WASHINGTON, June 26, 2014 - Mlembi wa zaulimi Tom Vilsack lero alengeza za 2014 USDA Forest Service's National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge olandira thandizo. Ndalamazi zimapereka ndalama zomwe zingathandize kulimbikitsa kuyang'anira nkhalango za m'matauni, kuthandizira mwayi watsopano wa ntchito, ndikuthandizira kukhala olimba pamene nyengo ikusintha. Pafupifupi anthu 80 mwa anthu XNUMX alionse ku United States amakhala m’matauni ndipo amadalira pa zinthu zachilengedwe, zachuma, ndiponso ubwino wa chikhalidwe cha anthu operekedwa ndi mitengo ndi nkhalango za m’tauni. Zochitika zanyengo ndi nyengo yoopsa zimawopseza mitengo ndi nkhalango zakutawuni zomwe zimafuna kuti ndalama ziwonjezeke pakuwongolera, kukonzanso ndi kuyang'anira.
“Nkhalango zathu za m’matauni ndi m’dera lathu zimapereka madzi aukhondo, mpweya wabwino, kusunga mphamvu za magetsi ndi zinthu zina zofunika pa umoyo ndi chuma cha anthu m’dziko lonselo,” adatero Vilsack.
"Ndalama zomwe zalengezedwa lero zithandiza kulimbikitsa ndalama komanso kulimbikitsa kuyang'anira nkhalango zathu zam'matauni kuti zisungidwe zomwe zimathandizira paziwopsezo zatsopano zakusintha kwanyengo."
Ku United States kokha, mitengo ya m’tauni imasunga matani oposa 708 miliyoni a carbon ndipo ingathandize kuchepetsa mpweya woipawu pochepetsa kufunikira kwa magetsi oziziritsa mpweya m’chilimwe ndi kutenthetsa m’nyengo yozizira. Nkhalango za m’tauni zosamalidwa bwino zingathandize kuthana ndi vuto la nyengo ndi nyengo yoopsa pochepetsa kusefukira kwa madzi, kutetezedwa kwa mphepo yamkuntho, kuletsa kukokoloka kwa nthaka, ndi kuchepetsa zotsatira za chilala. Nkhalango za m’matauni zimaperekanso phindu lofunika kwambiri la chikhalidwe ndi chikhalidwe limene lingalimbikitse anthu kupirira kusintha kwa nyengo polimbikitsa kuyanjana kwa anthu ndi kukhazikika kwa anthu.
Malingaliro a thandizoli adayamikiridwa ndi Mlembi wa National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council ndipo adzayang'anizana ndi kupirira kwa nkhalango za m'tauni ku zochitika zanyengo ndi zovuta zanthawi yayitali zakusintha kwanyengo; njira zolimbikitsira ntchito zobiriwira; ndi mwayi wogwiritsa ntchito zomangamanga zobiriwira kuti athe kusamalira ndi kuchepetsa madzi amphepo komanso kukonza madzi abwino.
Zilengezo za lero zaperekedwa pokhudzana ndi chaka chimodzi chokumbukira zanyengo ya Purezidenti Obama ndikuthandizira zolinga za ndondomekoyi zosamalira udindo wa nkhalango pochepetsa kutulutsa mpweya woipa wowonjezera kutentha komanso kukonzekera madera zomwe zidzachitike chifukwa cha kusintha kwa nyengo. M'chaka chathachi, USDA yalengeza njira zambiri zothandizira ndondomeko ya Pulezidenti ya Climate Action Plan kuphatikizapo kupezeka kwa ndalama zoposa $ 320 miliyoni zothandizira mphamvu zowonjezera mphamvu ndi mphamvu zowonjezera mphamvu komanso kukhazikitsidwa kwa ma Regional Hubs oyambirira omwe angathandize alimi, olima minda ndi eni malo a nkhalango kuti adziwe zambiri ndi deta yomwe akufunikira kuti apange zisankho zomveka bwino pakusintha kwa nyengo. USDA yathandizanso kuyesetsa kuthana ndi ziwopsezo ndikuthandizira kuchira kuchokera kumoto wamtchire komanso chilala ndipo yapereka ndalama zoposa $740 miliyoni pothandizira komanso kuthandizira pakagwa masoka kuti zithandizire madera ndi opanga omwe akhudzidwa ndi chilala mpaka pano mu 2014.
