by Mark J. Spalding, Shugaba

Gidauniyar Ocean Foundation ita ce farkon "tushen al'umma" ga tekuna, tare da duk ingantattun kayan aikin gidauniyar al'umma da kuma mai da hankali na musamman kan kiyaye ruwa. Don haka, Gidauniyar Ocean Foundation ta magance manyan matsaloli guda biyu don samun ingantacciyar hanyar kiyaye ruwa: ƙarancin kuɗi da kuma rashin wurin da za a iya haɗa ƙwararrun kiyaye ruwa cikin hanzari ga masu ba da gudummawar da ke son saka hannun jari. Manufarmu ita ce tallafawa, ƙarfafawa, da haɓaka waɗannan ƙungiyoyin da aka sadaukar don juyar da yanayin lalata muhallin teku a duniya.

Zuba jari na 2nd Quarter 2005 ta The Ocean Foundation

A cikin kwata na 2 na 2005, Gidauniyar Ocean Foundation ta ba da haske game da ayyuka masu zuwa, kuma ta ba da tallafi don tallafa musu:

  • BAYANIN BAYANIN KUDIN KUDI: Bankin Photobank - SeaWeb - $15,000.00
  • KYAUTA-TA KYAUTA: Aikin fim na "Sakalava Shrimp" - TOF a matsayin Mai Tallafin Kuɗi - $10,000.00
  • BAYANIN AIKI NA JAMA'A - Abincin dare tare da babban baƙo Wen Bo - Muhalli na Pacific - $1,000.00

Sabbin Damar Zuba Jari

TOF tana sa ido sosai a kan sahun gaba na aikin kiyaye teku, da neman mafita don buƙatar tallafi da tallafi, da kuma isar da sabbin bayanai mafi mahimmanci zuwa gare ku. A kwata na karshe, mun gabatar da babban aikin fasaha na kungiyar Ocean Alliance dangane da gurbatar hayaniyar masana'antar mai a yammacin Afirka. Wani mai ba da gudummawa ya ba mu $50,000 don wannan aikin, kuma ya ƙalubalanci mu da mu tara wasa 2:1. Muna part way can. Ba za ku taimake mu mu fuskanci kalubalen da aka gabatar mana ba?

Wanda: Ocean Alliance
ina: Kashe Mauritania da Gabashin Yammacin Afirka 
Abin da: Don sabon binciken acoustic a matsayin wani ɓangare na Voyage na Odyssey na Ocean Alliance. Wannan aikin haɗin gwiwa ne na Cibiyar Scripps na Oceanography da Ocean Alliance. Wannan shirin kuma yana da ƙwaƙƙwaran bangaren ilimi tare da haɗin gwiwa tare da PBS. Binciken zai mayar da hankali ne kan tasirin hayaniyar hayaniyar mai da kamun kifi a kan cetaces. Aikin zai yi amfani da fasaha mai yankewa: Fakitin rikodin rikodin sauti (AARP). Ana jefa waɗannan na'urori akan bene na teku kuma suna ba da rikodi mai ci gaba a samfuran 1000 a sakan daya na tsawon watanni. Bayanai daga AARP's za a kwatanta su da sautin murya da ke gudana daga Odyssey ta yin amfani da tsarar sauti mai ja da kewayo mai faɗi. Za a kara aikin a cikin bayanan da ake tattarawa daga Voyage na Odyssey na yanzu, wanda zai samar da cikakken kimantawa game da yawa da kuma rarraba dabbobi masu shayarwa a cikin yankin binciken, gami da duba matsayinsu na guba da kwayoyin halitta.
Me ya sa: An halicci sautin ɗan adam a cikin teku da gangan kuma ba da gangan ba. Sakamakon shine gurɓataccen amo wanda yake da ƙarfi da ƙarfi, da ƙananan matakin da na yau da kullun. Akwai isassun shedar da za ta yanke cewa ƙarar sauti mai ƙarfi na da cutarwa kuma, a wasu lokuta, tana mutuwa ga dabbobi masu shayarwa na ruwa. A ƙarshe, an saita wannan aikin a cikin wani yanki mai nisa na teku inda kadan ko ba a taɓa yin nazarin irin wannan ba. 
Yaya: Gidauniyar Gidauniyar Ocean Mammals Field-of-Interest Fund, wanda ke mayar da hankali kan mafi mahimmancin barazanar gaggawa ga dabbobin ruwa.

