Namuhla eNgqungqutheleni Yesihlanu Yezindawo Zasolwandle Ezivikelekile (i-IMPAC5), uMhlonishwa uJoyce Murray, uNgqongqoshe Wezokudoba, Izilwandle kanye Nonogada Basogwini lwaseCanada, iNhloko uJohn Powell (Winidi) weSizwe sokuQala saseMamalilikulla, kanye noMhlonishwa uNathan Cullen, BC uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela. I-Water, Land, and Resource Stewardship imemezele ukuvalwa kwezindawo zokudoba kanye nokusungulwa kwendawo yokukhosela yasolwandle, ukusiza ukuvikela indawo ebaluleke kakhulu kwezemvelo namasiko yase-Gwaxdlala/Nalaxdlala e-Knight Inlet ogwini lwase-British Columbia.
Njengabaphathi basogwini olude kunawo wonke emhlabeni, kuwumthwalo wethu okwabelwana ngawo ukugcina izilwandle zethu zinempilo ezizukulwaneni ezizayo. Ngokusebenzisana eduze nohulumeni bezifundazwe kanye nohulumeni bezindawo, imiphakathi yomdabu, kanye nezimboni, uHulumeni waseCanada uvikela izindawo ezibalulekile zasolwandle, izinhlobo zezinto eziphilayo kanye nemvelo.
Lezi zivikelo zibalulekile ekuvikeleni ukuhlukahluka kwemvelo emhlabeni wonke, ukunciphisa imithelela ngenxa yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, kanye nokuqhubekisela phambili umgomo wethu wokulondoloza amaphesenti angama-25 olwandle lwaseCanada ngo-2025, kanye namaphesenti angama-30 ngo-2030.
Iziphephelo zasolwandle kuhloswe ukuba kube okwesikhathi eside ngokwemvelo ukusiza ukuvikela izinhlobo ezibalulekile nezindawo zokuhlala. Zonke izindawo zokudoba zezohwebo, zokungcebeleka, Zokuhlalisana, Nezemikhosi (FSC) zizovalwa ngaphakathi kwendawo ukuze kuvinjelwe imithelela eyenziwa ngabantu kanye nokuqinisekisa ukuvikeleka okuphelele kwemvelo yasolwandle.
Ngokubonisana ne-Mamalilikulla First Nation kanye nesiFundazwe saseBrithani Columbia, i-Gwaxdlala/Nalaxdlala - eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Lull Bay kanye ne-Hoeya Sound - ihlonzwe njengendawo ebalulekile ehlanganisa i-ecosystem eyingqayizivele emhlabeni wonke yamakhorali abuthakathaka futhi akhula kancane kanye nezipontshi ezihlinzeka. indawo yokuhlala yezinhlobo zasolwandle ezingaphezu kuka-240.
Ngokusebenza ndawonye kuwo wonke amazinga kuphela lapho singakwazi ukufeza izinjongo zase-Canada zokulondoloza olwandle ukuze sivikele amaphesenti angu-25 olwandle lwase-Canada ngo-2025.”
Iphinde ikhonjwe njengendawo ebaluleke kakhulu kwamasiko yiSizwe Sokuqala saseMamalililkulla. I-Gwaxdlala/Nalaxdlala iyisiphephelo sokuqala sasolwandle ukuqashelwa ngenqubo yokuhlela inethiwekhi ye-Northern Shelf Bioregion Marine Protected Area (MPA), futhi imele iminyaka yokusebenza phakathi kweCanada, IsiFundazwe saseBritish Columbia, kanye ne-Mamalilikulla First Nation.
UMhlonishwa uJoyce Murray, uNgqongqoshe Wezokudoba, Izilwandle, kanye neCanadian Coast Guard uthe:
Uhulumeni waseCanada uzibophezele ekulondolozeni nasekuvikeleni imvelo yasolwandle yaseCanada ukuze kuzuze izizukulwane ezizayo, ukuthuthukisa ukubuyisana nabantu boMdabu, kanye nokweseka ukuphathwa kokudoba okusimeme.
