Ukugawulwa kwamahlathi kungenye yezinkinga ezinkulu zemvelo ezibangela ukwanda komphumela wokushisa nokushisa, ngakho-ke, izinga lokushisa eliphakeme kakhulu emhlabeni. Ingxenye yamanani amakhulu e-CO2 akhishwa emhlabeni wonke ayamuncwa ngesikhathi senqubo ye-photosynthesis izitshalo nezihlahla. Kodwa-ke, i-Amazon, eyaziwa njengephaphu leplanethi, iyagawulwa inyamalale.
Kulezi zinsuku kuyagujwa Ingqungquthela Yesimo Sezulu seBonn (COP23) futhi kuyo bakhulume ngeziphakamiso zokwenziwa kwesivumelwano seParis. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izihloko ezinjenge ukugawulwa kwamahlathi ezindaweni ezivikelekile zase-Amazonia nomthelela wayo. Yini i-panorama ye-Amazon ngokugawulwa kwezihlahla ngokungakhethi?
Ukuncishiswa kwamahlathi
Emihlanganweni ebanjelwe e-COP23, kubhekwane nezindaba zokuqedwa kwamahlathi e-Amazon. Kubikwa ukuthi kule nyanga kaJulayi izinga lokugawulwa kwamahlathi e-Amazon liphansi ngama-28% kunango-Agasti 2016 nowesibili omncane kusukela ngo-1997.
Lezi zibalo zinikezwe ukubonga ngemininingwane evela kuhlelo lweSatellite Monitoring Programme for Deforestation in the Amazon (Prodes). Selokhu kwethulwe uHlelo Lokusebenza Lokuvimbela Nokulwa Nokuqedwa Kwehlathi e-Legal Amazon ngo-2004, ukugawulwa kwamahlathi kunciphile ngama-76%, ngokusho kwalolu cwaningo.
Izenzo zokunciphisa imithelela
Le mikhuba nezenzo ezenziwayo ziyasebenza, ngoba inani lezihlahla ezisikiwe liyancipha. Into esemqoka i-Amazon enayo ukukhiqiza umnotho oluhlaza hhayi lokho kugawulwa ngokungakhethi. Kulesi simo, kumenyezelwe izivumelwano zokubambisana kwezezimali namazwe amabili aseYurophu ukusiza ukwenza ngcono ukulondolozwa kwemvelo endaweni yabo.
I-UK isayine isivumelwano sokuthi unikele ngama-euro ayizigidi ezingama-70 wezinhlelo zehlathi kanye neJalimane izonikela ngama-euro ayizigidi ezingama-61 ye-Amazon Fund.