Kuphatikiza apo, kudzera mu Bill ya Famu ya 2014, USDA idzayika ndalama zokwana madola 880 miliyoni kuti ipange mphamvu zongowonjezwdwanso monga mphepo ndi dzuwa, kupanga mafuta amafuta apamwamba, mphamvu zamabizinesi ang'onoang'ono akumidzi ndi minda komanso kafukufuku ndi chitukuko chamafuta ndi zinthu zomwe zimalowa m'malo mwa mafuta ndi zinthu zina zopatsa mphamvu.
Omwe adalandira thandizo la 2014 ndi:
Gulu 1: Kupanga Mitengo ndi Nkhalango Zam'tauni Kuti Zikhale Zolimba Pazotsatira Zangozi Zachilengedwe ndi Zomwe Zidzatenga Nthawi Yaitali Chifukwa Cha Kusintha Kwa Nyengo
University of Florida, Mobile Tree Failure Prediction for Storm Kukonzekera ndi Kuyankha;
Ndalama ya Federal Grant: $281,648
Dongosolo lachitsanzoli lithandiza oyang'anira nkhalango za m'matauni kulosera kulephera kwamitengo panthawi yamphepo yamkuntho popanga chitsanzo chosonkhanitsira deta ndi kugwiritsa ntchito mapu a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) kuti athe kuwunika zoopsa zamitengo m'madera. Zotsatira ndi ndondomeko yabwino yoyendetsera kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe kabwino kake.
Gulu 2: Green Infrastructure Jobs Analysis
Ntchito Zamtsogolo, Jobs for the future Green Infrastructure Jobs Analysis
Ndalama ya Federal Grant: $175,000
Jobs for the future ipanga kuwunika kwa msika wantchito komwe kudzamanga nkhani yamabizinesi pazachuma zofunika zobiriwira m'madera athu. Izi ziphatikiza njira zokulitsira kukula kwa ntchito zobiriwira m'mabungwe abizinesi ndi aboma.
Category 3: Kugwiritsa Ntchito Zomangamanga Zobiriwira Poyang'anira ndi Kuchepetsa Madzi a Mkuntho Kuti Madzi Akhale Bwino
University of South Florida, Kuchokera ku Imvi kupita ku Green: Zida Zosinthira Kumalo Otengera Zomera
Stormwater Management Federal Grant Kuchuluka: $149,722
Madera ambiri alibe njira zosinthira kuchoka ku ngalande zanthawi zonse (zotuwa) kupita kuzinthu zobiriwira. Ntchitoyi idzapatsa oyang'anira zachilengedwe, okonza mapulani, ndi mainjiniya zida zothandizira zisankho kuti zithandizire njira yokonzekera njira zosinthira kuzinthu zobiriwira zomwe zimatsindika mitengo ndi nkhalango zakumidzi.
University of Tennessee, Storm Water Amakhala Wobiriwira: Kufufuza Ubwino ndi Thanzi la Mitengo Yamatauni mu Green Infrastructure Installations
Ndalama ya Federal Grant: $200,322
Kupereka kwa mitengo pakuwongolera madzi amkuntho sikumveka bwino. Pulojekitiyi iwonetsa momwe mitengo imagwirira ntchito m'malo osungiramo zamoyo ndikupereka malingaliro okhudza mapangidwe adongosolo ndi kusankha mitundu yamitengo kuti apititse patsogolo magwiridwe antchito a malo osungiramo zinthu komanso thanzi lamitengo.
Center for Watershed Protection, Kupanga Mitengo Yamatauni Kuwerengera: Pulojekiti Yowonetsa Udindo wa Mitengo Yamatauni Pakukwaniritsa Kutsatiridwa Kwamalamulo pa Kafukufuku wa Madzi Oyera
Ndalama ya Federal Grant: $103,120
Pulojekitiyi ithandiza oyang'anira madzi a mkuntho momwe angagulitsire mitengo kuti ikusefukira komanso kuchepetsa katundu wowonongeka kuti afananize ndi njira zina zoyendetsera bwino. Mapangidwe apangidwe obzala mitengo m'tauni adzayang'anizana ndi mbiri, kutsimikizira, kutsika mtengo, komanso thanzi lamitengo.
Dinani apa kuti mudziwe zambiri za National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council.