A cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata, Gidauniyar Ocean Foundation ta tsunduma cikin tallafawa ƙungiyoyi masu zaman kansu kan hakar ma'adinai mai zurfi (DSM), suna kawo ƙwarewar mu ta musamman ta shari'a da kuɗi da alaƙar kamfanoni don tallafawa da haɓaka ayyukan da ke gudana, gami da:

  • Kare muhallin ruwa da na bakin teku daga illolin hakar ma'adinai na ƙasa,
  • Yin hulɗa tare da masu kula da kuɗi game da da'awar dorewa da kamfanonin hakar ma'adinai masu zurfi suka yi; kuma 
  • Bayar da aikin da ake ɗaukar nauyin kasafin kuɗi: Gangamin Ma'adinan Ruwan Teku.

Muna alfahari da shiga cikin Hadin gwiwar kiyaye tekun Deep Sea (DSCC) kuma za su yi aiki tare da membobin DSCC don tabbatar da dakatarwar DSM.

Hukumar DSCC ta yi kira ga hukumomi da gwamnatoci a duk fadin duniya su bayar da wani dakatarwa (jinkirin hukuma) kan ba da izinin hakar ma'adinan zurfin teku har sai an fahimci hadarin, za a iya nuna cewa ba zai haifar da lahani ga yanayin ruwa ba, an samu tallafin jama'a. an yi la’akari da wasu hanyoyi, kuma an warware matsalolin mulki.

TOF tana goyan bayan dakatarwa akan ma'adinai mai zurfi ta teku ta hanyar canzawa da ayyana mahimmin labari.

Yin amfani da yawancin membobin TOF da matsayin shawarwari da kuma ƙwarewar ma'aikatanmu na baya a cikin kamfanoni masu zaman kansu, za mu yi haɗin gwiwa tare da Ƙungiyoyi masu zaman kansu, ƙungiyoyin kimiyya, ƙungiyoyi masu girma, hukumomi, bankuna, gidauniyoyi, da ƙasashe waɗanda mambobi ne a Hukumar Kula da Tekun Duniya (International Seabed Authority) ISA) don ci gaba da waɗannan labarun. Ilimin teku shine tushen wannan aikin. Mun yi imanin cewa kamar yadda aka sanar da masu ruwa da tsaki daban-daban game da DSM da kuma barazanar da take haifarwa ga ƙaunatattun su, rayuwarsu, hanyoyin rayuwa, da kuma wanzuwar su a duniyar da ke da yanayin yanayi mai aiki, adawa da wannan tsari mai haɗari da rashin tabbas zai biyo baya.

TOF ta himmatu ga saita rikodin madaidaiciya da faɗin kimiyya, kuɗi, da gaskiyar doka game da DSM:

  • DSM da ba jarin tattalin arziki mai dorewa ko shuɗi ba kuma dole ne a cire shi daga kowane irin fayil ɗin.
  • DSM a barazana ga yanayin duniya da ayyukan muhalli (ba yuwuwar maganin sauyin yanayi ba).
  • The ISA – wani opaque kungiyar cewa ke mulkin rabin duniya - ba shi da ikon aiwatar da aikin sa bisa tsari kuma daftarin dokokinsa shekaru ne daga aiki ko ma daidaitacce.
  • DSM batu ne na haƙƙin ɗan adam da adalcin muhalli. Yana da barazana ga al'adun gargajiya na karkashin ruwa, tushen abinci, abubuwan rayuwa, yanayin rayuwa, da kwayoyin halittun ruwa na magunguna na gaba.
  • DSM tana tsaye don amfanar kamfanoni da mutane kaɗan, ba ɗan adam ba (kuma wataƙila ba ma jihohin da ke tallafawa ko tallafawa kasuwancin DSM ba).
  • Karatun teku shine mabuɗin don ginawa da dorewar adawa ga DSM.

Mu Team

Shugaban TOF, Mark J. Spalding, yana da hannu sosai tare da shirin Shirin Kuɗi na Asusun Kula da Muhalli na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya akan Kuɗin Kuɗi na Dorewa, kuma yana cikin rukunin aiki wanda zai ba da jagorar kuɗi da saka hannun jari na DSM. Ya kuma ba da shawara ga cibiyoyin hada-hadar kudi da tushe kan ka'idoji don dorewar jarin tattalin arzikin shudi. Shi da TOF sune kebantattun masu ba da shawara kan teku ga kuɗaɗen saka hannun jari na teku guda biyu tare da haɗakar dala miliyan 920 a cikin kadarorin da ke ƙarƙashin gudanarwa.

TOF DSM mai da hankali, Bobbi-Jo Dobush, yana da shekaru goma na gwaninta duka biyu kalubale da kuma kare muhalli bayani dalla-dalla, kuma ya bayar da m sharhi a kan daban-daban zurfin teku shawarwari shawarwari. Kokarin da ta yi game da tsarin tsarin ISA da fallasa launin kore ta hanyar masana'antar hakar ma'adinai mai zurfi ta teku ta sanar da shekaru na ba da shawara game da haɓaka ayyukan da ba da izini gami da ESG da gwamnatocin bayar da rahoton kuɗi mai dorewa a kamfanin lauyoyi na kamfani. Ta yi amfani da dangantakar da ke akwai tare da lauyoyi, masana kimiyya, da malaman da ke aiki a kan kula da teku mai zurfi, musamman ma shigar da ita tare da Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative.