ʻO Fernando Bretos
He kanaka ʻepekema mālama mālama ʻo Fernando e kālele ana i ka hana hou ʻana a me ka pale ʻana i nā wahi noho kai a me ka moana. I ka makahiki 2008 ua lawe ʻo ia i kāna papahana, ʻo CariMar, i ka The Ocean Foundation papahana kākoʻo kālā. Hāʻawi ʻo ia i kona ʻike ma ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ke koʻa i ka Blue Resilience Initiative, ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāna paepae e hoʻihoʻi i ka mauʻu kai, nā mangroves a me nā koʻa ma o nā hoʻonā kūlohelohe.
I loko o kāna mau makahiki he 12 ma Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, ua hana ʻo ia Ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Volunteers for the Environment, mai ka makahiki 2007 i hana ai ma luna o 15,000 mau kama'āina o Miami i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana ma luna o 25 mau ʻeka o ka mangrove, dune, koʻa a me ka hammock kahakai. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i ka Polokalamu Conservation ma Frost Science a ma ke ʻano he Curator of Ecology i kōkua i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i nā lima ma nā hōʻike e pili ana i ke kaiaola kahakai no kahi hale kiʻekiʻe i wehe ʻia ma 2017. ʻOiai ʻo ia ma The Ocean Conservancy, ua mālama ʻo ia i ka Caribbean Biodiversity Program a i ka makahiki 1999, ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i kahi huakaʻi noiʻi i ka mokupuni ʻo Navassa i hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai ua haʻi ʻia he Ka Huakaʻi Aupuni Pūnaewele na ke Aupuni Clinton.
Ma TOF, ke alakaʻi nei ʻo Fernando i kahi pūnaewele puni honua i mālama ʻia i ka moana ma ke Kaiwa o Mekiko i kapa ʻia RedGolfo. Mālama ʻo ia i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e pale i nā ʻano kai e pili ana i ka pōʻino e like me ke koʻa elkhorn, nā kuhukukū a me nā iʻa liʻiliʻi a hoʻokomo i nā kaiāulu lawaiʻa liʻiliʻi i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke ola kaiāulu ma o nā kulekele lawaiʻa maikaʻi a me ka hoʻokele kaiaola. Ua paʻi nui ʻo ia i loko o nā puke moʻolelo hoʻonaʻauao a ua kākau ʻo ia i kahi puke kūlohelohe e pili ana i kona ʻāina hānau i kapa ʻia Wild Miami: E ʻimi i ka Nature Kupaianaha ma South Florida a puni. Loaʻa iā ia ke kēkelē laepua mai ke Kula Nui ʻo Rosenstiel o ke Kulanui o Miami a me ka ʻEpekema Atmospheric a me ke kēkelē laepua ma ka biology mai Oberlin College. ʻO Fernando he hoa Lahui ma ʻO ka hui ʻo Explorer, he National Geographic Society Explorer a me ka Hoaloha Hoomalu Kinship.
Nā leka na Fernando Bretos
Hele pū ka lima o ke kanaka a me ke koʻa
Ua mālama ko mākou hui BRI i kahi papa hana ma Cuba mai Iune 15-16 e holomua i kā mākou hana hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka Caribbean.
Hana i kahi hopena ma IMPAC5
Ua hoʻopau ʻia ʻo IMPAC5 ma Vancouver, Kanada - e hui pū ana i 2,000 mau loea e holomua i kā mākou pahuhopu like ʻo ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ke kahakai a me ka moana.
Pono ʻoe e hele ma ke alanui
ʻO ka hoʻomanawanui, ka hoʻomanawanui a me ka ʻimi hoʻomau ʻole e hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale i ke ala e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka sawfish o Cuba ma mua o kā mākou i manaʻoʻiʻo ai.
E kūʻē i nā pilikia a pau: Hoʻopau nā ʻepekema Cuban i ʻelua pule he ʻelua pule e aʻo ai i nā ʻāʻu koʻa.
I ka mahina i hala aku nei, ua aʻo ʻia nā mea ola kai mai ke Kulanui o Havana i nā koʻa ma Jardines de la Reina National Park.
Pono ʻo Cuba iā mākou ma mua o ka manawa
I ka lā 11 o Iulai, ua lohe ka nui o mākou i nā kūʻē ma Cuba. No ʻeono mau makahiki he kumu hoʻohālike ʻo Cuba i ʻAmelika Latina, akā i ka TOF's Fernando Bretos, ʻokoʻa kēia manawa.
ʻEpekema Coral i ka wā o kahi maʻi maʻi
Ua hoʻokau ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 i kahi pilikia i nā hana a pau o ke kanaka. Ua hōʻemi ʻia ka noiʻi moana ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe, no ka mea, koi ʻia ka ʻepekema i lalo o ka wai i ka huakaʻi, ka hoʻolālā ʻana, a me ka pili kokoke i nā moku noiʻi e hele ai i nā kahua noiʻi.
