Ko'u Makahiki Mokupuni

E ke hoa o ka moana,

Noʻu, ʻo 2017 ka makahiki o ka mokupuni, a no laila o ka hoʻonui ʻia. ʻO nā mākaʻikaʻi pūnaewele o ka makahiki, nā haʻawina a me nā hālāwai kūkā i lawe iaʻu i nā mokupuni a me nā ʻāina mokupuni a puni ka honua. Ua ʻimi au i ke Keʻa Hema ma mua o koʻu hele ʻana i ka ʻākau o ka Tropic of Capricorn. Ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi lā i koʻu hele ʻana i ka laina lā honua. Ua hala au i ka equator. A, ua hala au i ka Tropic of Cancer, a lele au ma ka Pole ʻĀkau i koʻu holo ʻana i ke ala ʻākau i ʻEulopa.

Hoʻopuka nā mokupuni i nā kiʻi ikaika o ke kūʻokoʻa, kahi e "kaʻawale mai ia mea āpau," kahi kahi e pono ai nā moku a me nā mokulele. ʻO kēlā kaʻawale he pōmaikaʻi a he hōʻino. 

ʻO nā loina maʻamau o ka hilinaʻi ponoʻī a me ke kaiāulu pili pili i ka moʻomeheu o nā mokupuni āpau aʻu i kipa aku ai. ʻO ka hoʻoweliweli honua ākea o ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻilikai, ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻino, a me nā loli i ka mahana o ka moana a me ke kemika ʻaʻole ia he mau pilikia "i ka hopena o ke kenekulia" no nā lāhui mokupuni, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā lāhui mokupuni liʻiliʻi. ʻO lākou nā kūlana maoli i kēia manawa e pili ana i ka pono waiwai, kaiapuni, a me ka nohona o nā ʻāina he nui a puni ka honua.

Nā Mokupuni o ka Pākīpika Hema, Google, 2017

Ua hoʻokipa ʻo Azores i ka Sargasso Sea Commission i ko mākou kūkākūkā ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka mālama ʻana i ka home o nā mea ola kūikawā he nui mai nā manu kuhukukū pēpē a hiki i nā kohola humpback. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka moʻolelo koholā kaulana o Nantucket i kahi papa hana ma kahi polokalamu "Whale Alert" e kōkua ana i nā kāpena moku e pale aku i ka paʻi ʻana i nā koholā. Ua ʻākoakoa nā kānaka ʻepekema Mekiko, ʻAmelika, a me Cuban ma Havana kahi i kūkākūkā ai mākou i ka maikaʻi o ka nānā ʻana i ke olakino o ke kahawai ʻo Mexico a laila hoʻopili i ka ʻikepili i ka hoʻokele hui ʻana i kēlā mau kumuwaiwai moana i ka manawa o ka loli. Ua hoʻi au i Malta no ka ʻaha ʻehā o ka "Our Ocean", kahi i hoʻoikaika ai nā alakaʻi o ka moana e like me ke Kakauolelo o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo John Kerry, ʻo Prince Albert o Monaco, a me Prince Charles o United Kingdom e lawe mai i ka manaʻo o ka manaʻo maikaʻi i ko mākou moana e hiki mai ana. I ka ʻākoakoa ʻana o nā ʻepekema a me nā mea hoʻoholo kulekele mai nā ʻāina mokupuni he 12 ma Fiti me ka hui TOF no kā mākou mau papa hana ʻepekema hoʻonaʻauao moana a me nā kulekele, ua hui pū lākou me nā pae o ka poʻe i aʻo ʻia ma nā papa hana TOF ma Mauritius-e hoʻonui ana i ka hiki o kēia mau ʻāina mokupuni. nā mea e hana nei i loko o ko lākou mau wai a e hoʻoponopono i nā mea hiki iā lākou.

ʻO Azores Archipelago, Azores.com

Mai ke kahakai ʻino o nā Azores a hiki i nā kahakai wela o Fiji a i ka malecon kaulana o Havana, ua maopopo loa nā pilikia. Ua ʻike mākou a pau i ka pōʻino loa o Barbuda, Puerto Rico, Dominica, US Virgin Islands, a me nā British Virgin Islands ʻoiai ʻo Hurricanes Irma lāua ʻo Maria i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā ʻano hana kūlohelohe kanaka. Ua pōʻino nui ʻia ʻo Cuba a me nā mokupuni ʻē aʻe o ka Caribbean. ʻO nā lāhui mokupuni o Iapana, Taiwan, Philippines, a me Indonesia i hui pū ʻia he mau haneli miliona mau kālā i ka pōʻino mai nā ʻino ʻino i kēia makahiki. I ka manawa like, ua nui aʻe nā hoʻoweliweli hoʻoweliweli i ke ola o ka mokupuni ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻaʻai ʻana, ke komo ʻana o ka wai paʻakai i loko o nā kumu inu wai maʻemaʻe, a me ka neʻe ʻana o nā ʻano kai hoʻomanaʻo mai nā wahi mōʻaukala ma muli o ka mahana wela a me nā kumu ʻē aʻe.

