Ehlotyeni elidlulileyo, iCalifornia ReLeaf ngequbuliso yazifumanisa ikwimeko engenakunqweneleka yokuba ngumthwali wetotshi kwizinto ezingenzi nzuzo kulo lonke ilizwe ngokubhekiselele kumthetho obalulekileyo onokuthi umisele ummiselo wabamkeli abafanelekileyo kwi-cap kunye nenkxaso-mali yorhwebo. Into yokuqala esiyenzileyo kukuvula iCarlifonia ReLeaf Network. Okwesibini yaba kukwakha intsebenziswano namanye amaqela elizwe ngokubanzi.
Isiphumo saba sifumene into ebesiyifuna, kwaye siyenze ngokudibanisa ilizwi lendawo leNethiwekhi kunye ne-Trust for Public Land kunye neNdalo yoLondolozo lweNdalo.
Ke lathi lakufika ithuba lokuba iReLeaf ijoyine le mbumba yolondolozo (ekwaquka iPacific Forest Trust kunye neCalifornia Climate and Agricultural Network) ukuze kusetyenziswane ekuchongeni amathuba otyalo-mali kwimithombo yendalo kunye norhwebo, siye sakhawuleza ukwamkela isimemo. Ngokufanayo, xa abaxhasi be-SB 535 (umthetho oyilwayo woluntu oluhlelelekileyo kunyaka ophelileyo) basimemela kwitafile yabo, sabona ithuba lokuqalisa ukwakha ubudlelwane namaqela akhe athathwa “njengamahlakani angengawo awemveli.”
Uninzi lwabathathi-nxaxheba kunye nabaxhasi bomgaqo-nkqubo woluntu kwiindawo zokusingqongileyo, amandla, kunye nezothutho ngoku babhiyozela izindululo ezenziwe yiBhodi yeMithombo yoMoya yaseCalifornia kwiSicwangciso soTyalo-mali esiyiDrafti se-Cap-and-Trade Auction Proceeds ekhutshwe ngo-Aprili 16th, 2013. Nathi siyayibhiyozela. Esi sicwangciso sijolise kwindima ekufuneka iyidlalile amahlathi asezidolophini ekuncedeni urhulumente ukuba afezekise iinjongo zakhe zokunciphisa igesi yendalo yobushushu bowama-2020; kwaye ujonge ngakumbi malunga nokuba loo mali kufuneka yabiwe njani kwaye ngeziphi iinjongo. Olu luloyiso olungenakuphikiswa kuluntu lwethu.
Kodwa impumelelo ayiphelelanga ekuboneni amagama athi “amahlathi asezidolophini” aphinda-phinda izihlandlo ezili-15 ngoxwebhu (nangona intle loo nto). Sisiqinisekiso somsebenzi owenziwa yile Network, kunye nentsebenziswano esiye sayenza ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. Jonga kule ngxelo ilapha, kwaye ujonge kwakhona iSihlomelo A ukuze ubone ukuba ngubani oncede iCalifornia ReLeaf kunye namalungu wethu womnatha wokuthwala itotshi. Esi sisiqalo sento iReLeaf inethemba lokuba iya kuba lubudlelwane obuqhubekayo kunye namaqela afana neHousing California, TransForm, Greenlining Institute, Nature Conservancy, Asian Pacific Environmental Network, Coalition for Clean Air kunye nabanye abaye badibana malunga nombono wokuba eyona ndlela ingcono yokufezekisa izixeko eziluhlaza kunye noluntu oluzinzileyo kulo lonke elaseCalifornia kukwazi zonke iziqwenga kufuneka zisebenze kunye ukwenza iphazili.
Sisekugqatso oluya kugqatso, kodwa asizange sibe nesiseko senkxaso esomeleleyo kunangoku. Enkosi kakhulu kwiNethiwekhi yethu kunye namaqabane ethu elizwe liphela ngokusinceda ukuba sifikelele apha.