Bank of America Partners With American Forests: $250,000 Grant to Fund Assessment of Urban Forests and Climate Change in US Cities
Washington, DC; May 1, 2013 — Bungwe la National Conservation Organisation American Forests lalengeza lero kuti lalandira thandizo la $250,000 kuchokera ku Bank of America Charitable Foundation kuti lichite kafukufuku wa nkhalango za m’tauni m’mizinda isanu ya ku America m’miyezi isanu ndi umodzi ikubwerayi. Mizinda yosankhidwa ndi Asbury Park, NJ; Atlanta, Pa; Detroit, Mik.; Nashville, Tenn.; ndi Pasadena, Calif.
Akuti mitengo ya m’tauni m’madera otsikirapo 48 amachotsa pafupifupi matani 784,000 a kuipitsidwa kwa mpweya pachaka, ndi mtengo wa $3.8 biliyoni.[1] Dziko lathu likutaya nkhalango za m’tauni pamtengo wa mitengo pafupifupi mamiliyoni anayi pachaka. Chifukwa chakuti nkhalango za m’tauni zikucheperachepera, zinthu zachilengedwe zofunika kwambiri kuti pakhale madera athanzi komanso otha kukhalamo zikutha, kuwunika ndi kukonza njira zobwezeretsanso nkhalango za m’tauni n’kofunika kwambiri.
"Tili ndi kudzipereka kwakukulu pakusunga chilengedwe, zomwe zimatithandiza kuthandiza makasitomala athu, makasitomala ndi madera omwe timachita bizinesi," akutero Cathy Bessant, wamkulu wa Bank of America's Global Technology & Operations komanso wapampando wa bungwe la Environmental Council la kampaniyo. "Mgwirizano wathu ndi American Forests uthandiza atsogoleri ammudzi kumvetsetsa ndikuyankha zovuta zomwe zimachitika pazachilengedwe zomwe mizinda yathu imadalira."
Kuwunika kwa nkhalango zam'tawuni ndi gawo lofunikira la pulogalamu yatsopano yomwe American Forests ikuyambitsa chaka chino yotchedwa "Community ReLeaf." Kuwunikaku kudzapereka chidziwitso pazochitika zonse za nkhalango yamtawuni ya mzinda uliwonse ndi ntchito zachilengedwe zomwe aliyense amapereka, monga kupulumutsa mphamvu ndi kusungirako mpweya, komanso ubwino wa madzi ndi mpweya.
Kuwunika kumeneku kudzakhazikitsa maziko odalirika ofufuza za kasamalidwe ka nkhalango za m'matauni ndi ntchito zolimbikitsa powerengera phindu lomwe mitengo ya mzinda uliwonse imapereka. Komanso, kafukufukuyu adzathandiza kulimbikitsa zomangamanga zobiriwira, kudziwitsa anthu maganizo a anthu komanso ndondomeko ya anthu okhudzana ndi nkhalango za m'tauni komanso kulola akuluakulu a mzindawo kupanga zisankho zabwino kwambiri zothetsera thanzi, chitetezo ndi umoyo wa anthu okhala mumzindawu.
Kuwunikaku kudzathandizanso kudziwitsa za njira zobzala mitengo ndi kukonzanso zomwe ziyenera kuchitidwa ndi American Forests, Bank of America Community Volunteers ndi othandizana nawo am'deralo kuti apititse patsogolo zopindulitsa ndikupangitsa madera okhazikika kugwa uku.
Pulojekiti iliyonse idzakhala yosiyana pang'ono ndi yogwirizana ndi zosowa za anthu ammudzi ndi nkhalango zakumidzi. Mwachitsanzo, ku Asbury Park, NJ, mzinda womwe unagwedezeka kwambiri ndi mphepo yamkuntho Sandy mu 2012, polojekitiyi idzathandizira kuwunika momwe nkhalango ya nkhalango ya m'tawuni yasinthira chifukwa cha masoka achilengedwe ndikuyika patsogolo ndikudziwitsa kubwezeretsedwa kwa mizinda yamtsogolo kuti apindule. anthu ammudzi.
Ku Atlanta, polojekitiyi iwunika nkhalango yakumidzi yozungulira masukulu kuti ayese thanzi la anthu komanso zopindulitsa zina zomwe ophunzira amalandira kuchokera kumitengo yobzalidwa pafupi. Zotsatirazi zidzapereka maziko othandizira kuyesetsa kwina kuti apange malo abwino a sukulu kwa achinyamata kuzungulira mzindawo. Ndi kusintha kwa nyengo, ndikofunikira kwambiri kumvetsetsa bwino ntchito yofunika yomwe nkhalango zathu zam'tawuni zimachita m'malo omwe ana athu amathera nthawi yawo yambiri.
Scott Steen, mkulu wa bungwe la American Forests anati: “Pamene kutentha kwapachaka kumapitirizabe kukwera ndipo mvula yamkuntho ndi chilala zikukulirakulirabe, thanzi la nkhalango za m’tauni likuipiraipirabe. “Ndife okondwa kugwirizana ndi Bank of America kuthandiza mizindayi kumanga nkhalango zolimba m’matauni. Kudzipereka kwa Bank of America ndi ndalama zake zidzasintha kwambiri maderawa. "