Lipoti la Purezidenti, 2006

Okondedwa Anzanu a The Ocean Foundation,

Ndangobwera kumene kuchokera kuulendo wopita ku msonkhano wa Social Ventures Network ku Kennebunkport, Maine. Anthu opitilira 235 ochokera m'magawo osiyanasiyana - mabanki, ukadaulo, osapanga phindu, ndalama zamabizinesi, ntchito, ndi malonda - adasonkhana kuti akambirane za momwe angasamalirire antchito, kuteteza dziko lapansi, kupanga phindu komanso kusangalala pamene akuchita. zonse. Monga membala wongovomerezedwa kumene m'gululi, ndinalipo kuti ndiwone momwe ntchito ya The Ocean Foundation ikuwonetsetsa kuti kukhazikika kwanthawi yayitali komanso kuthandizira kwazinthu zachilengedwe m'madera a m'mphepete mwa nyanja kungagwirizane ndi zomwe zikuchitika m'mabizinesi "obiriwira" komanso mapulani achitukuko.

M'mwezi wa Marichi, tidayenda ulendo wakumwera kupita ku Belize kotentha kwambiri ku msonkhano wapachaka wa Marine Funders ku Ambergris Caye. Msonkhano wapachaka uwu wa sabata limodzi umayendetsedwa ndi Consultative Group for Biological Diversity ndipo unakhazikitsidwa ndi wapampando woyambitsa TOF, Wolcott Henry ndipo pano akutsogoleredwa ndi membala wa bungwe la TOF, Angel Braestrup. CGBD ndi bungwe lomwe limathandizira ntchito zoyambira pazachilengedwe, ndipo limagwira ntchito ngati malo ochezera a mamembala ake.

Poganizira zovuta za Mesoamerican Reef ndi opereka ndalama zapamadzi asanu omwe adayika ndalama m'derali, CGBD idasankha Belize kukhala malo ochitira msonkhano wawo wapachaka wa 1 kuti asonkhanitse opereka ndalama zam'madzi ochokera kudera lonselo kuti akambirane za mgwirizano wandalama komanso zovuta zomwe zimakhudza kwambiri panyanja yathu yamtengo wapatali. zachilengedwe. Ocean Foundation idapereka zida zakumbuyo za msonkhano uno kwa chaka chachiwiri motsatizana. Zina mwazinthuzi zinali magazini ya Epulo 2006 ya Mayi Jones yomwe ili ndi dziko la nyanja zathu komanso owerenga masamba a 2006 opangidwa ndi The Ocean Foundation.

Pokhala ndi sabata yoti tikambirane zonse pansi padzuwa lachitetezo cha panyanja, masiku athu anali odzaza ndi nkhani zodziwitsa komanso zokambirana zokhuza mayankho ndi mavuto omwe ife, monga gulu lopereka ndalama zapanyanja, tiyenera kuthana nawo. Wapampando wapampando Herbert M. Bedolfe (Marisla Foundation) adatsegula msonkhanowo molimbikitsa. Monga gawo lachidziwitso cha aliyense, aliyense m'chipindamo adafunsidwa kuti afotokoze chifukwa chake amadzuka m'mawa kupita kuntchito. Mayankho anali osiyanasiyana kuyambira pa zimene ankakumbukira ali ana za ulendo wa kunyanja mpaka kukasungira tsogolo la ana ndi zidzukulu zawo. M'masiku atatu otsatira, tidayesetsa kuthana ndi mafunso okhudza thanzi la m'nyanja, ndi zinthu ziti zomwe zimafunikira chithandizo chochulukirapo, komanso kupita patsogolo komwe kukuchitika.

Msonkhano wa chaka chino unapereka zosintha pa mfundo zinayi zazikuluzikulu za msonkhano wa chaka chatha: Ulamuliro wa Nyanja Yaikulu, Ndondomeko ya Usodzi/Nsomba, Kusunga Matanthwe a Coral, ndi Nyanja ndi Kusintha kwa Nyengo. Zinatha ndi malipoti atsopano okhudzana ndi ndalama zothandizira ndalama zothandizira ntchito pa International Fisheries, Coral Curio ndi Aquarium Trade, Nyama Zam'madzi, ndi Aquaculture. Zoonadi, tinayang'ananso pamphepete mwa nyanja ya Mesoamerican ndi zovuta zowonetsetsa kuti zikupitiriza kupereka malo abwino kwa nyama, zomera, ndi madera a anthu omwe amadalira. Zokambirana zonse zapamsonkhanowu zipezeka patsamba la The Ocean Foundation.
Ndinali ndi mwayi wobweretsa gululi kuti lidziwe zambiri za deta yatsopano ndi kafukufuku yemwe adawonekera pa kusintha kwa nyengo panyanja kuyambira msonkhano wa Marines wa February 2005. Tinathanso kuunikira ntchito yothandizidwa ndi TOF ku Alaska, kumene madzi oundana a m'nyanja ndi madzi oundana akusungunuka, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti nyanja ziwonjezeke komanso kuwonongeka kwakukulu kwa malo okhala. Zikuwonekeratu kuti opereka ndalama zosamalira zachilengedwe ayenera kugwirizana kuti atsimikizire kuti tikuthandizira kuyesetsa kuthetsa vuto la kusintha kwa nyengo pa zinthu za m'nyanja tsopano.

