Ucwaningo olusha luxwayisa ngokuthi umkhankaso wase-Afrika wokutshala izihlahla ubeka engcupheni kabili njengoba uzolimaza imvelo yasendulo emunca utshani obumunca utshani be-CO2 kuyilapho uhluleka ukubuyisela ngokugcwele amahlathi asuphelile, kubika i-Financial Times.
I-athikili, eshicilelwe kujenali iSayensi, igxile kuphrojekthi eyodwa, i-34-Country Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100), ichaza i-FT: “Uhlelo luhlose ukubuyisela okungenani amahektha ayizigidi eziyi-100 omhlaba owonakele - indawo enosayizi wase-Egypt - e-Afrika ngo-2030…
Phakathi kwabasekeli balolu hlelo kubalwa uhulumeni waseGermany, iWorld Bank kanye nenhlangano engenzi nzuzo iWorld Resources Institute.
Kodwa-ke, ngokwalo mbhalo, cishe ingxenye yamahektha alinganiselwa ezigidini eziyi-130 amazwe ase-Afrika azibophezele ekuwabuyiseleni ngokusebenzisa i-AFR100 akhethelwe imvelo engeyona yamahlathi, ikakhulukazi ama-savannah kanye nezindawo ezinotshani.
Abacwaningi bathi bakwazile ukuthola ubufakazi bephrojekthi eyodwa kuphela ye-AFR100 - eKenya - enikezelwe ekubuyiselweni kotshani. Amazwe angaphezu kweshumi nambili angewona amahlathi enze izibopho ze-AFR100, okuhlanganisa i-Chad neNamibia.”
Umbhali oholayo uProf Kate Parr utshele i-Guardian ukuthi “ukubuyiselwa kwe-ecosystem kuyadingeka futhi kubalulekile, kodwa kufanele kwenziwe ngendlela efanele uhlelo ngalunye.
Amasistimu okungewona amahlathi njengama-savanna achazwa kabi njengamahlathi ngakho-ke abhekwa njengedinga ukuvuselelwa ngezihlahla...
Kunesidingo esiphuthumayo sokubuyekeza izincazelo ukuze ama-savanna angadideki namahlathi ngoba ukwanda kwezihlahla kuwusongo ekuqineni nasekusimameni kwamathafa namathafa.”
Izihlahla zingalimaza lezi zimiso zemvelo ngokunikeza umthunzi omningi, kubhala i-New Scientist: “Lokhu kungavimbela izitshalo ezincane ekukhiqizeni i-photosynthesizing, okungaba nemiphumela eyingozi kwezinye izimiso zemvelo.”
Isithombe sika-Dawid Sobarnia: https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-working-at-a-coffee-plantation-14894619/
