.
Icho chokwadi ndechekuti, kunyangwe Okinawa ine chete 0.6 muzana yenyika yeJapan, 70 muzana yemabheseni eUS muJapan akaunganidzwa muOkinawa. Uye ikozvino, hurumende yeJapan iri kuyedza kuvaka yendege yemauto mune imwe yenzvimbo dzakapfuma kwazvo pasi rose. Vazhinji vanoona kupusa uku sekuratidzwa kwehunyengeri hwehurumende yeJapan uye maitiro ekusarura kuOkinawa.
Chekupedzisira, ndinovimba kuti dudziro iyi ichakurudzira vanhu vanobva kwakasiyana-siyana kuti vatarise zvakare hukama pakati penzvimbo, kodzero dzevanhu, uye rugare.
Okinawa yaive nzvimbo yeimwe yehondo dzehutsinye zvakanyanya paHondo Yenyika II. Vanhu vakaurayiwa. Dzimba, zvivakwa, uye matumba zvakapiswa. Uye nharaunda yacho yakaparadzwa. Nhasi, Okinawa achiri kutambura kwete chete kubva mavanga eHondo asiwo kubva kusiri kwakaitika nhaka yeHondo muchimiro cheiyi yakakwira yevasungwa vemauto.
Vazhinji vedu muOkinawa takatsunga kuita nzvimbo yeLenoko-Oura Bay Coastal Waters inzvimbo yechokwadi yetariro, tichishuva kukurudzira vamwe vanhu kurwira nharaunda dzavanogara, kodzero dzevanhu, uye rugare.
