An ci gaba da gudanar da bincike mai mahimmanci don shirya amfanin gonakin Ostiraliya don tsananin yanayi bayan wata mummunar guguwar ƙanƙara da ta mamaye Canberra ta lalata gidajen gilashin Jami'ar Ƙasar Australiya watanni 12 da suka wuce.
Yanzu abin tunawa ne mai nisa godiya ga mamayar cutar sankara ta coronavirus, amma a wannan karon a shekarar da ta gabata, hankalin duniya ya koma kan gilasai 65 da ƙanƙara ta lalata masu girma kamar ƙwallon golf a rukunin ANU da CSIRO. A ciki akwai shekaru masu mahimmanci na binciken dorewar amfanin gona.
Shekara guda gaba, gidajen gilashin suna kama da iri ɗaya - tare da gyara ɗaya kawai a cikin shekarar da ta gabata - yayin da masu bincike ke ci gaba da jiran da'awar inshora don sarrafa.
"Abin takaici ne - da yawa daga cikinmu ba ma son yin hira saboda yana da matukar damuwa mu shiga wannan harabar mu ga wadannan wuraren da babu kowa," in ji farfesa ilimin halittu Barry Pogson. "Mun yi amfani da kudade daga sashen kimiyya da kuma makarantarmu don gyara daya daga cikinsu, don haka wasu ayyukanmu suna kan gaba."
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Ana rasa muhimman abubuwa masu muhimmanci, da yin lahani ga tsare-tsare na gaba, da kuma yin kasada da kudade daga kungiyoyi irin su Gidauniyar Bill da Melinda Gates. Masu bincike suna fargabar amincin abinci na Ostiraliya zai kasance da iyakancewa a sakamakon haka.
Bayan guguwar, shirin ya kasance don sake gina yankin da kuma tabbatar da binciken nan gaba - amma cutar ta dakatar da wannan shirin kafin ta fara aiki. "COVID ya faru, kasafin kudin ya lalace kuma mun koma kan shirin samun kudaden inshora don maye gurbin bangarorin da suka lalace, kuma mun makale muna jiran fitar da kudaden inshora," in ji Farfesa Pogson.
Tsarin lokaci don sake farawa bincike yana komawa zuwa nesa
Yana da wuya a iya fitar da alkaluman hakikanin kudin da guguwar guguwar guguwar ruwa ta kashe a binciken da ANU ta yi, amma an kiyasta ya kai dubun dubatar. Kuma masu binciken sun ce cutar ta COVID-19 ta kara sassauta abin da aka riga aka tsara zai zama dogon murmurewa.
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Ulrike Mathesius ya ce bincike zai dauki watanni kafin a sake farawa ko da bayan an aiwatar da da'awar inshora.(ABC News: Ian Cutmore)
Ko da da'awar inshora na gine-ginen da suka lalace ya yi nasara kuma an saki kudade, zai ɗauki lokaci don sake gina abin da ya lalace - balle a sake fara ayyukan bincike.
"Abin takaici ne ga masu bincike saboda ba mu san lokacin da abin zai faru ba," in ji masanin ilimin halittar halittu Ulrike Mathesius. "Da zarar abin ya faru, har yanzu za a yi wasu 'yan watanni har sai an iya jigilar abubuwa a nan kuma za a iya sake gina gidajen gilashin kamar yadda suke a da.
"Wannan shine kawai ya kai mu inda muka kasance shekara guda da ta gabata, shirin shine sanya wannan wuri mafi dacewa ga jama'a kuma duk wannan fatan ya lalace saboda tasirin rikicin COVID".
An lalata ayyukan bincike da yawa ko kuma an lalata su kai tsaye a cikin guguwar, suna shafe shekaru masu aiki na masu bincike. Farfesa na ilimin halitta da juyin halitta Adrienne Nicotra na ɗaya waɗanda abin ya shafa. "Mun yi gwajin shekaru hudu na duba illar sauyin yanayi kan nau'in tsiro na tsaunuka kuma ya rage watanni uku da kammalawa lokacin da guguwar iska ta zo," in ji Farfesa Nicotra.
Ta rasa fiye da shekaru uku na bincike, amma a lokacin tana da kyakkyawan fata cewa gyaran zai yi sauri don ba su damar kammala gwajin. "Ba tare da kayan aikin ba, dole ne mu koma baya sosai kuma mu canza burinmu da gaske," in ji ta.
Sauran binciken da aka yi sulhu sun hada da aikin samar da abinci na kasa da kasa da ke mai da hankali kan inganta noman shinkafa, da kuma wani aikin da zai taimaka wajen samar da wadataccen abinci.
"Babban binciken da aka rasa shine don gwadawa da inganta tsire-tsire don tabbatar da cewa amfanin gona na iya girma a cikin matsanancin yanayi," in ji Farfesa Mathesius. "Za a iyakance yawan amfanin gonar mu a Ostiraliya ta hanyar sauyin yanayi da ke gudana da kuma matsanancin yanayin yanayi - kamar guguwar ƙanƙara."
Ƙanƙarar ƙanƙara da ta ratsa ta Canberra ta lalata gidajen gine-ginen da ke CSIRO. (ABC News: Jordan Hayne)
Wani ƙarin matsala ga masu bincike shine yawancin kuɗaɗen su sun dogara ne akan tushe na duniya, kamar Gidauniyar Bill da Melinda Gates.
Amma don yawancin waɗannan haɗin gwiwar su ci gaba, ana buƙatar ci gaba da ci gaban bincike. Caitlin Byrt, shugabar rukuni a Makarantar Nazarin Halittar Halitta ta ANU, ita ma ta yi asarar yawan amfanin gona na bincike sakamakon guguwar ƙanƙara. "Mun yi hasarar shekara guda dangane da gwaje-gwajen kuma dole ne mu rage yawan shuke-shuke da girman gwaje-gwajen da za mu iya sarrafawa," in ji Dr Byrt.
"Ikon mu na haɓaka ƙarfin gwiwa da isa ga irin ƙarfin da muke so ya dogara ne kacokan akan damar da muke da ita na sake haɓakawa da gina wannan rukunin."
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