Rahoton Shugaban Kasa, 2006

Abokan Gidauniyar Ocean Foundation,

Na dawo daga tafiya zuwa taron Sadarwar Sadarwar Sadarwar Sadarwa a Kennebunkport, Maine. Fiye da mutane 235 daga sassa daban-daban - banki, fasaha, ba da riba, babban jari, ayyuka, da kasuwanci - sun taru don magana game da yadda za a kula da ma'aikata, kare duniya, samun riba da jin daɗi yayin yin aiki. shi duka. A matsayina na sabon memba na ƙungiyar, na zo wurin don ganin yadda aikin Gidauniyar Ocean don tabbatar da dorewar dogon lokaci da tallafi ga ɗan adam da albarkatun ƙasa a cikin al'ummomin bakin teku na iya dacewa da yanayin kasuwancin "kore" da tsare-tsaren ci gaba.

A watan Maris, mun yi tafiya kudu zuwa Belize mai rana don taron masu ba da tallafin ruwa na shekara-shekara akan Ambergris Caye. Wannan taron shekara-shekara na mako-mako yana karbar bakuncin kungiyar Tuntuba don Diversity na Halittu kuma shugaban kungiyar ta TOF, Wolcott Henry ne ya kafa shi kuma memba na hukumar TOF, Angel Braestrup ne ya jagoranta a halin yanzu. Ƙungiya ce ta CGBD da ke tallafawa ayyukan tushe a fagen kiyaye halittu, kuma tana aiki a matsayin cibiyar sadarwar membobinta.

Ganin halin da ake ciki na Mesoamerican Reef da masu ba da tallafin ruwa guda biyar1 da suka saka hannun jari a yankin, CGD ta zaɓi Belize a matsayin wurin 2006 don taronta na shekara-shekara don tattara masu ba da tallafin ruwa daga ko'ina cikin ƙasa don tattauna haɗin gwiwar masu ba da gudummawa da kuma batutuwan da suka fi dacewa da tasirin ruwan mu mai tamani. muhallin halittu. Gidauniyar Ocean Foundation ta ba da bayanan bayanan wannan taron na shekara ta biyu a jere. A cikin waɗannan kayan akwai mujallar Mother Jones ta Afrilu 2006 mai ɗauke da yanayin tekunan mu da kuma mai karanta shafi 500 wanda Gidauniyar Ocean Foundation ta samar.

Tare da mako guda don tattauna komai a karkashin hasken rana na kiyaye ruwa, kwanakinmu sun cika da bayanai masu ban sha'awa da tattaunawa mai ban sha'awa game da mafita da matsalolin da mu, a matsayinmu na al'umma masu samar da kudaden ruwa, ya kamata mu magance. Co-shugaban Herbert M. Bedolfe (Marisla Foundation) ya bude taron bisa kyakkyawar fahimta. A cikin gabatarwar kowa, an tambayi kowane mutumin da ke cikin dakin ya bayyana dalilin da ya sa suke tashi da safe kuma su tafi aiki. Amsoshi sun banbanta daga abubuwan da suka fi tunawa da yara na ziyartar teku zuwa kiyaye makomar 'ya'yansu da jikoki. A cikin kwanaki uku masu zuwa, mun yi ƙoƙari mu magance tambayoyin lafiyar teku, waɗanne batutuwa ne ke buƙatar ƙarin tallafi, da kuma irin ci gaban da ake samu.

Taron na wannan shekara ya ba da bayanai kan muhimman batutuwa guda huɗu daga taron na bara: Gudanar da Babban Teku, Manufofin Kifi/Kifi, Kare Ruwa na Coral, da Teku da Sauyin yanayi. Ya ƙare tare da sababbin rahotanni game da yiwuwar haɗin gwiwar masu ba da tallafi don tallafawa aiki a kan Kamun Kifi na Duniya, Coral Curio da Aquarium Trade, Marine Mammals, da Aquaculture. Tabbas, mun kuma mai da hankali kan rafin Mesoamerican da ƙalubalen tabbatar da cewa ya ci gaba da samar da ingantaccen wurin zama ga dabbobi, tsirrai, da al'ummomin ɗan adam waɗanda suka dogara da shi. Cikakken ajanda daga taron zai kasance akan gidan yanar gizon The Ocean Foundation.
Na sami damar kawo ƙungiyar zuwa kwanan wata game da adadi mai yawa na sabbin bayanai da bincike da suka fito kan tasirin sauyin yanayi a kan tekuna tun lokacin taron ruwa na Fabrairu 2005. Har ila yau, mun sami damar haskaka aikin da TOF ke tallafawa a Alaska, inda kankara na teku da igiya na polar ke narkewa, yana haifar da hawan teku da kuma asarar mazaunin. A bayyane yake cewa masu ba da kuɗaɗen kiyaye ruwa suna buƙatar haɗin gwiwa don tabbatar da cewa muna tallafawa ƙoƙarin magance tasirin sauyin yanayi kan albarkatun teku a yanzu.

