ndi Mark J. Spalding, Purezidenti

Ocean Foundation ndiye "maziko am'madera" oyamba am'nyanja, okhala ndi zida zonse zopangira maziko ammudzi komanso chidwi chapadera pakusunga panyanja. Momwemonso, The Ocean Foundation ikuyang'anizana ndi zopinga zazikulu ziwiri zotetezera bwino panyanja: kusowa kwa ndalama komanso kusowa kwa malo omwe angalumikize mosavuta akatswiri oteteza zachilengedwe kwa opereka ndalama omwe akufuna kuyikapo ndalama. Cholinga chathu ndi: kuthandizira, kulimbikitsa, ndi kulimbikitsa mabungwe omwe adzipereka kuti athetse chiwonongeko cha chilengedwe cha nyanja padziko lonse lapansi.

Momwe Timasankhira Ndalama Zathu
Timayamba ndikufufuza padziko lonse lapansi ma projekiti okakamiza. Zinthu zomwe zingapangitse pulojekiti kukhala yokakamiza ndi izi: sayansi yamphamvu, maziko olimba azamalamulo, mkangano wamphamvu pazachuma, nyama zachikoka kapena zomera, chiwopsezo chowonekera bwino, zopindulitsa zomveka bwino, ndi njira yolimba / yomveka bwino ya polojekiti. Ndiye, mofanana ndi mlangizi aliyense wa zamalonda, timagwiritsa ntchito mndandanda wa 14 wowunikira mosamala, womwe umayang'ana kayendetsedwe ka polojekiti, ndalama, zolemba zamalamulo ndi malipoti ena. Ndipo, ngati kuli kotheka, timachitanso zoyankhulana pawekha ndi ogwira nawo ntchito.

Mwachiwonekere palibenso zotsimikizika pakuyika ndalama zachifundo, kuposa pakuyika ndalama. Chifukwa chake, Nyuzipepala ya Ocean Foundation Research limapereka zowona ndi malingaliro azachuma. Koma, chifukwa cha pafupifupi zaka 12 zakuchitikira popereka ndalama zachifundo komanso kuyesetsa kwathu pama projekiti omwe asankhidwa, tili omasuka kupereka malingaliro pama projekiti omwe amasintha kasungidwe ka nyanja.

4th Quarter Investments ndi The Ocean Foundation

Mu 4th Quarter ya 2004, The Ocean Foundatiadawunikira ma projekiti otsatirawa olumikizana nawo, ndipo adapeza ndalama zothandizira awa:

  •  Bungwe la Brookings Institute - pazokambirana zozungulira za "Future of Oceans Policy" yokhala ndi Admiral Watkins wa US Commission on Ocean Policy (USCOP), Leon Panetta wa Pew Oceans Commission, ndi atsogoleri a Congression. Zozungulira izi zidakhazikitsa kamvekedwe ka mawu ndikusunga chidwi pa USCOP Boma la Bush Administration lisanayankhe lipoti lake la Seputembara 2004. Kunapezeka anthu opitilira 200 ochokera ku Nyumba ndi Senate, komanso oyimilira atolankhani ndi ophunzira.
  • Malingaliro a kampani Caribbean Conservation Corporation - kuthandiza nawo bungwe la Atlantic Leatherback Strategy Retreat la ofufuza 23 apamwamba pa zamoyo zomwe zatsala pang'ono kutha pokonzekera Msonkhano Wapadziko Lonse wa Kamba Wam'nyanja wa 2004. Kubwereraku kudzalola CCC kuti ithandizire mgwirizano wapadziko lonse popanga njira zotetezera kwanthawi yayitali za nyama zowoneka bwino zosamuka.
  • Center for Russian Nature Conservation - kuthandiza nawo gawo lapadera la Bering Sea Marine Protected Areas la Russian Conservation News amaonedwa mofala ngati imodzi mwa zofalitsa zabwino kwambiri kunjako. Nkhaniyi iwonetsetsa kuti chidwi chikuperekedwa ku amodzi mwa magombe omwe amanyalanyazidwa kwambiri padziko lapansi.

Mwayi Watsopano Wogulitsa
TOF imayang'anitsitsa patsogolo ntchito yosunga nyanja, kufunafuna njira zothetsera mavuto omwe akufunika ndalama ndi chithandizo, ndikukudziwitsani zatsopano zofunika kwambiri. Kota ino tikuwonetsa:

  • Center for Health and the Global Environment ku Harvard Medical School, yaumoyo wa anthu ndi projekiti yolumikizana ndi nyanja
  • Ocean Alliance, pulojekiti yapamwamba kwambiri yokhudza kuwonongeka kwa phokoso lamakampani amafuta ku West Africa
  • Surfrider Foundation, pofuna ntchito yoteteza matanthwe a Puerto Rico

amene: Center for Health ndi Global Environment ku Harvard Medical School
Kodi: South Carolina Aquarium ndi Birch Aquarium ku Scripps avomereza kuchititsa chiwonetserochi. Malo ena osungiramo zinthu zakale osungiramo zinthu zakale ndi malo osungiramo madzi a m’madzi adzapatsidwa mwayi wochitira chionetserochi.
Chani: Pachiwonetsero choyamba choyendayenda chokhudzana ndi thanzi la anthu ndi nyanja. Chiwonetserochi chikutsutsa kuti zamoyo zam'madzi zathanzi ndizofunikira kwambiri kuti anthu azikhala ndi thanzi labwino ndipo amayang'ana mbali zitatu: zomwe zitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito pachipatala, nsomba zam'madzi, komanso zomwe zimachitika m'nyanja popereka mpweya wabwino. Ikuwonetsa kutentha kwa dziko ndi zinthu zina zomwe zikuwopseza zosowazi, ndipo zimafika pachimake pa nkhani yabwino, yokhudzana ndi mayankho omwe amatsimikizira alendo kuti asunge chilengedwe chanyanja kuti ateteze thanzi lawo.
chifukwa: Kupereka ndalama zowonetsera oyendayenda opangidwa ndi akuluakulu olemekezeka kungakhale mwayi waukulu wofikira anthu ambiri ndi uthenga wovuta. Uthenga wovuta pankhaniyi ndi kupanga mgwirizano pakati pa nyanja ndi thanzi, chimodzi mwa zifukwa zazikulu zothandizira kuteteza nyanja, koma zomwe kafukufuku wasonyeza kuti anthu sanapangebe.
Bwanji: The Ocean Foundation's Marine Education Field-of-Interest Fund, yomwe imayang'ana kwambiri kuthandizira ndi kugawa maphunziro atsopano olonjeza komanso zida zomwe zimaphatikizana ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu komanso zachuma pachitetezo cha panyanja. Imathandiziranso maubwenzi omwe akupititsa patsogolo gawo lonse la maphunziro apanyanja.

amene: Ocean Alliance
Kodi: Kuchokera ku Mauritania ndi Kugombe la Kumadzulo kwa Africa m’ngululu ya 2005
Chani: Pa kafukufuku waukadaulo wamayimbidwe ngati gawo la Ocean Alliance's Voyage of the Odyssey. Iyi ndi ntchito yogwirizana ya Scripps Institution of Oceanography ndi Ocean Alliance. Pulogalamuyi ilinso ndi gawo lolimba la maphunziro mogwirizana ndi PBS. Kafukufukuyu adzayang'ana kwambiri zomwe zimachitika chifukwa cha phokoso lochokera ku kufufuza kwa mafuta a seismic ndi usodzi pa cetaceans. Pulojekitiyi idzagwiritsa ntchito luso lamakono: Maphukusi a Autonomous Acoustic Recording. Zipangizozi zimaponyedwa pansi pa nyanja ndipo zimajambula mosalekeza pa zitsanzo 1000 pa sekondi imodzi kwa miyezi. Zambiri kuchokera ku AARP's zidzafaniziridwa ndi ma acoustic transects omwe amayendetsedwa kuchokera ku Odyssey pogwiritsa ntchito makulidwe amtundu wokokedwa wokhala ndi ma frequency angapo. Pulojekitiyi idzawonjezedwa ku Ulendo wa Odyssey womwe ukuchitika kale womwe udzapereka kuwunika kwatsatanetsatane kwa kuchuluka ndi kugawa kwa nyama zam'madzi m'dera la kafukufuku, kuphatikizapo kuyang'ana momwe zilili ndi poizoni ndi majini.
chifukwa: Phokoso la Anthropogenic limapangidwa m'nyanja mwadala komanso mosadziwa. Chotsatira chake ndi kuipitsidwa kwa phokoso lomwe limakhala lamphamvu kwambiri komanso lopweteka, komanso lapansi komanso losatha. Pali umboni wokwanira wotsimikizira kuti phokoso lamphamvu kwambiri ndi lovulaza ndipo, nthawi zina, limapha nyama zam'madzi. Pomaliza, polojekitiyi yakhazikitsidwa kudera lakutali la nyanja komwe maphunziro ochepa amtunduwu adachitikapo.
Bwanji: The Ocean Foundation's Marine Mammals Field-of-Interest Fund ya Ocean Foundation, yomwe imayang'ana kwambiri ziwopsezo zanthawi yomweyo kwa nyama zam'madzi.

