Isikhululo senqwelomoya iHeathrow ibhengeze utyalomali lwayo kwiprojekthi eyodwa kwindiza yase-UK: ukubuyiselwa kweepatlands zase-UK ukucima ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni. Ukusebenza neLancashire Wildlife Trust kunye ne-DEFRA, indawo yokuqala yokubuyiselwa kukaHeathrow iya kuba yi-Little Woolden Moss, eyinxalenye ye-Chat Moss eyindawo enkulu yomhlaba we-peat bog, kwintshona yeManchester, ibixhomekeke kuthengiso lwe-peat ngaphezulu kweminyaka eli-15.
Ukubuyiselwa kwe-peatland bogs yase-UK, yinxalenye yezicwangciso ze-Heathrow zokuba yi-airport ye-carbon neutral ngo-2020. Ngokuxhasa uphando kwiinzuzo zemozulu zokubuyiselwa kwe-peatland, i-Heathrow inethemba lokubonisa ukuba iiprojekthi ezinjengalezi ziza kwenza ukhetho oluhle kwi-CORSIA yeenqwelo-moya. izibophelelo - isivumelwano samazwe ngamazwe ukuhambisa ukukhula okungathathi hlangothi kwekhabhoni kwinqwelomoya ukusuka ngo-2020. Le projekthi yokulinga iya kunceda ukuphonononga amathuba e-peatland ukuhambisa i-carbon offsetting enexabiso eliphantsi kunye noluhlu lwezinye izibonelelo ezibandakanya i-biodiversity, umgangatho wamanzi, kunye nokukhusela izikhukhula.
Injongo ye-Heathrow kukusebenzisa iziseko zesikhululo seenqwelo-moya zero carbon engu-zero ngo-2050, okuthetha ukuba ukusebenza kwemihla ngemihla kweziseko ezingundoqo zesikhululo seenqwelo-moya kubangela ukuba kungabikho kukhutshwa kweegesi zegreenhouse. Njengenxalenye yenkqubela phambili eyenziweyo ngokuchasene nezi zicwangciso, iHeathrow ikwabhengeze ukuba iTheminali yesi-2 ngoku inikwe amandla ngeendlela ezinokuhlaziyeka ngokupheleleyo: iiphaneli zesola ezili-124 kuphahla lwayo, ibhoyila ekwisiza yebiomass esebenzisa inkunkuma yasehlathini kunye negesi evuselelekayo kunye nombane. Ngayo yonke i-Heathrow esebenza kwi-100% yombane ohlaziyekayo ukususela ngo-Epreli ka-2017, i-Heathrow sele iphantse i-80% ngokubhekiselele kwinjongo yayo ye-carbon airport.
I-Heathrow ityale imali engaphezulu kwe-£94,000 kwi-Little Woolden Moss ukubuyisela iihektare ezingama-70 ze-peatland esele isetyenziselwe ukutsalwa. Ngokwezikhombisi ze-DEFRA, ukubuyiselwa kwendawo yeprojekthi kunokukhokelela ekongiweni kweetoni ezingama-22,427 zeCO.2 ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-30 - elilingana phantse nama-64,000 ohambo lwabakhweli ukusuka eHeathrow ukuya eNew York. Ukulandela le projekthi yokulinga yokuqala, i-Heathrow iceba ukutyala imali kwiiprojekthi ezininzi zokubuyisela i-peatland kule minyaka mibini izayo, kwaye isikhululo seenqwelomoya sele sihlola ezinye iindawo.
