Hoike Kaahele a ka Peresidena, na Mokupuni o ka Pakipika

na Mark J. Splading

Noho au ma ke alo o kahi hōkele ma Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mekiko e nānā ana i nā manu lele a me nā pelicans e ʻai ana iā lākou iho i ka holo ʻana o ka iʻa. He ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula ka lani, a ʻo ke kai mālie o Cortez he uliuli hohonu. ʻO ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā ahiahi ʻelua i hala ma ʻaneʻi me ka ʻike koke ʻana o nā ao, ka hekili a me ka uila ma nā puʻu ma hope o ke kaona. ʻO ka ʻino uila ma ka wao nahele kekahi o nā hōʻike maikaʻi loa o ke ʻano.

Hōʻike kēia huakaʻi i ka pau ʻana o ke kauwela o ka huakaʻi, me he mea lā e hōʻoia i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā mahina ʻekolu i hala. Paʻa mau ke kau moana no mākou ma ka ʻĀpana ʻĀkau no mākou ma The Ocean Foundation. ʻAʻole kēia kauwela.

Ua hoʻomaka wau i ke kauwela ma Mei ma Loreto, a laila hoʻokomo iā Kaleponi, a me St. Kitts a me Nevis i kaʻu huakaʻi. A i kēlā mahina ua mālama pū mākou i kā mākou mau hanana mua ʻelua no ka hoʻolauna ʻana i ka TOF a hōʻike i kekahi o kā mākou mea hāʻawi: ma New York, ua lohe mākou iā Kauka Roger Payne, ka ʻepekema koholā kaulana, a ma Wakinekona, ua hui pū ʻia mākou e J. Nichols. o Pro Peninsula, loea honu kai kaulana, a me Indumathie Hewawasam, loea moana o ka World Bank. Ua mahalo mākou i nā hanana ʻelua no ka lawelawe ʻana i ka iʻa iʻa paʻa ʻia mai nā lawaiʻa ʻo Alaska, nā lālā o ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā o ka Moana ʻĀina o Alaska, ma lalo o kāna papahana "Catch of the Season". 

I ka mahina o Iune, ua kākoʻo pū mākou i ka ʻaha kūkā mua loa e pili ana i ka heluhelu ʻana i ka moana ma Wakinekona DC. Ua komo pū ʻo Iune ʻo Capital Hill Oceans Week, ka Fish Fest makahiki, a me kahi huakaʻi i ka Hale Keʻokeʻo e lilo i ʻāpana o ka hana no ka hana ʻana i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Aupuni ʻo Northwest Hawaiian Islands. No laila, ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka ʻāina mālama kai nui loa ma ka honua, e pale ana i nā kaukani mau mile kuea o nā ʻākoʻa a me nā wahi noho moana ʻē aʻe a me ka home o nā haneli he nui o nā Sila Monk Hawaii. Ma o kāna mau mea hāʻawi, ua hana ʻo The Ocean Foundation a me kāna mau mea hāʻawi i kahi hana liʻiliʻi i ke kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kona hoʻokumu ʻana. ʻO ka hopena, ua hauʻoli nui wau i ka noho ʻana ma ka Hale Paʻa e nānā i ke kau inoa ʻana me kekahi o ka poʻe i hana nui a lōʻihi loa no kēia lā.

Ua hoʻomaka ka mahina ʻo Iulai ma Alaska me kahi mākaʻikaʻi kūikawā o ka Kenai Fjords National Park me nā mea kālā ʻē aʻe, a pau i ka Pākīpika Hema. Hoʻokahi pule ma Alaska i ukali ʻia e kahi huakaʻi i Kaleponi, a me kahi lōʻihi (no ka poʻe ʻike i kā lākou Boeing 747s lore) i Australia a me Fiji. E haʻi hou aku au iā ʻoe e pili ana i nā mokupuni o ka Pakipika ma lalo nei.

