Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico - The Ocean Foundation, na mmekorita ya na 11th Hour Racing, ga-eduzi ogbako oru oru izu na Puerto Rico na seagrass na mangrove mweghachi maka ndị ọkà mmụta sayensị, ndị NGO, ndị ọrụ gọọmentị, na ndị ọkụ azụ ahịa. Ọgbakọ a ga-eme Eprel 23-26, 2019, n'ụlọ ọrụ Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources' na Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Ọrụ a bụ akụkụ nke The Ocean Foundation's Blue Resilience Initiative na SeaGrass tolite blue carbon offset mmemme. Ebumnobi ogbako a bụ ịzụ ndị sonyere na usoro mweghachi nke oke osimiri nke a ga-eji rụọ nnukwu ọrụ mweghachi ahịhịa na mangrove na Jobos Bay. Emebere ọrụ mweghachi ahụ iji kwalite nkwụsi ike nke obodo na ihu igwe site na nhazigharị na nchekwa nke akụrụngwa okike mebiri emebi nke ukwuu n'oge ajọ ifufe Maria. Iweghachi ahịhịa ahịhịa na mangroves ga-ewepụtakwa uru “carbon na-acha anụnụ anụnụ” sitere na carbon dioxide na-edobe ma chekwaa ya na biomass osisi ọhụrụ na sedimenti gbara ya gburugburu.

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Oge 11th Hour Racing na-arụ ọrụ na obodo ndị na-akwọ ụgbọ mmiri na ụlọ ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri iji kwalite ngwọta na omume na-echebe ma weghachi ahụike nke oke osimiri anyị. Site n'ike mmụọ nsọ na ịkwalite ozi nke Schmidt Family Foundation, 11th Hour Racing na-anabata ndị mmekọ, ndị nyere onyinye, na ndị nnọchiteanya na-ejikọta nkwado na ụkpụrụ na ọrụ ha mgbe ha na-akụziri ndị mmadụ ozi dị oke mkpa nke nlekọta oké osimiri. Nzukọ a na-arụkọ ọrụ na The Ocean Foundation iji kwado inye onyinye mba ụwa yana imezi akara ụkwụ carbon nke mmekọ ya buru ibu.

N'oge 2017 - 2018 Volvo Ocean Race, ịgba ọsọ ụgbọ mmiri 45,000-mile gburugburu ụwa, otu asọmpi Vestas 11th Hour Racing na-enyocha akara ụkwụ carbon ya, na ebumnuche iji mebie ihe ha na-enweghị ike ịgbanarị, na usoro carbon sequestration nke na-eweghachi oké osimiri. ahụike. Na mgbakwunye na imebi akara ukwu nke otu, 11th Hour Racing na-akwado atụmatụ nzikọrịta ozi nke The Ocean Foundation iji kwalite ọmụma na mmata banyere nnweta na uru dị na ịhọrọ mgbaghara carbon na-acha anụnụ anụnụ.

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Seagrass na Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.

Ndị mmekọ mweghachi isi na Seagrass / Mangrove:
The Ocean Foundation
Ọsọ Ọsọ 11th
Ụgwọ nke ụlọ ọrụ JetBlue Airways Corporation
Ngalaba nke ihe okike na gburugburu ebe obibi Puerto Rico (DRNA)
Conservación Conciencia
Ụgwọ nke ụlọ ọrụ Merello Marine Consulting, LLC

Nchịkọta nke mmemme ọmụmụ ihe:
Tuzdee, 4/23: Usoro mweghachi Seagrass na nhọrọ saịtị
Wenezde, 4/24: Seagrass pilot saịtị nleta ubi na ngosi nke usoro mweghachi
Tọzdee, 4/25: Usoro mweghachi nke Mangrove, nhọrọ saịtị, na nyocha ngwaahịa carbon blue
Friday, 4/26: Mangrove pilot saịtị nleta ubi na ngosi

“Ịkwọ ụgbọ mmiri gburugburu ụwa ugboro abụọ abụrụla ihe ùgwù na-enweghị atụ, ma nyekwa m ọrụ dị ukwuu ichebe oké osimiri anyị. Site n'itinye omume na-adigide n'ọrụ otu anyị, anyị nwere ike ibelata akara ụkwụ carbon anyị wee mebie ihe ndị otu ahụ enweghị ike izere. Ọ bụ ihe magburu onwe ya ịhụ ka nke a si etinye aka na mmemme nke Seagrass Grow, ka o si ebelata mmetụta mgbanwe ihu igwe n'ọ̀tụ̀tụ̀ zuru ụwa ọnụ, na otú o si enyere ndị obodo dị na Puerto Rico aka ịgbake site na mbibi ajọ ifufe nke Maria. 
Charlie Enright, Skipper na Co-guzobere, Vestas 11th Hour Racing

“Site n'ịzụ ndị otu mpaghara na usoro mweghachi nke osimiri na inye aka na-aga n'ihu, anyị chọrọ ịkwado ndị mmekọ anyị ngwa ọrụ ha chọrọ iji na-agbaso ọrụ nchekwa mmiri nke ha na Puerto Rico dị ka akụkụ nke nnukwu mbọ iji kwalite akụrụngwa okike nke agwaetiti ahụ ngwa ngwa. ma mee ka ndị obodo na-agbasi mbọ ike n'agbanyeghị oke oke mmiri ozuzo na idei mmiri."
Ben Scheelk, Onye isi njikwa mmemme, The Ocean Foundation

"Ma ọ na-agbasi mbọ ike n'oké osimiri ma ọ bụ na-akwalite ngwọta ihu igwe, 11th Hour Racing na-egosipụta ịhụnanya ya maka oké osimiri kwa ụbọchị site na omume nkwado ya na-eche n'ihu, ọrụ ọhụrụ na itinye ego na mweghachi nke gburugburu ebe obibi dị oke egwu." 
Mark J. Spalding, Onye isi ala, The Ocean Foundation