Emva kokuba iHawaii ivinjelwe i-sunscreen esemgangathweni, i-Seychelles kuLwandlekazi lwase-India yalandelwa. I-sunscreen entsha ekhuselekileyo kwindalo iyakhuthazwa yi-Seychellois kunye nabaphambukeli ababini abahlala eSeychelles ngeenjongo zokunciphisa ifuthe elibi le-sunscreens kwi-coral. U-Louise Laing ovela e-France kunye nomyeni u-Austin Laing osuka e-Australia kunye no-Seychellois Sylvie Hattingh banyusa i-sunscreen ebizwa ngokuba yi 'People4Ocean' (P4O).
Ekubeni bengebaninzi abantu abayaziyo ungcoliseko lwe-sunscreen, izazi zebhayoloji ezimbini zaselwandle ezihlala ePraslin, isiqithi sesibini esinabantu abaninzi, kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, bagqiba ekubeni baqalise iphulo lokukhuthaza i-sunscreen ye-P4O. I-sunscreen yenziwe kwi-2014 yisibini saseLaing, esisebenze ekubuyiselweni kwe-coral kwixesha elidlulileyo e-Seychelles, i-archipelago entshona ye-Indian Ocean. Zombini iingcali zebhayoloji zaselwandle zabelana kwasekuqaleni unxibelelwano oluluqilima nolwandle kunye nokuzinikela ekukhuseleni ubomi baselwandle. UHattingh wajoyina esi sibini emva kokubona ukuba zininzi kangakanani iinzame abazenzayo ukugcina uqaqa lwaseSeychelles. “Ndiziva ndixhalabile xa linyuka izinga labakhenkethi abandwendwela eSeychelles kwaye singafundiswanga ngetyhefu engena elwandle lwethu ngezithinteli-langa. Ukuze sibe nefuthe elihle kubalulekile ukuba siqale ukwazisa ngemiphumo yalo mbandela kwaye sifuna ukuba senze ngokukhawuleza ukuze sisindise izixhobo zethu ze-coral, "kusho uHattingh.
Nge-sunscreen 'People4Ocean', abasunguli baye badibanisa ulwazi lwabo lwe-coral reefs kunye nobuchule bobunewunewu be-skincare formulators ukwenza imveliso yesunscreen yendalo. Yimveliso yendalo ye-100 yeepesenti, ngokungafaniyo neninzi yokugcoba i-sunscreen enezithako eziyingozi kwimpilo yomntu kunye netyhefu kwindalo efana ne-Oxybenzone.
Ekubeni i-Seychelles sele isengozini kwi-coral bleaching ngelixa iindwendwe ezifikayo zihlala zisanda, iqela lixhalabele impembelelo yexesha elide lokusetyenziswa kwe-sunscreen kubomi baselwandle belizwe. “Xa uxinezeleko oluncinane, ioxybenzone inokuthintela ukukhula kweekorale ezisakhulayo, iyityhefu kwiintlobo ezisixhenxe zekorale yaye kusenokwenzeka ukuba ibangele ukuba iikorale zibe mhlophe. Okokugqibela, uvavanyo olongezelelweyo lubonakalise ukuba lukwasebenza njengokuphazamiseka kwehomoni kwii-invertebrates zaselwandle ezifana ne-shrimps kunye ne-clams, "utshilo uLouis Laing. Eli qela liqhuba iphulo phakathi kweehotele eSeychelles ngelixa lijolise kushishino lokhenketho.
Okwangoku, i-Ofisi yoMphathiswa wezeNdalo isaqwalasela impembelelo ye-sunscreen kubomi baselwandle. “Siyazi ngeziphumo zesunscreen kwiikorale kodwa kusesekuseni kakhulu ukuba sithathe nasiphi na isigqibo ngalo mbandela kodwa siwuqwalasele ngenyameko,” utshilo u-Alain Decommarmond, unobhala oyintloko. Abaseki be-People4Ocean sunscreen bathi ukuba i-Seychelles inqwenela ukugcina ukhenketho oluzinzileyo olusekelwe elwandle, ungcoliseko lwelanga kufuneka lujongwe.
“Urhulumente waseSeychelles kutshanje uye wavala izikhongozeli zeStyrofoam, iingxowa zeplastiki, kunye nezitro zeplastiki ezisetyenziswa kanye ukunciphisa ungcoliseko lweplastiki, bravo! Kutheni ungacingi ngokuvala i-oxybenzone ukulwa nokungcoliseka kwe-sunscreen? watsho uLouise Laing. Inyathelo elilandelayo lesi sibini likhankasela kwiNgqungquthela elandelayo ye-International Great Barrier Reef Restoration Symposium ezoba seCairns, eOstreliya ngoJulayi.
