Qho ngonyaka iibhiliyoni zemithi ziyasikwa, ixesha elininzi kuba kufun’ukulinywa. Ukususela ekupheleni koo-1940, ihafu yamahlathi anetha imvula kakhulu emhlabeni wonke aye agawulwa.

Xa amahlathi egawulwa okanye etshiswa, izityalo nezilwanyana eziphila kuwo nazo ziyafa.

Iyamangalisa indlela imithi ekhawuleza ikhule ngayo ibe ngamahlathi kwindawo apho yayikhe yagawulwa kuyo. Kutshanje abaphandi ngezityalo baye bamangaliswa kukubona indlela akhawuleza azikhulela ngayo amahlathi ebegawuliwe aza aphinda angamahlathi kwakhona. Khawucinge ngale mizekelo:

• Kukho iindawo ebezinamahlathi zaza zagawulwa ukuze kulinywe kodwa emva kwexesha kwayekwa ukulinywa. Abaphandi baye baqhubeka beyijongile into eye yenzeka kula mahlathi. Olunye uphando oluye lwenziwa kwiindawo eziyi-2 200 eMerika naseNtshona Afrika luye lwabonisa ukuba umhlaba uye wakwazi ukuphinda ubuyele ube ngamahlathi kungaphelanga neminyaka eyi-10.

• Ngokutsho kophando olukwiScience magazine kuqikelelwa ukuba kwiminyaka emalunga neyi-100, imihlaba ingakwazi ukuphinda ibuyele kwindlela eyayiyiyo, inemithi eyahlukeneyo nezilwanyana ezazihlala kuyo.

• Oososayensi baseBrazil basandokwenza uphando ukuze bathelekise ukuba ngaba amahlathi akhawuleza aphinde akhule xa eyekiwe okanye xa abantu bephinde benza iinzame zokuphinda bawakhulise.

• Ibhekisela kolu phando, iNational Geographic ithe: “Bavuyiswe kukufumanisa ukuba ukutyalwa kwakhona kwemithi akuyomfuneko.” Kwiminyaka nje emihlanu, kwiindawo ekungakhange kutyalwe mithi kuyo, “kuye kwaphinda kwagcwala qhu imithi eyayikhula apho ngaphambili.”

Emhlabeni wonke, kuye kwenziwa iinzame zokukhusela amahlathi akhoyo ibe kuye kwalungiswa umonakalo walawo agawuliweyo. Ngenxa yaloo nto, ingxelo ephume Kwizizwe Ezimanyeneyo ithi, ‘kule minyaka iyi-25 idlulileyo kuye kwagawulwa nje ihafu yamahlathi xa kuthelekiswa naleyo ibikade igawulwa ngaphambili.’

Ezi nzame azanelanga ekusindiseni amahlathi. IGlobal Forest Watch ikhuphe ingxelo ethi, “amanani okugawulwa kwemithi kwiindawo ezinetha kakhulu awakatshintshi kule minyaka idlulileyo.”

Iinkampani eziye zisike imithi ukuze zenze amaplanga ngokungekho semthethweni, ziye zenza iibhiliyoni zemali ibe oku kunyoluka sesona sizathu esenza ukuba amahlathi onakaliswe.

“UYehova a uThixo wantshulisa emhlabeni yonke imithi eyayibukeka yaye ilungele ukutyiwa.”​—Genesis 2:9.

UMdali wenze amahlathi ukuba akwazi ukuphinda akhule aze aqhubeke eluncedo ebantwini. Ufuna ukuwagcina ekho amahlathi nezinto ezimangalisayo eziphila kuwo.

IBhayibhile ibonisa ukuba uThixo uza kukuphelisa ukonakaliswa kwezinto azidalileyo ukuze umhlaba wethu nezinto eziphila kuwo zikwazi ukuqhubeka ziphila. Jonga inqaku elithi “Isithembiso SikaThixo Sokuba Ukungcoliswa Komhlaba Kuza Kuphela,” kwiphepha 15.