Lipoti la Ulendo wa Purezidenti, Zilumba za Pacific

ndi Mark J. Splading

Ndidakhala kutsogolo kwa hotelo ku Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico ndikuwonera mbalame za frigate ndi ma pelicans akudya ndi nsomba. Kumwamba kuli kowala kwambiri, ndipo Nyanja ya Cortez yodekha ndi yodabwitsa kwambiri. Kufika kwa madzulo awiri apitawa kuno kwabwera ndi maonekedwe adzidzidzi a mitambo, mabingu ndi mphezi pamapiri kuseri kwa tawuni. Mphepo yamkuntho m'chipululu nthawi zonse ndi imodzi mwa ziwonetsero zabwino kwambiri za chilengedwe.

Ulendowu ukuwonetsa kutha kwa ulendo wachilimwe, womwe ukuwoneka kuti umatsimikizira kusinkhasinkha kwa miyezi itatu yapitayi. Nyengo ya m'nyanja kwa ife ku Northern Hemisphere imakhala yotanganidwa nthawi zonse ku The Ocean Foundation. Chilimwechi chinalinso chimodzimodzi.

Ndinayamba chilimwe mu May kuno ku Loreto, ndipo ndinaphatikizapo California, komanso St. Kitts ndi Nevis m'maulendo anga. Ndipo mwanjira ina m'mwezi womwewo tidachitanso zochitika zathu ziwiri zoyambirira kuti tidziwitse TOF ndikuwunikira ochepa omwe adatipatsa thandizo: ku New York, tidamva kuchokera kwa Dr. Roger Payne, wasayansi wodziwika bwino wa whale, ndipo ku Washington, tidagwirizana ndi J. Nichols a Pro Peninsula, katswiri wotchuka wa kamba za m’nyanja, ndi Indumathie Hewawasam, katswiri wa za m’madzi wa World Bank. Tinali oyamikira pa zochitika zonse ziwiri kupereka nsomba zogwidwa bwino kuchokera kwa asodzi a ku Alaska, mamembala a Alaska Marine Conservation Council, pansi pa pulogalamu yake ya "Catch of the Season". 

Mu June, tinathandizira nawo msonkhano woyamba wa Ocean Literacy ku Washington DC. June adaphatikizansopo Sabata la Capital Hill Oceans, chikondwerero cha Fish Fest pachaka, komanso ulendo wopita ku White House kuti akakhale nawo pamwambo wokhazikitsa chipilala cha National Monument cha Northwest Hawaiian Islands. Motero anakhazikitsidwa malo osungiramo zinthu zam'madzi aakulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, akuteteza matanthwe a m'nyanja yamchere ndi malo ena okhala m'nyanja zambirimbiri, kutetezera malo osungiramo madzi a m'nyanja mazana angapo apitawo a ku Hawaii. Kudzera mwa omwe amapereka thandizo, The Ocean Foundation ndi othandizira ake adachitapo kanthu pang'ono pothandizira kukhazikitsidwa kwake. Zotsatira zake, ndinasangalala kwambiri kukhala ku White House kudzawonerera kusaina ndi ena mwa omwe adagwira ntchito mwakhama komanso kwa nthawi yaitali kwa tsikuli.

Mwezi wa July unayambika ku Alaska ndi ulendo wapadera wa Kenai Fjords National Park ndi opereka ndalama, ndipo unathera ku South Pacific. Mlungu umodzi ku Alaska unatsatiridwa ndi ulendo wopita ku California, ndi kufika kwautali (kwa iwo omwe amadziwa Boeing 747s lore) ku Australia ndi Fiji. Ndikuwuzani zambiri za Pacific Islands pansipa.