Wanda:  MCBI (Cibiyar Kare Halittar Halittar Ruwa)
ina: Tsibirin Hawaiian Arewa maso Yamma
Abin da: Cibiyar Kare Halittar Halittar Ruwa tana aiki don tabbatar da ƙarfi, kariya ta dindindin ga ruwan da ke kewaye da Tsibirin Hawai na Arewa maso Yamma. Manufar MCBI ita ce tsibiran Arewa maso yammacin Hawaii su zama mafi girma da ke da cikakken kariya a cikin ruwa a duniya, tare da mamaye wurin shakatawa na Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Me ya sa: Tsibirin Hawai na Arewa maso yamma suna da halaye na musamman: Kusan babu mazauna, babu matsin lamba. Har yanzu suna da kusan tsattsauran raƙuman ruwa na murjani, babban wuri ɗaya kawai a cikin ruwan Amurka inda har yanzu manyan kifaye masu kifaye ke mamaye muhallin halittu, wurin kiwo na kusan dukkanin hatimin sufaye na Hawaii na duniya da ke cikin haɗari, rairayin bakin teku na 90% na honu na Hawaii (kore). kunkuru na teku), da wuraren kiwo na tsuntsayen teku miliyan 14. Sun ƙunshi yanki biyu na teku / ƙasa na manyan tsibiran Hawai, hakika, kuma hadadden NWHI (kadada miliyan 84) ya fi girma da tsarin gandun daji na Amurka. 
Yaya: Asusun Gidauniyar Coral Reef Field-of-Interest Fund, wanda ke tallafawa ayyukan gida da ke inganta gudanar da dorewa na murjani reefs da nau'ikan da suka dogara da su, tare da neman dama don inganta gudanarwa na murjani reefs a kan mafi girma.    

Wanda:  Abokan Casco Bay    
ina: South Portland, Maine
Abin da: Don wallafe-wallafe, shafin yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizo, da kuma tafiye-tafiyen filin don ilmantarwa da ƙarfafa waɗanda ke zaune, aiki, da kuma wasa a Casco Bay don shiga cikin kariya. Bugu da kari, Abokan Casco Bay suna haɓaka Tsarin Karatun Casco Bay, wanda makarantun yanki za su iya haɗawa cikin karatunsu a fannin kimiyya, lissafi, da nazarin zamantakewa.
Me ya sa: A cikin 1989 wani rahoto mai ban tsoro, mai suna "Ruwan Damuwa", ya yi iƙirarin cewa Casco Bay yana ɗaya daga cikin ƙazantar ƙazanta a cikin al'umma. 2004 alama ce ta shekara ta goma sha biyar cewa Abokan Casco Bay sun kasance manyan ƙungiyar muhalli da ke aiki don haɓakawa da kare lafiyar muhalli na Casco Bay. Tallafawa wannan shiri na wayar da kan jama’a yana da matukar muhimmanci wajen ganin an wayar da kan al’umma da kuma shigar da su wajen tabbatar da kare wannan makabarta da kuma lafiyar al’umma.
Yaya: Asusun Ilimi na Gidauniyar Ocean Foundation, wanda ke mayar da hankali kan tallafi da rarraba sabbin manhajoji da kayan aiki masu ban sha'awa waɗanda suka ƙunshi al'amuran zamantakewa da tattalin arziƙi na kiyaye ruwa. Har ila yau, yana tallafawa haɗin gwiwar da ke ciyar da fannin ilimin ruwa gaba ɗaya.

