Georgia Strait Alliance: Bwenzi la Nyanja

Wolemba Ben Scheelk, Wothandizira Pulogalamu, The Ocean Foundation

Chete. Chete choyera, chosadetsedwa, chogontha chimene chimachititsa munthu kumva ngati muli m’malo opanda kanthu. Ndilo lingaliro langa losatha la ngodya yaying'ono ya Strait of Georgia ya British Columbia moyenerera yotchedwa "Desolation Sound."

Pakati pa nyenyezi za m'nyanja za violet ndi tangerine, doko lodziwika bwino limasindikizira zomwe zimakuwonani ndi maso akuda olowera akuya komanso akuda ngati ma fjords akale omwe amatsata gombe lokongola, ndipo popanda zopinga, phokoso la magalimoto, ndi pafupifupi zizindikiro zonse za kutukuka, ndinadzipeza ndikusamba m’bata—ndi mvula yafupifupi—ya chipululu chachikulu cha m’madzi chimenechi paulendo waposachedwapa. Zomwe zandichitikirazi zandiyika pagulu la mnzake wapamtima wa The Ocean Foundation's Friends of Funds: Friends of Georgia Strait Alliance.

Kwa zaka zoposa makumi awiri, a Georgia Strait Alliance (GSA), bungwe la pa chilumba cha Vancouver, lakhala “gulu lokhalo la nzika zimene zaika maganizo ake onse pa kuteteza zachilengedwe za m’nyanja za m’mphepete mwa nyanja ya Strait of Georgia —kumene anthu ambiri a ku British Columbia amakhala, kugwira ntchito, ndi kusewera. Pa moyo wawo wonse, GSA yamenyera nkhondo mosatopa kuti ateteze paradaiso wapadera wapanyanjayi, kukwaniritsa kuyimitsidwa kwa ntchito zaulimi wa nsomba zam'madzi, kufunafuna njira zotsogola zamabizinesi, kulimbikitsa kuthira bwino kwachimbudzi, kulimbikitsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa National Marine Conservation Areas, ndi kutsogolera mphotho- kampeni yopambana pa "Green Boating."

Kugwira ntchito "kukulitsa kumvetsetsa kwa anthu ndikupambana kusintha kwa mfundo za anthu pazinthu monga zamkati ndi zimbudzi, kutayika kwa mafuta, kutayika kwa malo owopsa a mtsinje ndi mitsinje ya salimoni, zovuta zaulimi wa salimoni komanso kufunikira koteteza malo okhala m'madzi," GSA ndi njira yabwino kwambiri. adawona zomwe zikuchitika pamisonkhano ikuluikulu yokhudzana ndi Strait, komanso wothandizira komanso mpainiya wa maphunziro asayansi, kampeni yolimbikitsa, ntchito zaukapitawo, ndi malamulo. Kuchokera pakuteteza anamgumi a orca, kusunga umphumphu wa zachilengedwe zakutchire komanso zokolola, GSA ikutsogolera zoyesayesa zowonetsetsa kuti chuma chamtengo wapatalichi chikusungidwa kwa anthu ndi nyama zakutchire, zomwe zimakhala m'chipululu chachikuluchi, kwa mibadwomibadwo.

Kuyambira 2004, The Ocean Foundation yapereka thandizo la ndalama ku The Georgia Strait Alliance, zomwe zapatsa bungweli kuthekera kokweza thandizo lochotsa msonkho kuchokera kwa opereka, mabungwe azinsinsi, ndi mabungwe aboma ku United States. Ndikuyenda ku British Columbia, ndinalumikizana ndi GSA nditatha masiku angapo kayaking ndikumanga msasa mu Strait kuti ndiganizire zomwe ndakumana nazo ndikuwathokoza chifukwa cha kuyesetsa kwawo kuteteza malo odabwitsawa. Michelle Young, wogwirizira zandalama m’bungweli, anagwirizana ndi zimene ndinaona ndipo anavomera kuti nayenso nthaŵi zambiri “amawonjezera mphamvu zake zopalasa ndi mabwato a Desolation Sound ndi Georgia Strait.”

Pamene ziwopsezo za chilengedwechi zikuchulukirachulukira, komanso kusintha kwanyengo kwatsala pang'ono kusintha mayendedwe a biogeochemical omwe amafunikira thanzi komanso kukhazikika kwazakudya zam'derali, The Ocean Foundation ili wokondwa kukhala ndi wothandizana nawo wamphamvu mu Georgia Strait Alliance kuthana ndi zovuta zambiri zachilengedwe. nkhani zomwe zikuyang'anizana ndi dera ndikukhazikitsa njira zozikidwa ndi sayansi, zoyendetsedwa ndi anthu kuti ateteze malo ofunikirawa.

Kubwerera ku Washington DC, chipwirikiti chomwe chimalamuliridwa ndi moyo wamtawuni nthawi zambiri chikuwoneka kuti chikulepheretsa kumveka kwachilengedwe. Koma, pamene ma siren akulira, magetsi a galimoto akuchititsa khungu, kutentha koopsa kwa mzinda wotembenuzidwa ndi dambo kumakhala koopsa, ndipo nyanja ikuwoneka kuti ili kutali kwambiri, ndikuyesera kuthawira kumalo akutali ku British Columbia, kumene madontho amvula amagwa. thyola magalasi ngati akasupe a crystalline miliyoni, mawonekedwe a buluu wonyezimira a m'mphepete mwa nyanja amakwapula padenga la mitambo yotsika, ndipo phokoso lokhalo, si kanthu konse.

Georgia Strait Alliance imagwira ntchito ndi The Ocean Foundation ngati imodzi mwa "Friends of Funds" yathu, ubale womwe udavomerezedwa kale womwe umathandizira mabungwe apadziko lonse lapansi kufunafuna thandizo kuchokera kwa opereka ndalama aku US. Kuti mudziwe zambiri za mtundu wa Friends of Fund ndi Fiscal Sponsorship Programme ku The Ocean Foundation, chonde mutiyendere pa: https://oceanfdn.org/ocean-conservation-projects/fiscal-sponsorship. Komanso, ngati muli kuderali, chonde thandizirani GSA pamwambo wawo wapadera womwe ukubwera, "An Evening With the Strait," womwe udzachitika pa Okutobala 24, 2013 ku Victoria, BC. Kuti mumve zambiri, chonde pitani patsamba lachiwonetsero patsamba lawo:http://www.georgiastrait.org/?q=node/1147.