Allan Michael Chastanet, Kuhina Nui o St. Lucia

E like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia ma The New York Times

Ke hoʻokomo ʻoe i kā lākou EEZ, ʻo nā Mokupuni Mokupuni ʻo ia ʻo Big Ocean States. No laila, hōʻike ko lākou waiwai moana i ko lākou hoʻoilina a me ko lākou wā e hiki mai ana—a me kā mākou kuleana hui e hōʻemi i ka pōʻino i ko mākou mau hoalauna ma nā wahi āpau. Ke lawe pū nei mākou i nā pilikia moana i nā hui honua ʻē aʻe, ke neʻe nei ka manaʻo o kēia mau lāhui mai ka liʻiliʻi a i ka nui! Ua hoʻokani ʻo Fiji i kahi kūlana koʻikoʻi i kēia makahiki ma ke ʻano he hui pū o ka UN SDG 14 "Ocean Conference" i Iune a me ka mea hoʻokipa o ka hālāwai nui makahiki i kapa ʻia ʻo UNFCCC COP23, i mālama ʻia ma Bonn i Nowemapa. Ke koi nei ʻo Fiji i kahi hui ʻo Oceans Pathway Partnership ma ke ʻano he hoʻolālā e hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā mākou a pau e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka moana i kā mākou hana ʻana e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia ʻino. Ua ʻike ʻo Sweden ma ke ʻano he cohost o ka UN Ocean Conference. A, hana pū ʻo Kelemania. ʻAʻole lākou wale nō.

ʻO Mark J. Spalding e hōʻike ana ma COP23, Bonn, Kelemānia

Kuhina Nui Gaston Browne o Antigua a me Barbuda.

E like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia ma The New York Times

Ua loaʻa iaʻu ka pōmaikaʻi i ka hele ʻana i kēia mau hālāwai honua ʻelua kahi e holo pū ai ka manaʻolana a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa. Hāʻawi nā mokupuni liʻiliʻi i ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o 2 pakeneka o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ke kinoea hoʻomehana honua, akā ke ʻike nei lākou i ka hopena maikaʻi loa i kēia lā. Aia ka manaolana e hiki iā mākou ke hoʻoponopono i kēia mau pilikia a kōkua i nā lāhui mokupuni e hana pēlā ma o ka Green Climate Fund a me nā hana ʻē aʻe; a he mea hiki ole ke hoowahawaha no ka lohi loa o na aupuni i kokua nui i ka hoololi anā i ke ea e kokua i na aupuni pae aina i hoopilikia loa ia e ka huliau.

ʻO Thoriq Ibrahim, ke Kuhina o ka Energy and Environment ma Maldives

E like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia ma The New York Times

ʻO koʻu mokupuni hope loa o ka makahiki ʻo Mexico ʻo Cozumel no kahi hui pāka moana ʻekolu (Cuba, Mexico, a me US). ʻO Cozumel ka home o Ixchel, he akua Mayan, ke Akua wahine o ka mahina. Ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia kona luakini nui ma Cozumel a ua kipa ʻia hoʻokahi wale nō i kēlā me kēia 28 mau lā i ka piha ʻana o ka mahina a hoʻomālamalama i ke ala pōhaku keʻokeʻo ma waena o ka ululāʻau. ʻO kekahi o kāna mau hana ʻo ia ke akua wahine o ka ʻili hua a me ka pua o ka honua, me ka mana hoʻōla nui. He coda ikaika ka hui i hoʻokahi makahiki e nānā ana i ka hoʻokele ʻana i ko kākou pilina kanaka i ke kai e hoʻōla ai.

Cozumel, Mekiko, Kiʻi Kiʻi: Shireen Rahimi, CubaMar

Ua hele mai au mai koʻu makahiki o nā mokupuni me ka ʻike nui ʻana i ka wikiwiki o ka pono e kākoʻo i ke kūpaʻa a me ka hoʻololi wikiwiki ʻana, ʻoiai mākou e hoʻolālā nei no ka neʻe ʻana i ka wā e piʻi ai ka ʻilikai. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka leo. Pono mākou e hoʻokomo i kēia manawa, ʻaʻole ma hope.

Pono kākou e hoʻolohe i ke kai. Ua hala ka manawa no mākou a pau e hana mua i ka mea e hāʻawi iā mākou i ka oxygen, ka meaʻai, a me nā pono ʻē aʻe he nui. Ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ka leo o kona mau mokupuni. Hoʻoikaika ko mākou kaiaulu e pale iā lākou. Hiki iā mākou a pau ke hana hou aku.

No ka moana,
Mark J. Spalding