Zotsatira za zisankho za dziko lathu zikumva zabwino koposa—mosasamala kanthu kuti anthu amene mukufuna kudzapikisana nawo ndi ndani, zotulukapo zolimba zimaneneratu zavuto pothana ndi zovuta za nthawi yathu ino. Komabe, ndikukhulupirira kuti pakhoza kukhala chiyembekezo chifukwa tili ndi mwayi waukulu kupitiliza kuwongolera ubale wa anthu ndi nyanja kupita ku tsogolo lokhazikika komanso lolungama kwa madera onse omwe moyo wawo umakhala wolumikizana kwambiri ndi nyanja yamchere ndi nyanja. moyo mkati.

Ambiri aife tinali kuyembekezera chitsimikiziro chomvekera bwino cha kufunika kwa sayansi ndi ulamulilo wa malamulo. Tinkayembekezanso kuti dziko lonse lidzakanidwa ndi utundu wa azungu, tsankho komanso tsankho pamlingo uliwonse mwanjira iliyonse. Tinkayembekezera kubwezeretsedwa kwa khalidwe labwino, ukazembe, ndi dziko logwirizana. Tinkayembekezera mwayi woti tiyambenso kumanga gulu lophatikizana lomwe aliyense amadzimva kuti ndi wake.

Anzathu ambiri m’maiko ena anatumiza mauthenga a chiyembekezo kuti zimenezo zidzachitika. Mmodzi analemba kuti: “Anthu aku America ndi WOWAMALA, mtima, malingaliro ndi chikwama chandalama, Achimereka anali onyadira ntchito imeneyi ndipo tonsefe timawaona modabwitsa. Ndi Amereka osakhazikika, nkhanza zikukwera ndipo demokalase ikucheperachepera ndipo tikukufunani kuti mubwererenso ... "

Kodi zisankho za 2020 zitanthauza chiyani panyanja?

Sitinganene kuti zaka zinayi zapitazi zinali kutaya kwathunthu kwa nyanja. Koma kwa madera ambiri am'mphepete mwa nyanja, nkhani zomwe adamenyerapo nthawi yayitali kuti zimveke, ndikupambana, zidabweranso kudzawatsutsanso. Kuchokera pakuyesa zivomezi zamafuta ndi gasi mpaka kusefukira kwa zinyalala mpaka kuchulukirachulukira mpaka kuletsa kwa matumba apulasitiki, zolemetsazo zidagweranso kwa iwo omwe amanyamula mtengo wazinthu zosawoneka bwino zamtunduwu ndikubera anthu zomwe tidagawana nazo zachilengedwe, pomwe mapindu ake amakhala. ku mabungwe akutali. Madera omwe adalengeza bwino za maluwa a algal obiriwira komanso mafunde ofiira akuyembekezerabe kuchitapo kanthu kuti apewe.

Zaka zinayi zapitazi zatsimikiziranso kuti kuwononga zabwino ndikosavuta, makamaka ngati sayansi, njira zamalamulo ndi malingaliro a anthu zinyalanyazidwa. Zaka XNUMX za kupita patsogolo kwa mpweya, madzi, ndi thanzi la anthu zakokoloka kwambiri. Ngakhale tikunong'oneza bondo kuti tataya zaka zinayi poyesa kuthana ndi vuto la kusintha kwa nyengo ndikuchepetsa kuwonongeka kwamtsogolo, tikudziwanso kuti tiyenera kuchita zonse zomwe tingathe. Zomwe tikuyenera kuchita ndikukulunga manja athu, kugwirana manja, ndikugwirira ntchito limodzi kumanganso maboma omwe angatithandize kuthana ndi zovuta zamtsogolo.

Pali nkhani zambiri zomwe zili pagome—malo ambiri omwe mphamvu zathu zotsogola monga fuko zasokonezedwa dala. Nyanja sidzakhala kutsogolo ndi pakati pa zokambirana zilizonse. Kupatulapo zina chifukwa cha COVID-19, kufunikira komanganso chuma, kukhazikitsanso chidaliro m'boma, ndikumanganso machitidwe azamakhalidwe ndi mayiko akunja kumagwirizana bwino ndi njira zomwe zikufunika kuti abwezeretse kuchuluka kwa nyanja.

