Isivumelwano Somlando Se-UN Ocean Kuvunyelwene | IGreenpeace int.

E-NEW YORK, e-United States - Isivumelwano solwandle esiyingqophamlando se-UN cishe sekuvunyelwene ngaso eNhlanganweni Yezizwe Iminyaka engamashumi amabili yezingxoxo. Umbhalo manje usuzohlelwa ngokobuchwepheshe futhi uhunyushwe ngaphambi kokuba wamukelwe ngokusemthethweni komunye umhlangano. Lesi sivumelwano siwukuwina okuyingqopha-mlando kwezokongiwa kwasolwandle futhi kuwuphawu olubalulekile lokuthi ukusebenzelana kwezizwe ngezizwe kusasebenza ezweni eliya lihlukene ngokwehlukana.

Isivumelwano sale nkontileka sigcina igoli lika-30×30 - Vikela u-30% wezilwandle zomhlaba ngo-2030 - ephilayo. Inikeza indlela yokudala izindawo ezivikelwe ngokugcwele noma ezivikelwe kakhulu ezilwandle zomhlaba. Umbhalo usenawo amaphutha futhi ohulumeni kudingeka baqinisekise ukuthi isivumelwano sisetshenziswa ngempumelelo nangokufanele ukuze sithathwe njengesivumelwano sokuvelela ngempela.

DR. ULaura Meller, uMkhankaso we-Oceans, iGreenpeace Nordic, uthe evela eNew York:
“Lolu wusuku oluyingqophamlando kwezokongiwa kwemvelo futhi luwuphawu lokuthi ezweni elihlukene phakathi, ukongiwa kwemvelo nabantu bangakwazi ukunqoba ipolitiki yezwe. Sincoma amazwe ngokufuna ukuvumelana, ukubeka eceleni ukungezwani nokwenza isivumelwano esisenza sikwazi ukuvikela izilwandle, sakhe amandla okumelana nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, nokuvikela izimpilo nempilo yezigidigidi zabantu.

“Sesingagcina sesisuka ekukhulumeni siye ekwenzeni izinguquko zangempela olwandle. Amazwe kufanele amukele isivumelwano ngokusemthethweni futhi asigunyaze ngokushesha okukhulu ukuze sisebenze, abese ehlinzeka ngezindawo ezivikelekile zasolwandle ezivikelwe ngokugcwele ezidingwa yiplanethi yethu. Iwashi lisamile ukuletha u-30×30. Sisalelwe yisigamu seshumi leminyaka futhi ngeke sikwazi ukuzithela ngabandayo.”

I-High Ambition Coalition, ehlanganisa i-EU, i-US ne-UK, ne-China, yayingabambiqhaza ekuhwebeni kwalesi sivumelwano. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa zokugcina zezingxoxo, bobabili babonise ukuthi bazimisele ukuhlehla futhi babumba imifelandawonye esikhundleni sokutshala uqhekeko. I-Small Island States ibonise ubuholi kulo lonke lolu hlelo futhi i-G77 iye yaphayona ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi isivumelwano singasetshenziswa ngendlela efanele nelinganayo.

Ukwabelana ngokufanele kwezinzuzo zezimali ezivela ezinsizeni zofuzo zasolwandle kwakuyiphuzu elibalulekile lokunamathela. Lokhu kwacaciswa kuphela ngosuku lokugcina lwezingxoxo. Ingxenye yezindawo ezivikelwe zasolwandle zesivumelwano iqeda izinqumo eziphukile ezisekelwe ekuvumelaneni okuhlulekile ukuvikela izilwandle ngokusebenzisa izikhungo zesifunda ezikhona njengeKhomishana Yasolwandle yase-Antarctic. Yize umbhalo usaqukethe izindaba ezibalulekile, uyisivumelwano esisebenzisekayo esihlinzeka ngesiqalo sokuvikela u-30% wezilwandle zomhlaba.

Umgomo we-30×30 okwavunyelwana ngawo ku-COP15 mayelana nokuhlukahluka kwemvelo ngeke ufezeke ngaphandle kwalesi sivumelwano esiyingqophamlando. Kubalulekile ukuthi amazwe asiqinisekise ngokushesha lesi sivumelwano futhi aqale umsebenzi wokwakha izindawo zasolwandle ezinkulu, ezivikelwe ngokugcwele ezihlanganisa ama-2030% olwandle ngo-30.

Manje uqala umsebenzi onzima wokuqinisekisa nokuvikela izilwandle. Kufanele sakhe phezu kwalo mfutho ukuze silwisane nezinsongo ezintsha ezifana nezimayini ezijulile zolwandle futhi sigxile ekuthatheni izinyathelo zokuzivikela. Bangaphezu kwezigidi ezi-5,5 abantu abasayine isicelo seGreenpeace abafuna isivumelwano esiqinile. Lokhu ukunqoba kwabo bonke.