Ukhenketho lodonga oluhlaza
Isaqhubeka, kwaye ukukhula kwayo kwaqala kwiminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo, le projekthi uwela amazwe ali-11 Wazalelwa ngenjongo yokumisa ukuqhubela phambili kwentlango kule ndawo ibalaseleyo yaseAfrika. Yaziwa njengeGreat Green Wall yase-Afrika, okanye i-Initiative yoLuhlu oluGreen Green lweSahara naseSahel. Injongo yakho ilula kakhulu, kodwa inkulu. Ixhaswe nge-7.000 yezigidi malunga nee-euro, olu donga lujolise ekugubungeleni I-8.000 yeekhilomitha ubude kunye ne-15 ububanzi. Ukufumana umbono, i-120.000 yeekhilomitha zizonke. Eli phephancwadi lilingana nesiqingatha seSpain!
Ikwanenjongo ephindwe kabini. Kwelinye icala lelo thintela intlango ekuqhubeleni phambili, kwaye kwelinye ukunciphisa iziphumo zotshintsho lwemozulu. Ukutyala izigidi zemithi kunezibonelelo ezininzi, kwaye ii-acacias zikhethwe njengomthi akukho ngozi. Bayayichasa ngamandla imbalela kwaye umthunzi wabo uyanceda ekongeni amanzi kwiindawo ezikhulayo. Phakathi kwezibonelelo zayo kukwafuneka ukuba abantu abaninzi bashiye le mimandla ngenxa yokunqongophala kokutya.
Ipaseji eluhlaza, umbono ophantse wafikelela kwinkulungwane ubudala
Nangona intsha, Olu luvo lubuyela umva ngo-1927. Injineli yehlathi laseFrance ULouis Lavauden waqulunqa igama elithi "ukuguquka komhlaba ube yintlango" Ukucacisa ukuba iintlango zihamba phambili ngenxa yokuxhaphaza kwezolimo kunye nokuthotywa kwemimandla eyomileyo. Kwiminyaka engama-25 kamva, ngo-1952, ingcinga yokuphucula iimeko zokuphila eSahara ayizange ithi shwaka. Enye injineli yezamahlathi, eliNgesi uRichard U-Baber Baker ucebise umbono wokuba kwakhiwe udonga olukhulu ze-50km kunye nokwenza "isithintelo esiluhlaza" semithi ukubamba ukunwenwa kwentlango.
Imbalela kwiPhondo leAfrika naseSahel kwiminyaka yama-70s, yaqala isiqalo seengcinga zokuphelisa yonke le meko. Kwakungekho kude kube Ngo-2007, apho uManyano lwe-Afrika lwaye lwamkela le projekthi eya kuthi iwele ilizwekazi liphela, isuka eSenegal iye eDjibouti. Iprojekthi yebhongo ethi, isenamabhongo kwaye iyaqhubeka, kukho abo bathi banokuthi benze umzamo omncinci.
Ngaba ichanekile ukuguqula imeko yendalo ngokuthanda kwakho?
Mhlawumbi yinxalenye apho, njengamaxesha amaninzi, kubonakala njalo izenzo zethu zinokuchaphazela ngamandla into eyenziweyo ngokwendalo. U-Louis Lavauden inokuba wayenyanisile ukuyibiza ngokuba "yintlango," kodwa ngoku siyazi ukuba imozulu iyatshintsha. Izigxeko ziyaphinda zenziwe. "Abagxeki" bathi, indawo esempilweni nendalo echaphazeleka kwimozulu, ayinakuthathwa njengohlobo lwesifo sendalo.
Enye impikiswano evelayo kukuba ukuba oku kufanele ukuba kuthethe ukuphuculwa kweemeko zokuhlala zabemi balapho, ayisiyonto "iqhelekileyo". Oko kukuthi, endaweni yokubamba ingxaki, ukugxila, okwenziweyo kukuzoba umjikelezo. Kwelinye icala kwakhona kuya kufaneleka ngakumbi ukuhlala kwiindawo ezinkulu, kwaye kungabi ngumgca omde onje. Umbono wokugqibela kufuneka wongezwe wokuba wawuza kungqonga iSahara iphela, ethi yona kunye neendawo esele zikhona eziluhlaza zenze "udonga" oluhlaza lube yinto engaziwayo.
Ngaba ezinye iindlela zinokuqwalaselwa?
Etafileni bekusoloko kukho iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokusondela kwingxaki efanayo. Enye yezi ndlela kukukhetha olusekwe kubuchule bomhlaba bokuzihlaziya ngokwakho. Yaziwa njenge inkumbulo yendalo okanye ukuvuselelwa kwendalo okulawulwa ngamafama. Izikhukula kunye nezilwanyana zingahambisa imbewu ziye kwiindawo ezinokuthi zihlume kuzo. Inkqubo yeengcambu zemithi emidala inokuvelisa amahlumelo amatsha. Oku kunokuba yindlela buyisela inkangeleko yomhlaba ngendlela yendalo ngakumbi nangaphandle kwesidingo sokutyala ngqo imithi.
I-Afrika ineenketho, ezinokubakho, kodwa eziphawulwe ngamandla ngokuxhaphaza kunye notshintsho lwemozulu. Udonga oluhlaza lusisithintelo, isiqhoboshi apho ungenakho ukubuyela umva. Nangona kunjalo ifezekisiwe, ngethemba lokuba ekugqibeleni iya kusebenza njengendawo yokumisa ngokupheleleyo. Apho ubhala khona ibali elitsha, elizele bubomi kwaye ngaphandle kwamazwe omileyo.