Ukuphucula ulwazi lwemozulu kunye neenkonzo eVanuatu

Ukudala ulwazi oluphuculweyo lwemozulu kunye neenkonzo eVanuatu kubangela imingeni ekhethekileyo yolungiselelo.
U-Andrew Harper usebenze njengengcali yemozulu ye-NIWA ye-Pacific iminyaka engaphezu kwe-15 kwaye uyazi ukuba ulindele ntoni xa usebenza kulo mmandla.
Izicwangciso kusenokwenzeka ukuba zibandakanye iingxowa zesamente ezili-17, iimitha ezingama-42 zemibhobho ye-PVC, iimitha ezingama-80 zemathiriyeli yokubiya eyomeleleyo kunye nezixhobo eziza kuhanjiswa kwangethuba ukuze kwakhiwe, utshilo. “Kodwa elo cebo laphoswa ngefestile xa inqanawa yokubonelela ingazange iphume kwizibuko ngenxa yenkanyamba eyayidlula.
Kwiziqithi ezincinane zaseVanuatu, iindawo zokuhlala, iinqwelo-moya nokutya kufuna imali, yaye oku akuyongxaki de uqonde ukuba kukho iindawo ezininzi apho abantu basemzini banokufumana imali.
Idityaniswe nobunzima bolwimi, ulungiselelo onokuthi uluthathe lula eNew Zealand lunokubonakala ngathi lucelomngeni olungenakoyiswa kwiPasifiki.
Yonke le mingeni kwafuneka ijamelane nayo xa i-NIWA iqalisa ukufaka izikhululo zemozulu ezizenzekelayo (AWS) kulo lonke elaseVanuatu ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka. Le mingeni yathetha ukuba umsebenzi ngewungazange ube nokwenzeka ngaphandle kolwazi lwasekuhlaleni lweqabane leprojekthi, iSebe leMeteorology kunye neGeological Hazards Department (VMGD) iVanuatu.
U-Andrew Harper kunye nogxa wakhe uMarty Flanagan basebenza kunye namagcisa amathandathu eVMGD kunye neqela elincinane lamadoda asekuhlaleni awayesenza umsebenzi wezandla. U-Andrew no-Marty longamela iinkcukacha zobugcisa kwaye baqeqeshe kunye nabasebenzi be-VMGD ukuze basebenze ngokuzimeleyo kwiiprojekthi zexesha elizayo.
Izitishi ezithandathu sele zifakiwe, ezithathu zithunyelwe ngenqanawa kwaye ziza kufakwa ngoSeptemba. Zintandathu ezingakumbi ezicetywayo, mhlawumbi kunyaka ozayo.
Abasebenzi bezobugcisa be-NIWA banokubonelela ngenkxaso eqhubekayo ukuba kuyimfuneko, kodwa ingcamango esisiseko emva kwalo msebenzi eVanuatu kunye nomsebenzi omningi we-NIWA ePacific kukwenza ukuba imibutho yendawo kwilizwe ngalinye ikwazi ukugcina izixhobo zabo kunye nokuxhasa imisebenzi yabo.
Uthungelwano lwe-AWS luya kuhamba malunga neekhilomitha ezili-1,000 ukusuka e-Aneityum emazantsi ukuya eVanua Lava emantla.
I-AWS nganye ixhotyiswe ngezixhobo ezichanekileyo ezilinganisa isantya somoya kunye nesalathiso, umoya kunye nobushushu bomhlaba, uxinzelelo lomoya, ukufuma, imvula kunye nemitha yelanga. Zonke izixhobo zifakelwe ngendlela elawulwa ngokungqongqo ngokungqinelana nemigangatho kunye nemigaqo yoMbutho weMeteorological weHlabathi ukuqinisekisa ukungaguquguquki kwingxelo.
Idatha esuka kwezi zixhobo ithunyelwa nge-Intanethi kwindawo yokugcina idatha. Oku kunokubonakala kulula ekuqaleni, kodwa undoqo kukuqinisekisa ukuba zonke izixhobo zifakwe ukuze zisebenze ngokuchanekileyo kwaye zihlale iminyaka emininzi kunye neemfuno zokugcinwa okuncinci. Ngaba inzwa yobushushu i-1.2 yeemitha ngaphezu komhlaba? Ngaba ubunzulu boluvo lokufuma komhlaba buziimitha ezi-0.2 kanye? Ngaba imozulu ijonge emantla kanye? Amava eNIVA kulo mmandla axabiseke kakhulu – yonke into icacile kwaye kufuneka yenziwe ngocoselelo.
IVanuatu, njengamazwe amaninzi akummandla wePasifiki, isengozini kakhulu kwiintlekele zendalo ezinjengezaqhwithi kunye nembalela.
Kodwa umququzeleli weprojekthi yeVMGD uSam Thapo uthi idatha inokwenza lukhulu. "Iya kubuphucula ubomi babantu abahlala apha ngeendlela ezininzi."
USam uthe olu lwazi luza kunceda amasebe karhulumente waseVanuatu acwangcise ngcono izinto ezinxulumene nemozulu. Umzekelo, uMphathiswa wezokuLoba kunye nezoLimo uya kuba nakho ukucwangcisa iimfuno zokugcina amanzi ngenxa yoqikelelo oluchanekileyo lwamaxesha onyaka obushushu kunye nemvula. Ishishini lezokhenketho liya kuxhamla ekuqondeni ngcono iipatheni zemozulu kunye nendlela i-El Niño/La Niña echaphazela ngayo ummandla.
Uphuculo olubalulekileyo lwedatha yemvula kunye neqondo lokushisa kuya kuvumela iSebe lezeMpilo ukuba libonelele ngeengcebiso ezingcono kwizifo ezithwalwa yingcongconi. Isebe lezaMandla linokufumana ulwazi olutsha malunga nokubakho kwamandla elanga ukuze kuthathelwe indawo ukuxhomekeka kwezinye iziqithi kumbane wedizili.
Lo msebenzi uxhaswe ngemali yiGlobal Environment Facility kwaye uphunyezwe nguMphathiswa weVanuatu woTshintsho lweMozulu kunye neNkqubo yoPhuhliso yeZizwe eziManyeneyo (UNDP) njengenxalenye yoLwakhiwo lokuZinzisa ngenkqubo yoPhuculo lweZiseko zoPhuhliso. Lixabiso elincinci ngokwentelekiso, kodwa linamandla okufumana okuninzi njengembuyekezo.