E hele ana kēia haʻawina i ka kūleʻa o ka International Coastal Cleanup Day, i mālama ʻia ma Kepakemapa 16, 2023. ʻO ka hanana makahiki, i mālama ʻia ma 186 mau kahua ma waena o Jamaica, e manaʻo e mālama i nā kahakai kūlohelohe o ka mokupuni a lanakila i ka hoʻomau ʻana i ke kaiapuni.
E hōʻike ana i kona kākoʻo no ka hanana, ʻO Jamaica Huakaʻi Kuhina, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, i koʻikoʻi i ke koʻikoʻi o ka International Coastal Cleanup Day no ka wā e hiki mai ana o Jamaica. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au he mea nui ka Coastal Cleanup no ka wā e hiki mai ana o Jamaica. ʻAʻole ʻo kā mākou mau kahakai maikaʻi wale ka ʻīpuka o kā mākou ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi holomua akā he hōʻike hoʻi i ko mākou hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ka hoʻomau ʻana i ke kaiapuni.
Ua hoʻomau ke Kuhina, "Ua hauʻoli wau i ka nui o nā Jamaicans aʻu e ʻike nei e komo ikaika ana i ka International Coastal Cleanup i kēlā me kēia makahiki, no ka mea e hōʻike ana i kā mākou kūpaʻa e mālama i ka nani maoli o Jamaica, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i ko mākou mau kahakai e hoʻohauʻoli a kono ʻia no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana."
Ma ke ʻano he poʻo kākoʻo o ka International Coastal Cleanup initiative mai 2008, TAMBOURINE ʻike i ke kuleana koʻikoʻi o ka mālama ʻana i ke kaiapuni i ka mālama ʻana a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka huahana huakaʻi o Jamaica.
ʻO nā hopena maikaʻi i loaʻa ma o kēia hoʻolālā he hōʻike ia i ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana o nā limahana a me nā hui.
I 2022, 6,020 mau mea manawaleʻa mai 134 mau pūʻulu i hui lima e hōʻiliʻili i kahi 79,507 paona o ka ʻōpala mai 124 mau mile o ke kahakai ma waena o nā hale pule he 14 ma Jamaica.
I ka wā o nā hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe ma ke kahua hae o JET ma ke ala Palisadoes Go-Kart i ka Pōʻaono (Sepatemaba 16), ua hōʻike ʻo Kauka Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie, Environmental Scientist a me Luna Nui o Jamaica Environment Trust (JET), i ka nānā ʻana i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka pollution plastic i kēia wā. nā hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe makahiki. Ua koʻikoʻi ʻo ia i ke koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana i nā mea manawaleʻa e pili ana i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā plastics hoʻohana hoʻokahi a me ka paipai ʻana i nā hana hana hou.
ʻOiai ua hoʻemi ʻia ka nui o nā mea manawaleʻa i kēia makahiki ma muli o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o nā kūlana ma kekahi mau wahi, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he mea nui ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe kahakai i ka pale ʻana i nā plastik a me nā ʻōpala mai ke komo ʻana i ke kai moana.
“Ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi hoʻomaʻemaʻe liʻiliʻi i kēia makahiki. I ka makahiki i hala, ua loaʻa iā mākou he 1000 mau mea manawaleʻa, ma 2019 he 2000 mau mea hana ma kēia pūnaewele. Ua hoʻoholo mākou e hōʻemi i ka nui o nā mea manawaleʻa [i kēia makahiki] no ka mea i ka hele ʻana a nānā i ka pūnaewele ma mua, ʻike mākou ʻaʻole ia he ʻino. ʻO kekahi kumu a mākou e noʻonoʻo nei, ʻo ia ka papahana hoʻomaʻemaʻe moana e hana nei me ka Grace Kennedy Foundation kahi i loaʻa ai nā pale i mua o kekahi o nā awāwa nui a loaʻa pū iā mākou ka papahana hana hou i kau ʻia. Akā, he mea nui ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe kahakai no ka mea ʻo ia ka manawa hope loa e wehe ai i nā plastics a me nā ʻōpala ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i ke kai moana a hoʻoulu hou i nā pilikia, "wahi a Kauka Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie, Environmental Scientist a CEO ma Jamaica Environment. hilinai.
ʻO ka International Coastal Cleanup Day, i mālama ʻia i ke kolu o ka Pōʻaono o Kepakemapa i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ka hanana manawaleʻa nui loa i hoʻokahi lā ma ka honua. Hoʻomaka ʻia e ka Ocean Conservancy ma Texas i ʻekolu mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hui ka hanana i nā mea manawaleʻa mai nā ʻāina 100 aʻe e hōʻiliʻili i nā miliona paona ʻōpala. Ma Jamaica, ua lilo ka Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) i mea hoʻoponopono aupuni no nā hana ICC ma 2008, me ke kākoʻo o ka Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) ma ke ʻano he kākoʻo mua.
Hoʻolaʻa mau ʻo TEF i ka hoʻolalelale ʻana i ka hoʻomau kaiapuni ma Jamaica a e hoʻomau i ka hana pū ʻana me nā hui a me nā kānaka e pale i ka nani kūlohelohe o ka ʻāina.
