Na Angel Braestrup - Luna Hoʻomalu, TOF Papa Kūkākūkā

I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Malaki 2012, ua mālama ka Papa Luna Hoʻokele o Ocean Foundation i kāna hālāwai puna. I ka hōʻike ʻana o Pelekikena Mark Spalding i kāna hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo o nā hana hou a TOF, ʻike wau iaʻu iho e kahaha nei i ka makemake o kā mākou Papa Kūkākūkā e hana i kahi kuleana i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka ikaika a me ke kōkua ʻana o kēia hui i ke kaiāulu mālama kai e like me ka hiki.

Ua ʻae ka Papa i ka hoʻonui nui ʻana o ka Papa Kūkākūkā ma kāna hālāwai i ka hāʻule i hala. I kēia mau lā, ua hoʻolauna mākou i nā lālā hou 10 mua. I kēia lā ke hoʻolauna nei mākou i ʻelima mau kānaka i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ʻae e hui pū me 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 kona poʻe, a me The Ocean Foundation.

ʻO Carlos de Paco, Inter-American Development Bank, Wakinekona, DC. Ua ʻoi aku ʻo Carlos de Paco ma mua o 20 mau makahiki i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai, nā hui hoʻolālā, nā kulekele kaiapuni a me ka hoʻokele waiwai kūlohelohe. Ma mua o kona komo ʻana i ka IADB, ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo ia ma San Jose, Costa Rica a me Mallorca, Sepania e hana ana no ka AVINA Foundation-VIVA Group ma nā alakaʻi alakaʻi no ka hoʻomohala hoʻomau a ʻo ia ka Lunamakaʻāinana ʻĀpana no Latin America a me ka Mediterranean ma kahakai, moana a nā hana wai maʻemaʻe. Ma mua o kāna ʻoihana, ua hana ʻo Mr. de Paco no ka Spanish Institute of Oceanography i ka hoʻokele lawaiʻa a me ka iʻa. I ka makahiki 1992, ua haʻalele ʻo ia i ka National Parks Foundation ma Costa Rica e lilo i Luna Hoʻokele Regional no ka IUCN's Mesoamerican Marine Program. Ua komo ʻo ia ma hope o The Nature Conservancy ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele no Costa Rica a me Panama a ma ke ʻano he kākāʻōlelo no ka papahana kai moana a me kahakai.

Hiromi Matsubara

ʻO Hiromi Matsubara, Surfrider Iapana

Hiromi Matsubara, Surfrider Iapana, Chiba, Iapana e haʻi aku iā ʻoe he heʻenalu maʻamau ʻo ia i makemake nui i ka moana. Ua hoʻomaka kāna hana mua me ka moana i ka loaʻa ʻana o kāna laikini luʻu i ka makahiki 16. A laila neʻe ʻo ia i ke Kulanui ʻo Sophia ma Tokyo, kahi i hoʻomaka ai ʻo ia i ka heʻenalu a hoʻokūkū i nā heihei heʻe nalu ma ka pae aupuni. Ma hope o ka puka ʻana, ua komo ʻo ia me GE Capital, kahi i paʻa ai ʻo ia i nā kūlana like ʻole ma ke kūʻai kālā kālā kālepa, kūʻai aku, pili aupuni a me nā papahana kaiāulu. Ma hope o 5 mau makahiki i loko o ka honua ʻoihana hoʻokūkū, alakaʻi i ka pahuhopu, ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka manaʻo a me ke akeakamai o ka permaculture a ua hoihoi ʻia e ia mau hana ola mau. Ua haʻalele ʻo Hiromi i kāna hana a i ka makahiki 2006 ua hana pū ʻo "greenz.jp”, he web-zine i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Tokyo i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka hoʻolālā ʻana i kahi kaiāulu hoʻomau me ka manaʻo maikaʻi a me ka noʻonoʻo me kāna hiʻohiʻona hoʻoponopono kū hoʻokahi. Ma hope o ʻehā mau makahiki, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e ʻimi i kahi nohona haʻahaʻa (a ʻoi aku ka heʻenalu!) Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Hiromi ma ke ʻano he Luna Nui o Surfrider Foundation Iapana e pale a paipai i ka leʻaleʻa o ko mākou moana, nā nalu a me nā kahakai.

