Misonkhano yachitatu ya International Seabed Authority yomwe idachitikira ku Kingston, Jamaica, idamalizidwa sabata yatha ndikuwonetsa pang'ono komanso zisankho zochepa.

Madeline Warner, woyimira The Ocean Foundation pansi ku Kingston, Jamaica mu Novembala 2023 (Chithunzi chojambulidwa ndi Nicole Zaneszco)
Madeline Warner, woyimira The Ocean Foundation pansi ku Kingston, Jamaica mu Novembala 2023
(Chithunzi ndi Nicole Zaneszco)

Ocean Foundation idatenga nawo gawo pamisonkhano kachitatu chaka chino, ndikupitiliza kulankhula ndi nthumwi pazolinga zathu zazikulu:

1. Kuwonetsetsa kuphatikizidwa ndi kulingalira za chitetezo cha onse Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH)

2. Kufuna kuchita zinthu moonekera komanso mwadongosolo kuchita nawo mbali (kubweretsa anthu ambiri oyenerera patebulo, ndikulimbikitsa kuchuluka kwa mawu), ndi

3. Kufunsa mafunso okhudza mipata yomwe ili m'malamulo okhudza udindo walamulo ndi zachuma

Kukulitsa mawu a Atsogoleri Achilengedwe aku Pacific

Pakati pa misonkhano ya July ndi November, mayiko anakumana "intersessionally," kapena, pakati pa magawo, ku Kingston Jamaican Conference Center kuti akambirane njira zopititsira patsogolo pamitu yambiri yomwe sinapatsidwe nthawi yokambirana pamisonkhano yovomerezeka. TOF yakhala nawo pamisonkhano ingapo kuti ithandizire kukambirana za Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) ndi momwe mungaimire bwino pamalamulo okonzekera. 

Munthawi yapakati iyi, gulu la Atsogoleri Omwe Amakhala ku Pacific adayesetsa kupanga mawu ofotokozera ndi kulemekeza ubale wawo ndi nyanja ndi nyanja yakuzama ngati akufuna kutetezedwa kumigodi yakuya. Mawu awo adaperekedwa m'malo mwa Amwenye ndi madera am'deralo, komanso okhala ku Pacific Small Island Developing States kuti apereke lingaliro la chilankhulo chowongolera tanthauzo la "cholowa chachikhalidwe chosawoneka" mkati mwa malamulo okonzekera. Lingaliroli likutsogozedwa ndi malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi, zochitika zakubadwa, ndi mfundo zochokera ku 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Principle 3 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development as komanso Pangano la BBNJ (lomwe limadziwikanso kuti High Seas Treaty). 

Mu November, wotsogolera misonkhano ya intersessional imeneyi anaitanidwa kuti apereke lipoti lapita patsogolo ndikuitanira mayiko kuti ayankhe ntchito ya gululo, kuphatikizapo pempho la Atsogoleri a Pacific Indigenous Leaders. Mayiko khumi ndi aŵiri anasonyeza chidwi chofuna kukambitsirananso, kuphatikizapo nthumwi zingapo zomwe zinali zisanachitepo kanthu pankhaniyi. Tikuyembekeza kuwona kukambirana pamalingaliro awa ndi kuyesetsa kufotokozera "cholowa cha chikhalidwe chosaoneka" chikupitirirabe, ndi omwe ali m'chipindamo omwe ali ndi luso pa mutuwu pogwiritsa ntchito zochitika zamoyo ndi chidziwitso cha chikhalidwe, makamaka, anthu amtundu wamba komanso anthu ammudzi. 

Kukhala chete Sikuyenera Kutanthauza Kuvomereza

Bungwe la ISA Council linapanga chisankho chothandizira kutsogolera bungwe la Legal and Technical Commission (LTC) la Authority pa ntchito yake m'chaka chomwe chikubwera. Panali chiyembekezo lingaliro ziphatikizepo chilankhulo chomangirira chokhudzana ndi kagwiritsidwe ntchito kachetechete (kulola kuti zisankho zivomerezedwe pokhapokha ngati palibe kusagwirizana komwe kunanenedwa). 

