Sandals Foundation Kukonzekera Kukondwerera Mitengo 10,000 Yobzalidwa

Pokonzekera kukondwerera kukwaniritsidwa kwa lonjezo lake lobzala mitengo 10,000, a Sandals Foundation ikukulitsa cholinga chake chotetezera powonjezera mitengo ina 10,000 kuti ilimbikitse kupirira kwa nyengo ya ku Caribbean ndi kukhala ndi chakudya chokwanira.

Ntchito yaikulu yoteteza zachilengedweyi ikugwirizana ndi mutu wa chaka chino wa Tsiku la Dziko Lapansi wakuti, “Invest in Our Planet,” ndipo ukupitiriza kudzipereka pa Project Yobzala Mitengo ya ku Caribbean ya Foundation, yomwe ikuyendetsedwa ndi bungwe la Caribbean Philanthropic Alliance mogwirizana ndi Trees That Feed. Foundation, Clinton Global Initiative, ndi othandizana nawo.

Epulo watha, maguluwa pamodzi adalengeza mapulani obzala mitengo miliyoni imodzi kudutsa mayiko 14 a ku Caribbean pofika Juni chaka chino. Ndi mitengo yoposa 9,600 yokongola komanso yopatsa zakudya yomwe idabzalidwa kale ndi Sandals Foundation ndi anzawo, gulu lachifundo la Sandals Resorts International likuchulukitsa.

"Makhalidwe otizungulira si nyumba yathu yokha, koma zonse zomwe zimatipangitsa kukhala ndi moyo," adatero Heidi Clarke, mkulu wa bungwe la Sandals Foundation. "Kuyika ndalama kuti chilengedwe chikhale chokhazikika kwa nthawi yayitali kumathandizira kulimbikitsa zachilengedwe zambiri zomwe ndizofunikira kwambiri popereka chakudya, madzi, kuteteza madera athu ndi moyo wathu, kupititsa patsogolo moyo wa m'derali kuti anthu am'deralo ndi alendo asangalale. .”

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Ku Jamaica, mitengo yamatabwa yoposa 2,000 yabzalidwa pofuna kukonzanso nkhalango ndi kuteteza zachilengedwe pamalo otetezedwa ndi UNESCO World Heritage Site—Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park. Derali, lomwe lili ndi 50 peresenti ya zomera zomwe zimapezeka pachilumbachi, limayang'aniridwa ndi Jamaica Conservation Development Trust, yomwe Foundation imagwira nawo ntchito kuti iyambe ntchito zake.

Mamembala a gulu la Sandals and Beaches Resorts nawonso atambasula manja awo ndipo, pamodzi ndi oimira nthambi ya Forestry Department ndi Mustard Seed Community ku Jamaica, abzala mitengo yobala zakudya pafupifupi 200 m'madera onse a Ocho Rios, ndi mapulani obzala. Enanso 600 pofika Juni.

Kuzilumba zakumpoto kwa Caribbean ku The Bahamas, akazembe a Sandals Foundation pamodzi ndi a Bahamas National Trust akhazikitsidwa kuti achotse zamoyo zowononga ndi kubzala mitengo pafupifupi 1,000 ku Lucayan National Park. Kupyolera mukuchitapo kanthu kwa ophunzira odzipereka, zilumbazi zidzapitiriza mwambo wawo wochuluka wolimbikitsa maphunziro a zachilengedwe pakati pa achinyamata, potero kulimbikitsa mbadwo wotsatira wa oyang'anira zachilengedwe.

Tili ku Barbados, ntchito yosamalira zachilengedwe ya Foundation ikulimbikitsa ndikuwongolera zoperekera zachilengedwe komanso luso ku Andromeda Botanic Gardens powonjezera dimba la ethnobotanical lomwe lili ndi kalasi yakunja, zikwangwani, komanso kubzala mitengo 30. Sandals Foundation, mogwirizana ndi oyang'anira pakiyi, Passiflora Limited, ikupanga malo osungiramo zomera zachibadwidwe ndi zachigawo, chikhalidwe chawo, zamoyo zosiyanasiyana, komanso zothandizira anthu a ku Barbadian.

