Daga Mark J. Spalding, Shugaba, The Ocean Foundation

Wannan shafin ya fara fitowa ne a National Geographic's Ra'ayin Tekuna.

Lokacin hijirar whale ne mai launin toka a yammacin gabar tekun Arewacin Amurka.

Grey Whales suna yin ɗaya daga cikin mafi tsayin ƙaura na kowane dabbar dabba a Duniya. Kowace shekara suna yin iyo fiye da mil 10,000 tsakanin magudanar ruwa na Mexico da filayen ciyarwa a cikin Arctic. A wannan lokaci na shekara, na ƙarshe na mahaifiyar whales suna zuwa don haihu kuma na farko na maza suna kan hanyarsu zuwa arewa - an ga 11 a makon farko na kallon tashar Santa Barbara. Lagon zai cika da jarirai yayin da lokacin haihuwa ya kai kololuwar sa.

Ɗaya daga cikin manyan kamfen na kiyaye ruwa na farko shine don taimakawa tare da kariyar Laguna San Ignacio a Baja California Sur, babban kiwo na whale da gandun daji - kuma har yanzu, na yi imani, ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun wurare a duniya. A ƙarshen shekarun 1980, Mitsubishi ya ba da shawarar kafa manyan ayyukan gishiri a Laguna San Ignacio. Gwamnatin Mexico ta yi niyyar amincewa da shi saboda dalilai na ci gaban tattalin arziki, duk da cewa tafkin yana da nau'i-nau'i da yawa a matsayin yanki mai kariya a cikin ƙasa da kuma na duniya.

Yaƙin neman zaɓe na tsawon shekaru biyar ya jawo dubban masu ba da gudummawa waɗanda suka goyi bayan wani yunƙuri na ƙasa da ƙasa wanda haɗin gwiwar ya haɗa da ƙungiyoyi da yawa. Taurarin fina-finai da mashahuran mawaƙa sun haɗu tare da masu fafutuka na gida da masu fafutuka na Amurka don dakatar da ayyukan gishiri da kuma jawo hankalin duniya ga halin da ake ciki na launin toka. A shekara ta 2000, Mitsubishi ya bayyana aniyarsa ta janye shirinsa. Mun yi nasara!

A shekara ta 2010, mayaƙan wannan yaƙin neman zaɓe sun taru a ɗaya daga cikin sansanonin ƙaƙƙarfan sansani na Laguna San Ignacio don bikin cika shekaru 10 na wannan nasarar. Mun fitar da yaran al’ummar yankin zuwa balaguron farko na kallon whale—aikin da ke ba da rayuwar hunturu ga iyalansu. Ƙungiyarmu ta haɗa da masu fafutuka irin su Joel Reynolds na NRDC wanda har yanzu yana aiki a madadin dabbobi masu shayarwa na ruwa kowace rana, da Jared Blumenfeld, wanda ya ci gaba da hidimar muhalli a hidimar gwamnati.

Har ila yau, a cikinmu akwai Patricia Martinez, ɗaya daga cikin jagororin kiyayewa a Baja California wanda jajircewarta da tuƙinta ke ɗauke da wurarenta da ba za ta yi tunanin kare wannan kyakkyawan tafkin ba. Mun yi tattaki zuwa Maroko da Japan, da sauran wurare, don kare matsayin tafkin na Duniya da kuma tabbatar da amincewar duniya game da barazanar da ta fuskanta. Patricia, 'yar uwarta Laura, da sauran wakilan al'umma sun kasance babban ɓangare na nasararmu kuma mun ci gaba da kasancewa a ci gaba da kare sauran wuraren da aka yi barazana a yankin Baja California.

Neman Gaba

A farkon Fabrairu, na halarci Kudancin California Marine Mammal Workshop. Wanda ya shirya Pacific Life Foundation tare da haɗin gwiwar The Ocean Foundation, ana gudanar da wannan bita a Newport Beach kowace shekara tun daga Janairu 2010. Daga manyan masu bincike zuwa likitocin dabbobi na ruwa zuwa ga matasa Ph.D. 'Yan takara, mahalarta taron bitar suna wakiltar ɗimbin gwamnati da cibiyoyin ilimi, da kuma wasu tsirarun masu ba da kuɗi da ƙungiyoyin sa-kai. Manufar binciken shine akan dabbobi masu shayarwa na ruwa a Kudancin California Bight, yanki mai nisan murabba'in mil 90,000 na Gabashin Pacific mai nisan mil 450 tare da Tekun Pacific daga Point Conception kusa da Santa Barbara kudu zuwa Cabo Colonet a Baja California, Mexico.

Barazana ga dabbobi masu shayarwa na ruwa sun bambanta-daga cututtukan da ke tasowa zuwa sauye-sauye a cikin sinadarai na teku da zafin jiki zuwa mu'amala mai muni da ayyukan ɗan adam. Duk da haka, kuzari da sha'awar haɗin gwiwar da ke fitowa daga wannan bita yana ƙarfafa fata cewa za mu yi nasara wajen inganta lafiya da kariya ga dukan dabbobin ruwa. Kuma, abin farin ciki ne jin yadda yawan kifin kifi mai launin toka ke murmurewa saboda kariyar ƙasa da ƙasa da kuma sa ido a cikin gida.

A farkon Maris, za mu yi bikin cika shekaru 13 da nasararmu a Laguna San Ignacio. Zai yi baƙin ciki a tuna waɗancan kwanaki masu tada hankali domin na yi nadama in faɗi cewa Patricia Martinez ta rasa gwagwarmayarta da kansa a ƙarshen Janairu. Ta kasance jajirtaccen ruhu kuma mai son dabba mai kishi, haka nan ’yar’uwa mai ban sha’awa, abokiyar aiki, da aboki. Labarin gidan gandun daji mai launin toka mai launin toka na Laguna San Ignacio labari ne na kariya da ke tallafawa ta hanyar taka tsantsan da tilastawa, labarin ne na hadin gwiwar gida, yanki, da kasa da kasa, kuma labarin ne na fitar da bambance-bambancen don cimma manufa guda. A wannan lokaci na shekara mai zuwa, wata babbar hanyar mota za ta hada tafkin da sauran kasashen duniya a karon farko. Zai kawo canje-canje.

Muna iya fatan cewa mafi yawan waɗannan canje-canjen sun kasance don amfanin whales da ƙananan al'ummomin ɗan adam waɗanda suka dogara da su-da kuma ga baƙi masu sa'a waɗanda suka ga waɗannan kyawawan halittu kusa. Kuma ina tsammanin zai zama abin tunatarwa don ci gaba da tallafawa da kuma taka tsantsan don tabbatar da cewa labarin nasarar whale launin toka ya kasance labari mai nasara.