Haɗuwa da masu ba da kuɗaɗen ruwa na CGBD kowace shekara ana gayyatar baƙi jawabai daga al'ummar ruwa waɗanda ke ba da gabatarwa kuma suna raba ilimin su ba bisa ka'ida ba. Masu jawabai na wannan shekara sun haɗa da huɗu daga cikin ƙwararrun masu ba da tallafi na TOF: Chris Pesenti na Pro Peninsula, Chad Nelsen na Gidauniyar Surfrider, David Evers na Cibiyar Binciken Diversity, da John Wise na Maine Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health.

A cikin gabatarwa daban-daban, Dokta Wise da Dr. Evers sun gabatar da sakamakon su daga binciken dakin gwaje-gwaje na samfuran whale da wani mai ba da kyauta na TOF, Ocean Alliance akan "Tafiya na Odyssey." Ana samun babban matakan chromium da mercury a cikin samfuran nama na whale daga tekuna a duniya. Sauran ayyuka sun rage don nazarin ƙarin samfurori da bincike kan yiwuwar tushen gurɓataccen abu, musamman ma chromium wanda ya fi dacewa ya kasance gubar iska, don haka yana iya sanya wasu dabbobi masu shakar iska, ciki har da mutane, cikin haɗari a wannan yanki. . Kuma, mun yi farin cikin bayar da rahoton cewa, a yanzu an fara gudanar da sabbin ayyuka a sakamakon taron:

• Gwajin hannun jari na cod Atlantic don mercury da chromium
• John Wise zai yi aiki tare da Pro Peninsula don haɓaka layin kunkuru na teku don kwatantawa da gwada kunkuru na teku don chromium da sauran gurɓatattun abubuwa.
• Surfrider da Pro Peninsula na iya yin haɗin gwiwa a Baja kuma sun tattauna amfani da samfuran juna a wasu yankuna na duniya.
• Taswirar lafiyar estuary da gurbatar yanayi da ke shafar tekun Mesoamerican
• David Evers zai yi aiki a kan gwada kifin kifin kifi na Mesoamerican reef don mercury a matsayin abin ƙarfafawa don dakatar da kifayen waɗannan hannun jari.

Ruwan tekun Mesoamerican ya ratsa kan iyakokin kasashe hudu, wanda ke sanya tilasta aiwatar da wuraren da aka kare ruwa da wahala ga Belizean da ke ci gaba da yaki da mafarauta daga Guatemala, Honduras da Mexico. Duk da haka, tare da kawai kashi 15% na murjani mai rai da aka bari a cikin tekun Mesoamerican, karewa da ƙoƙarin maidowa suna da mahimmanci. Barazana ga tsarin reef sun haɗa da: ruwan dumi yana bleaching murjani; ƙara yawan yawon buɗe ido na ruwa (musamman jiragen ruwa na tafiye-tafiye da haɓaka otal); farautar kifin kifayen kifaye masu mahimmanci ga tsarin halittun ruwa, da haɓaka iskar gas, da rashin kula da sharar gida, musamman ma najasa.

Ɗaya daga cikin dalilan da aka zaɓi Belize don taronmu shine albarkatun ruwa da kuma ƙoƙarin da aka daɗe don kare su. Nufin siyasa don karewa ya yi ƙarfi a can saboda tattalin arzikin Belize ya dogara ne akan yawon shakatawa, musamman ga waɗanda ke zuwa don jin daɗin raƙuman ruwa da ke cikin yankin Mesoamerican Reef mai nisan mil 700. Duk da haka, Belize da albarkatun kasa suna fuskantar sauyi yayin da Belize ke bunkasa albarkatun makamashi (zama mai fitar da mai a farkon wannan shekara) kuma kasuwancin noma yana rage dogaro da tattalin arzikin kasa da yawon shakatawa. Duk da yake bambance-bambancen tattalin arziki yana da mahimmanci, daidai da mahimmanci shine kiyaye albarkatun da ke jan hankalin baƙi waɗanda ke haifar da wani yanki mai rinjaye na tattalin arzikin, musamman a yankunan bakin teku. Don haka, mun ji daga mutane da yawa waɗanda aikin rayuwarsu ya keɓe don kiyaye albarkatun ruwa a Belize da tare da Tekun Mesoamerican.

