I roto i tō tātou ao matihiko e piki haere ana, ko te hunga whakaitikapu kawhe pepakua whai tikanga hou hei whakapūmau i te hononga tangata i runga i te kawhe. Haere atu ki tētahi whare kawhe, ki tētahi tari rānei, ka kite koe i ngā tāngata e hono ana i runga i ngā kapu pepa – e kōrero ana ō rātou hoa, e mahi tahi ana ō rātou hoa mahi, ā, e kōrero tahi ana ō rātou hoa. Ko te tangi o ngā kapu pepa te tangi o te whanaungatanga e hangaia ana, e atawhaihia ana.
Kei te piki haere te hiahia mō ngā kapu kawhe pepa nā te pikinga o te rongonui o te kawhe, inā koa i waenga i ngā uri o te mano tau me ngā whakatupuranga taitamariki. E ai ki te rangahau ā-tau a te National Coffee Association (NCA), e 64% o ngā Amerikana e inu kawhe ana i ia rā – he teitei rawa tēnei i roto i ngā tau e ono. Kotahi i roto i te tokorima e inu ana i ngā kapu maha i ia rā. E ai ki te Kaunihera Tākai Pepa e tata ana ki te 4 piriona kapu kawhe pepa e whakamahia ana i ia tau i te US me Kanata, me te pikinga o te hiahia mā te 4.5% i ia tau.
Kua noho hei wāhanga nui o te ahurea kawhe ngā kapu pepa nā te mea ka ngāwari te kawe me te taunekeneke pāpori. Kāore i rite ki ngā kapu, ki ngā pounamu rānei, ka taea e ngā kapu pepa mama engari he pakari te kawe kawhe i a rātou e hikoi ana, e taraiwa ana, e noho tahi ana rānei. Ka āwhina ēnei kapu ki te pupuri i te pāmahana me te ārai i te maringi, ā, ka taea te pupuri ahakoa kua whakakiia ki te wai e tata ana ki te kohua.
I kitea i roto i tētahi rangahau a te Earthwatch Institute, kotahi hautoru o ngā kōrerorero ka puta i te wā kawhe. He huarahi pai ngā kapu pepa mō ēnei taunekeneke, e āhei ai te wheako tiritiri tino pai. Nā te mea e mōhiotia ana, e whakamarie ana hoki i roto i ō tātou ringa i a tātou e kōrero ana, ka waiho ngā kapu hei tohu mō ngā hononga e hangaia ana e tātou.
Ahakoa i whakahēngia ngā kapu pepa i mua he mea whakararuraru i te taiao, kua tīmata ngā kamupene ki te whakaputa tauwhiro me ngā kaupapa hangarua auaha. He maha inaianei e whakamahi ana i ngā rauemi ka taea te whakahou, te pirau, ā, he iti ake te para. He maha ngā rohe e whakaae ana ki ngā kapu pepa hei hangarua me te whakawairakau, ā, kei te puta ake hoki ngā kōwhiringa whakamahi anō.
Ahakoa he wāhanga iti noa iho o tō tātou oranga o ia rā, kua nui haere te hiranga o ngā kapu kawhe pepa hei āwhina i te hononga tangata. I a tātou e kukume tonu ana i te kawhe, ka whakakahangia e ngā kapu pepa pumau ngā taunekeneke me ngā whanaungatanga e hanga ana i a tātou hei tangata. Kua huri tō rātou miro hei oro whakamarie o te hononga i roto i tētahi ao kāore e tino pārekareka ana. Mō tā rātou mahi ki te whakakotahi i te tangata i runga i te kawhe, kua whakatūria e ngā kapu pepa he mea tino nui. Ko tō rātou heke mai, pērā i te heke mai o ngā whanaungatanga tangata, he kanapa te āhua.
Mai i te Rōpū Kawhe ā-Motu, te Kaunihera Tākai Pepa, te Whare Wānanga o Earthwatch.
Wā tuku: Mei-30-2023