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Andres Lopez

ʻO Co-Founder a me Luna Hoʻokele, ʻo Misión Tiburón

ʻO Andrés López, he kanaka olaola moana me ke kēkelē laepua ma ka hoʻokele waiwai mai Costa Rica a ʻo ia ʻo Co-Founder a me Luna Hoʻokele o Misión Tiburón, he hui waiwai ʻole e manaʻo nei e hāpai i ka mālama ʻana i nā manō a me nā ola kai. Mai ka makahiki 2010, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Misión Tiburón i nā papahana like ʻole me nā manō a me nā kukuna me ke kākoʻo o nā mea kuleana kai, e like me ka lawaiʻa, nā mea luʻu, nā kahu, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.

I loko o kā lākou mau makahiki noiʻi a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā haʻawina, ua komo pū ʻo López lāua ʻo Zanella i nā lawaiʻa, nā kaiāulu, nā luna aupuni, a me nā keiki kula i kā lākou hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka mālama ʻana, e ulu ana i kumu nui a ākea o ke kākoʻo no nā manō. Mai 2010, ua komo ʻo Mision Tiburon ma mua o 5000 mau haumāna i nā hana hoʻonaʻauao, ua aʻo ʻia i ka biology manō a me ka ʻike ʻana ma mua o 200 mau limahana aupuni mai ka Ministry of Environment, Coastguards and National Fishing Institute.

Ua ʻike ʻia nā haʻawina ʻo Mision Tiburon i nā wahi noho koʻikoʻi o nā manō a hāpai i nā hana mālama ʻāina a me nā honua, e like me ka hoʻokomo ʻana o CITES a me IUCN. Ua kākoʻo ʻia kā lākou hana e nā hoa like ʻole, no ka laʻana ʻo New England Aquarium's Marine Conservation Action Fund (MCAF), Conservation International, Rain Forest Trust, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.

Ma Costa Rica, mahalo i ke kākoʻo o ke aupuni a me ke komo ʻana o nā kaiāulu, ua hana lākou e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hoʻokele ʻana i kēia ʻano mea ʻino. I Mei 2018, ua hoʻolaha ke aupuni ʻo Costa Rican i ka Wetlands of Golfo Dulce ma ke ʻano he Scalloped Hammerhead Shark Sanctuary, ʻo ia ka hale hoʻāno mua o Costa Rica. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makahiki 2019, ua hoʻolaha ʻia ʻo Golfo Dulce ʻo Hope Spot e ka hui honua ʻo Mission Blue, i ke kākoʻo ʻana i kahi hānai no ka manō hammerhead scalloped. ʻO Andres ka Hope Spot Champion no kēia koho.