Enyangeni elandelayo, amaqembu omphakathi kanye namalungu e-ReLeaf Network kulo lonke elase-California anethuba lokuphawula ezindabeni ezimbili ezibalulekile. ZiwuHlelo Oludidiyelwe Lokuphathwa Kwamanzi Lwesifunda Lomnyango Wezamanzi (i-DWR) (IRWM); kanye ne-California Air Resources Board's (CARB) Urban Forest Project Protocols. Kuze kube manje, le mizamo ibingenanzuzo neze emaqenjini amahlathi asemadolobheni asebenza nsuku zonke ukuze aluhlaza esimeni sethu esihle, kodwa ngesiqondiso esivela kubabambiqhaza ingaba usizo.
NgoNdasa wezi-2014, uMbusi uBrown kanye nesiShayamthetho bayalela i-DWR ukuthi isheshise ukucela nokuklonyeliswa kwezigidi ezingu-$200 kuxhaso lwe-IRWM ukuze kusekelwe amaphrojekthi nezinhlelo ezihlinzeka ngokulungela isomiso sesifunda ngokushesha, phakathi kwezinye izindaba ezibalulekile ezihlobene namanzi. Ukuze kusheshiswe ukusatshalaliswa kwalezi zimali, i-DWR izosebenzisa inqubo yesicelo sesibonelelo sikahulumeni ehlelekile, futhi icela ukuphawula komphakathi mayelana Nemihlahlandlela Yohlelo Lwezibonelelo kanye Nephakheji Yokucela Isiphakamiso (PSP).
I-IRWM yakhelwe phezu kwesethembiso sokukhulisa ukusebenzisana phakathi kwababambe iqhaza ekufezeni izixazululo eziqhubekayo zokulawulwa kwamanzi ezifundeni lapho abadlali abangcono kakhulu abanamaphrojekthi angcono kakhulu bazokhuphukela phezulu. Kodwa-ke, amalungu enethiwekhi avela cishe kuzo zonke izifunda zamanzi azwakalise ukukhungatheka ngenqubo ye-IRWM lapho ohulumeni basekhaya bedala umgoqo wokuncintisana ongenzi nzuzo ngalezi zimali.
Udaba lwe-IRWM ngeke luxazululwe ngokuphazima kweso, kodwa isiqalo singanikeza ukuphawula okubhaliwe ku-DWR mayelana nokuthi lezi zimali zokugcina ze-Proposition 84 zizonikezwa kanjani ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezizayo. Vakashela iwebhusayithi ye-DWR ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe.
Ngokunjalo, umphakathi wamahlathi asemadolobheni uthwale kanzima nge-Compliance Protocol for Urban Forest Projects kusukela i-CARB yawamukela.
I-Climate Action Reserve ithole impendulo kusukela ngaleso sikhathi yokuthi i-Version 1.0 yephrothokholi yethula izithiyo ezibalulekile ekuqalisweni ngempumelelo kwamaphrojekthi okunciphisa amahlathi asemadolobheni. Lokhu kwabuye kwacutshungulwa futhi kwaqinisekiswa emhlanganweni wokucobelelana ngolwazi weCarbon Offsets & Urban Forest owawuse-Davis ngo-2012. Okuyinhloko phakathi kwezinto ezikhathazayo eziveziweyo kwaba ukuvama kokuqinisekisa nokuqapha.
I-CAR ithole uxhaso ku-CALFIRE ukuze ibuyekeze i-Urban Forest Project Protocol ngo-2013, futhi isikhiphe umthetho obuyekeziwe ukuze ubuyekezwe futhi ubeke imibono yomphakathi, okumele ikhokhwe ngoLwesihlanu, 25 April.th. Inhloso yalokhu kubuyekezwa kwakuwukwenza umthetho obuyekeziwe ozokwenza kube lula ukuthi amaphrojekthi amahlathi asemadolobheni aqaliswe ngenkathi ehlangabezana nezindinganiso zekhwalithi zokulawula zokuthuthukiswa kwe-carbon offset.
Kusizindalwazi sayo, i-CAR ithi "ukwamukelwa kwephrothokholi ebuyekeziwe yi-Reserve kufanele kusize ukuqaliswa kwemiklamo eminingi yamahlathi asemadolobheni" (kube khona eyodwa kuphela kuze kube manje). Kodwa-ke, impendulo yokuqala evela kubabambiqhaza abambalwa iphakamisa ukuthi izithiyo ezinkulu zisengaba khona.
Umbono ophusile kakhulu kulolu daba uzovela kuleyo miphakathi ethintwa yimithethonqubo, kanye nalabo abenza umsebenzi phansi. Iya kuwebhusayithi yeClimate Action Reserve ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe, futhi wenze izwi lakho lizwakale.