U-Agbakla Amartey uhamba esihlabathini esiseduze nedolobhana laseTotope, eGhana, futhi ubonisa izindonga zikasimende ezicwilisiwe zendlu.
“Leli bekuyikamelo lami,” kusho u-Amartey phezu kokuphahlazeka kwamagagasi oLwandle i-Atlantic eshaya ugu. "Yebo, lokhu bekuzoba uphahla."
I-Totope, esiqeshini somhlaba esiqhamuka enhlonhlweni yase-Ada empumalanga ye-Accra, inhloko-dolobha yaseGhana, ingenye yezindawo ezisogwini ezingu-22 uhulumeni wendawo athi ingase igwinywe ulwandle eminyakeni embalwa ezayo. Ukukhuphuka kwamagagasi nakho kusongela izinqaba zezigqila eziyenga izivakashi zaseMelika ezifuna ifa lazo.
NgaseGulf of Guinea enyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Afrika, izakhamuzi zisola ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu ngokusheshisa ukucekelwa phansi kwemizi namabhishi. Abenzi bomthetho nososayensi bathi inethiwekhi yezindonga zasolwandle iyadingeka ukuze kunqandwe ukucekelwa phansi nokusindisa imboni yezokuvakasha esanda kuzalwa yaseGhana.
“Ngisho nakulo nyaka, iTotope asinaso isiqiniseko sokuthi izoba khona,” kusho u-Israel Baako, isikhulu esiphezulu sesifunda sase-Ada.
Amazinga olwandle amaphakathi akhuphuke ngamasentimitha angu-17 (amayintshi angu-6.7) emhlabeni wonke ekhulwini lama-20, ngokusho kwe-United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Amanzi angase aqhubekele phambili ngo-18 kuya ku-60 amasentimitha ngo-2100, iqembu lilinganisela.
Ugu lwaseGhana olusezingeni eliphansi lwenza kube sengozini ikakhulukazi kusho uRudolph Kuuzegh, umqondisi kahulumeni wezemvelo, olinganisela ukuthi ulwandle lufuna indawo eyimitha eyi-1 kuye kwayi-3 ngonyaka.
Idolobhana Elinyamalalayo
Iningi lezinqaba zamakholoni ezingama-32 ngasogwini lwaseGhana olungamakhilomitha angama-335 ziyalinyazwa, kusho u-AK Armah, uprofesa wesayensi yezolwandle eNyuvesi yaseGhana.
Uthi: “Sizibeka engcupheni yokulahlekelwa ezinye zazo. "Lezo ezakhiwe ezindaweni eziguguleka ngokushesha."
Ngekhulu le-15, amaPutukezi afika endaweni eyaziwa ngokuthi iGold Coast ezofuna izinsimbi eziyigugu, upelepele, amazinyo endlovu nezigqila. Badedela abathengisi baseDutch nabaseBrithani, abakha ukuhweba ngezigqila ngasogwini olusentshonalanga ye-Afrika, okwagcina kuthumele abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-12 ebugqilini, ngokusho kwe-UN.
IGhana imaketha umlando wayo njengendawo yokuqala yalezo zigqila ukuheha izivakashi. Ngonyaka odlule, izivakashi ezingu-497,000 zafika eGhana, abantu abaningi base-Afrika-baseMelika benza uhambo lokuya endaweni eyayiyikoloni lezigqila.
Uhulumeni uthi ezokuvakasha zingenise amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-981 ngonyaka odlule, noma cishe amaphesenti angu-6.5 esamba somkhiqizo wasekhaya ezweni lapho isilinganiso semali engenayo yonyaka singama-$520 umuntu ngamunye.
Isigqila Fort
Kwabaningi, isiphetho sohambo lwabo sifika e-Elmina. I-St. George's Castle, inqaba yekhulu le-15 edolobheni lokudoba eliqhele ngamakhilomitha angaba ngu-90 entshonalanga ye-Accra, iyisakhiwo samakoloni esidala kunazo zonke sase-Europe e-sub-Saharan Africa.
Ibutho lamaPutukezi laliyijele lezinkulungwane zabantu base-Afrika, indawo yokugcina abayibona ngaphambi kokuthunyelwa emazweni aseMelika njengezigqila.
Usuku nosuku lesi sakhiwo esicakiwe, iNdawo Yamagugu Omhlaba Ye-UN, sivakashelwa amaqembu ezivakashi ezithwebula izithombe zemigodi kanye “nomnyango ongabuyi” lapho izigqila eziboshiwe zaziphithizelwa khona emikhunjini. Ngaphandle, amagagasi e-Atlantic agingqika ezindongeni.
"Uma ufuna ukukhulisa ezokuvakasha, kufanele ulondoloze ugu," kusho uKuuzegh.
Imodeli eyodwa yokulondoloza umlando wesizwe ingatholakala e-Keta, eduze komngcele neTogo.
Ukucekelwa phansi kwemizi engamakhulu eKeta kwenze uhulumeni wasebenzisa amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-84 ukuze anqande amagagasi, kusho u-Edward Kofi Ahiabor, oyisikhulu esiphezulu kulesi sifunda.
I-Granite Breakwaters
Izizinda zegwadle eziyisikhombisa ezingenela olwandle ziye zasiza ekubuyiseleni indawo lapho imindeni engu-300 eyasuswa yayiswa khona. Lo msebenzi, owaqedwa ngo-2004, uhlanganisa nezindonga ezimbili zegwadle ezivikela i-Fort Prinzenstein, indawo yokuhweba yekhulu le-18.
U-Akoli James-Ocloo, umqondisi wezivakashi kule nqaba, ungomunye walabo okwadingeka bathuthele phakathi nezwe ukuze baphile.
“Ikhaya lomndeni wami lalivame ukuba lapho,” esho, ekhuphuka ngodonga lwenqaba ebhidlikayo ukuze akhombise iqoqo lezikebhe zokudoba ezigingqika emagagasini amamitha angamakhulu ambalwa ngasogwini. “Ulwandle lwabhidliza umuzi wethu, ngakho sathuthela edolobheni.”
Khonamanjalo, i-UN ixhase ngemali engu-300,000-euro ($469,000) iphrojekthi yokwakha kabusha i-Ussher Fort yase-Accra, enemnyuziyamu mayelana nokuhweba ngezigqila.
Uhulumeni uhlela olunye udonga lokulondoloza iTotope.
Ulayini obiza ama-euro ayizigidi ezingu-40 wamanzi okubhoboza ukhonkolo uzophambukisa amagagasi nesihlabathi emlonyeni woMfula iVolta futhi usindise amakhaya abantu abangu-50,000 endaweni engamakhilomitha angu-14 ogwini, kusho u-Abubakar Saddique Boniface, ungqongqoshe wezamanzi.
Isixazululo Sesikhashana
Ngisho namaphrojekthi akamuva okonga umhlaba ayisixazululo sesikhashana kuphela uma umhlaba ungayilungisi inkinga yokufudumala kwembulunga yonke, kusho uKuuzegh.
Uthi: “Udonga lokuvikela ulwandle, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ngeke lukwazi ukumelana nesikhathi.
ETotope, u-Amartey, isazi sezibalo eMnyangweni Wokudla Nezolimo, ufulathela amanxiwa omuzi wakubo futhi uphonsa iso olwandle oluluhlaza, lapho indoda igeza khona, futhi ucabanga ngomsebenzi osazowenza.
Uthi: “Lena kwakuyizindlu zabantu ezaziqhelelene nolwandle. "Kuzoba nzima kakhulu, kepha isimo siyakufuna."
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