Ua hoʻokomo ʻo ʻAukake ma kahakai ʻo Maine no kekahi mau kipa pūnaewele ma kahakai a me New York City, kahi aʻu i hui ai me Bill Mott ka poʻo. Ka Papahana Moana a me kāna kākāʻōlelo ʻo Paul Boyle, ke poʻo o New York Aquarium, e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hoʻolālā hana no kāna hui i kēia manawa aia ma TOF. I kēia manawa, e hele mai ana au i Loreto no ka hā o ka manawa i kēia makahiki e hoʻomau i ka hana a TOF's Loreto Bay Foundation Fund, akā no ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i kahi makahiki a me kahi hoʻomaka hou. Ua komo i loko o kēia pule ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka makahiki 10 o ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o ka Loreto Bay National Marine Park, akā ʻo ka hana hoʻoheheʻe honua no ke kikowaena kaiapuni hou o Loreto (he papahana o kā mākou mea hāʻawi, ʻo Grupo Ecologista Antares). Ua loaʻa iaʻu ka manawa kūpono e hālāwai ai me ka luna hou o ka Inn ma Loreto Bay, ka mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka hoʻomau ʻana o ka hōkele a me kāna mau hana a ua ʻae piha i ka paipai ʻana i nā malihini e komo ma o ka lilo ʻana i mea hāʻawi i ka waihona kālā ʻo Loreto Bay Foundation. Ma nā hālāwai me ke kuhina nui, ua kūkākūkā mākou i kekahi o nā pilikia e pili ana i ke olakino o ke kaiāulu a me nā hui e hoʻokumu ʻia nei no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana iā lākou: ke olakino ʻōpio, ka hoʻoikaika kino, a me ka meaʻai (kahi papahana piha o ka hui soccer hou); ka waiʻona a me nā mea hoʻohui ʻē aʻe (ke ulu nei nā papahana noho hou a me waho); a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka papahana hoʻonaʻauao ākea. He mea koʻikoʻi ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kēia mau pilikia i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ke komo ʻana o ke kaiāulu i ka noʻonoʻo lōʻihi e pili ana i ka hoʻohana mau ʻana a me ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe o ka ʻāina i hilinaʻi pū ai lākou.

NA MOKU PAKIPIKA

ʻO ka lā aʻu i hōʻea ai i Australia, ua kiʻi ʻo Geoff Withycombe, ka luna o ka Papa o ka mea hāʻawi TOF, Surfrider Foundation Australia, iaʻu no kahi marathon hui, i hoʻonohonoho noʻonoʻo ʻia e Geoff e hoʻohana i koʻu manawa pōkole ma Sydney. Ua hui mākou me kēia mau hui:

• ʻO Ocean Watch Australia, he hui kaiapuni, ʻaʻole waiwai e hana ana e hoʻokō i ka hoʻomau i ka ʻoihana kai kai o Australia ma o ka pale ʻana a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā wahi iʻa, ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka wai a me ke kūkulu ʻana i nā lawaiʻa hoʻomau ma o ka hui pū ʻana me ka ʻoihana kai kai o Australia, aupuni. , nā mana waiwai kūlohelohe, ʻoihana pilikino a me ke kaiāulu (me nā keʻena i loaʻa ma Sydney Fish Markets!).  
• ʻO Environmental Defender's Office Ltd., he hale kūʻai kānāwai kaiāulu ʻaʻole ia e pili ana i ka pono o ka lehulehu. Kōkua ia i nā poʻe a me nā hui kaiaulu e hana nei e pale i ke ʻano kūlohelohe a kūkulu ʻia. 
• ʻO Sydney Coastal Councils, e kālele ana i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i 12 mau ʻaha kūkā kaiāulu kahakai o Sydney e hoʻāʻo nei e hana pū i kahi hoʻolālā hoʻokele kai kūʻokoʻa. 
• He huakaʻi ma hope o nā hiʻohiʻona ma Ocean World Manly (no ka Sydney Aquarium, ʻo ia hoʻi na Attractions Sydney) a me ka Ocean World Conservation Foundation. 
• A, ʻoiaʻiʻo, he hoʻolaha lōʻihi e pili ana i ka hana a Surfrider Australia e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maikaʻi o ka wai kahakai, hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā kahakai, a me ka pale ʻana i nā haʻalulu heʻenalu me ka hapa nui o nā limahana manawaleʻa a me ka nui o ka hoihoi.

