Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico - The Ocean Foundation, mogwirizana ndi 11th Hour Racing, ichititsa msonkhano waukadaulo wa sabata limodzi ku Puerto Rico wokhudza udzu wa m'nyanja ndi kukonzanso kwa mangrove kwa asayansi, mabungwe omwe siaboma, akuluakulu aboma, ndi asodzi amalonda. Msonkhanowu udzachitika pa April 23-26, 2019, ku maofesi a Dipatimenti Yoona za Zachilengedwe ndi Zachilengedwe ku Puerto Rico ku Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Ntchitoyi ndi gawo la The Ocean Foundation's Blue Resilience Initiative ndi SeaGrass Kukula pulogalamu ya blue carbon offset. Cholinga cha msonkhanowu ndi kuphunzitsa anthu otenga nawo mbali za njira zowongolerera m’mphepete mwa nyanja zomwe zidzagwiritsidwe ntchito pa ntchito yaikulu yokonzanso udzu wa m’nyanja ndi kukonzanso mitengo ya mangrove ku Jobos Bay. Ntchito yobwezeretsayi yapangidwa kuti ipititse patsogolo kupirira kwa anthu komanso nyengo pogwiritsa ntchito kukonzanso ndi kuteteza zachilengedwe zomwe zinawonongeka kwambiri panthawi ya Hurricane Maria. Kubwezeretsanso udzu wa m'nyanja ndi mitengo ya mangrove kudzaperekanso phindu lalikulu la "blue carbon" chifukwa cha mpweya woipa womwe umatengedwa ndikusungidwa muzomera zatsopano ndi dothi lozungulira.

Background:
11th Hour Racing imagwira ntchito ndi anthu oyenda panyanja komanso mafakitale apanyanja kuti apititse patsogolo mayankho ndi machitidwe omwe amateteza ndi kubwezeretsa thanzi la nyanja yathu. Molimbikitsidwa ndi kupititsa patsogolo ntchito ya The Schmidt Family Foundation, 11th Hour Racing imakumbatira anzawo, opereka chithandizo, ndi akazembe omwe amaphatikiza kukhazikika muzofunikira ndi ntchito zawo pomwe amaphunzitsa anthu ndi uthenga wovuta wa kuyang'anira nyanja. Bungweli limagwira ntchito ndi The Ocean Foundation kuti lithandizire kupereka kwapadziko lonse lapansi komanso kuthetsa mayendedwe a kaboni amgwirizano wake waukulu.

Mu 2017 - 2018 Volvo Ocean Race, mpikisano wothamanga wa 45,000-mile padziko lonse lapansi, gulu lomwe likuchita mpikisano la Vestas 11th Hour Racing lidatsata zomwe zidachitika ndi mpweya, ndi cholinga chothana ndi zomwe sakanatha kuzipewa, ndi njira yochotsa mpweya yomwe imabwezeretsa nyanja. thanzi. Kuphatikiza pakuchepetsa zomwe gulu likuchita, 11th Hour Racing ikuthandizira njira zoyankhulirana za The Ocean Foundation kuti zikulitse chidziwitso ndi kuzindikira za kupezeka ndi maubwino osankha ma blue carbon offsets.

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Seagrass ku Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.

Msonkhano Waukulu ndi Othandizana Nawo Kubwezeretsa Udzu / Mangrove:
The Ocean Foundation
Mpikisano wa Maola 11
Malingaliro a kampani JetBlue Airways Corporation
Dipatimenti ya Zachilengedwe ndi Zachilengedwe ku Puerto Rico (DRNA)
Conservación ConCiencia
Merello Marine Consulting, LLC

Chidule cha Zochita za Msonkhano:
Lachiwiri, 4/23: Njira yobwezeretsa udzu wa m'nyanja ndikusankha malo
Lachitatu, 4/24: Ulendo wa malo oyendetsa nyanja ya Seagrass ndikuwonetsa njira zobwezeretsa
Lachinayi, 4/25: Njira yobwezeretsanso mitengo ya mangrove, kusankha malo, ndi kuwunika kwa buluu wa carbon
Lachisanu, 4/26: Mangrove oyendetsa malo oyendera malo ndi ziwonetsero

“Kuyenda padziko lonse lapansi kawiri wakhala mwayi wodabwitsa, ndipo kwandipatsa udindo waukulu woteteza nyanja yathu. Mwa kuyika machitidwe okhazikika m'ntchito za gulu lathu, tinatha kuchepetsa mpweya wathu wa carbon ndikuchotsa zomwe gulu silikanatha kupewa. Ndizosangalatsa kuona momwe izi zimathandizira pulogalamu ya Seagrass Grow, momwe ikuchepetsera kusintha kwanyengo padziko lonse lapansi, komanso momwe ikuthandizire anthu aku Puerto Rico kuti achire ku kuwonongeka kwa mphepo yamkuntho Maria. ” 
Charlie Enright, Skipper ndi Co-Founder, Vestas 11th Hour racing

"Pophunzitsa mabungwe am'deralo za njira zobwezeretsera m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndikupereka chithandizo chopitilira, tikufuna kupatsa anzathu zida zomwe akufunikira kuti akwaniritse ntchito zawo zolimba m'mphepete mwa nyanja ku Puerto Rico monga gawo la ntchito yayikulu yopititsa patsogolo zachilengedwe pachilumbachi. ndi kupangitsa anthu kukhala olimba mtima akakumana ndi mvula yamkuntho komanso kusefukira kwa madzi komwe kukuchulukirachulukira.”
Ben Scheelk, Senior Program Manager, The Ocean Foundation

"Kaya tikulimbana ndi nyanja zazikulu kapena kulimbikitsa njira zothetsera nyengo, 11th Hour Racing ikuwonetsa chikondi chake panyanja tsiku lililonse kudzera muzochita zake zokhazikika, mapulojekiti apamwamba, komanso kuyika ndalama pakubwezeretsa zachilengedwe zakunyanja." 
Mark J. Spalding, Purezidenti, The Ocean Foundation