August anaphatikizapo mphepete mwa nyanja ya Maine kaamba ka kuchezera malo ena m’mphepete mwa nyanja ndi New York City, kumene ndinakumana ndi Bill Mott amene amatsogolera. The Ocean Project ndi mlangizi wake Paul Boyle, wamkulu wa New York Aquarium, kuti alankhule za dongosolo la ntchito la bungwe lake lomwe tsopano lakhazikitsidwa ku TOF. Tsopano, ndikubwera mozungulira, ndili ku Loreto kachinayi chaka chino kuti ndipitirize ntchito ya TOF ya Loreto Bay Foundation Fund, komanso kukondwerera chaka ndi chiyambi chatsopano. Sabata ino idaphatikizanso kukumbukira zaka 10 kukhazikitsidwa kwa Loreto Bay National Marine Park, komanso mwambo woyambira malo atsopano achilengedwe a Loreto (pulojekiti ya wolandira thandizo, Grupo Ecologista Antares). Ndakhalanso ndi mwayi wokumana ndi manejala watsopano wa Inn ku Loreto Bay, yemwe ali ndi udindo wopangitsa hoteloyo ndi ntchito zake kukhala zokhazikika komanso yemwe walandira mokwanira kulimbikitsa alendo kutenga nawo gawo mwa kukhala opereka ndalama ku thumba la The Loreto Bay Foundation. Pamisonkhano ndi meya, tidakambirana zina mwazinthu zomwe zikuchitika zomwe zimakhudza thanzi la anthu ammudzi ndi mabungwe omwe akukhazikitsidwa kuti athane nawo: thanzi la achinyamata, kulimbitsa thupi, ndi zakudya (pulogalamu yokwanira ya bungwe latsopano la mpira); mowa ndi zizolowezi zina (mapulogalamu atsopano okhalamo ndi odwala kunja akusintha); ndi kupititsa patsogolo maphunziro apamwamba. Kuthana ndi mavutowa ndikofunika kwambiri kuti anthu azitha kuganiza mozama za kagwiritsidwe ntchito kosatha komanso kasamalidwe ka zinthu zachilengedwe za m'dera limene iwonso amadalira.

ZILULU ZA PACIFIC

Tsiku limene ndinafika ku Australia, Geoff Withycombe, Wapampando wa Bungwe la wolandira thandizo la TOF, Surfrider Foundation Australia, ananditenga kukachita mpikisano wothamanga, wokonzedwa mwalingaliro ndi Geoff kuti agwiritse ntchito bwino nthaŵi yanga yaifupi ku Sydney. Tinakumana ndi mabungwe otsatirawa:

• Ocean Watch Australia, bungwe ladziko lonse la zachilengedwe, lopanda phindu lomwe limagwira ntchito kuti likwaniritse malonda a nsomba zam'madzi ku Australia poteteza ndi kulimbikitsa malo okhala nsomba, kukonza madzi abwino komanso kumanga usodzi wokhazikika pochita mgwirizano ndi makampani a nsomba za ku Australia, boma. , oyang'anira zachilengedwe, mabungwe abizinesi ndi anthu ammudzi (omwe ali ndi maofesi omwe ali ku Sydney Fish Markets!).  
• Environmental Defender's Office Ltd., lomwe ndi likulu lazamalamulo lopanda phindu lomwe limagwira ntchito zamalamulo okhudza chilengedwe. Zimathandiza anthu ndi magulu ammudzi omwe akugwira ntchito yoteteza chilengedwe ndi chilengedwe. 
• Sydney Coastal Councils, yomwe imayang'ana kugwirizanitsa makhonsolo 12 a m'mphepete mwa nyanja ku Sydney akuyesera kugwirira ntchito limodzi kuti agwirizane ndi njira zoyendetsera gombe. 
• Ulendo wakumbuyo ndikukumana ku Ocean World Manly (ya Sydney Aquarium, yomwe ili ya Attractions Sydney) ndi Ocean World Conservation Foundation. 
• Ndipo, zowonadi, zosintha zazitali za ntchito ya Surfrider Australia yopititsa patsogolo madzi a m'mphepete mwa nyanja, kuyeretsa magombe, ndi kuteteza nthawi yopuma mafunde ndi antchito ongodzipereka komanso chidwi chachikulu.

Kupyolera mu misonkhanoyi, ndinaphunzira zambiri zokhudza kayendetsedwe ka nyanja ku Australia komanso momwe utsogoleri ndi njira zothandizira ndalama zimagwirira ntchito. Zotsatira zake tikuwona kuti pakapita nthawi padzakhala mwayi wothandizira maguluwa ndi ena. Makamaka, tidapanga mawu oyamba pakati pa Bill Mott wa The Ocean Project ndi ogwira ntchito ku Ocean World Manly. Pakhoza kukhalanso mwayi wogwira ntchito ndi maguluwa mogwirizana ndi ntchito yathu yokhudzana ndi malonda a nsomba zam'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi ntchito zina zam'mphepete mwa nyanja. 