Ma o kēia mau hālāwai, ua aʻo hou au e pili ana i nā pilikia hoʻokele kai ma Australia a me ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana o ke aupuni a me ke kālā. ʻO ka hopena, ʻike mākou i ka manawa e loaʻa ai nā manawa e kākoʻo i kēia mau hui a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka mea nui, ua hana mākou i kahi hoʻolauna ma waena o Bill Mott o The Ocean Project a me nā limahana ma Ocean World Manly. Loaʻa paha kahi manawa e hana ai me kēia mau pūʻulu ma ke ʻano e kūlike me kā mākou waihona o nā papahana e pili ana i ke kālepa ʻana i nā iʻa ʻaʻa a me nā papahana ʻē aʻe. 

I kekahi lā aʻe, lawe au i ka mokulele mai Sydney a hiki i Nadi ma ke kahakai komohana o ka mokupuni ʻo Viti Levu, Fiji ma Air Pacific (Fiji's international airline) he mea maʻamau o ka lawelawe huakaʻi ea mai nā makahiki he ʻumi a ʻoi aku paha. ʻO ka mea e hahau mua iā ʻoe, i kou hōʻea ʻana i Fiji, ʻo ia nā manu. Aia lākou ma nā wahi a pau āu e nānā ai a ʻo kā lākou mau mele ke kani i kou neʻe ʻana. I ka lawe ʻana i ke kaʻa kaʻa mai ke kahua mokulele a i ka hōkele, pono mākou e kali a ʻo kahi kaʻaahi liʻiliʻi i hoʻopiha ʻia me ke kō i ʻoki ʻia e hakakā nei e hele i ka puka o ke kahua mokulele honua.

Ma ka Nadi's Tanoa International Hotel, ke hele nui nei ka pāʻina nui o kahi keiki 15 makahiki ma kekahi ʻaoʻao o ka lobby, a ke nānā nei ka lehulehu nui o nā Australia i kahi pāʻani pīpeku ma kekahi ʻaoʻao. Hoʻopau ʻo Australia i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ka uaki o Fiji, kahi hilahila aupuni e noho aliʻi nei i nā nūpepa no ke koena o koʻu noho ʻana ma ka ʻāina. I ke kakahiaka aʻe ma ka lele ʻana mai Nadi a i Suva ma ke kahakai hikina hikina o Viti Levu, ua lele ka mokulele liʻiliʻi ma luna o ka ʻāina mauna - me he mea lā he kakaikahi ka poʻe me nā kānaka ʻelua a me ke kaumaha, nā lāʻau. ʻOi aku ka hoʻomohala ʻana o nā kahakai, ʻoiaʻiʻo.

Aia au ma Suva e hele i kahi hālāwai ʻekolu lā, ʻo ka 10th Pacific Islands Round Table for Nature Conservation. Ma ke ala i ka halawai kakahiaka Poakahi, ua ola ke kulanakauhale me ka hana, aole like me ko'u hiki ana i ka la Sabati. Me he mea lā he nui ʻole o nā keiki e hele ana i ke kula. Ua ʻaʻahu ʻia nā ʻaʻahu a pau, nā ʻaʻahu e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻomana e hoʻomalu nei i kā lākou kula. Kaʻa kaumaha. Nui nā kaʻa kaʻa puka makani ʻole (me nā pale palaki no ka ua). ʻO ka uahi Diesel, nā ao a me ka ʻehu. Akā ʻo nā māla ulu a me nā wahi ʻōmaʻomaʻo.  

