By Hideki Yoshikawa, Umqondisi we Iphrojekthi ye-Okinawa Environmental Justice Project, Novemba 22, 2019
Ngenkathi Uhulumeni waseJapan ukucindezela okungapheli ukwakha isizinda esisha samasosha aseMelika eHenoko-Oura Bay e-Okinawa Island, eJapan, eMission Blue's ukuqokwa kweHenoko Oura Bay Coastal Waters njengeThemba Spot unikeze isikhuthazo esidingeka kakhulu kulabo esiphikisana nokwakhiwa kwezisekelo.
I-Mission Blue yi-NGO ehlonishwayo, esekwe e-US, eholwa nguDkt Sylvia Earle, isazi semvelo yasolwandle yaseMelika. Yayo I-hope Spots projekthi kugcugcutele ukunakwa kwamazwe omhlaba futhi kwagqugquzela ukuhamba kokulondolozwa kwasolwandle emhlabeni jikelele.
Ekuqokeni iHenoko Oura Bay Coastal Waters njengeHope Spot yokuqala yaseJapan, iMission Blue iqinisekisile ukuthi le ndawo iyindawo ekhethekile ngokulingana nezinye izimangaliso zemvelo kanye neThemba Spots emhlabeni jikelele. Kubonakalisile futhi lokho impi yethu yokuyivikela kuyazuzisa. Futhi kufanele siqhubeke silwa. Ngisemukela ngenhliziyo yonke futhi ngithokozela isinqumo seMission Blue.
Ngiyethemba ukuthi ukuqanjwa kuzodonsela ukunakekela kwamanye amazwe isimanga kanye nosizi lweHenoko-Oura Bay futhi kuzosiza ukuhlakulela ukusekelwa okwengeziwe emzabalazweni wethu.
Ikakhulukazi, kuyisifiso sami ukuthi lesi sikhundla njenge-Hope Spot sizoletha imiphumela emithathu: Okokuqala, ukuthi izifundo zezemvelo ezinamaphutha ezenziwa nguhulumeni waseJapan ngokwakhiwa kwezisekelo zizobekwa obala.
Uhulumeni waseJapan umangalele ocwaningweni lwayo lwe-Environmental Impact Assessment (i-EIA) kanye nocwaningo lwangemva kwe-EIA ukuthi isisekelo ngeke sibe nemiphumela emibi emvelweni. ("Akunamphumela," bathi. Futhi yingakho ukwakhiwa kwesisekelo kuqhubeka).
Lesi simangalo "esingenamthelela" sibonakale singamanga. Ukulungiswa komhlaba sekuvele kudala imithelela emikhulu yezemvelo. Isibonelo, i-dugong, isilwane esincelisayo esisengozini yokuqothuka kanye nesithonjana samasiko e-Okinawa, sasivame ukubonwa eHenoko-Oura Bay esikhathini esedlule, kepha manje sesinyamalele kule ndawo. Ngokudabukisayo, kusukela ngoSepthemba 2018, ayikho neyodwa i-dugong eye yabonwa e-Okinawa.
Umphumela wesibili obhekwe ngabomvu ukuthi ubuzenzisi bukahulumeni waseJapan maqondana nobudlelwano be-US-Japan kanye nesimo sabo sobandlululo e-Okinawa kuzokwenziwa kubonakale kubo bonke abantu.
Uhulumeni waseJapan ugcizelela ukuthi iJapan iyabazisa ubudlelwano bokuphepha base-US-Japan futhi isekela ukuba khona kwezisekelo zamasosha ase-US eJapan, kodwa bekulokhu kungathandeki ukubuza noma yiziphi ezinye izindawo eYurophu engaphesheya ukuthi wabelane ngomthwalo zokubamba izisekelo zamasosha aseMelika. Imiphakathi e-Japanland enkulu ayizimisele ngokwedlula i-Okinawans ukuthi "ibambe" izisekelo zase-US.
Iqiniso liwukuthi, yize i-Okinawa inamaphesenti ayi-0.6 kuphela womhlaba waseJapan, amaphesenti angama-70 wezisekelo zase-US eJapan agxile e-Okinawa. Futhi manje, uhulumeni waseJapan uzama ukwakha i-airbase yamasosha kwenye yezindawo ezicebe kakhulu ngezinto eziphilayo emhlabeni. Abaningi babona lokhu kungenangqondo njengokubonakaliswa kobuzenzisi bukahulumeni waseJapan nesimo sengqondo sokubandlulula e-Okinawa.
Okokugcina, nginethemba lokuthi igama eliqokiwe lizokhuthaza abantu abavela ezizindeni ezihlukene ukuthi bahlaziye kabusha ubudlelwano phakathi kwemvelo, amalungelo abantu nokuthula.
I-Okinawa kwakuyisinye sezinkundla zempi ezinonya kakhulu phakathi neMpi Yezwe II. Abantu babulawa. Kwashiswa izindlu, izakhiwo, nezinqaba. Futhi imvelo yachithwa. Namuhla, u-Okinawa usahlupheka hhayi nje kuphela ezibazi zeMpi kepha futhi usizakala ngefa elibi leMpi ngesimo salesi sibalo esikhulu sezisekelo zamasosha.
Abaningi bethu e-Okinawa sizimisele ukwenza iHenoko-Oura Bay Coastal Waters indawo enhle yeThemba, bafisa ukukhuthaza abanye abantu ukuthi balwele imvelo yabo, amalungelo abantu kanye nokuthula.