M'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Gulf, ku Mexico, Cuba, ndi United States, anthu akuvutika kuti athane ndi zotsatira za nyengo ya mphepo yamkuntho ya chaka chino, ngakhale kuti anali akulimbana ndi kukwera, kutentha kwa nyanja ndi kusodza, ndipo ndithudi mliri. Pamene akumanganso, amafunikira thandizo lathu kuti madera awo akhale olimba komanso kuti malo otetezedwa monga mitengo ya mangrove, mchenga, madambo ndi madambo a m'nyanja abwezeretsedwe. Kubwezeretsa ndikofunikira m'mbali zonse za magombe athu, ndipo zochitikazo zimabweretsa ntchito ndipo zitha kuthandiza kusodza kuyambiranso, kupanga ntchito zambiri. Ndipo malipiro abwino, ntchito zomanga m'madera ndi chinthu chimodzi chomwe tidzafunika pamene tikumanganso chuma panthawi ya mliri.

Pokhala ndi mphamvu zochepa za utsogoleri wa feduro ku US, kupita patsogolo pachitetezo cha nyanja kuyenera kupitilira kwina, makamaka m'mabungwe apadziko lonse lapansi, maboma ang'onoang'ono, mabungwe amaphunziro, mabungwe aboma, ndi mabungwe wamba. Zambiri mwa ntchito imeneyi zapitirizabe ngakhale kuti pali zopinga zandale.

Ndipo ife ku The Ocean Foundation tipitiliza kuchita zomwe takhala tikuchita. Ifenso tidzapulumuka chilichonse chimene chingabwere, ndipo ntchito yathu sidzasintha. Ndipo sitidzazengereza kuchita zinthu zabwino kwa aliyense.

  • Kuwonongeka kosawerengeka komwe kumadza chifukwa cha kupanda chilungamo, kusowa chilungamo, komanso kusankhana mitundu sikunachedwe - Dera lathu liyenera kupitiriza ntchito yathu kuti pakhale kusiyana kwakukulu, kufanana, kuphatikizidwa ndi chilungamo.
  • Kuchuluka kwa asidi m’nyanja sikunasinthe. Tiyenera kupitiriza kuyesetsa kuti timvetsetse, kuyang'anira komanso kusintha ndi kuchepetsa.
  • Mliri wapadziko lonse wa kuipitsa pulasitiki sunasinthe. Tiyenera kupitiriza kuyesetsa kupewa kupanga zinthu zovuta, zoipitsidwa, komanso zapoizoni.
  • Chiwopsezo cha kusokonezeka kwa nyengo sichinasinthe, tifunika kupitirizabe kuyesetsa kumanga zilumba zolimba za nyengo, kubwezeretsa kukhazikika kwa nyengo kwa chilengedwe cha udzu wa m'nyanja, mangroves ndi madambo amchere.
  • Kusweka kwa ngalawa komwe kungathe kuchucha sikunakonzekere. Tiyenera kupitiriza ntchito yathu yowapeza ndikupanga dongosolo lowaletsa kuwononga chilengedwe.
  • Kufunika kwa mabungwe apadera kuti atenge nawo mbali pakupanga nyanja yathanzi komanso yochulukanso sikunasinthe, tiyenera kupitiriza ntchito yathu ndi Rockefeller ndi ena kuti apange chuma chokhazikika cha buluu.

Mwanjira ina, tidzayikabe patsogolo thanzi la m'nyanja tsiku lililonse kuchokera kulikonse komwe tikugwira ntchito. Tichita gawo lathu kuti tichepetse kufalikira kwa COVID-19 ndikuthandizira omwe amapereka chithandizo ndi madera akumphepete mwa nyanja kuthana ndi zotsatilazi m'njira zomwe zimaganizira za moyo wawo wautali. Ndipo ndife okondwa kuchita nawo ogwirizana atsopano ndikuyambiranso zakale m'malo mwa nyanja yathu yapadziko lonse lapansi, yomwe moyo wonse umadalira.

Kwa nyanja,

Mark J. Spalding
pulezidenti


Mark J. Spalding, Purezidenti wa The Ocean Foundation ndi membala wa Ocean Studies Board ya National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (USA). Akugwira ntchito ku Sargasso Sea Commission. Mark ndi Senior Fellow ku Center for the Blue Economy ku Middlebury Institute of International Studies. Ndipo, iye ndi Mlangizi ku Gulu Lapamwamba la Zachuma Chokhazikika panyanja. Kuphatikiza apo, amagwira ntchito ngati mlangizi wa Rockefeller Climate Solutions Fund (ndalama zomwe sizinachitikepo zapanyanja zam'madzi) ndipo ndi membala wa Pool of Experts for the UN World Ocean Assessment. Anapanga pulogalamu yoyamba ya blue carbon offset, SeaGrass Grow. Mark ndi katswiri pa ndondomeko ndi malamulo a chilengedwe padziko lonse lapansi, ndondomeko ndi malamulo apanyanja, komanso chifundo cha m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi panyanja.