Aia ka hālāwai ma ka pā kula ʻo Suva o ke Kulanui o ka Pākīpika Hema. ʻO ia kahi maze ākea o nā hale o ka makahiki 1970 e hāmama ana i ka lewa, me nā pani pani ma nā wahi i waiho ʻia ai ke aniani pukaaniani. Aia nā ala hele i uhi ʻia e alakaʻi ana ma waena o nā hale a me nā ʻauwaʻa a me nā ala no ka wai ua. Ma muli o ka nui o kēia mau ʻōnaehana, pono ka ua i ka wā ua.

ʻO ka Roundtable kahi "kahi e hui ai ka hui ʻana i ka hana hoʻōla maikaʻi" a mālama ʻia e ka Foundation for the People of the South Pacific International (FSPI) a me ka Kulanui o ka Pākīpika Hema (he 12 mau lālā lālā). ʻO ka Roundtable ponoʻī he

• ʻO ka lālā manawaleʻa / hui (me 24 mau lālā). ʻO ka pahuhopu ka hōʻoia ʻana i hiki i nā ʻelele i hoʻouna ʻia i ka hālāwai ke hoʻohiki.
• ʻO ka hui hoʻonohonoho e ʻimi ana i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kahi Hoʻolālā Hana (mai ka makahiki 1985) - noi ʻia nā mea hāʻawi kālā e hāʻawi kālā i nā papahana e kūlike me ka Hoʻolālā Hana e loaʻa ana nā pahuhopu ʻelima makahiki a me 18 mau pahuhopu pili.

Ua hāʻawi ʻia kahi ʻōlelo hoʻoholo mai ka Cook Islands Roundtable (2002) i ka loiloi a me ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana o ka Action Strategy. Ua loaʻa nā pilikia me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o nā lālā, ka nele o ke kālā, a me ka nele o ka ʻona. No ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kēia, ua hana ʻia nā hui hana e hoʻokaʻawale i ka hana, e nānā i ka hana. Ma kēia hālāwai, ua komo pū ka poʻe i hele mai i ke aupuni, ka mea hoʻonaʻauao, a me nā ʻelele hui mālama honua, kūloko a kūloko.

No ka hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo i nā pilikia nui o ka Mokupuni Pākīpika:

• Ka lawaiʻa: Aia ka paio nui ma waena o nā lawaiʻa ola a me nā lawaiʻa kūʻai nui (ʻoi aku ka tuna) ma waho. ʻOiai ke hāʻawi nei ka Hui ʻEulopa i ke kōkua kālā i nā mokupuni o ka Pākīpika, ua uku aku ʻo Sepania i $600,000 wale nō no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lawaiʻa palena ʻole i ka EEZ o ka mokupuni ʻo Solomona.  
• Noho Kai: Ke luku nei ka hoʻomohala ʻole ʻana i nā ʻāina pulu, nā mangroves a me nā ʻākoʻa. Ke hoolei nei na hale hookipa a me na hokele ma kahakai i ko lakou wai hoolele ma kahakai, e like me na kaiaulu maoli ma na mokupuni he nui no na hanauna.
• ʻO Coral Reefs: He mea kūʻai ʻo Coral (he nui nā mea koʻa ma nā mokulele), akā ʻo ia ka mea kumu nui no ka hana ʻana i nā alanui, ka hana ʻana i nā poloka paʻa no ke kūkulu ʻana, a hoʻohana ʻia ʻo ia nā mea porous no ke kānana ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana septic hale ma laila. he. Ma muli o ke kaʻawale ʻana o kēia mau mokupuni, ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe a me kā lākou mau kumukūʻai lawe mai e hoʻohana pinepine i ka mea kokoke i ka lima ke koho wale nō.  
• Waiwai: ʻOiai ke komo ʻana o nā kumu pilikino, nā panakō hoʻomohala multi-lateral, nā kōkua haole o ka honua, a me nā kumu o ka ʻāina, aia ka hapa o ke kālā e hoʻopau ai i ke ʻano o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka ʻoihana, ka hana kaiāulu, a me nā papahana ʻē aʻe e kōkua i ka hoʻokele hoʻomau. o na waiwai maoli kahi e hilinai nui ai ka nui o keia mau aina.