Kulowa nawo a CGBD Marine Funders chaka chilichonse amaitanidwa olankhula alendo ochokera m'madera am'madzi omwe amapereka mauthenga ndikugawana zomwe akudziwa mwamwayi. Olankhula alendo chaka chino adaphatikizapo anayi mwa omwe adapereka thandizo ku TOF: Chris Pesenti wa Pro Peninsula, Chad Nelsen wa Surfrider Foundation, David Evers wa Biodiversity Research Institute, ndi John Wise wa Maine Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health.

M’nkhani zosiyana, Dr. Wise ndi Dr. Evers anapereka zotsatira zawo kuchokera ku labotale yofufuza zitsanzo za namgumi zomwe zinatoledwa ndi wolandira thandizo la TOF, Ocean Alliance pa “Voyage of the Odyssey.” Miyezo yambiri ya chromium ndi mercury ikupezeka mu zitsanzo za minofu ya namgumi kuchokera kunyanja padziko lonse lapansi. Ntchito yochulukirapo idakalipo yosanthula zitsanzo zowonjezera ndikufufuza komwe kungawononge zowonongazo, makamaka chromium yomwe mwina idakhala poizoni wopangidwa ndi mpweya, motero mwina idayika nyama zina zopumira mpweya, kuphatikiza anthu, pachiwopsezo mdera lomwelo. . Ndipo, ndife okondwa kunena kuti mapulojekiti atsopano tsopano akuchitika chifukwa cha msonkhano:

• Kuyesa masheya a Atlantic cod a mercury ndi chromium
• A John Wise agwira ntchito ndi Pro Peninsula kuti apange mizere yama cell turtle stem cell kuti afananize ndikuyesa akamba am'nyanja a chromium ndi zoipitsa zina.
• Surfrider ndi Pro Peninsula atha kugwirira ntchito limodzi ku Baja ndipo akambirana za kugwiritsa ntchito zitsanzo za anzawo kumadera ena padziko lapansi.
• Kupanga mapu a thanzi la m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi kuipitsa komwe kumakhudza miyala ya ku Mesoamerican
• David Evers akhala akugwira ntchito yoyesa nsomba za whale shark ndi nsomba zam'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Mesoamerican reef za mercury ngati chilimbikitso choletsa kupha nsomba mopambanitsa.

Mphepete mwa nyanja ya ku Mesoamerican imadutsa malire a mayiko anayi, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti madera otetezedwa a m’madzi akhale ovuta kwa anthu a ku Belizeans omwe amalimbana ndi anthu opha nyama popanda chilolezo ochokera ku Guatemala, Honduras ndi Mexico. Komabe, ndi 15% yokha ya coral yomwe yatsala m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Mesoamerican, chitetezo ndi kukonzanso ndizofunikira. Ziwopsezo ku machitidwe am'matanthwe ndi monga: madzi ofunda amawulitsa ma coral; kuchuluka kwa zokopa alendo zapanyanja (makamaka zombo zapamadzi ndi chitukuko cha mahotela); kusaka nsomba zam'mphepete mwa nyanja ndizofunikira kwambiri pazachilengedwe, komanso chitukuko cha gasi wamafuta, komanso kusamalidwa bwino kwa zinyalala, makamaka zimbudzi.

Chimodzi mwa zifukwa zomwe dziko la Belize linasankhidwira kaamba ka msonkhano wathu ndi nkhokwe zake za m’matanthwe ndi kuyesetsa kwanthaŵi yaitali kuwatetezera. Chifuniro cha ndale chachitetezo chakhala cholimba kumeneko chifukwa chuma cha Belize chakhala chikudalira zokopa alendo, makamaka kwa iwo omwe amabwera kudzasangalala ndi matanthwe omwe ali mbali ya thirakiti la Mesoamerican Reef la 700-mile. Komabe, Belize ndi zachilengedwe zake zikuyang'anizana ndi kusintha pamene Belize ikupanga mphamvu zake (kukhala wogulitsa kunja kwa mafuta koyambirira kwa chaka chino) ndipo bizinesi yaulimi imachepetsa kudalira kwachuma pazachilengedwe. Ngakhale kusiyanasiyana kwachuma ndikofunikira, ndikofunikiranso kusunga zinthu zomwe zimakopa alendo omwe amalimbikitsa gawo lomwe likukula kwambiri pazachuma, makamaka m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Chifukwa chake, tidamva kuchokera kwa anthu angapo omwe ntchito yawo yamoyo idaperekedwa pakusunga zida zam'madzi ku Belize komanso m'mphepete mwa Mesoamerican Reef.