Labaran TOF

  • Yuli 1 alama ce sabuwar shekara ta kasafin kuɗi don TOF. Manufar Shugaba Mark J. Spalding a cikin wannan sabuwar shekara ta kasafin kuɗi ita ce "faɗaɗɗen ƙarfin mu don canja wurin babban birnin zuwa ingantaccen kiyayewa."
  • TOF ta rattaba hannu kan wata yarjejeniya don zama wakili na kasafin kudi na shirin fim na "Sakalva Shrimp", wanda ke yin rubuce-rubucen tasirin kiwo na shrimp akan yanayin ruwa da ci gaban ci gaba na Madagascar.
  • The New England Aquarium's post-tsunami (wani mai ba da kyauta na TOF) za a buga wannan faɗuwar a cikin Kimiyya da kuma a cikin fitowar Disamba na National Geographic.
  • A halin yanzu muna aiki don sanya gidan yanar gizon mu ya zama mai ma'amala ga masu ba da gudummawa da masu ba da tallafi.
  • TOF yanzu yana da aikace-aikacen tallafin sa, jagororin bayarwa, da jagorar rahoton kimantawa a shirye don aikawa akan gidan yanar gizon mu. Nemo waɗannan da sauran ƙari akan gidan yanar gizon mu
  • TOF ta sabunta bayananta na Guidestar, tana taimaka wa masu ba da agaji da ƙungiyoyin sa-kai don neman ƙungiyoyi masu sahihanci.

Sabon Shugaban

TOF tana jin daɗin sanar da sabon Shugaban Hukumar, Mista J. Thomas McMurray. Shi mai aiki ne, mai saka jari mai zaman kansa a farkon matakin fasaha da kamfanonin kiwon lafiya. Daga 1990-1998, Dokta McMurray ya kasance babban abokin tarayya a Sequoia Capital, wanda ya zuba jari a kamfanoni kamar: Yahoo!, Network Appliance, Flextronics, Cisco Systems, Oracle, 3Com da Apple Computer. A halin yanzu, Dokta McMurray yana aiki a Hukumar Baƙi don Cibiyar Nazarin Ruwa na Jami'ar Duke a Beaufort, NC da Kwamitin Shawarar Matasa Noise a Washington, DC.

TOF na son gode wa tsohon shugaban kungiyar Wolcott Henry saboda kwazonsa da hidima a matsayinsa na shugaban kungiyar Coral Reef Foundation. Mista Henry shi ne shugaban kasa kuma darekta na Curtis da Edith Munson Foundation da The Henry Foundation, yana aiki a matsayin darekta na Asusun namun daji na Duniya da Oceans.com, kuma yana aiki a kan kwamitin ba da shawara na gidauniyar Ilimin Muhalli na Reef, Ƙungiyar Kula da Parks ta Kasa. , da Kellogg Graduate School of Management a Northwestern University. Mista Henry kuma kwararre ne mai daukar hoto a karkashin ruwa wanda ke aiki tukuru kan inganta daukar hoto na kiyayewa. Ya buga littattafan yara biyu don National Geographic tare da Dr.Sylvia Earle, kuma ya taimaka gano Marine Photobank, wanda ke ba da hotuna ga ƙungiyoyin sa-kai waɗanda ke kwatanta matsalolin muhalli. TOF na kara godewa shugaba Henry saboda saka hannun jari na lokaci da albarkatun kuɗi don tabbatar da kyakkyawan farawa ga gidauniyar al'umma ta farko ga tekuna da kuma ci gaba da kasancewa memba a hukumarmu.  

Wasu Kalmomin Karshe

Gidauniyar Ocean Foundation tana kara karfin filin kiyaye teku da kuma dinke gibin dake tsakanin wannan lokaci na kara wayar da kan jama'a game da rikicin da ke cikin tekunan mu da kuma na gaskiya, aiwatar da kiyaye tekunan mu, gami da ci gaba mai dorewa da tsarin gudanarwa.

A shekara ta 2008, TOF za ta ƙirƙiri wani sabon nau'i na taimakon jama'a (tushen da ke da alaƙa da al'umma), ya kafa tushe na farko na ƙasa da ƙasa wanda ke mai da hankali kan kiyaye teku kawai, kuma ya zama mai ba da kuɗi na uku mafi girma na kiyaye teku a duniya. Duk ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan nasarorin za su tabbatar da lokacin farko da kuɗi don yin nasarar TOF - duka ukun sun sa ya zama babban saka hannun jari a madadin tekunan duniya da biliyoyin mutanen da suka dogara da su don taimakon rayuwa mai mahimmanci.