WASHINGTON, October 7, 2010 – Umbiko omusha we-USDA Forest Service, Sustaining America's Urban Trees and Forests, unikeza umbono jikelele wesimo samanje kanye nezinzuzo zamahlathi asemadolobheni aseMelika athinta ukuphila cishe kwamaphesenti angama-80 abantu base-US.
“Kubantu abaningi baseMelika, amapaki endawo, amagceke nezihlahla zemigwaqo kuwukuphela kwamahlathi abawaziyo,” kusho uTom Tidwell, oyiNhloko ye-US Forest Service. “Abantu baseMelika abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-220 bahlala emadolobheni nasezindaweni zasemadolobheni futhi bathembele ezinzuzweni zemvelo, zezomnotho nezenhlalo ezihlinzekwa yilezi zihlahla namahlathi. Lo mbiko ubonisa izinselelo amahlathi aphethwe abantu abazimele nabakahulumeni abhekene nazo futhi unikeza amathuluzi angabiza kakhulu ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukusebenza kahle kokuphathwa komhlaba esikhathini esizayo.”
Ukusatshalaliswa kwamahlathi asemadolobheni kuyahlukahluka emphakathini kuya emphakathini, kodwa iningi lihlanganyela izinzuzo ezifanayo ezinikezwa izihlahla zedolobha: izinga lamanzi elithuthukisiwe, ukusetshenziswa kwamandla okuncishisiwe, izindawo ezihlukahlukene zezilwane zasendle kanye nezinga eliphezulu lokuphila nokuphila kahle kwabahlali.
Njengoba izindawo ezinabantu abaningi zanda ezweni lonke, ukubaluleka kwala mahlathi kanye nezinzuzo zawo kuzokhula, kanye nezinselele zokuwonga nokuwanakekela. Abaphathi bedolobha nezinhlangano ezingomakhelwane bangazuza kumathuluzi okuphatha amaningana abalwe ngaphakathi kombiko, njenge-TreeLink, iwebhusayithi yenethiwekhi ehlinzeka ngolwazi lwezobuchwepheshe ezinsizeni zamahlathi asemadolobheni ukuze ibe usizo ezinseleleni ezibhekene nezihlahla namahlathi endawo.
Lo mbiko uphawula nokuthi izihlahla zasemadolobheni zibhekana nezinselelo eminyakeni engu-50 ezayo. Ukuze uthole izibonelo izitshalo nezinambuzane ezihlaselayo, umlilo wequbula, ukungcoliswa komoya kanye nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu konke kuzoba nomthelela esihlahleni samadolobha aseMelika yonkana.
“Amahlathi asemadolobheni ayingxenye ebalulekile yemvelo yomphakathi, enezici eziningi ezithinta ngokuphawulekayo izinga lempilo yasemadolobheni,” kusho umlobi oholayo uDavid Nowak, umcwaningi wase-US Forest Service Northern Research Station. Lezi zihlahla azigcini nje ngokuhlinzeka ngezinsizakalo ezibalulekile kodwa futhi zenyusa amanani ezakhiwo kanye nezinzuzo zezentengiselwano.
I-Sustaining America's Urban Trees and Forests ikhiqizwa iphrojekthi ye-Forests on the Edge.
Umgomo we-USDA Forest Service uwukusekela impilo, ukuhlukahluka, kanye nokukhiqiza kwamahlathi nezindawo ezinotshani zeSizwe ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nezidingo zezizukulwane zamanje nezesikhathi esizayo. I-Ejensi iphethe amahektha ayizigidi ezingu-193 omhlaba womphakathi, inikeza usizo kubanikazi bomhlaba boMbuso nabazimele, futhi igcina inhlangano enkulu yocwaningo lwamahlathi emhlabeni.