Na Angel Braestrup - Luna Hoʻomalu, TOF Papa Kūkākūkā

Ma ke ahiahi o ka halawai Papa punawai o The Ocean Foundation, ua kahaha au i ka makemake o ko makou Papa Kuhina e hana i kekahi kuleana ma ka hooiaio ana i ka ikaika a me ke kokua ana o keia hui i ke kaiaulu hoomalu moana e like me ia.

Ua ʻae ka Papa i ka hoʻonui nui ʻana o ka Papa Kūkākūkā ma kāna hālāwai i ka hāʻule i hala. Ke lawe nei mākou i kēia manawa e hoʻolaha i nā ʻelima mua o kēlā mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo hou he iwakālua i ʻae e hui pū me ka The Ocean Foundation ma kēia ala kūikawā. Ua ʻae nā lālā o ka Papa Kūkākūkā e kaʻana like i ko lākou ʻike ma ke kumu e pono ai. Ua ʻae pū lākou e heluhelu i nā moʻomanaʻo o The Ocean Foundation a e kipa i ka pūnaewele e kōkua iā mākou e hoʻomau i ka pololei a me ka manawa kūpono i kā mākou kaʻana ʻike. Hoʻohui lākou i nā mea hāʻawi hāʻawi, nā alakaʻi papahana a me nā papahana, nā mea manawaleʻa, a me nā mea hāʻawi i ke kaiāulu ʻo The Ocean Foundation.

ʻO kā mākou mau kākāʻōlelo he hui huakaʻi nui, ʻike, a noʻonoʻo nui. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke mahalo nui iā lākou, no kā lākou hāʻawi ʻana i ka pono o ko mākou honua, a me The Ocean Foundation.

William Y. BrownWilliam Y. Brown he zoologist a he loio a he kanaka makua ʻole i kēia manawa ma ka Brookings Institution ma Wakinekona, DC. Ua lawelawe ʻo Bill ma nā kūlana alakaʻi ma nā ʻano hui. ʻO nā kūlana mua o Brown, ʻo ia ka ʻepekema ʻepekema i ke Kakauolelo o ka Kalaiaina Bruce Babbitt, Pelekikena & Luna Nui o ka Woods Hole Research Center ma Massachusetts, Pelekikena & Luna Nui o ka Academy of Natural Sciences ma Philadelphia, Pelekikena & Luna Nui o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Bishop ma Hawaii, Hope. Peresidena o ka National Audubon Society, Hope Peresidena o Waste Management, Inc., Senior Scientist and Acting Executive Director of the Environmental Defense Fund, Executive Secretary of the US Endangered Species Scientific Authority, and Assistant Professor, Mount Holyoke College. He luna alakaʻi ʻo ia a he pelekikena mua o ka Natural Science Collections Alliance, he luna mua o ka Ocean Conservancy a me ka Global Heritage Fund, a he luna hoʻomalu mua o ka Environmental and Energy Study Institute, Environmental Law Institute, US Committee for United Nations. Polokalamu Kaiapuni, US Environmental Training Institute, a me ka Wistar Institute. He ʻelua mau kaikamahine a Bill a noho ʻo ia ma Wakinekona me kāna wahine ʻo Mary McLeod, ʻo ia ke poʻo kumu aʻoaʻo loio ma ke Keʻena Mokuʻāina.

Kathleen FrithKathleen Frith, ʻO ia ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Center for Global Health and the Environment, i hale ma ke Kula Lapaʻau ʻo Harvard ma Boston, Massachusetts. Ma kāna hana ma ka Center, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Kathleen i nā hana hou e pili ana i ka pilina ma waena o nā kānaka olakino a me nā moana olakino. Ma 2009, ua hana ʻo ia i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni lanakila "Once Upon a Tide" (www.healthyocean.org). I kēia manawa, ke hana nei ʻo Kathleen me National Geographic ma ke ʻano he hoa Misiona Blue e kōkua i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i kahi waiwai iʻa iʻa olakino. Ma mua o kona komo ʻana i ka Center, ʻo Kathleen ka Luna Hoʻonaʻauao o ka lehulehu no ka Bermuda Biological Station for Research, kahi ʻoihana moana moana US ma Bermuda. Loaʻa iā Kathleen ke kēkelē laepua ma ka biology moana mai ke Kulanui o Kaleponi ʻo Santa Cruz a me ke kēkelē laepua ma ka puke pai ʻepekema mai Boston University's Knight. Center for Science Journalism. Noho ʻo ia ma Cambridge me kāna kāne a me kāna kaikamahine.

G. Carleton RayʻO Carleton Ray, Ph.D., a me Jerry McCormick Ray Aia ma Charlottesville, Virginia. Ua komo nā Rays i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana noʻonoʻo i ka mālama kai i nā makahiki he mau makahiki i kā lākou hana. Ua kālele ʻo Dr. Ray i nā kaʻina hana kai moana a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka biota (ʻoi aku ka vertebrates). ʻO ka noiʻi a me ke aʻo ʻana i hala aku nei ua kau ʻia ma nā kuleana o nā mammals moana i loko o nā kaiaola o nā Polar Regions. Hoʻoikaika ka noiʻi i kēia manawa i ka kaiaola o nā iʻa maʻamau ma nā ʻāpana kahakai a me nā pilina ma waena o ke ʻano olaola a me ka hana kaiaola.

ʻO Jerry McCormick RayEia kekahi, me nā hoa hana ma kāna keʻena a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe, ke hoʻomohala nei nā Rays i nā ala e pili ana i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ke kai-kai, ma ke kumu o ka mālama, ka noiʻi a me ka nānā ʻana. Ua kākau nā Rays i kekahi mau puke, me kekahi e pili ana i nā holoholona hihiu o nā Polar Regions. Ke hana nei lākou i kēia manawa e hoʻopau i kahi paʻi hou o kā lākou 2003 Ka mālama ʻana i ka moana-kai: ʻepekema a me nā kulekele.  Hoʻonui ka paʻi hou i ka helu o nā noiʻi hihia i 14 ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, hoʻopili i nā hoa hou, a hoʻohui i nā kiʻi kala.

María Amália SouzaAia ma kahi kokoke i Sao Paolo, Palakila, María Amália Souza ʻO ia ka Luna Hoʻokele Hoʻokumu o CASA - Center for Socio-Environmental Support www.casa.org.br, he kālā hāʻawi liʻiliʻi a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hiki ke kākoʻo i nā hui kaiaulu a me nā NGO liʻiliʻi e hana ana ma ke kikowaena o ka hoʻoponopono kaiapuni a me ka palekana o ka nohona ma ʻAmelika Hema. Ma waena o 1994 a me 1999 ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele o nā lawelawe lālā no APC-Association for Progressive Communications. Mai ka makahiki 2003-2005 ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he luna o ka Global South Task Force for Grantmakers without Borders. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo ia ma ka papa o NUPEF - www.nupef.org.br. Hoʻokele ʻo ia i kāna ʻoihana kūkākūkā ponoʻī e kōkua ana i nā mea hoʻopukapuka kālā - ʻo kēlā me kēia kanaka, nā kumu a me nā hui - e hoʻomohala i nā papahana philanthropic paʻa, loiloi a hoʻomaikaʻi i nā mea i loaʻa, a hoʻonohonoho i nā kipa aʻo kula. ʻO nā hana i hala aku nei he loiloi o ka hui ʻana o AVEDA Corporation me nā kaiāulu ʻōiwi ma Brazil a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ke komo ʻana o ka Funders Network on Transforming the Global Economy (FNTG) ma ʻekolu World Social Forums.