A rana ta ƙarshe, masu ba da kuɗi ne kawai, kuma mun shafe ranar muna sauraron abokan aikinmu suna ba da shawarar damar haɗin gwiwa don tallafawa kyawawan ayyukan kiyaye ruwa.
A watan Janairu, TOF ta shirya taron ƙungiyar ma'aikata na murjani kan tasirin murjani curio da cinikin kifin kifaye, wanda shine siyar da kifin rayayyun kifin da guntun curio (misali kayan adon murjani, harsashi na teku, matattun dawakan teku da kifin tauraro). Dr. Barbara Best ta USAID ce ta gabatar da taƙaitaccen taƙaitaccen taron wanda ta jaddada cewa bincike ya fara ne kan tasirin kasuwancin curio kuma akwai rashin bayar da shawarwarin doka game da murjani. Tare da haɗin gwiwar wasu masu ba da kuɗi, Gidauniyar Ocean Foundation tana faɗaɗa bincike kan tasirin cinikin murjani curio akan raƙuman ruwa da al'ummomin da suka dogara da su.

Ni da Herbert Bedolfe mun kawo wa ƙungiyar sabbin abubuwa game da aikin da ake yi don magance abubuwan da ba a gani da ke barazana ga dabbobi masu shayarwa na ruwa. Alal misali, ayyukan ɗan adam suna haifar da tashin hankali, wanda hakan ke haifar da rauni, har ma da mutuwa ga kifin kifi da sauran dabbobi masu shayarwa na ruwa.

Angel Braestrup ya kawo kungiyar da sauri kan abubuwan da suka faru a baya-bayan nan a cikin aikin don magance tasirin kiwo a kan ruwan teku da al'ummomin bakin teku. Ƙaruwar buƙatun abincin teku da raguwar hannun jari ya sa ana kallon kiwo a matsayin mai yuwuwar samun sauƙi ga hannun jari da kuma yuwuwar tushen furotin ga ƙasashe masu tasowa. Masu ba da kuɗaɗe da yawa suna aiki don tallafawa ƙoƙarin haɗin gwiwa don haɓaka ƙaƙƙarfan ƙa'idodin muhalli ga kowane wurin kiwon kifaye, don yin aiki don iyakance noman kifin masu cin nama (kifin noma yana cin kifin daji baya rage matsin lamba akan hannun jarin daji),kuma don in ba haka ba, kiwo ya cika alkawarinsa a matsayin tushen gina jiki mai dorewa.

Tun lokacin da aka kafa fiye da shekaru 10 da suka wuce, Ƙungiyar Ma'aikata ta Marines ta jaddada gina hanyar sadarwa na masu ba da kuɗaɗen kiyaye ruwa da ke raba ra'ayoyi, bayanai, kuma watakila mafi mahimmanci, yana amfani da ikon haɗin gwiwar mai ba da gudummawa don tallafawa haɗin gwiwar mai ba da kyauta, sadarwa, da haɗin gwiwa. A tsawon lokaci, an sami ɗimbin haɗin gwiwar masu ba da kuɗi na yau da kullun don tallafawa takamaiman wuraren kiyaye ruwa, sau da yawa don amsa matsalolin majalisa ko dokoki.

Yana da sauƙi a saurari dukan munanan labarai a waɗannan tarurrukan kuma mu yi mamakin abin da ya rage mu yi. Karamin kaza yana da ma'ana. A lokaci guda, masu ba da kuɗi da masu gabatarwa duk sun yi imanin cewa akwai abubuwa da yawa da za a iya yi. Haɓaka tushen kimiyya don yarda cewa yanayin yanayin lafiya yana amsawa da daidaitawa da kyau ga gajeriyar lokaci (misali tsunami ko lokacin guguwa na 2005) da tasirin dogon lokaci (El Niño, sauyin yanayi) ya taimaka wajen mai da hankali kan dabarunmu. Waɗannan na iya haɗawa da ƙoƙarin kare albarkatun ruwa a cikin gida, saita tsarin yanki don tabbatar da lafiyar al'ummar bakin teku - kan ƙasa da ruwa, da manyan manufofin manufofin (misali hana ko iyakance ayyukan kamun kifin da ke lalata da kuma magance tushen manyan karafa da aka samu a cikin whale). da sauran nau'in). Tare da waɗannan dabarun shine ci gaba da buƙatar ingantaccen sadarwa da shirye-shiryen ilimi a kowane matakai da ganowa da ba da kuɗin bincike don taimakawa wajen tsara waɗannan manufofin.

Mun bar Belize tare da faɗaɗa fahimtar ƙalubalen da kuma godiya ga damar da ke gaba.

Don tekuna,
Mark J. Spalding, Shugaba