Bank of America Partners With American Forests: $250,000 Grant to Fund Assessment of Urban Forests and Climate Change in Meaho e Mehlano ea US
Washington, DC; La 1 May, 2013 - Mokhatlo oa Sechaba oa Paballo ea Meru oa American Forests o phatlalalitse kajeno hore o fumane thuso ea $250,000 ho tsoa ho Bank of America Charitable Foundation ho etsa liteko tsa meru ea litoropong metseng e mehlano ea Amerika likhoeling tse tšeletseng tse tlang. Litoropo tse khethiloeng ke Asbury Park, NJ; Atlanta, Ga.; Detroit, Mich.; Nashville, Tenn.; le Pasadena, Calif.
Ho hakanngoa hore lifate tsa litoropong liprofinseng tse ka tlaase ho tse 48 li tlosa hoo e ka bang lithane tse 784,000 3.8 tsa tšilafalo ea moea selemo le selemo, ka chelete ea liranta tse limilione tse likete tse 1.[XNUMX] Naha ea rona e lahleheloa ke meru ea litoropong ka sekhahla sa lifate tse ka bang limilione tse 'ne ka selemo. Kaha meru ea litoropong e ntse e fokotseha, tikoloho ea bohlokoa ea tikoloho e bohlokoa bakeng sa ho theha sechaba se phetseng hantle le se ka phelisang lia lahleha, ho etsa litlhahlobo le nts'etsopele ea maano a tsosoloso bakeng sa meru ea litoropong e le tsa bohlokoa.
"Re na le boitlamo bo matla ba ho boloka tikoloho, e leng se re thusang ho tšehetsa bareki ba rona hamolemo, bareki le lichaba tseo re etsang khoebo ho tsona," ho bolela Cathy Bessant, mookameli oa Bank of America's Global Technology & Operations le molula-setulo oa Lekhotla la Tikoloho la k'hamphani. "Tšebelisano ea rona le Meru ea Amerika e tla thusa baetapele ba sechaba ho utloisisa le ho arabela litlamorao tse hlahang litsing tsa tlhaho tseo litoropo tsa rona li itšetlehileng ka tsona."
Litlhahlobo tsa meru ea litoropo ke karolo ea bohlokoa ea lenaneo le lecha leo Meru ea Amerika e le thakhotsang selemong sena se bitsoang "Community ReLeaf." Ditekolo di tla fana ka temohisiso mabapi le boemo bo akaretsang ba meru ya toropo e nngwe le e nngwe le ditshebeletso tsa tikoloho tseo e nngwe le e nngwe e fanang ka tsona, tse kang ho baballa matla le ho boloka khabone, hammoho le melemo ya boleng ba metsi le moya.
Ditekolo tsena di tla theha motheo o tshepahalang wa dipatlisiso bakeng sa taolo ya meru ya ditoropo le matsapa a bobuelli ka ho lekanya melemo eo difate tsa toropo e nngwe le e nngwe di fanang ka yona. Ka lehlakoreng le leng, lipatlisiso li tla thusa ho khothaletsa mekhoa ea motheo e tala, ho tsebisa maikutlo a sechaba le leano la sechaba mabapi le meru ea litoropong le ho lumella basebeletsi ba metse ho etsa liqeto tse nang le tsebo mabapi le tharollo e theko e boima ka ho fetisisa ea ho ntlafatsa bophelo bo botle, polokeho le boiketlo ba baahi ba motse.
Litlhahlobo li tla boela li thuse ho tsebisa mesebetsi ea ts'ebetso ea ho lema le ho tsosolosa lifate tse lokelang ho etsoa ke American Forests, Bank of America Community Volunteers le balekane ba lehae ho ntlafatsa melemo le ho lebisa ho sechaba se tsitsitseng haholoanyane hoetla hona.
Morero o mong le o mong o tla fapana hanyane mme o lokisetsoe litlhoko tsa sechaba sa lehae le meru ea litoropo. Ka mohlala, Asbury Park, NJ, e leng motse o ileng oa otloa ka matla ke Leholiotsoana Sandy ka 2012, morero ona o tla thusa ho hlahloba hore na meru ea meru ea litoropo e fetohile joang ka lebaka la koluoa ea tlhaho le ho beha pele le ho tsebisa tsosoloso ea litoropo nakong e tlang molemong oa molemo. sechaba sa lehae.
Atlanta, morero ona o tla lekola moru oa litoropo o pota-potileng likolo ho lekanya bophelo bo botle ba sechaba le melemo e meng eo baithuti ba e fumanang ho tsoa lifateng tse lenngoeng haufi. Liphetho li tla fana ka motheo oa ho thusa boiteko bo eketsehileng ba ho theha maemo a bophelo bo botle ba likolo bakeng sa bacha ho potoloha toropo. Ka maemo a leholimo a fetohang, ke habohlokoa ka ho khethehileng ho utloisisa hamolemo karolo ea bohlokoa eo meru ea litoropong e e phethang libakeng tseo bana ba rōna ba qetang nako e ngata hakaalo.
Scott Steen, CEO oa American Forests o re: “Ha mocheso oa selemo le selemo o ntse o phahama ’me lifefo le komello li ntse li tota, bophelo bo botle ba meru ea litoropong bo ntse bo senyeha ka ho eketsehileng. "Re thabetse ho sebelisana 'moho le Bank of America ho thusa litoropo tsena ho haha meru e tsitsitseng ea litoropong. Boitlamo le matsete a Bank of America li tla etsa phapang ea sebele bakeng sa lichaba tsena. "