Patsiku lomaliza, anali opereka ndalama okha, ndipo tinakhala tsiku lonse kumvetsera anzathu akutipatsa mwayi wothandizana nawo pothandizira ntchito zabwino zotetezera nyanja.
Mu Januwale, TOF idakhala ndi msonkhano wa gulu la ogwira ntchito pa coral curio ndi malonda a aquarium, komwe ndi kugulitsa nsomba za m'matanthwe amoyo ndi zidutswa za curio (monga zodzikongoletsera za coral, zipolopolo za m'nyanja, mahatchi akufa ndi starfish). Chidule cha msonkhanowu chinaperekedwa ndi Dr. Barbara Best wa USAID yemwe adatsindika kuti kafukufuku akungoyamba kumene pa zotsatira za malonda a curio ndipo pali kusowa kwa malamulo okhudzana ndi ma coral. Mothandizana ndi opereka ndalama ena, The Ocean Foundation ikukulitsa kafukufuku wokhudza momwe malonda a coral curio amakhudzira matanthwe ndi madera omwe amadalira.

Herbert Bedolfe ndi ine tinadziwitsa gululo za ntchito imene ikuchitika yothetsa zinthu zosaoneka zimene zingawononge nyama za m’madzi. Mwachitsanzo, zochita za anthu zimabweretsa chisokonezo, chomwe chimachititsa, kuvulaza komanso ngakhale kufa kwa anamgumi ndi nyama zina zam'madzi.

Angel Braestrup adabweretsa gululi kuti lifulumizitse zomwe zachitika posachedwa pantchitoyo kuti athane ndi zotsatirapo za ulimi wam'madzi pamadzi am'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi madera a m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Kuwonjezeka kwa kufunikira kwa zakudya zam'nyanja ndi kuchepa kwa nkhalango zakuthengo kwachititsa kuti ulimi wa m'madzi uwoneke ngati mpumulo ku nkhalango zakuthengo komanso gwero la mapuloteni omwe mayiko omwe akutukuka amayambira. Othandizira angapo akugwira ntchito kuti athandizire ntchito zogwirira ntchito zolimbikitsira miyezo yokhazikika yachilengedwe kwa malo aliwonse olima zam'madzi, kuti achepetse ulimi wa nsomba zodya nyama (nsomba zoweta kudya nsomba zakuthengo sizichepetsa kupanikizika kwazinthu zakuthengo),ndi kupangitsa ulimi wa m’madzi kukhala mogwirizana ndi lonjezo lake monga gwero lokhazikika la mapuloteni.

Chiyambireni kukhazikitsidwa zaka zoposa 10 zapitazo, Gulu la Marines Working Group lagogomezera kumanga mgwirizano wa opereka ndalama zosungiramo madzi osungiramo nyanja omwe amagawana malingaliro, chidziwitso, ndipo mwinamwake chofunika kwambiri, amagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu za mgwirizano wa ndalama zothandizira mgwirizano wothandizira, kuyankhulana, ndi mgwirizano. M'kupita kwa nthawi, pakhala pali mgwirizano wochuluka wa ndalama zokhazikika komanso zosakhazikika kuti zithandizire madera ena otetezedwa m'madzi, nthawi zambiri poyankha zovuta zamalamulo kapena zamalamulo.

N’zosavuta kumvetsera nkhani zoipa zonse pamisonkhano imeneyi n’kumadabwa zimene zatsala. Chicken Little akuwoneka kuti ali ndi mfundo. Nthawi yomweyo, opereka ndalama ndi owonetsa onse amakhulupirira kuti pali zambiri zomwe zingatheke. Kukula kwa maziko asayansi okhulupirira kuti zachilengedwe zathanzi zimayankha ndikuzolowera nthawi yayitali (monga tsunami kapena nyengo yamkuntho ya 2005) komanso zovuta zanthawi yayitali (El Niño, kusintha kwanyengo) kwathandizira kuyika patsogolo njira zathu. Izi zingaphatikizepo zoyesayesa zoteteza chuma cha m’madzi m’dera lanu, kukhazikitsa ndondomeko yoonetsetsa kuti anthu a m’mphepete mwa nyanja ali ndi thanzi labwino—pamtunda ndi m’madzi, ndi zolinga za mfundo zokulirapo (monga kuletsa kapena kuchepetsa machitidwe owononga usodzi ndi kuthetsa magwero a zitsulo zolemera zopezeka mu anamgumi. ndi mitundu ina). Kutsagana ndi njirazi ndikufunika kosalekeza kwa njira zoyankhulirana zogwira mtima ndi maphunziro m'magulu onse ndikuzindikira ndikupereka ndalama zofufuzira kuti zithandizire pakukonza zolingazi.

Tinachoka ku Belize ndi kuzindikira kwakukulu za zovuta komanso kuyamikira mwayi umene uli m'tsogolo.

Kwa nyanja,
Mark J. Spalding, Purezidenti