Ukuhamba phambili ekubuyiseleni i-peatlands njenge-carbon sinks yiprojekthi yexesha elide echazwe kwi-Heathrow 2.0, isicwangciso sokuzinza sesikhululo seenqwelomoya. I-UK ibone ilahleko eyintlekele yendawo ehlala i-peatland kude kube namhlanje - kunye ne-94% yendawo yendalo yelizwe etshatyalalisiwe okanye yonakele. I-Peatlands isamele ivenkile enkulu yekhabhoni yase-UK, kwaye izifundo ziye zabonisa ukuba ukuba zonke iibhogi zase-UK bezikwimeko encomekayo ziya kuba nako ukususa kwaye zidibanise iitoni ezizigidi ezi-3 zekhabhoni ngonyaka.1
I-Heathrow isandula ukutyikitya kwiPhulo leeThagethi eziSekwe kwiNzululwazi yehlabathi, ithembisa ukuba iya kulungelelanisa izinto ekujoliswe kuzo kunye neenjongo zeSivumelwano saseParis sokunciphisa ubushushu behlabathi bube ngaphantsi kwe-2 degrees. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya sikwaphumeze uMgangatho weNqanaba lesi-2 leCarbon Trust Supply Chain, enye yeenkampani ezili-11 kuphela ezivunyiweyo kunye nesikhululo seenqwelomoya sokuqala. Umgangatho uyawuqonda umsebenzi we-Heathrow kunye nababoneleli bayo ukuba bajolise ekunciphiseni unyaka nonyaka ekukhutshweni kwekhabhoni yokubonelela.
Ukubuyiselwa kweLittle Woolden Moss kuya kwenzeka kwisithuba seminyaka emithathu, kwaye indawo ebuyiselweyo iya kuqhubeka nokufikeleleka eluntwini ukulungiselela ukukhwela ibhayisekile, ukuhambahamba, kunye nemisitho yoluntu. Ukubuyiselwa kuya kubandakanya ukumpompa amanzi esizeni, ukutyala iintlobo zezityalo zemveli, kwaye ekugqibeleni kuvumeleke ummandla ukuba ubuyisele ngokupheleleyo indawo yawo yokuhlala etyebileyo kunye nezilwanyana zasendle - kuqukwa neentlobo ezifana necilikishe eliqhelekileyo, iBlack Darter Dragonfly, iBrown Hare kunye neQakamba yeBog Bush enqabileyo.
Isigqeba esiyiNtloko saseHeathrow uJohn Holland-Kaye uthe:
"Sivuyiswe kakhulu ukubhengeza intsebenziswano yethu kunye neLancashire Wildlife Trust, kwaye sihlolisise indlela i-UK peatlands enokusetyenziswa ngayo njengesixhobo sokunciphisa i-carbon. Ukutshintsha kwemozulu ngowona mceli mngeni mkhulu esijongene nawo isizukulwana sethu kwaye ngeli lixa ilelokuqala kwiiprojekthi ezininzi, siyathemba ukuba iya kuba ngumzekelo weshishini lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya eliza kulandela. ”
U-Anne Selby, uMlawuli oyiNtloko weLancashire Wildlife Trust uthe:
“ITrust isebenze iminyaka engaphezulu kwe-30 ukubuyisela ezi ndawo zokuhlala zibalulekileyo kwihlabathi kwaye ilwela ukhuseleko lwazo. Oku kwenzeke ngenxa yenkxaso yabaxhasi bethu abaphambili, amalungu kunye namashishini asekuhlaleni athe axhasa umsebenzi wethu iminyaka emininzi. Siyavuya kuba i-Heathrow ijoyina nabo ekukhuseleni ikamva leepeatlands zethu zase-UK. Izilwanyana zasendle zisengozini kwaye ngoku lixesha lokuba sonke simanyane ukukhusela ikamva lendalo yethu yendalo; sonke kufuneka sibe yinxalenye yesisombululo”
Ngaphandle kokujongana nokukhutshwa kwezinto ezikhutshwayo kwizakhiwo zayo kunye neziseko ezingundoqo kunye notyalo-mali ekulungiseni, iHeathrow ikhuthaza iinkampani zeenqwelomoya ukuba zisebenzise iinqwelomoya ezicocekileyo ngeentlawulo zokuhlalisa, nangetafile yeLeague ethi “Fly Quiet and Green”, inqanaba likawonke-wonke labona basebenzi babalaseleyo kunye nabona basebenza kakhulu kwimo engqongileyo. I-Heathrow ijongana nokukhutshwa kwekhabhoni ezimotweni ngokumisela indawo yokukhupha umoya ophantsi kakhulu kunye nokuxhasa ukhetho lwezithuthi zikawonke-wonke kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya, kubandakanywa nokushukuma komthamo kaloliwe ngo-2040.
