IZINDABA
UKUKHULULWA OKUPHAKATHI
Xhumana: Chuck Mills (916) 497-0035
IMENYEZELWE Imiklomelo ye-URBAN FORESTRY PROJECT
Sacramento, CA, Julayi 24, 2013 - I-California ReLeaf imemezele namuhla ukuthi amaqembu omphakathi kulo lonke izwe azothola u- $ 34,000 wokuxhasa ukunakekelwa kwezihlahla kanye namaphrojekthi wokutshala izihlahla ngeCalifornia ReLeaf. 2013 Uhlelo Lwesibonelelo Sikahulumeni Samahlathi Nezemfundo. Izibonelelo zomuntu ngamunye zisuka ku-$1,600 ziye ku-$5,000.
Abamukeli besibonelelo sikahulumeni bahlanganyela ezinhlelweni ezihlukahlukene zokutshala izihlahla kanye nokugcinwa kwezihlahla okuzothuthukisa amahlathi asemadolobheni emiphakathini esetshenziswa kakhulu nenganakekelwa kakhulu esifundazweni sonke. Iphrojekthi ngayinye iqukethe nengxenye ebalulekile yemfundo yezemvelo ezobandakanya amalungu omphakathi, abafundi kanye nabanikazi bezindlu mayelana nokuthi izihlahla zibaluleke kangakanani ekusekeleni umoya ohlanzekile, amanzi ahlanzekile, kanye nemiphakathi enempilo. "Amahlathi aqinile, asimeme asemadolobheni nasemphakathini afaka isandla ngqo kwezomnotho, impilo yenhlalo nemvelo yaseCalifornia," kusho u-Chuck Mills, uMphathi Wohlelo lwe-California ReLeaf Grants. “Ngeziphakamiso zabo ezixhaswe ngemali, laba abathola izibonelelo bakhombisa ubuhlakani nokuzibophezela ekwenzeni izwe lethu libe yindawo engcono yokuhlala kulesi sizukulwane nezizukulwane ezizayo.”
Uhlelo lwe-California ReLeaf Urban Forestry and Education Grant luxhaswe ngenkontileka ne-Regional IX ye-Environmental Protection Agency efuna ukukhulisa imfundo yezemvelo kubantu base-California ezindabeni eziningi zezenhlalo ezicindezela kakhulu namuhla ezihlanganisa ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu kanye nobulungiswa bemvelo.
"I-ReLeaf iyaziqhenya ngokuba yingxenye ebalulekile yokwakha umphakathi ngokunakekela izihlahla, ukutshala izihlahla kanye namaphrojekthi okufundisa ngemvelo eCalifornia," kusho uMqondisi Omkhulu uJoe Liszewski. “Kusukela ngo-1992, sitshale imali engaphezu kuka-$9 million emizamweni yamahlathi yasemadolobheni ehloselwe ukwenza iGolden State yethu ibe luhlaza.”
Umgomo we-California ReLeaf uwukunikeza amandla imizamo emazingeni aphansi kanye nokwakha ubudlelwano obunobuhlakani obulondoloza, buvikele, futhi buthuthukise amahlathi asemadolobheni nasemphakathini aseCalifornia. Sisebenza kuzwelonke, sigqugquzela ubumbano phakathi kwamaqembu asekelwe emphakathini, abantu ngabanye, izimboni, nama-ejensi kahulumeni, sikhuthaza ngayinye ukuthi ifake isandla ekuphileni kwamadolobha kanye nokuvikela indawo yethu ezungezile ngokutshala nokunakekela izihlahla.
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