US Fish and Wildlife Service Partners with Ocean Connectors pa Unique Urban Youth Conservation Programme

San Diego, CA, Julayi 30, 2019 - Ocean Connectors, pulojekiti yothandizidwa ndi ndalama ya The Ocean Foundation, yakhala ikugwira ntchito kuyambira 2007 kuti igwiritse ntchito ana zikwizikwi m'madera a San Diego County komanso madera ena a Mexico kuti alimbikitse maphunziro a zachilengedwe ndi kuteteza nyanja. Madera ambiri ovutika pazachuma alibe mwayi wopita kumalo osungiramo mapaki, zosangalatsa zakunja zotetezeka, ndi malo omasuka, zomwe nthawi zambiri zimachititsa kuti anthu asamadziwe bwino za chilengedwe ndi kumvetsetsa. Izi zidapangitsa kuti bungwe la Ocean Connectors likhazikitsidwe, ndi masomphenya olumikizira achinyamata kuti atetezedwe pogwiritsa ntchito moyo wapamadzi osamukira kumayiko ena kuti alimbikitse ndikuchita nawo anthu omwe amakhala m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Pacific. 

Mumgwirizano wapadera pakati pa Ocean Connectors ndi US Fish and Animal Animal Service, magulu am'deralo amayang'ana njira zolumikizira achinyamata akutawuni mumayendedwe osiyanasiyana am'madzi am'madzi ndi masemina amaphunziro. US Fish and Wildlife Service, kudzera mu zake Pulogalamu Yosunga Nyama Zam'madzi Zam'madzi, amakhulupirira “njira imene imapatsa mphamvu mabungwe, mizinda, ndi matauni m’dziko lonselo kuti apeze njira zatsopano zothetsera nyama zakuthengo zochokera m’madera.”

Omvera ophunzira a polojekitiyi ali ndi ophunzira 85% aku Latino. Ndi 15% yokha ya Latinos azaka zopitilira 25 omwe ali ndi digiri ya zaka zinayi ku US, ndipo ochepera 10% a digiri ya Bachelor mu sayansi ndi uinjiniya amaperekedwa kwa ophunzira aku Latino. Dera la National City, komwe kuli Ocean Connectors, lili m'gulu la 10% la zip-code m'boma lonse chifukwa cha kuwononga chilengedwe komanso kusatetezeka kwa anthu. Zodetsa nkhawazi zitha kulumikizidwa ndi kusowa kwakale kwamaphunziro azachilengedwe komanso mwayi wopeza mapaki ndi malo otseguka ku National City. Kupyolera mu pulogalamuyi, Ocean Connectors idzapereka maphunziro a zachilengedwe omwe cholinga chake ndi kukwaniritsa zotsatira zokhalitsa, za nthawi yaitali kwa ana asukulu omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa komanso mabanja, kuwathandiza kupeza, kuchita nawo, ndi kumvetsetsa chilengedwe chawo. 

Pulogalamuyi yalandira ndemanga zabwino kuchokera kwa omwe adatenga nawo mbali, monga momwe mphunzitsi wina wakumaloko adati, "Pulogalamuyi ndi yodabwitsa kwambiri. Ogwira ntchito pasukulu yathu anachita chidwi kwambiri ndi dongosolo la ulendo wa kumunda ndi maulaliki amene anaperekedwa. Tikuyembekezera kudzagwira ntchito ndi pulogalamuyi chaka chamawa!”

Zowonetsera zamakalasi a Ocean Connectors zimaperekedwa kawiri pachaka chilichonse chasukulu. Pa maulendo a m'kalasi, Ocean Connectors imapanga "kusinthanitsa chidziwitso" chomwe chimakhala ndi mauthenga a sayansi a zilankhulo ziwiri pakati pa ophunzira ku National City ndi ana omwe amakhala kumapeto kwa Pacific Flyway. Njira yophunzirira patali imeneyi imapangitsa kukambirana kwa anzawo ndi anzawo komwe kumalimbikitsa utsogoleri wogawana wa nyama zakuthengo zomwe zimasamuka.

Malinga ndi mkulu wa bungwe la Ocean Connectors, a Frances Kinney, “mgwirizano wathu ndi US Fish and Wildlife Service wathandiza kwambiri kuti Ocean Connectors ikule, kuwonjezera mamembala atsopano ku gulu lathu, ndipo pomaliza pake tiphunzitse ana asukulu ambiri akumaloko omwe amagwiritsa ntchito Urban Refuges kalasi yakunja yophunzitsa za sayansi ya chilengedwe ndi kasungidwe. Ogwira ntchito ku US Fish and Wildlife Service amakhala ngati zitsanzo zomwe zimapatsa ophunzira mwayi wodziwonera okha ntchito zakunja. ”

Kutsatira zowonetsera m'kalasi, ophunzira pafupifupi 750 a giredi 5,000 amakonzanso malo okhala maekala awiri ku San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge, kuphatikiza kuchotsa zinyalala, kuchotsa zovundikira za zomera, ndikuyika zomera zakomweko. Mpaka pano, ophunzirawo abzala zomera zakutchire zoposa XNUMX m’derali. Amayenderanso malo ophunzirira osiyanasiyana kuti agwiritse ntchito maikulosikopu ndi ma binoculars kuti agwiritse ntchito luso lenileni la sayansi. 

Bungwe la US Fish and Wildlife Service Urban Wildlife Conservation Programme limayang'ana kwambiri za cholowa choteteza zachilengedwe pokhazikitsa njira yatsopano yolumikizirana ndi anthu kuti imvetsetse momwe madera akukhudzidwa ndi zomwe angachite pankhaniyi. Pulogalamuyi imayang'ana m'mizinda komanso pafupi ndi mizinda yomwe 80% ya aku America amakhala ndikugwira ntchito. 

Kugwira ntchito ndi anzawo monga Ocean Connectors, amatha kupereka mwayi kwa madera ozungulira National Wildlife Refuges.

Mtsogoleri wa US Fish and Wildlife Service Urban Refuge Coordinator, Chantel Jimenez, adafotokoza tanthauzo la pulogalamuyi, nati, "Othandizira athu amapereka mwayi ndi mwayi kwa anthu, madera, masukulu ndi mabanja kuti alandilidwe ku National Wildlife Refuge System. Ocean Connectors imatsegula zitseko kuti ophunzira aku National City alumikizane ndi chilengedwe ndikulimbikitsidwa kukhala oyang'anira dziko lapansi. ”

Chaka chatha, Ocean Connectors inapereka maphunziro a m'kalasi 238 kwa ophunzira 4,677, ndipo adayendetsa maulendo 90 ku United States ndi Mexico kwa otenga nawo mbali oposa 2,000. Zonsezi zinali zokwera kwambiri kwa Ocean Connectors, omwe akuyang'ana kuti apite patsogolo chaka chino. 
 
Kudzera m'mgwirizanowu, Ocean Connectors amagwiritsa ntchito njira yophunzitsira yazaka zambiri kuti apange maziko odziwitsa za chilengedwe, ndikuthandizira ukadaulo wa ogwira ntchito ku US Fish and Wildlife Service kuti aphunzitse ophunzira za zomera ndi nyama zakutchire, kasamalidwe ka chilengedwe, ndi zachilengedwe za San Diego Bay. Maphunziro a Ocean Connectors amagwirizana ndi Urban Wildlife Refuge Standards of Excellence, Common Core, Ocean Literacy Principles, ndi Next Generation Science Standards. 

Ngongole yazithunzi: Anna Mar