Craig Quirolo

ʻO Craig Quirolo, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu, REEF RELIEF

Craig Quirolo, Kūkākūkā Kūʻokoʻa, Florida. He luina wai uliuli maikaʻi, ʻo Craig ka mea hoʻokumu i hoʻomaha ʻia o REEF RELIEF, nāna i alakaʻi no 22 mau makahiki a hiki i kona hoʻomaha ʻana i ka makahiki 2009. ʻO Craig ka Luna Hoʻokele o Marine Projects a me International Programs no ka hui. Ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka REEF RELIEF's Reef Mooring Buoy Program i hoʻohālikelike ʻia ma muli o ka hoʻolālā ʻana e Harold Hudson lāua ʻo John Halas. Ua hoʻonoho ʻia nā buoy 116 ma ʻehiku ʻākoʻakoʻa ʻo Key West-area, a ua lilo ia i kahua paʻa pilikino nui loa ma ka honua. He ʻāpana ia o ka Federal Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo Craig i nā hui kūloko e hoʻokomo i nā ʻaʻa koʻa o Negril, Jamaica, Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras, Dry Tortugas a me Green Turtle Cay ma Bahamas. Ua lilo kēlā me kēia hoʻokomo i ka hana mua i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi papahana mālama ʻākoʻakoʻa ākea e pili ana i nā papahana hoʻonaʻauao, ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻepekema a me ke kākoʻo no ka hana ʻana i nā wahi pale kai. Ua kākoʻo ka hana paionia a Craig i nā āpau o ka ʻike ʻepekema a me nā hoʻonā kūpono e pono e hoʻopiha ʻia ma nā wahi āpau a mākou e hoʻoikaika ai e pale i ko mākou mau kumuwaiwai moana.

DeeVon Quirolo

DeeVon Quirolo, Luna Hooko i hala aku nei, REEF RELIEF

DeeVon Quirolo, Kūkākūkā Kūʻokoʻa, Florida. DeeVon QuiroloʻO ia ka mea hoʻokumu i hoʻomaha a me ka Luna Hoʻokele mua o REEF RELIEF, kahi hui lālā ʻaʻai waiwai ʻole o Key West i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka "Preserve and Protect Coral Reef Ecosystems ma o nā hana kūloko, kūloko a me ka honua." I ka makahiki 1986, ua hoʻokumu ʻo DeeVon, kāna kāne ʻo Craig, a me kahi hui o nā waʻa moku kūloko i ka REEF RELIEF no ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā mooring buoy no ka pale ʻana i nā koʻa koʻa Florida Keys mai ka pōʻino o ka heleuma. He kumu hoʻonaʻauao hoʻolaʻa ʻo DeeVon, a he kākoʻo hoʻomau ma ka ʻaoʻao o nā wai kai maikaʻi, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma nā Keys. Mai ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā hana waʻa maikaʻi a palekana hoʻi i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka ʻāina pale kai ʻo Keys, ua huakaʻi ʻo DeeVon i Tallahassee, Wakinekona, a ma nā wahi āpau e pono ai ʻo ia e hele e alualu i kāna ʻike no ka pale ʻana a me ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka ʻehā o ka ʻōnaehana kai nui loa ma ka honua. Ke hoʻomau nei ka ʻike o DeeVon, a e pōmaikaʻi kāna hoʻoilina i nā hanauna e hiki mai ana o nā kamaʻāina Keys a me nā malihini—ma lalo o ka wai a ma kahakai.

ʻO Sergio de Mello e Souza (Left) me Hiromi Matsubara, Surfrider Japan (Center) a me Mark J. Spalding, The Ocean Foundation (Right)

ʻO Sergio de Mello e Souza, Brasil1 (hema) me Hiromi Matsubara, Surfrider Iapana (waena) a me Mark J. Spalding, The Ocean Foundation (Akau)

Sergio de Mello e Souza, BRASIL1, Rio de Janeiro Palakila. He kanaka ʻoihana ʻo Sergio Mello e hoʻohana ana i kāna mau alakaʻi alakaʻi e hāpai i ka hoʻomau. ʻO ia ka mea hoʻokumu a me COO o BRASIL1, kahi hui i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Rio de Janeiro e hoʻonohonoho ana i nā hanana kūikawā ma nā wahi o nā haʻuki a me nā ʻoliʻoli. Ma mua o ka hoʻokumu ʻana iā BRASIL1, ʻo ia ka Luna Hoʻokele no Clear Channel Entertainment ma Brazil. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kāna ʻoihana, ua hana ʻo Sergio no ke Kōmike Kūʻai Kūʻai Mokuʻāina a kōkua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi ala e pili ana i ka ʻoihana. Mai ka makahiki 1988, ua komo ʻo Sergio i nā papahana ʻoihana waiwai ʻole, me kahi papahana noiʻi no ka Atlantic Rainforest a ma hope o kahi hoʻonaʻauao hoʻonaʻauao ma ka ʻākau hikina o Brazil e hoʻōki i ka luku ʻana i nā iʻa a me ka pale ʻana i nā manatees. Ua hoʻonohonoho pū ʻo ia i nā hoʻolaha a me nā hanana kūikawā no ka Rio 92 Eco-Conference. Ua komo ʻo ia i ka Papa Luna Hoʻokele o Surfrider Foundation ma 2008, a ua kākoʻo ikaika ʻo ia i ka hui mai 2002 ma Brazil. He lālā ʻo ia o ka The Climate Reality Project. Mai kona wā kamaliʻi, ua komo mau ʻo ia i nā hana a me nā papahana e pale ai i ke kaiapuni. Noho ʻo Sergio me kāna wahine ʻo Natalia ma Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.