"Tikuphunzitsa ophunzira ndi madera m'dera lonselo za kufunikira kochotsa zamoyo zowononga pamene tikulowa m'malo omwe akukhalamo ndikubzala mitundu yachilengedwe," adatero Georgia Lumley, wogwirizanitsa zachilengedwe ku Sandals Foundation. "Tawonjezeranso zochotsa izi ndi ntchito zakukonzanso nkhalango zomwe zimaphatikizapo kubzala mitengo yopatsa chakudya, monga zomwe tikupitiliza kuthandizira ku Signal Hill ku Antigua. Kumangidwa kwa nyumba yamithunzi ku Wallings Nature Reserve m'gawo la zilumba ziwirizi kudzathandizanso kuti bungwe lachifundo lisamawononge chitetezo, lomwe linayamba m'derali chaka chatha ndi kubzala mitengo yobala zakudya 1,008.

Lumley anawonjezera kuti: “Maphunziro okhudza chilengedwe ndi mbali yofunika kwambiri pa ntchito yathu yosamalira zachilengedwe. "Pogwira ntchito ndi mabungwe monga Environmental Awareness Group ku Antigua ndi Grenada Fund for Conservation, ophunzira akuphunzira za kufunikira koteteza chilengedwe ndi zamoyo zomwe zatsala pang'ono kutha pamene akugwira nawo ntchito zogwirira ntchito kudzera m'misasa ya zachilengedwe ndi maulendo oyendayenda."

Chaka chatha, mothandizidwa ndi Sandals Foundation, Grenada Fund for Conservation idabzala mitengo ya mangrove 4000, ndipo kukonzanso kwachitukuko ndi maphunziro otsogolera anthu ammudzi ku Woburn Interpretive Center kudzalimbitsa gombe la chilumbachi ndikuwonjezera zoyesayesa zawo zolimbikitsa zokopa alendo motsatana.

Kunja kwa ntchito yake yobzala mitengo, a Foundation akufunanso kukhazikitsa maphunziro a kompositi ku zilumba za Turks ndi Caicos pofuna kulimbikitsa chitetezo cha chakudya, kukulitsa kasamalidwe ka zinyalala, komanso kugwiritsa ntchito njira zaulimi mwanzeru. Chilumba cha Providenciales chimadziwika chifukwa chokhala ndi nthaka yachonde yochepa yokhala ndi alimi ochepa kapena zokolola za komweko. Tsopano, kudzera mu Beaches Turks ndi Caicos Resort, mamembala a gulu adzatsogolera ntchito zopanga manyowa, kupereka mwayi kwa ophunzira ndi alimi ochokera m'madera ozungulira kuti aphunzire, kutenga nawo mbali, ndikugawana zomwe apeza ndi machitidwe awo ndi madera awo.

Pazaka 13 zapitazi, bungwe la Sandals Foundation ladzala mitengo yoposa 17,000 ya zipatso ndi yokongoletsa ku Caribbean - kukulitsa nkhalango zamitengo ya m'derali mtengo umodzi ndi umodzi polimbikitsa thandizo la Masandasi ndi Malo A magombe mamembala amagulu, magulu ammudzi, othandizana nawo, oyendera maulendo, alendo, ophunzira, ndi odzipereka.

Chaka chino, bungweli likudziperekabe kuwonjezera kuchuluka kwa nkhalango, kuteteza nyama zakuthengo, kulimbikitsa zamoyo zosiyanasiyana, kupanga malo oyendera zachilengedwe, kuphunzitsa ana ndi kupatsa mphamvu madera kuti atenge nawo mbali pachitetezo.

Anthu omwe akufuna kuthandizira kubzala mitengo atha kupita patsamba la Sandals Foundation pa www.sandalsfoundation.org ndikupereka ku 'Caribbean Tree Planting Project'. Gawo limodzi mwa magawo XNUMX a ndalama zonse zoperekedwa zidzaperekedwa pogula mbande ndi kusamalira malo obzala kuti mitengo ikhalebe ndi moyo.