Nkhani: Njira Yopanda Chete

Njira yokhazikitsira chete ndi njira yopangira zisankho pomwe omwe akukhudzidwa ndi chisankho amakhala ndi nthawi yeniyeni (nthawi zambiri masiku angapo) kuti abweretse kusagwirizana kulikonse, chigamulocho chisanamalizidwe. Zakhala zikugwiritsidwa ntchito m'mbuyomu ngati njira yosavomerezeka yofikira mgwirizano, ndipo idangokhazikitsidwa m'mabungwe apadziko lonse lapansi monga United Nations General Assembly. pa mliri wa COVID-19. Amakhulupirira kuti kuvomereza kotsutsana kwambiri kwa pempho la kontrakitala kuyamba kuyesa migodi mu Fall 2022 zidachitika chifukwa chakukhala chete.

Sizinali choncho. M'malo mwake, chikalatacho chimapempha kuti mudziwe zambiri za nthawi yomwe ndondomekoyi ikugwiritsidwa ntchito ndipo imapereka chikumbutso ku Legal and Technical Commission (LTC) kuti ndondomekoyi iyenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati njira yopangira zisankho pamapeto pa zokambirana, osati. m'malo mwa zokambirana. Ndi kutha kwa ulamuliro wa zaka ziwiri zikadali zotsegukira, kugwiritsa ntchito kwa LTC kwa njira yotsekereza kungapangitse kuti pempho la DSM livomerezedwe, ngakhale mamembala a LTC akanakana atapatsidwa mwayi wokambirana, zokhudzana ndi kuthekera. 

Madeline Warner, TOF, amapereka ndemanga kwa nthumwi. Chithunzi ndi IISD/ENB | Diego Noguera
Madeline Warner, TOF, amapereka ndemanga kwa nthumwi. Chithunzi ndi IISD/ENB | Diego Noguera

Mavuto Ofunika Kwambiri: Mipata yachuma ndi zovuta zamalamulo

Malamulo omwe alembedwa pano sakuteteza mokwanira aliyense - osati makontrakitala, osati Maiko Othandizira (maiko omwe amalola migodi), osati Maiko ena omwe ali membala, osati ISA palokha kapena mabungwe aboma kapena anthu, osati chilengedwe chanyanja. M'malo mwake, ali odzaza ndi mikangano ya zofuna, zotsika poyerekeza ndi zoyambira, komanso kuwonekera pang'ono.

Ocean Foundation yakhala ikupereka ndemanga ndi malingaliro pafupipafupi kuti iwonetse mipata yomwe ili mumayendedwe owongolera. Ndemanga izi zimatsata machitidwe okhazikika, monga tawonera ndi zitsanzo zingapo pansipa.

Malamulowa akusowa miyezo ya chithandizo chokwanira changongole, mchitidwe wodziwika muzandalama za projekiti wofuna kalata yangongole kapena chitsimikizo kuti awonetse mtengo wangongole. 

Kukonzanso ntchito pakadali pano sikuphatikiza kuperekedwa kwa pulani yantchito yosinthidwanso ndi Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Kuwunikanso kwa Mapulani a Ntchito ndi EIA ndi mwayi wofunikira kuyang'anira projekiti, komanso kuwonekera poyera pakugwiritsa ntchito pazinthu zomwe zasintha. DSM ndi gawo lomwe likukula mwachangu, ndipo zambiri zitha kusintha pakadutsa mgwirizano.

Kodi chimachitika ndi chiyani ngati kampani isamutsira kontrakiti kwa wina? 

Pakadali pano, ngati kontrakitala asintha kapena kugawiranso gawo kapena mgwirizano wake wonse, akuyenera kupereka chidule chake ndi ISA. Komabe, zolemba zodziwika bwino zachitetezo zimafuna kuti mgwirizano wonse ukhale wodziwika bwino (monga momwe zimakhalira ndi mapangano oteteza ndege ndi ngongole zanyumba). 

Kodi bungwe loyang'anira migodi liloledwe kutenga nawo mbali pazachuma cha migodi?

Zolemba zolembedwa pano zimalola ISA kutenga nawo gawo pazandalama kapena kutsimikizira zomwe wochita makontrakitala ali nazo. Uku ndikusemphana ndi chidwi kwa mabuku chifukwa ISA ndiyomwe imayang'anira ndipo iyenera kusalowerera ndale.

