Tiyeni Tipange Moyo Kukhala Bwino Kumene Kwanyowa - Pansi pa Nyanja

Wolemba Sarah Martin, Wothandizira Zakulumikizana, The Ocean Foundation

Nditagwira ntchito ku The Ocean Foundation kwa kupitilira chaka chimodzi, mungaganize kuti ndikhala wokonzeka kulowa… Koma ndisanalowe m’madzi, ndinadzifunsa ngati ndinaphunzira zambiri ponena za zoipa ndi zoipa kotero kuti ndisamaganizire za zabwino zonse zimene ndinaona m’nyanja. Yankho langa ndinalipeza mwamsanga pamene mphunzitsi wanga wa SCUBA anandilozera kuti ndipitirize kusambira m’malo mongoyandama molodzedwa ndi zodabwitsa zimene zinali kundizungulira. Pakamwa panga pakanakhala agape, kupatula inu mukudziwa, zonse kupuma pansi pa madzi.

Ndiloleni ndibwerere m'mbuyo pang'ono. Ndinakulira m’tauni ina yaing’ono ku West Virginia. Chidziwitso changa choyamba cha gombe chinali Bald Head Island, NC pamene ndinali kusukulu ya pulayimale. Ndimakumbukirabe kuti ndimayendera malo amene akamba amachitira zisa, ndikumvetsera anawo akuyamba kukumba mumchenga ndikupita kunyanja. Ndakhala ndikupita ku magombe kuchokera ku Belize kupita ku California kupita ku Barcelona, ​​koma ndinali ndisanakhalepo ndi moyo pansi pa nyanja.

Nthawi zonse ndakhala ndikufuna kugwira ntchito yolumikizana ndi zinthu zachilengedwe ngati ntchito. Ndiye udindo utatsegulidwa mkati mwa The Ocean Foundation ndinadziwa kuti inali ntchito yanga. Zinali zovuta poyamba, kuyesa kuphunzira zonse za nyanja ndi zomwe The Ocean Foundation imachita. Aliyense anali akugwira ntchito imeneyi kwa zaka zambiri ndipo ndinali nditangoyamba kumene. Chinthu chabwino chinali chakuti aliyense, ngakhale omwe ali kunja kwa Ocean Foundation, ankafuna kugawana zomwe akudziwa komanso zomwe akumana nazo. Ndinali ndisanagwirepo ntchito m’munda umene anthu ankagaŵana zinthu momasuka.

Nditawerenga mabuku, kupezeka pamisonkhano ndi masemina, kuyang'ana maulaliki, kuyankhula ndi akatswiri komanso kuphunzira kuchokera kwa ogwira ntchito athu inali nthawi yoti ndigwe chaga m'bwato ndikupeza chidziwitso choyamba cha zomwe zikuchitika m'nyanja yathu. Chifukwa chake paulendo wanga waposachedwa wopita ku Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, ndidamaliza chiphaso changa chamadzi otsegula.

Aphunzitsi anga anauza aliyense kuti asakhudze miyala yamchere ya korali ndi mmene anafunikira kuwasamalira. Popeza iwo anali Padi aphunzitsi omwe ankawadziwa bwino Project Aware, koma analibe lingaliro lochepa ponena za magulu ena aliwonse otetezera m’dera lawo ndi mwa onse. Nditawafotokozera kuti ndimagwira ntchito ku The Ocean Foundation, anali okondwa kwambiri kundithandiza kuti ndikhale wovomerezeka komanso kuti ndigwiritse ntchito zomwe ndakumana nazo pothandizira kufalitsa kuteteza nyanja. Anthu ambiri omwe amathandiza bwino!

Nditamaliza kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi, ndinayamba kuyang'ana mozungulira mawonekedwe okongola a coral ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya nsomba zomwe zimasambira mozungulira. Tidawona ma eels angapo owoneka bwino, ray komanso shrimp. Tinapita ngakhale kukasambira ng'ombe shark! Ndinali otanganidwa kwambiri ndikuyang'ana malo anga atsopano kuti ndizindikire kuti zinthu zoipa zomwe ndinkada nkhawa kuti zindiwonongera chidziwitso changa mpaka wosambira wina atanyamula thumba la pulasitiki.

Titatha kudumphira komaliza, chiphaso changa chotseguka chamadzi chinatha. Mphunzitsiyo anandifunsa maganizo anga pa kuthawira pansi ndipo ndinamuuza kuti tsopano ndinali wotsimikiza 100% kuti ndinali pantchito yoyenera. Kukhala ndi mwayi wodziwonera nokha zina mwa zinthu zomwe tikugwira ntchito mwakhama kuti titeteze (ine ndekha, TOF ndi gulu lathu la opereka ndalama), zomwe anzanga amafufuza ndikumenyana nazo kwambiri zinali zolimbikitsa komanso zolimbikitsa. Ndikuyembekeza kuti kudzera mu ntchito yanga ndi The Ocean Foundation, ndikhoza kulimbikitsa anthu kuti aphunzire zambiri za nyanja, mavuto omwe akukumana nawo komanso zomwe tingachite, monga gulu lomwe limasamala za magombe ndi nyanja, kuteteza.

Monga Sylvia Earle adanena m'nkhani yathu kanema, “Ili ndiye malo okoma m’mbiri, malo okoma m’nthaŵi yake. Sitinadziwepo zimene tikudziwa, ndipo sitidzakhalanso ndi mwayi wochitapo kanthu ngati panopa.”