The Umbutho wezoKhenketho kwiCaribbean (CTO) ujoyina uluntu lwehlabathi namhlanje ekubhiyozeni USuku loKhenketho lweHlabathi Ngowama-2019 phantsi komxholo othi, “uKhenketho nemisebenzi: ikamva elingcono lomntu wonke”.
Ukhenketho ngoyena mntu uzuza imali ngommandla, kunye neCaribbean yamkela uqikelelo lwabakhenkethi bamanye amazwe abangama-30.2 kunye ne-29.3 yezigidi zokundwendwela ngo-2018, ivelisa malunga ne-US $ 39.3 yezigidigidi kwimali yezoqoqosho lwengingqi.
Eli candelo libonelela ngamathuba ohlukeneyo okucebisa ubomi babahlali. Iqhuba amathuba engqesho, utyalo-mali kunye namathuba oshishino, inegalelo kwimpilo ezizinzileyo ezizezinye kwaye ixhasa uphuhliso loluntu, olubalulekileyo oluqale ukubandakanya uphuhliso kwimimandla yasemaphandleni nakwimimandla ejongelwe phantsi.
KwiNkomfa yoKhenketho eSustainable Sustainable (STC) ebiseSt. Vincent naseGrenadines sivile kubantu bemveli nakwabanye ababonisi boluntu ngendlela amashishini okhenketho azinzileyo aqhubeka ngayo nokusebenza njengeendlela zokuzisa utshintsho kwezentlalo ngokubonelela ngeendlela zokuxhotyiswa kwabasetyhini, ukuzibandakanya kolutsha ngokubonakalayo sebenza kwaye banegalelo ekunciphiseni ubuhlwempu kuluntu olufana noluntu lwaseCharles Town eJaroica, kwilali yaseRawa eGuyana naseHopkins Village eBelize. Sivile nakwiiBahamas ukuba inkqubo yaBantu yaBantu iwenza njani umahluko kubomi babantu baseBahamas ababamba iindwendwe.
Ngaphantsi kweveki enye emva kwe-STC, safumana isikhumbuzo esothusayo sezisongelo eziqaqambileyo kwikamva eliqaqambileyo elithembisa ukhenketho xa iNkanyamba uDorian yachitha iziqithi ezibini- i-Abaco kunye neGrand Bahama- kumantla ntshona eBahamas apho yahlala khona iintsuku ezimbini. Ngomoya ozinzileyo we-185 mph kunye nokuphakama okuphezulu, uDorian wayengomnye umzekelo wokunyuka kwezaqhwithi, into esoyikayo iya ixhaphaka kakhulu kulo mmandla.
Amava eDorian, kunye noMateyu ngo-2016 kunye no-Irma noMaria ngo-2017, bagxininisa isidingo esingxamisekileyo sokuziqhelanisa nefuthe leentlekele zendalo ezibangelwa kukutshintsha kwemozulu kunye notshintsho lwemozulu (CVC), kufuneka ibonakalise nenkxaso efunwa licandelo lezokhenketho. , kwaye ingakumbi oorhulumente besizwe, ukomeleza ukomelela kwemozulu. Oososayensi baqikelele phakathi kwezinye iimpembelelo ze-CVC, ukwanda rhoqo kunye nobukrakra beentlekele zendalo.
Ezi ziganeko zemozulu zinamandla kule minyaka mine idlulileyo zenza ukuba kucace ukuba lixesha lokwenza ngoku. Kubalulekile ukuqinisekisa ukulungelelaniswa kwemozulu kunye nokomelela kwecandelo, ukuze iCaribbean ikhusele kwaye igcine indima yezokhenketho kunye namandla njengesixhobo sokukhula kwentlalo noqoqosho, ukuvelisa imisebenzi kunye nesiseko sekamva labo bonke.
Kufuneka senze uhlalutyo lwethu olunzulu kwaye sihlaziye, kwaye kwezinye iimeko, sakhe kwakhona eli shishini libalulekileyo ngokuqinisekisa "ukusetyenziswa ngokukuko kwezentlalo, indalo, inkcubeko kunye nezixhobo zemali ngendlela enobulungisa nokuzimela. Izithintelo ezibangelwe zezi ntlekele zendalo zisinika ithuba elinamandla kakhulu lokuba 'sizakhele ngcono', siboleke isilogeni esenziwe lathandwa lelinye lamalungu ethu emva kwenkanyamba zango-2017.
Masiqale uhambo lokuguqula izoyikiso zethu zibe ngamathuba, okuthi kunye namandla akhoyo egama leCaribbean anokusinceda sihambise ukhenketho lube lushishino olomeleleyo ngakumbi. Inye enemveliso yokhenketho eyandisiweyo, evelisa imisebenzi emitsha kunye nezinto ezinokwenzeka kubantu bethu kunye nokwenza ikamva elingcono lomntu wonke.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- It is important to ensure climate adaptation and resilience of the sector, for the Caribbean to secure and maintain tourism’s role and capability as an engine for social and economic growth, the generator of jobs and the foundation of a future for all.
- Vincent and the Grenadines we heard from various indigenous and other community presenters how sustainable tourism enterprises continue to act as conduits for social transformation by providing a means for female empowerment, youth engagement in meaningful work and contributing to poverty alleviation in communities such as the Charles Town maroon community in Jamaica, Rewa village in Guyana and Hopkins Village in Belize.
- The Dorian experience, along with Matthew in 2016 and Irma and Maria in 2017, emphasise the urgent need for adaptation to the impacts of natural disasters propelled by climate variability and climate change (CVC), It should also highlight the support needed by the tourism sector, and most particularly national governments, to enhance climate resilience.
