Ma ka Mālamalama Ke hilinaʻi nei mākou

Na: Ben Scheelk, Program Associate, The Ocean Foundation

I Iulai 2014, Ben Scheelk o The Ocean Foundation, ua lilo ʻelua pule ma Costa Rica e hāʻawi manawaleʻa ana i kahi huakaʻi i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e E nana Honu, he papahana o The Ocean Foundation, e ʻike maka i kekahi o nā hana hoʻomalu e hana nei ma ka ʻāina. ʻO kēia ke komo mua ʻana i ka moʻo ʻehā ʻāpana ma ka ʻike.

Hāʻawi manawaleʻa me SEE Turtles ma Costa Rica: Māhele I

ʻO kēia ka manawa e lilo ai ka hilinaʻi i nā mea āpau.

ʻO kā mākou hui liʻiliʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Brad Nahill, ka luna hoʻokele a me ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu ʻo SEE Turtles, a me kona ʻohana, a me ka mea paʻi kiʻi holoholona hihiu ʻoihana, ʻo Hal Brindley, e nānā ana i ka holo ʻana o kā mākou mea hoʻokele. ka laula pau ole o na mahi maia kahi a makou i hele mai ai. Ua huakaʻi mākou no nā hola, mai nā wahi ākea o San José, Costa Rica, ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke ala mauna hoʻopunipuni e hoʻokaʻawale ana i nā ululāʻau ao o Parque Nacional Braulio Carrillo, a hope loa ma nā ʻāina haʻahaʻa monoculture nui i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e nā mokulele melemele liʻiliʻi e luʻu i nā mea kanu. me ka uku ʻike ʻole akā make o nā pesticides.

Ke kū nei ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka ululāʻau me kā mākou mau ukana a me ka manaʻo o ka manaʻo hoʻomaka, ua like ia me kahi ala sonic i hala, a ʻo ka monotony ʻoluʻolu o ke kaʻa e kani mau nei i loko o ko mākou mau pepeiao ua hāʻawi ʻia i kahi ʻano ʻoniʻoni kūʻokoʻa a me ka ikaika i loaʻa i loko wale nō. nā mea hoʻopaʻapaʻa.

ʻAʻole i kuhi hewa ko mākou manaʻoʻiʻo i ka logistic. Ma hope koke iho o ko mākou hōʻea ʻana, ua huki ʻia ka waʻa e lawe mai iā mākou i lalo o ke kahawai a hiki i ke kukū. Ua mālama ʻia mākou i kahi huakaʻi liʻiliʻi i loko o ka puʻuwai o ka ululāʻau, ʻo ka ʻāʻī vermillion mānoanoa e hāʻule ana i kekahi manawa e hāʻawi i nā ʻike o nā ao ʻākoʻa e hōʻike ana i nā ʻōlinolino hope o ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā.

Ua hōʻea mākou i kahi mamao mamao, Estacíon Las Tortugas, kekahi o nā hoa pili kaiaulu o SEE Turtles. ʻO SEE Turtles, kekahi o nā papahana he kanalima i mālama ʻia e The Ocean Foundation, hāʻawi i nā manawa no ka poʻe huakaʻi mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua e hana i nā mea ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hoʻomaha wale ʻana, akā e ʻike mua i ka hana i hana ʻia ma nā laina mua o ka mālama honu kai. Ma Estacíon Las Tortugas, kōkua ka poʻe manawaleʻa i ka pale ʻana i nā honu kai e pūnana ana ma ia wahi, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā ʻano ʻano nui i kēia manawa, ʻo ka ʻili ʻili, kahi e pōʻino nui ai a i ka pōʻino nui e pau. Ma waho aʻe o nā mākaʻikaʻi pō e pale aku i ka poʻe ʻaihue a me nā holoholona ʻē aʻe e ʻai ana i nā hua o ka honu, hoʻoneʻe ʻia nā pūnana i ka hale hānai o ke kahua kahi e hiki ai ke nānā pono ʻia a mālama ʻia.

ʻO ka mea i ʻike mua iaʻu e pili ana i kā mākou huakaʻi, ʻaʻole ia ka noho kaʻawale, a i ʻole nā ​​​​hale hoʻokipa, akā he leo haʻahaʻa i kahi mamao. I loko o ke aumoe ʻeleʻele, i hoʻomālamalama ʻia e nā uila uila ma ka lewa, ʻike ʻia ke ʻano huʻihuʻi o ka Moana ʻAkelanika e haki nui ana ma ke kahakai one ʻeleʻele. ʻO ke kani - like me ka haʻahaʻa a me ka ʻona - ua huki iaʻu e like me kekahi mea hoʻohui mua.

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ʻO ka hilinaʻi, me he mea lā, he kumuhana mau ia i koʻu manawa ma Costa Rica. E hilinaʻi, i ke akamai o kaʻu mau alakaʻi. E hilinaʻi, ʻaʻole e kāʻili ʻia nā hoʻolālā i hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia e ka ʻino pinepine e kaʻa ana mai ke kai ʻino. E hilinaʻi, i ka mea i mua oʻu e hoʻokele i kā mākou hui ma o ka ʻīnika a puni nā ʻōpala e hoʻoheheʻe ana i ke kahakai i ko mākou mākaʻikaʻi ʻana ma lalo o ka uhi o nā hōkū no nā hōʻailona o nā ʻili ʻili e puka mai ana mai ke kai. E hilinaʻi, ua loaʻa iā mākou ka manaʻo e hoʻōki i nā poachers e ʻimi nei e ʻaihue i nā ukana ola makamae i waiho ʻia e kēia mau mea kolo prehistoric hanohano.

Akā ma luna o nā mea a pau, pili ia i ka hilinaʻi i ka hana. ʻO ka manaʻoʻiʻo pau ʻole i hōʻike ʻia e nā mea a pau e pili ana i kēia hana he mea koʻikoʻi a maikaʻi hoʻi. A i ka hopena o ka lā, hilinaʻi e ola nā keiki honu malū a mākou i hoʻokuʻu ai i loko o ke kai—no ka makamae a palupalu—e ola ana i nā makahiki pohihihi i nalowale i loko o ka hohonu o ka moana, e hoʻi i kēia mau kahakai i kekahi lā e hoʻohua i nā hua. o ka hanauna e hiki mai ana.