Kalata yochokera kwa Mark J. Spalding, Purezidenti wa The Ocean Foundation

 

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Ndikayima pafupi ndi nyanja, ndimakopekanso ndi matsenga ake. Ndikuzindikira kuti kukoka kwachinsinsi kwa mzimu wanga kumphepete mwa madzi kwakhala kulipo nthawi zonse.

Ndimalakalaka mchenga pakati pa zala zanga, madzi kuwazidwa kumaso, ndi mchere wouma pakhungu langa. Ndimalimbikitsidwa ndi fungo la mpweya wonunkhira bwino wa m'nyanja, ndipo ndimakondwerera momwe kukhala panyanja kumasinthira malingaliro anga kuchokera kuntchito kupita kusewera. 

Ndimapumula ... kuyang'ana mafunde ... kuyamwa kukula kwa kawonekedwe kakang'ono ka buluu.

Ndipo ndikayenera kuchoka, ndimalakalaka kubwerera.

 

 

Ndi chidule cha malingaliro omwe adandipangitsa kuti ndiyambe ntchito yanga yosamalira nyanja zam'madzi ndipo ndikupitilizabe kundilimbikitsa zaka zambiri pambuyo pake. Kukhala pafupi ndi nyanja kumabweretsa kudzipereka kwatsopano kukonza ubale wathu waumunthu ndi iye - kukhazikitsa zosintha zomwe zimawononga zabwino.

M’chaka chino chokha, ndakwera ndege 68, ndayenda makilomita 77,000, ndinayendera mayiko anayi atsopano, ndi mzinda umodzi watsopano. Musanapume, ndimachotsa mpweya wanga kwa onse omwe amayenda ndi zopereka ku yankho la buluu - SeaGrass Grow. 

Ndakumanapo ndi nyanja chaka chino m'njira zosiyanasiyana: kudzera pansalu yoyera ya chipale chofewa, pamwamba pomwe panali sargassum yobiriwira, modabwitsa kudzera pa chifunga chodziwika bwino cha San Francisco pamapazi amphaka, komanso kuchokera pamalo okwezeka a nyumba yachifumu yomwe ikuyang'ana. Mediterranean. Ndinawona madzi oundana akuyenda mozungulira mzinda wa Boston, wonyezimira wa turquoise kuchokera ku catamaran ku Caribbean, ndi kupyola m'masamba a masamba a bulugamu ndi mapine pamphepete mwa nyanja ya California.

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Maulendo anga akuwonetsa nkhawa zanga za ukapitawo wathu pamene tikuyesetsa kumvetsetsa zovuta zina ndikugwira ntchito kuti tithane nazo. Tikutaya Vaquita Porpoise (zotsalira zosakwana 100), tikufalitsa zinyalala za pulasitiki m'nyanja ngakhale tachita bwino kuletsa matumba apulasitiki ndi mabotolo, ndipo kudalira kwathu pamagetsi opangidwa ndi mafuta opangira mafuta kukupitilira kutembenuza nyanja yathu kukhala acidic. Tikusodza nsomba zambiri za m'nyanja, zomanga mochulukira m'mphepete mwa nyanja, ndipo sitinakonzekere dziko lapansi lomwe lili ndi miyoyo 10 biliyoni.

Kukula kwa zomwe zikufunika kumafuna kuchitapo kanthu pamodzi ndi kudzipereka kwa munthu payekha, komanso chifuniro cha ndale ndi kutsata kukhazikitsidwa.
 
Ndine woyamikira zomwe ndingathe kuchita kwa Mayi Ocean. Ndimagwira ntchito m'ma board angapo omwe akugwira ntchito kupanga zisankho zoyenera panyanja yathu (Surfrider Foundation, Blue Legacy International, ndi Confluence Philanthropy). Ndine Commissioner wa Sargasso Sea Commission, ndipo ndimayendetsa mabungwe awiri osapindula, SeaWeb ndi The Ocean Foundation. Tikulangiza thumba loyamba lazachuma la ocean-centric, Rockefeller Ocean Strategy, ndikupanga pulogalamu yoyamba ya blue carbon offset, SeaGrass Grow. Ndimagawana nthawi ndi chidziwitso ndi omwe akufuna kuchita gawo lawo panyanja. Ndimapewa pulasitiki, ndimakweza ndalama, ndikudziwitsa anthu, ndimafufuza, ndikulemba.   

Ndikayang'ana mmbuyo ku 2015 ndikuwona zina zomwe zapambana panyanja:

  • Mgwirizano wa mbiri yakale pa mgwirizano wa Cuba-USA pachitetezo cha panyanja ndi kafukufuku
  • The Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary inakula kawiri,
  • Pulojekiti yathu ya High Seas Alliance idakhala ndi udindo wotsogolera popanga ndi kulimbikitsa chigamulo chomwe bungwe la UN General Assembly linavomereza kuti likhazikitse pangano latsopano lovomerezeka mwalamulo loteteza zamoyo za m'madzi kupitirira malire a dziko.
  • The Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Enforcement Act ya 2015 idasainidwa kukhala lamulo.
  • Mexico ikuchitapo kanthu kuti achedwetse kugwidwa kwa Vaquita

Tikupitiriza kuyang'ana zoyesayesa zathu pakuchita bwino ndi nyanja ndi moyo womwe akukhala nawo - kuphatikizapo wathu.

Ife ku The Ocean Foundation tadzipereka kupanga malingaliro ndikupanga mayankho othandizira nyanja. Timadzipereka tokha kulimbikitsa ena kuti agwirizane nafe kuti titsimikize nyanja zathanzi kwa m'badwo wamakono komanso kwa omwe akutsatira. 

Titha kuchita zambiri chaka chamawa. Sitingadikire kuti tiyambe.

Maholide Achimwemwe!

Nyanja ikhale m'mitima mwanu,

Mark


Wotchulidwa kapena kusinthidwa kuchokera ku Skyfaring ndi Mark Vanhoenacker

Ine ndikudziwa kuti unali mmawa uno wokha umene ndinali pamalo osiyana aja; koma zikuwoneka kale ngati sabata yapitayo.
Pamene ulendowo umakhala wosiyana kwambiri pakati pa kunyumba ndi kutali, m’pamenenso ulendowo udzamva ngati kuti unachitikira kalekale.
Nthawi zina ndimaganiza kuti pali mizinda yosiyana kwambiri m'malingaliro, chikhalidwe, ndi mbiri… kuti kuzindikira mtunda pakati pawo ulendo wotere uyenera kugawidwa m'magawo.

Madalitso a malo nthawi zina amachokera ku mpweya wokha, fungo la malowo. Fungo la mizinda ndi losiyana kwambiri moti limasokoneza.

Kuchokera kumwamba, dziko lapansi limawoneka mopanda anthu; pambuyo pa zonse, pamwamba pa dziko lapansi ndi madzi.

Ndili ndi chikwama chodzaza mpaka kalekale.