Dr. Roger Payne

Tili ndi chisoni cha imfa ya Roger Searle Payne (1935-1983) amene uphungu wake ndi nzeru zinali zofunika kwambiri ku The Ocean Foundation. Woyambitsa membala wa TOF's Board of Advisors, Roger anali wotchuka chifukwa cha kupezeka kwa nyimbo ya whale mu 1967 pakati pa anamgumi a humpback. Pambuyo pake Roger anakhala munthu wofunika kwambiri pa kampeni yapadziko lonse yothetsa kupha nsomba zamalonda. Mu 1971, Roger adayambitsa Ocean Alliance, yemwe anali mnzake wakale ndi TOF pofufuza vuto lapadziko lonse la poizoni wa anamgumi. Payne adalandira mphotho ya United Nations Environment Programme Global 500 Award (1988) ndi MacArthur genius award (1984) pakati pa mphotho zina chifukwa cha kafukufuku wake. Adzasowa kwambiri ndi onse amene anagwira naye ntchito kupanga nyanja kukhala malo abwino osamalira anangumi ndi zamoyo zonse za m’madzi ake.