Tsiku lotsatira, ndinanyamuka ulendo wa pandege kuchokera ku Sydney kupita ku Nadi ku gombe lakumadzulo kwa chilumba cha Viti Levu, Fiji pa Air Pacific (ndege yapadziko lonse ya Fiji) yomwe inali yodziwika bwino yaulendo wapaulendo wazaka khumi kapena kuposerapo. Zomwe zimakugundani poyamba, mukufika ku Fiji, ndi mbalame. Ali paliponse pamene mukuyang'ana ndipo nyimbo zawo ndizomveka pamene mukuyendayenda. Titakwera takisi kuchokera ku bwalo la ndege kupita ku hotelo, tinayenera kudikira pamene sitima yaing’ono yoyezera nzimbe yodzala ndi nzimbe ikuvutika kuwoloka khomo la bwalo la ndege.

Ku Nadi's Tanoa International Hotel, phwando lalikulu la zaka za 15 zakubadwa likutuluka kumbali imodzi ya malo olandirira alendo, ndipo khamu lalikulu la anthu a ku Australia akuyang'ana masewera a rugby. Australiya amaliza kuyeretsa wotchi ya Fiji, soni dziko lonse limene limalamulira manyuzipepala kwa nthaŵi yonse imene ndinali m’dzikolo. M'mawa wotsatira paulendo wochokera ku Nadi kupita ku Suva ku gombe lakum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Viti Levu, ndege yaying'ono yomwe inadutsa pamtunda wamapiri - yomwe inkawoneka kuti ili ndi anthu ochepa komanso, mwachisoni, mitengo. Magombe anali otukuka kwambiri, ndithudi.

Ndinali ku Suva kukachita nawo msonkhano wamasiku atatu, wa 10th Pacific Islands Round Table for Nature Conservation. Popita kumisonkhano Lolemba m’mawa, mumzindawu muli anthu ambiri, mosiyana ndi mmene ndinafika Lamlungu. Zowoneka ngati zosatha za ana opita kusukulu. Onse atavala mayunifolomu, mayunifolomu osonyeza chipembedzo chimene chimalamulira sukulu yawo. Magalimoto ochuluka. Mabasi ambiri opanda mawindo (okhala ndi makatani apulasitiki amvula). Utsi wa dizilo, mitambo ndi mwaye. Komanso minda yobiriwira komanso malo obiriwira.  

Msonkhanowo uli pa kampasi ya Suva ya University of the South Pacific. Ndi nyumba zokulirapo za m'zaka za m'ma 1970 zomwe zimakhala zotseguka, zotsekera m'malo omwe magalasi awindo angakhalepo. Pali misewu yophimbidwa yolowera pakati pa nyumbazi ndi ngalande zapamwamba komanso ngalande zamadzi amvula. Poganizira kukula kwa machitidwewa, mvula nthawi ya mvula iyenera kukhala yodabwitsa kwambiri.

Roundtable ndi "kumene mgwirizano umakumana ndi ntchito zoteteza" ndipo umayendetsedwa ndi a Foundation for the Peoples of the South Pacific International (FSPI) ndi Yunivesite ya South Pacific (yomwe ili ndi mayiko 12 mamembala). The Roundtable palokha ndi

• Umembala wodzifunira/ubwenzi (wokhala ndi mamembala 24). Cholinga ndikuwonetsetsa kuti oyimilira omwe atumizidwa ku msonkhano atha kudzipereka.
• Bungwe logwirizanitsa lomwe likufuna kukhazikitsidwa kwa Action Strategy (kuyambira 1985) - opereka ndalama akupemphedwa kuti apereke ndalama zothandizira ntchito mogwirizana ndi Action Strategy yomwe imaphatikizapo zolinga 18 zazaka zisanu ndi zolinga 77 zogwirizana nazo.

Chigamulo chochokera ku Cook Islands Roundtable (2002) chinapereka ndemanga ndi kusintha kwa Action Strategy. Pakhala pali mavuto ndi kudzipereka kwa mamembala, kusowa kwa ndalama, komanso kusowa umwini. Kuti athetse izi, magulu ogwira ntchito adapangidwa kuti azigawanitsa ntchito, kuyang'ana zochita. Pamsonkhanowu, opezekapo anali oimira maboma, ophunzira, komanso oimira mabungwe oteteza zachilengedwe padziko lonse lapansi, m'madera ndi m'deralo.

