By UHideki Yoshikawa, Mlawuli we IProjekthi ye-Okinawa yezoBulungisa kwezeNdalo, ngo-Novemba 22, 2019
Phakathi kwe Urhulumente waseJapan Ukunyanzelwa okungapheliyo ukwakha isiseko somkhosi wase-US eHenoko-Oura Bay e-Okinawa Island, Japan, Mission Blue's ukutyunjwa kwamanzi aManzi oNxweme aseHenoko Oura Bay njengeNdawo yeThemba unike ukhuthazo olufuneka kakhulu kuthi thina sichasene nokwakhiwa kwesiseko.
Imisonto eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka yi-NGO ehlonitshwayo, esekwe e-US, ekhokelwa nguGqr Sylvia Earle, ugqirha wezamayeza waselwandle waseMelika. Its Ithemba iiprojekthi ilungiselele ingqalelo yamanye amazwe kwaye ikhuthaze intshukumo yolondolozo lwaselwandle kwihlabathi jikelele.
Ekuchongeni amanzi aManxweme aseHenoko Oura Bay njengeThemba Spot yaseJapan yokuqala, iMission Blue iqinisekisile ukuba le ndawo yindawo ekhethekileyo ngokuhambelana neminye imimangaliso yendalo kunye neThemba Amachaphaza kwihlabathi liphela. Ikwabonakalisile oko umlo wethu wokukhusela iluncedo. Kwaye kufuneka siqhubeke sisilwa. Ndisamkela ngentliziyo iphela kwaye ndisonwabile isigqibo sikaMission Blue.
Ndiyathemba ukuba ubizo luya kutsala umdla wamanye amazwe ngokubanzi ngumangaliso kunye nobunzima beHenoko-Oura Bay kwaye kuya kunceda ukuhlakulela inkxaso engakumbi kumlo wethu.
Ngokukodwa, ngumnqweno wam ukuba esi sikhundla njengeThemba leThemba siza kuzisa iziphumo ezintathu: Okokuqala, ukuba izifundo ezinesiphene ezenziwa ngurhulumente waseJapan kulwakhiwo olusisiseko zibekwe elubala.
Urhulumente waseJapan wenze ibango kuVavanyo lweMpembelelo kokusiNgqongileyo (i-EIA) kunye nophando lwe-post-EIA lokuba isiseko ngeke sibeneempembelelo ezimbi kwindalo. ("Akukho mpembelelo," bayabanga. Kungenxa yoko le nto ukwakhiwa kwesiseko kuqhubeka).
Eli bango "alinampembelelo" lingqineke libubuxoki. Ukulungiswa komhlaba sele kubangele iimpembelelo ezinkulu kwindalo esingqongileyo. Umzekelo, i-dugong, isilwanyana esanyisayo esisemngciphekweni kunye ne-icon yenkcubeko yaseOkinawa, yayihlala ibonwa kwiHenoko-Oura Bay ngaphambili, kodwa ngoku inyamalale kuloo ndawo. Okulusizi kukuba, ukusukela ngo-Septemba ngo-2018, akukho nenye i-dugong eye yabonwa e-Okinawa.
Isiphumo sesibini esinethemba lokuba urhulumente waseJapan uhanahaniso malunga nobudlelwane base-US-Japan kunye nesimo sabo sengqondo sokucalucalula i-Okinawa siza kwenziwa sibonakale kubo bonke.
Urhulumente waseJapan unyanzelisa ukuba iJapan ixabise ubudlelwane bezokhuseleko e-US-Japan kwaye ixhasa ubukho beziseko zemikhosi yase-US eJapan, kodwa ibingavumi ukubuza nakwezinye iindawo kwilizwe lase Japan wabelane umthwalo zokubamba iziseko zomkhosi wase-US. Uluntu kumhlaba omkhulu weJapan alunamdla ngaphezu kwe-Okinawans "yokubamba" iziseko zase-US.
Inyani yile, ngaphandle kwe-Okinawa enepesenti ye-0.6 kuphela yomhlaba waseJapan, iipesenti ezingama-70 zeziseko zase-US eJapan zigxile e-Okinawa. Kwaye ngoku, urhulumente waseJapan uzama ukwakha i-airbase yasemkhosini kwenye yezona ndawo zityebileyo kwizinto eziphilayo emhlabeni. Abaninzi babona obu budenge njengombonakaliso wohanahaniso kurhulumente waseJapan kunye nesimo sengqondo sokucalucalula iOkinawa.
Okokugqibela, ndiyathemba ukuba eli binzana liya kukhuthaza abantu abasuka kwimvelaphi eyahlukeneyo ukuba baphinde bahlole ubudlelwane phakathi kwendalo, amalungelo oluntu, kunye noxolo.
I-Okinawa yayiyindawo yenye yezona ndawo zazikhohlakeleyo emfazweni ngexesha leMfazwe yesibini. Abantu babulawa. Izindlu, izakhiwo, neenqaba zitshisiwe. Kwaye imeko yatsalwa. Nanamhlanje, u-Okinawa usabandezeleka kungekuphela nje kwimikhwa yeMfazwe kodwa nakwilifa elibi leMfazwe ngohlobo lwale mikhosi iphakamileyo yeziseko zomkhosi.
Uninzi lwethu e-Okinawa sizimisele ukwenza i-Henoko-Oura Bay Coastal Waters ibe yindawo yeThemba, sinqwenela ukukhuthaza abanye abantu ukuba balwele indawo yabo, amalungelo oluntu kunye noxolo.
