Kauka Roger Payne

Ke kanikau nei mākou i ka nalowale ʻana o Roger Searle Payne (1935-1983) nona ka ʻōlelo aʻo a me ke akamai i mea nui i ka The Ocean Foundation. He lālā hoʻokumu o ka Papa Kūkākūkā o TOF, ua kaulana ʻo Roger no ka loaʻa ʻana o ke mele koholā ma waena o nā koholā humpback i ka makahiki 1967. Ma hope mai, lilo ʻo Roger i mea koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻolaha honua e hoʻopau i ka lawaiʻa ʻoihana. I ka makahiki 1971, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Roger i ka Ocean Alliance, he hoa hana mua me TOF i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka pilikia honua o nā toxins i loko o nā kohola. Ua loaʻa iā Payne ka United Nations Environment Programme Global 500 Award (1988) a me ka MacArthur genius award (1984) ma waena o nā makana ʻē aʻe no kāna noiʻi. E minamina nui ʻia ʻo ia e ka poʻe a pau i hana pū me ia e hoʻolilo i ke kai i wahi mālama ola olakino no nā koholā a me nā mea ola a pau i loko o kona kai.