WASHINGTON, Mphalane 7, 2010 - Tlaleho e ncha ea USDA Forest Service, Sustaining America's Urban Trees and Forests, e fana ka kakaretso ea boemo ba hona joale le melemo ea meru ea litoropo ea Amerika e amang bophelo ba hoo e ka bang karolo ea 80 lekholong ea baahi ba US.
“Ho Maamerika a mangata, lirapeng tsa boikhathollo, lijarete le lifate tsa literata ke tsona feela meru eo ba e tsebang,” ho boletse Tom Tidwell, Mookameli oa Lefapha la Tšebeletso ea Meru ea United States. “Maamerika a fetang limilione tse 220 a lula metseng e meholo le libakeng tsa litoropo ’me a itšetlehile ka melemo ea tikoloho, moruo le ea sechaba e fanoang ke lifate le meru ena. Tlaleho ena e bonts'a liqholotso tse tobaneng le meru ea poraefete le ea sechaba 'me e fana ka lisebelisoa tse baballang chelete ho matlafatsa katleho ea taolo ea mobu nakong e tlang.
Kabo ea meru ea litoropong e fapana ho ea ka sechaba, empa boholo ba tsona li arolelana melemo e tšoanang e fanoang ke lifate tsa litoropo: boleng bo ntlafetseng ba metsi, tšebeliso e fokolang ea matla, libaka tse fapa-fapaneng tsa liphoofolo tse hlaha le boleng bo eketsehileng ba bophelo le boiketlo ba baahi.
Ha libaka tse nang le baahi ba bangata li atoloha ho pholletsa le naha, bohlokoa ba meru ena le melemo ea eona e tla eketseha, hammoho le liphephetso tsa ho li baballa le ho li hlokomela. Baokameli ba metse le mekhatlo ea boahelani ba ka rua molemo ho lisebelisoa tse ngata tsa tsamaiso tse thathamisitsoeng ka har'a tlaleho, tse kang TreeLink, websaeteng ea marang-rang e fanang ka boitsebiso ba theknoloji ka mehloli ea meru ea litoropong ho ba thuso bakeng sa mathata a tobaneng le lifate le meru ea habo bona.
Tlaleho e boetse e hlokomela hore lifate tsa litoropo li tobane le mathata lilemong tse 50 tse tlang. Bakeng sa mehlala ea limela le likokoanyana tse hlaselang, mollo oa hlaha, tšilafalo ea moea le phetoho ea maemo a leholimo kaofela li tla ba le litlamorao holim'a moaho oa lifate tsa litoropo ho pholletsa le Amerika.
“Meru ea litoropong ke karolo ea bohlokoa ea tikoloho ea sechaba, e nang le lintho tse ngata tse amang bophelo ba litoropong haholo,” ho boletse sengoli se etelletseng pele David Nowak, mofuputsi oa Setsi sa Lipatlisiso sa US Forest Service Northern Research Station. "Lifate tsena ha li fane ka litšebeletso tsa bohlokoa feela empa li eketsa boleng ba thepa le melemo ea khoebo."
Sustaining America's Urban Trees and Forests e hlahisoa ke morero oa Forests on the Edge.
Morero oa USDA Forest Service ke ho ts'ehetsa bophelo bo botle, mefuta-futa le tlhahiso ea meru ea Sechaba le makhulo ho finyella litlhoko tsa meloko ea hona joale le e tlang. Setsi se laola lihekthere tse limilione tse 193 tsa mobu oa sechaba, se fana ka thuso ho beng ba naha le ba poraefete, hape se boloka mokhatlo o moholo ka ho fetisisa oa lipatlisiso tsa meru lefatšeng.