Yayin da Watan Tekuna ke Karewa

Ranar 8 ga watan Yuni ita ce ranar teku ta duniya, shugaban kasar ya ayyana watan Yuni Watan Tekun Ƙasa kuma da yawa suna ganin sun yanke shawarar hakan ya kamata ya zama ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce ta duniya, ana ganin watan Yuni na Tekun Duniya. Lallai ina jin cewa na nutse cikin al'amuran teku kuma ina jin daɗin ci gaba da ci gaba.

A farkon wata, na kasance a Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, Mexico, tare da yawancin tekuna. taimakon abokan aiki don taron shekara-shekara na masu ba da kuɗi masu zuba jari a cikin nau'ikan halittu a duniya. Kusan 130 daga cikinmu sun shafe kwanaki hudu suna tattaunawa game da batutuwa daban-daban kamar yadda lafiyar mutanen da ke aiki a kan al'amuran kiyayewa zuwa tsaunuka zuwa yanayin ma'auni na kariya na kungiyoyi irin su Conservacion Patagonica a Chile da Argentina.

Makon mai zuwa shine Capitol Hill Oceans Week (CHOW), wani taron shekara-shekara wanda ƙungiyar ta gabatar National Marine Sanctuary Foundation wanda, a cikin wasu abubuwa, ya haɗa da bikin maraice wanda ke murnar mutanen da suka yi nasara kan lamuran teku. Dakin koyaushe yana cike da jaruman teku-daga masu sa kai 14 na shekara da aka zaba zuwa Dr. Sylvia Earle zuwa Aquanauts—kuma akwai kyaututtuka na shekara-shekara. Mun ji jawabin karbuwa mai ban mamaki daga Robyn Walters, the Masu Sa kai na Shekara. Mai aikin sa kai a Tsibirin Hawaii Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary tun 2010, Robyn "ya kasance wani invaluable kadari, bauta a da yawa daban-daban matsayin a matsayin sa kai: jama'a lecturer, makaranta kungiyar ayyukan ilimi shugaban, baƙo cibiyar docent, taro mai shirya taro, Wuri Mai Tsarki wakilin a al'umma kai taron, mai magana da kuma mahalarta a kan whale watch cruises, mai horar da sa-kai, kuma mataimakin gudanarwa.”

Bill Ruckelshaus da Norman Mineta sun raba lambar yabo don Ci gaban Rayuwa (wanda ya ci nasara a 2011 shi ne shugaban kwamitin kafa na TOF Wolcott Henry). Mutanen biyu suna aiki ne a matsayin shugabannin hadin gwiwa na Hukumar Haɗin Kan Tekuna. Sakon nasu na sadaukarwa da jajircewa a madadin teku mai koshin lafiya ya sha bamban da irin muhawara mai cike da rudani da ta mamaye labaran marigayi. Abin ban mamaki video an nuna hirarsu ta hadin gwiwa.

Kyautar ta ƙarshe ta kuma yi bikin wani mutum wanda alamarsa ta kasance mai tunani da hanyoyi masu yawa ga ƙalubalen da muke fuskanta. Sanata Carl Levin na Michigan, zakaran Thunder Bay Marine Sanctuary, ya karbi kyautar Gwarzon Shugabancin 2014.

Taro na CHOW ya shafi batutuwa da dama kuma ya ƙunshi abokai da abokan aikinmu da yawa. Na yi aiki a kan kwamitin lokacin cin abincin rana tare da memba na Hukumar NMSF Dawn Martin da Heather Ludemann, Jami'in Shirye-shiryen, Gidauniyar Packard don tattauna rawar tallafin tushe a cikin kiyaye teku. Barton Seaver memba na kwamitin bada shawara na TOF ya kasance wani bangare na zama kan makomar kamun kifi na Amurka. Barton mai dafa abinci ne kuma yana aiki a matsayin Daraktan Shirye-shiryen Shirin Lafiya da Dorewa a Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya da Muhalli ta Duniya, wanda ke zaune a Makarantar Kiwon Lafiyar Jama'a ta Harvard. Sophia Mendelsohn, Shugabar Dorewa a JetBlue Airways ta yi magana game da haɗin gwiwar TOF tare da JetBlue a matsayin wani ɓangare na kwamitin kan "Sake Tunanin Kasuwanci kamar yadda aka saba don Teku."