amene: Surfrider Foundation
KodiKumeneko: Rinón, Puerto Rico
Chani: Kuthandizira “Kampeni Yoteteza Kugombe la Puerto Rico.” Cholinga cha kampeni yotsogozedwa ndi anthuyi ndi chitetezo chokhazikika ku chitukuko chachikulu chomwe chikuyembekezeka kudera la m'mphepete mwa nyanja pokhazikitsa malo osungiramo zinthu zam'madzi. Mbali ina ya cholingacho inakwaniritsidwa chaka chino pamene Bwanamkubwa Sila M. Calderón Serra anasaina chikalata chopanga “Reserva Marina Tres Palmas de Rincón.”
chifukwa: Kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Puerto Rico ndi mwala wapadziko lonse lapansi wosambira ku Caribbean. Ili ndi mafunde ambiri apamwamba padziko lonse lapansi, kuphatikiza Tres Palmas - kachisi wamkulu wa mafunde osambira ku Caribbean, wokhala m'mudzi wokongola wotchedwa Rincón. Rincón ilinso ndi matanthwe abwino kwambiri a coral ndi magombe amchenga. Anangumi a humpback amabwera kudzaswana m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi akamba a m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Ocean Foundation inali yodzikuza pothandizira kufunafuna malo osungiramo malo ndipo tsopano ikukweza ndalama zothandizira polojekitiyi kuti ipitirire ndikuwonetsetsa kuti iyi ndi paki yeniyeni yothandizidwa ndi ndalama, ndondomeko yoyendetsera kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe kake. Thandizo la Surfrider ku Puerto Rico lidzapitanso ku zoyesayesa zoteteza malo oyandikana nawo, ndikupitirizabe kutenga nawo mbali pagulu.
Bwanji: The Ocean Foundation's Coral Reef Field-of-Interest Fund; zomwe zimathandizira ma projekiti am'deralo omwe amalimbikitsa kasamalidwe kokhazikika kwa matanthwe a coral ndi zamoyo zomwe zimadalira iwo, pomwe akufunafuna mipata yowongolera kasamalidwe ka matanthwe a coral pamlingo waukulu kwambiri.

Zithunzi za TOF

  • TOF yasaina pangano kuti ikhale wothandizira ndalama ku Oceans 360, chithunzi chapadziko lonse lapansi cha kulumikizana kwamitundumitundu kwa anthu ndi nyanja.
  • TOF ikuchita nawo lipoti lopita ku NOAA pankhani ya chidziwitso cha anthu panyanja, lomwe liperekanso malingaliro panjira zatsopano zomwe angaganizire pazoyeserera zake zamaphunziro.
  • TOF posachedwapa adakhala membala wa Association of Small Foundations, bungwe ladziko lonse la maziko a 2900 okhala ndi antchito ochepa kapena opanda antchito, omwe akuimira pafupifupi $ 55 biliyoni muzinthu.
  • Kotala iyi yawonanso kutulutsidwa kwa Marine Photobank, yomwe idalumikizidwa ndi TOF, kuti ikhale projekiti yodziyimira yokha ku SeaWeb. SeaWeb ndi njira yotchuka kwambiri yolankhulirana yam'nyanja yopanda phindu, ndipo tikutsimikiza kuti Marine Photobank ndiyokwanira bwino mkati mwa mbiri yake.

A "Market Trend" ku US
Mu 2005, Bush Administration ndi 109th Congress adzakhala ndi mwayi woyankha malingaliro 200 ochokera ku US Commission on Ocean Policy (USCOP), yomwe lipoti lomwe linatulutsidwa mu Seputembala lidapeza kuti kuyang'anira nyanja zam'madzi kwasweka kwambiri kuteteza zachilengedwe zam'madzi. kuthetsedwa ndi kuipitsa, kusodza kochulukira ndi ziwopsezo zina. Chifukwa chake, TOF yakhazikitsa kuwunikanso kwa malamulo omwe akudikirira panyanja akuchitika - onse kukonzekera kuvomerezanso kwa Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) ndi kutsatira lipoti la USCOP. Tsoka ilo, zikuwoneka kuti Senator Stevens (R-AK) akufuna kufupikitsa tanthauzo la Essential Fish Habitat yofunikira kuti itetezedwe ndi lamulo, ndikuchepetsa kuwunika kwamilandu pazosankha za khonsolo ya usodzi, kuphatikiza kuwonjezera chilankhulo chokwanira cha NEPA ku MSA.

Mawu Ena Omaliza
Ocean Foundation ikukulitsa luso la malo osungiramo nyanja ndikutseka kusiyana pakati pa nthawi ino yodziwika bwino za zovuta zomwe zili m'nyanja zathu komanso kutetezedwa kowona kwa nyanja zathu, kuphatikiza kasamalidwe kokhazikika ndi kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe kake.

Pofika chaka cha 2008, TOF idzakhala itapanga njira yatsopano yopereka chithandizo chachifundo (maziko okhudzana ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu), kukhazikitsa maziko oyamba apadziko lonse lapansi omwe amayang'ana kwambiri kasungidwe ka nyanja, ndikukhala wopereka ndalama zachitatu pazambiri zachitetezo cha panyanja padziko lonse lapansi. Chilichonse mwazochita izi chingalungamitse nthawi ndi ndalama zoyambirira kuti TOF ikhale yopambana - zonsezi zimapanga ndalama zapadera komanso zokakamiza m'malo mwa nyanja zamchere zapadziko lapansi komanso mabiliyoni a anthu omwe amadalira iwo kuti athandizidwe ndi moyo.