EWASHINGTON, ngo-Oktobha 7, 2010 – Ingxelo entsha ye-USDA Forest Service, Sustaining America's Urban Trees and Forests, inika isishwankathelo semeko yangoku kunye neengenelo zamahlathi asezidolophini aseMelika achaphazela ubomi babantu abaphantse babe ngama-80 ekhulwini e-US.
“Kubantu abaninzi baseMelika, iipaki zasekuhlaleni, iiyadi kunye nemithi yesitrato kuphela kwamahlathi abawaziyo,” watsho uTom Tidwell, oyiNtloko yeNkonzo yeHlathi yase-US. “Bangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-220 abantu baseMerika abahlala ezixekweni nasezidolophini yaye baxhomekeke kwizinto ezisingqongileyo, ezoqoqosho nezentlalo ezinikelwa yile mithi namahlathi. Le ngxelo ibonisa imingeni ejongene namahlathi abucala nakawonke-wonke kwaye ibonelela ngezixhobo ezonga iindleko zokomeleza ulawulo lomhlaba kwixesha elizayo.”
Ukusasazwa kwamahlathi asezidolophini kuyahluka ukusuka kuluntu ukuya kuluntu, kodwa abaninzi babelana ngeenzuzo ezifanayo ezibonelelwa yimithi yedolophu: umgangatho wamanzi ophuculweyo, ukunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kwamandla, iindawo zokuhlala zezilwanyana zasendle kunye nokwandiswa komgangatho wobomi kunye nokuphila kakuhle kubahlali.
Njengoko imimandla enabemi abaninzi isanda kulo lonke ilizwe, ukubaluleka kwala mahlathi neengenelo zawo kuya kwanda, ngokunjalo nemingeni yokuwalondoloza nokuwalondoloza. Abaphathi beSixeko kunye nemibutho yasekuhlaleni banokuzuza kwinani lezixhobo zolawulo ezidweliswe ngaphakathi kwengxelo, njenge-TreeLink, i-website yonxibelelwano enikezela ngolwazi lwezobuchwepheshe kwimithombo yamahlathi asezidolophini ukuba ibe luncedo kwimingeni ejongene nemithi kunye namahlathi asekuhlaleni.
Le ngxelo ikwaqaphela ukuba imithi yasezidolophini ijongene nemingeni kule minyaka ingama-50 izayo. Imizekelo yezityalo ezihlaselayo kunye nezinambuzane, umlilo wasendle, ungcoliseko lomoya kunye nokutshintsha kwemozulu konke kuya kuba neempembelelo kwicanopy yemithi yezixeko kulo lonke elaseMelika.
Umbhali okhokelayo uDavid Nowak, umphandi waseUnited States Forest Service Northern Research Station wathi: “Amahlathi asezidolophini ayinxalenye ebalulekileyo yendalo yoluntu, enezinto ezininzi ezichaphazela ngokuphawulekayo umgangatho wobomi basezixekweni. “Le mithi ayiboneleli nje ngeenkonzo ezibalulekileyo kodwa ikwanyusa amaxabiso ezindlu neenzuzo zorhwebo.”
Ukugcinwa kweMithi yaseDolophini yaseMelika kunye namaHlathi aveliswa ngamaHlathi kwiprojekthi ye-Edge.
Umsebenzi we-USDA Forest Service kukugcina impilo, ukuhlukahluka, kunye nemveliso yamahlathi eSizwe kunye namadlelo engca ukuhlangabezana neemfuno zangoku kunye nezizukulwana ezizayo. I-Arhente ilawula i-193 lezigidi zeehektare zomhlaba karhulumente, ibonelela ngoncedo kubanini-mhlaba bakaRhulumente nababucala, kwaye igcine owona mbutho mkhulu wophando lwamahlathi ehlabathini.