A ranakun 16 ga watan Yuni da 17 ga watan Yuni, mun sake nutsewa cikin lamuran teku, a wannan karon muna mai da hankali kan mafita a ma'aunin duniya. Sakatare John Kerry da ma'aikatar harkokin wajen Amurka sun yi taron "Tekun mu” Taron wanda ya tara mutane kusan 500, da suka hada da shugabannin kasashe, ministocin gwamnati, masana kimiyya, shugabannin ‘yan kasuwa, da wakilan kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu. A cikin kwanaki biyu, taron ya mayar da hankali ne kan manyan jigogi guda uku: acidification na teku, kamun kifi mai dorewa da gurbacewar ruwa. Mutane da yawa na ƙungiyar The Ocean Foundation sun halarci taron. Mai ba da kyauta kuma abokin aikinsa Philippe Cousteau na Earth Echo International ya kafa sauti tare da jawabin bude taron. Hoyt Peckham na TOF na aikin da aka shirya SmartFish, ya yi magana game da warware kamun kunkuru na teku a Japan, Mexico da Hawaii ta hanyar bincike na haɗin gwiwa a lokacin da ake warware ɓangaren mafita na kwamitin Kifi mai dorewa.

A matsayina na kwamitin samar da acid a cikin teku, an ba ni damar sanar da sabon asusunmu: “Friends of the Global Ocean Acidification Monitoring Network” don taimaka wa al’umma su tabbatar da cewa mun san inda acid acid ke faruwa da kuma lokacin da yake tashi, ta yadda tasirinsa ya tashi. za a iya tsara taswira mafi kyau, fahimta, sannan a magance shi. Har ila yau, na sami damar yin haɗin gwiwa tare da Sophia Mendelson, a sake, don wani zaman hutu a yammacin ranar ƙarshe wanda ya sake nuna haɗin gwiwarmu da JetBlue don yin aiki a kan tarkacen ruwa a cikin Caribbean.

An sami sakamako mai kyau da yawa daga taron: Shugaba Obama ya ba da sanarwar fadada yankunan da aka ba da kariya a yankin ruwan Amurka; Shugaba Tong na Kiribati ya ba da sanarwar cewa za a hana kamun kifi na kasuwanci a kasarsa Yankin Tsibirin Phoenix; Kuma ƙungiyoyi daban-daban sun sanar da sabbin alkawurra zuba jari a cikin lafiyar teku.

A ranar 19 ga Yuni an fitar da wani sabon littafi mai suna "O Mar no Futuro de Portugal: Ciência e Visão Estratégica" ( Tekun Portugal a nan gaba: Kimiyya da hangen nesa ) a Lisbon, wanda ya haɗa da babi na kan "The rawar Portugal a makomar hadin gwiwar Trans-Atlantic tare da Amurka."

A ranar 24 ga watan Yuni ne aka yi bikin Hukumar Kula da Tekun Duniya ya sanar da sakamakon bincikensa bayan shafe watanni 18 ana nazarin tekun duniya da kuma bukatarsa. José María Figueres, tsohon shugaban kasar Costa Rica ne ya jagoranta, an kirkiro hukumar ne don tsara shawarwarin siyasa da fasaha na gajeru, matsakaita da na dogon lokaci don magance wasu muhimman batutuwa guda hudu da ke fuskantar manyan tekuna:
▪ wuce gona da iri
▪ babban hasarar muhalli da bambancin halittu
▪ rashin ingantaccen gudanarwa da aiwatarwa
▪ nakasu a harkokin mulkin teku

A wani taron da aka yi a dakin adana kayan tarihi na Amurka da ke New York, mun taru don jin rahoton karshe da shawarwarin Hukumar Tekun Duniya. Taron Plasticity Forum na shekara-shekara na uku ya gudana a New York washegari. Dandalin Plasticity ya dogara ne akan cewa “kowace shekara ana samar da tan miliyan 280 na robobi a duniya, duk da haka kiyasi ya nuna cewa kashi 10% ne kawai a kowace shekara ake sake yin amfani da su. Ɗaukar wannan magudanar ruwa yana ba da babbar dama ta kasuwanci da ba a yi amfani da ita ba, kamar yadda ake sake fasalin marufi, da tsarin tunani game da ƙirƙirar sharar. " Dandalin Plasticity yana gabatar da ra'ayoyi kuma yana buɗe tattaunawa kan yadda ake amfani da wannan abu ta sabbin hanyoyi, duka “kafin” da “post” amfani da mabukaci. Wannan tattaunawar tana da mahimmanci musamman idan ana batun ƙalubalen rage tarkacen ruwa da matsalar robobi a cikin teku.

Wata ga teku bai isa ba. Anan a The Ocean Foundation, mun yi imanin cewa kowace rana ya kamata ya zama ranar da muke yin wani abu don teku. Ku kasance tare da mu don tallafawa wadanda suka sadaukar da kwanakin su don lafiyar teku.