Kufotokozera mwachidule nkhani zazikulu za Pacific Island:

• Usodzi: Pali kusamvana kwakukulu pakati pa usodzi wongongolerera/katswiri ndi usodzi waukulu wamalonda (makamaka tuna) m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Pamene bungwe la European Union limapereka thandizo ku zilumba za Pacific, dziko la Spain posachedwapa linapereka ndalama zokwana madola 600,000 okha kuti apeze mwayi wosodza wopanda malire wopita ku EEZ ya ku Solomon Islands.  
• Malo okhala m'mphepete mwa nyanja: Chitukuko chopanda malire chikuwononga madambo, mitengo ya mangrove ndi matanthwe a coral. Malo okhala m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi mahotela akutaya zimbudzi zawo m'mphepete mwa nyanja, monga momwe amachitira anthu azilumba zambiri kwa mibadwomibadwo.
• Ma Coral Reefs: Coral ndi chinthu chamalonda (zodzikongoletsera zambiri zamakorale pabwalo la ndege), komanso ndizinthu zazikulu zopangira misewu, kupanga midadada ya konkire yomangira, ndipo imagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati zida zopangira zosefera zomwe zimbudzi zapanyumba pamenepo. ndi. Chifukwa chokhala pazilumbazi pazilumbazi, zinthu zina komanso ndalama zogulira kunja kumapangitsa kugwiritsa ntchito zomwe zili pafupi nthawi zambiri kukhala chisankho chokha.  
• Kupereka ndalama: Ngakhale mabungwe achinsinsi, mabanki achitukuko amitundu yambiri, thandizo lakunja kwamayiko ena, komanso magwero akumayiko ena, pali kuchepa kwa ndalama zomalizitsira mtundu wabizinesi, kuchitapo kanthu kwa anthu, ndi ntchito zina zomwe zingathandize kuwongolera kayendetsedwe kabwino. za zinthu zachilengedwe zimene mayiko ambiri amadalira.

Msonkhanowu udachitika kudzera m'magulu omwe adapatsidwa ntchito yokonzanso zomwe aliyense akudziwa za momwe angakwaniritsire zolinga ndi zolinga za Action Strategy. Zambiri mwa izi zinali kukonzekera msonkhano wotsatira wa boma, womwe udzachitika chaka chamawa ku PNG (pamene Roundtables ndi pachaka, mabungwe apakati pa maboma ndi chaka chachinayi).

Ndili ku Fiji, ndinakhalanso ndi oimira abale aŵiri olandira thandizo ku TOF kuti ndipitirize ntchito yawo m’chigawocho. Choyamba ndi ndodo ya Bishop Museum omwe pulojekiti ya Living Archipelago ikugwira ntchito yolemba zamoyo za zisumbu zopanda anthu, ndikugwiritsa ntchito chidziwitsochi kuika patsogolo, kutsogolera ndi kudziwitsa zoyesayesa zokonzanso. Amawonanso kuti akupita patsogolo ku Papua New Guinea chifukwa cha ntchito yanthawi yayitali yomwe simangoyang'ana malo otetezedwa, komanso imayika patsogolo pragmatic: kungogwira ntchito ndi fuko lofunitsitsa kugwira ntchito yosamalira komanso m'maiko ake okha. . Wothandizira wachiwiri wa TOF ndi SeaWeb, yomwe yangoyambitsa pulogalamu ya Asia Pacific. Wothandizira wina wa TOF, CORAL, amagwiranso ntchito m'derali ndipo tinatha kulumikizana ndi anzawo am'deralo.

Ndidakumana ndi ogwira ntchito m'mabungwe ena angapo, ena omwe amatha kukhala opereka chithandizo cha TOF tikangoyang'ana zambiri za iwo ndi ntchito yawo. Izi zikuphatikizapo Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, The Nature Conservancy Pacific and Asia Programs, Cooperative Islands Initiative, Pacific Institute of Advanced Studies (osindikiza bwino kwambiri m'deralo mabuku okhudza dera), Secretariat of the Pacific Region Environment Programme (bungwe lapakati pa maboma. zomwe zimavutikira kugwirizanitsa zomwe mayiko a m'chigawo cha Pacific kuti akwaniritse mgwirizano wapadziko lonse wa zachilengedwe), Partners in Community Development (yomwe idayambitsa pulojekiti yopititsa patsogolo minda ya miyala yamchere kuti ivomerezedwe kutumizidwa kunja), ndi The Nature Conservancy's Pacific Island Countries Program. .

Ocean Foundation ndi ogwira nawo ntchito apitiliza kufunafuna mipata yofananiza opereka ndi mapulojekiti abwino mdera lino, komwe kuli zamoyo zambiri zam'madzi zomwe zili ndi thanzi labwino kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, ngakhale pali mavuto omwe atchulidwa pamwambapa.  

Zikomo powerenga.

Kwa nyanja,

Mark J. Spalding
Purezidenti, The Ocean Foundation