Kodi makampani akuyenera kuwulula chiopsezo chawo chonse?

Malamulowa safunanso kuwululidwa kwa milandu yomwe idachitika kale komanso kutsata malamulo kwa kontrakitala kapena anthu ake ofunikira pakufunsira kwa kontrakitala. Oyang'anira mafomuwa ayenera kudziwa ngati ofunsira adakhudzidwa ndi milandu yokhudza chilengedwe, mikangano yamakontrakitala, chinyengo, ndi zifukwa zina zomwe zingasonyeze kuti wopemphayo sangagwirizane ndi zomwe akuyenera kuchita atapatsidwa mgwirizano.

Mu 2024 ndi Pambuyo pake

Madeline Warner, TOF, ndi nthumwi zina za Observer. Chithunzi ndi IISD/ENB | Diego Noguera
Madeline Warner, TOF, ndi nthumwi zina za Observer. Chithunzi ndi IISD/ENB | Diego Noguera

Kupanga ndi kuvomereza malamulo a kachitidwe si ntchito yosangalatsa ndipo kungatenge masiku ambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Komabe, popanda kumvetsetsa bwino njira zogwirira ntchito, si onse omwe ali m'chipindamo omwe angakhale omasuka ndi zotsatira za ndondomekoyi. 

M'misonkhano yapitayi, otsogolera alimbikitsa mayiko kuti afotokoze za lamulo lililonse ndikukambirana gawo lililonse la malemba obwerezabwereza (atsopano, osagwirizana). Misonkhano ya November 2023 yakhala ikugwirizana ndi malembawo mosiyana, ndi otsogolera akupempha ndemanga zambiri pazigawo zazikulu za malamulo (nthawi zambiri 3-10 malamulo), zomwe zimapangitsa nthumwi kuti zipereke mphindi 10-15 +, popeza adakonzekera kuti apitirize kugwira ntchito mwatsatanetsatane. mlingo. Chochititsa chidwi kwambiri, zisankho za njira zogwirira ntchitozi zikuwoneka kuti zidatsimikiziridwa mokulira popanda mgwirizano wa Khonsolo - mayiko angapo adazindikira nkhawa zawo ndi njira yogwirira ntchito iyi tsiku limodzi loyambirira, kunena kuti palibe chisankho chomwe chidatengedwa kapena kufotokozera zakusintha kwa njira iyi. 

Njira zogwirira ntchito pamisonkhano ya 2024 sizinatsimikizidwebe. Purezidenti wa Council adapereka malingaliro angapo a njira zogwirira ntchito, kuphatikiza mawu ophatikizika (malamulowo asiyanitsidwa pano. m'magulu) komanso kulimbikitsa misonkhano yomwe imakhala yosakhazikika kuposa momwe misonkhano ikuyendera. Kugwiritsiridwa ntchito kwa malemba ophatikizidwa kungachepetsenso nthawi yogwiritsidwa ntchito pa malamulo aumwini, kuchepetsa mwayi wa mayiko kuti abweretse nkhawa, gawo lofunika logwira ntchito lomwe siliyenera kuthamangitsidwa. Ngakhale Owonerera ndi mamembala ena osavota amatha kutenga nawo mbali pamisonkhano yamakono, kuwonjezeka kwa misonkhano yowonjezereka kungachititse kuti zokambirana zofunika zisamatseke zitseko, kumene Owonerera sakuitanidwa kutenga nawo mbali. Palibe chigamulo chokhazikika chomwe chidatengedwa panjira yopita patsogolo.

Zakhala zowonekeratu mu gulu lirilonse la ogwira ntchito kuti pali zambiri zoti zichitike, ndipo mgwirizano udakali kutali. Ocean Foundation imakhulupirira mwamphamvu kuti njira yodalirika yotetezera chilengedwe cha nyanja ndi nyanja ndikukhazikitsa kaye kaye kaye kapena kuyimitsa migodi ya pansi pa nyanja pokhapokha ngati kafukufuku wa sayansi awonetsa kuti migodi ikhoza kuchitidwa popanda kuwononga chilengedwe.