UMhlonishwa uNathan Cullen, BC uNgqongqoshe Wezamanzi, Umhlaba kanye Nokuphathwa Kwezinsiza wengeze ngokuthi:
“Ngihalalisela Isizwe Sokuqala saseMamalilikulla ngokuphatha amanzi asogwini kanye nokuvikela izingadi nezipontshi zamakhorali eziyivelakancane. Ukwakhiwa kwesiphephelo sasolwandle ku-Knight Inlet kuzovumela umhlaba namanzi ukuthi ululame futhi ululame emiphumeleni enqwabelene. Ukuphathwa kwengcebo yethu yemvelo kungomunye wemisebenzi ewumgogodla wesiFundazwe, kanye nezivumelwano ezifana nalokhu ukubuyisana kusengaphambili naboMdabu, ukuvikela ukusimama kwemvelo, kanye nokwenza ukuchuma komnotho kuBC”
UKhansela Omkhulu uWinidi (John Powell), uMamalilikulla First Nation wanezela:
“Isimemezelo seSizwe sethu sika-2021 seNdawo Evikelekile Nelondoloziwe samema iCanada neBritish Columbia ukuthi basebenzisane nathi ekuvikeleni ngokushesha amakhorali nezipontshi ezibucayi eGwaxdlala/Nalaxdlala, futhi baqale izingxoxo zokuphatha ngokubambisana ukuze kuhlanganiswe imithetho nemikhuba yethu yasendulo. Sinikeze ukubambisana ukuze sithuthukise le sayithi njengomnikelo ekuhlosweni kwe-Canada yokongiwa kwemvelo kanye nokubonisa ukuzibophezela ekubuyisaneni. Lesi sinqumo esibalulekile ngoGwaxdlala/Nalaxdlala sibonisa amandla okusebenza ndawonye ukuze kuzuzwe izinhloso ezabiwe. Sibheke ngabomvu ukuqhubeka nalo mzamo wokusebenzisana phakathi kweCanada, iBritish Columbia, neMamalilikulla First Nation.”
UKhansela Omkhulu uWinidi (John Powell), uMamalilikulla Isizwe Sokuqala
Lokhu kuzinikela kuyingxenye ye-IMPAC5 e-Vancouver, i-Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress. Ku-IMPAC5 umhlaba uyahlangana futhi uthathe isinyathelo sokuvikela ulwandle lomhlaba wonke.
I-IMPAC5 yenzeka kusukela ngoFebhuwari 3-9 eVancouver. Bafunda, babelane futhi bahlele inkambo ebheke ekuvikeleni amaphesenti angama-30 olwandle olwandle ngo-2030.
Ingxenye yezinga eliphezulu ye-IMPAC5, Isithangami Sobuholi ngoFebhuwari 9, imeme ongqongqoshe bamazwe ngamazwe kanye nabenzi bezinqumo ukuthi bahlele indlela yokufeza izinhloso zokongiwa kwasolwandle okuxoxiswene ngakho njengengxenye Yezinjongo Zezinto Eziphilayo Emhlabeni Ka-2020.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Minister of Water, Land, and Resource Stewardship announced fisheries closures and the establishment of a marine refuge, to help protect the ecologically and culturally significant area of Gwaxdlala/Nalaxdlala in Knight Inlet on the coast of British Columbia.
- Ngokubonisana ne-Mamalilikulla First Nation kanye nesiFundazwe saseBrithani Columbia, i-Gwaxdlala/Nalaxdlala - eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Lull Bay kanye ne-Hoeya Sound - ihlonzwe njengendawo ebalulekile ehlanganisa i-ecosystem eyingqayizivele emhlabeni wonke yamakhorali abuthakathaka futhi akhula kancane kanye nezipontshi ezihlinzeka. indawo yokuhlala yezinhlobo zasolwandle ezingaphezu kuka-240.
- “Our Nation's 2021 Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area declaration invited Canada and British Columbia to work with us on urgent protection of the sensitive corals and sponges in Gwaxdlala/Nalaxdlala, and to begin discussions on collaborative management to incorporate our ancient laws and practices.