Ua mālama ʻia ka hālāwai ma o nā pūʻulu hoʻokaʻawale kumuhana, kahi i hana ʻia e hoʻonui i ka ʻike o kēlā me kēia kanaka i ke kūlana o ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā pahuhopu a me nā pahuhopu o ka Hoʻolālā Hana. ʻO ka hapa nui o ia mea no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka hālāwai e hiki mai ana ma waena o ke aupuni, e mālama ʻia ana i kēia makahiki aʻe ma PNG (ʻoiai ʻo ka Roundtables he makahiki makahiki, ʻo ka waena aupuni i kēlā me kēia makahiki ʻehā).

I koʻu noho ʻana ma Fiji, ua hoʻohana pū au me nā ʻelele o ʻelua mau mea hāʻawi TOF e hoʻopaʻa i kā lākou hana ma ka ʻāina. ʻO ka mua ke koʻokoʻo o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Pīhopa nona ka papahana Living Archipelago e hana nei no ka palapala ʻana i ka biota o nā mokupuni noho ʻole, a hoʻohana i kēia ʻike no ka hana mua, alakaʻi a hoʻomaopopo i nā hana hoʻihoʻi. Manaʻo nō hoʻi lākou e holomua ana lākou ma Papua New Guinea ma muli o kahi papahana lōʻihi e pili ana i nā wahi mālama mālama mua, akā e hoʻokumu i ka pragmatic: hana wale nō me kahi ʻohana makemake e hana i ka mālama ʻana a ma kona mau ʻāina wale nō. . ʻO ka lua o ka mea hāʻawi TOF Uwele kai, ka mea i hoʻomaka i kahi Polokalamu Asia Pacific. ʻO kekahi mea hāʻawi TOF, ʻo CORAL, ke hana pū nei ma ka ʻāina a ua hiki iā mākou ke nānā aku me kekahi o kāna mau hoa pili kūloko.

Ua hui au me nā limahana o nā hui ʻē aʻe, e lilo paha kekahi o lākou i mau mea hāʻawi TOF i ka manawa e hana hou ai mākou i ka nānā ʻana iā lākou a me kā lākou hana. Ua komo pū kēia mau mea i ka Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, The Nature Conservancy Pacific and Asia Programs, the Cooperative Islands Initiative, the Pacific Institute of Advanced Studies (he mea hoʻopuka puke kūloko maikaʻi loa e pili ana i ka ʻāina), ka Secretariat of the Pacific Region Environment Program (he hui waena aupuni. ʻo ia ka mea e hakakā nei e hoʻonohonoho i nā hana a nā ʻāina o ka Pākīpika no ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā kuʻikahi kaiapuni honua), Partners in Community Development (ka mea i hoʻomaka koke i kahi papahana hoʻomohala kaiāulu i nā ʻaʻa mahiʻai e hōʻoia ʻia no ka lawe ʻana aku), a me The Nature Conservancy's Pacific Island Countries Program .

E hoʻomau ka ʻimi ʻana o ka Ocean Foundation a me kāna mau limahana i nā manawa e hoʻohālikelike ai i nā mea hāʻawi me nā papahana maikaʻi ma kēia ʻāina, ka home o ka nui o nā kaiaola kai maikaʻi loa o ka honua, ʻoiai nā pilikia i helu ʻia ma luna.  

Mahalo iā ʻoukou no ka heluhelu ʻana mai.

No ka moana,

Mark J. Spalding
Pelekikena, The Ocean Foundation