Bank of America Partners With American Forests: $250,000 Grant to Fund Assessment of Urban Forests and Climate Change in US Cities
eWashington, DC; NgoMeyi 1, 2013 - Umbutho weSizwe wolondolozo lwe-American Forests ubhengeze namhlanje ukuba ufumene isibonelelo se-$ 250,000 kwi-Bank of America Charitable Foundation ukuqhuba uvavanyo lwamahlathi asezidolophini kwizixeko ezihlanu zase-US kwiinyanga ezintandathu ezizayo. Izixeko ezikhethiweyo yi-Asbury Park, NJ; eAtlanta, eGa.; eDetroit, eMikh.; eNashville, eTenn.; kunye nePasadena, eCalifornia.
Kuqikelelwa ukuba imithi yasezidolophini kumaphondo angama-48 asezantsi isusa malunga neetoni ezingama-784,000 zongcoliseko lomoya ngonyaka, ngexabiso le-R3.8 yamawaka ezigidi.[1] Isizwe sethu siphulukana nemithi emalunga nezigidi ezine zemithi ngonyaka. Ngokuhla kwamahlathi asezidolophini, i-ecosystem ebaluleke kakhulu ekudaleni uluntu olusempilweni nolunokuhlalwa iyalahleka, kusenziwa uhlolo nophuhliso lwezicwangciso-qhinga zokubuyisela amahlathi asezidolophini.
“Sizibophelele ngamandla ekuzinzeni kokusingqongileyo, okusinceda ukuba sixhase ngcono abathengi bethu, abathengi kunye noluntu apho sishishina khona,” utshilo uCathy Bessant, isigqeba seBhanki yaseMelika yeGlobal Technology & Operations kunye nosihlalo weBhunga leNdalo yenkampani. "Ubambiswano lwethu kunye naMahlathi aseMelika luya kunceda iinkokheli zoluntu ukuba ziqonde kwaye ziphendule kwiimpembelelo ezenzeka kwiziseko zebhayoloji ezixhomekeke kuzo izixeko zethu."
Uvavanyo lwamahlathi asezidolophini luyinxalenye ephambili yenkqubo entsha eyenziwa ngamahlathi aseMelika kulo nyaka ebizwa ngokuba yi "Community ReLeaf." Olu vavanyo luya kunika ingqiqo kwisimo sisonke sehlathi ledolophu nganye kunye neenkonzo zokusingqongileyo nganye ezibonelelayo, ezinjengokonga amandla kunye nokugcinwa kwekhabhoni, kunye noncedo lwamanzi nomoya.
Olu vavanyo luya kudala isiseko sophando esithembakeleyo solawulo lwamahlathi asezidolophini kunye neenzame zokubhengeza ngokulinganisa iinzuzo ezibonelelwa yimithi yesixeko ngasinye. Emva koko, uphando luya kunceda ukukhuthaza iziseko eziluhlaza, ukwazisa uluvo loluntu kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo woluntu malunga namahlathi asezidolophini kunye nokuvumela amagosa eedolophu ukuba enze izigqibo ezinolwazi malunga nezisombululo ezingabizi kakhulu zokuphucula impilo, ukhuseleko kunye nentlalontle yabahlali besixeko.
Uvavanyo luya kunceda kwakhona ukwazisa ukutyalwa kwemithi yeqhinga kunye nemisebenzi yokubuyisela eya kuqhutywa yi-American Forests, iBhanki yaseMelika yamaVolontiya oLuntu kunye namaqabane asekuhlaleni ukunyusa inzuzo kunye nokukhokelela kuluntu oluzinzileyo olu luhlu.
Iprojekthi nganye iya kwahluka kancinane kwaye ilungiselelwe iimfuno zoluntu lwasekuhlaleni kunye nehlathi lasezidolophini. Ngokomzekelo, e-Asbury Park, i-NJ, isixeko esahlaselwa kakhulu yiNkanyamba uSandy kwi-2012, le projekthi iya kunceda ukuvavanya indlela i-canopy yamahlathi asezidolophini itshintshile ngayo ngenxa yentlekele yendalo kunye nokubeka phambili kwaye yazise ukubuyiselwa kwedolophu kwixesha elizayo ukuze kuzuze uluntu lwasekuhlaleni.
E-Atlanta, iprojekthi iya kuvavanya ihlathi ledolophu elijikeleze izikolo ukulinganisa impilo yoluntu kunye neenzuzo ezongezelelweyo ezifunyanwa ngabafundi kwimithi etyalwe kufutshane. Iziphumo ziya kubonelela ngesiseko sokunceda amalinge angaphezulu okudala imeko-bume yezikolo esempilweni kulutsha olungqonge isixeko. Ngokutshintsha kwemozulu, kubaluleke kakhulu ukuqonda ngcono indima ebalulekileyo amahlathi ethu asezidolophini adlala kwiindawo apho abantwana bethu bachitha ixesha labo elininzi.
UScott Steen, oyi-CEO yeAmerican Forests uthi: “Njengoko amaqondo obushushu onyaka eqhubeka enyuka yaye izaqhwithi nembalela ziqhubeka zisanda, impilo yamahlathi asezidolophini iya isiba mandundu. “Kuyasivuyisa ukusebenzisana neBhanki yaseMelika ukunceda ezi zixeko zakha amahlathi azinzileyo. Ukuzinikela kweBhanki yaseMelika kunye notyalo-mali kuya kwenza umahluko wokwenyani kolu luntu.”