Ocean Foundation ilumikizana ndi Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) Kuteteza Nyanja Yakuya

Kwa zaka khumi zapitazi, The Ocean Foundation yakhala ikugwira ntchito yothandizira mabungwe omwe si aboma pa migodi ya pansi pa nyanja (DSM), kubweretsa ukadaulo wathu wapadera wazamalamulo ndi zachuma komanso ubale wamagulu azigawo kuti zithandizire ndikuthandizira ntchito zomwe zikuchitika, kuphatikiza:

• Kuteteza zachilengedwe zam'madzi ndi zam'mphepete mwa nyanja ku zotsatira za migodi yapadziko lapansi,
• Kulumikizana ndi oyang'anira zandalama zokhudzana ndi zonena zokhazikika zomwe makampani amigodi akuzama panyanja; ndi 
• Kuchititsa ntchito yothandizidwa ndi ndalama: Deep Sea Mining Campaign.

Ndife onyadira kulowa nawo Mgwirizano wa Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) ndipo agwira ntchito ndi mamembala a DSCC kuti awonetsetse kuti DSM yayimitsidwa.

Bungwe la DSCC likupempha akuluakulu aboma ndi maboma padziko lonse lapansi kuti aletse (kuchedwa) kuti alole migodi ya pansi pa nyanja mpaka kuopsa kwake kumveke, zitha kuwonetsedwa kuti sizingawononge chilengedwe, thandizo la anthu lapezeka, njira zina zafufuzidwa, ndipo nkhani za utsogoleri zathetsedwa.

TOF imathandizira kuyimitsa migodi yakuya pansi panyanja posintha ndi kufotokozera nkhani zazikuluzikulu.

Potengera umembala wambiri wa TOF ndi upangiri waudindo komanso zomwe antchito athu adakumana nazo m'mbuyomu m'makampani azinsinsi, tidzagwirizana ndi mabungwe omwe si aboma, mabungwe asayansi, magulu apamwamba, mabungwe, mabanki, maziko, ndi mayiko omwe ali mamembala ku International Seabed Authority ( ISA) kuti apititse patsogolo nkhanizi. Kuwerenga kwa Ocean ndi pachimake pa ntchitoyi. Timakhulupirira kuti monga okhudzidwa osiyanasiyana amadziwitsidwa za DSM ndi kuwopseza komwe kumabweretsa ku chikondi chawo, moyo wawo, njira za moyo, komanso kukhalapo pa dziko lapansi lomwe lili ndi chilengedwe chogwira ntchito, kutsutsa malingaliro owopsa ndi osatsimikizika awa adzatsatira.

TOF yadzipereka ku kukonza mbiri ndikuwuza zowona zasayansi, zachuma, ndi zamalamulo za DSM:

• DSM ndi osati ndalama zokhazikika kapena zabuluu ndipo akuyenera kuchotsedwa paudindo uliwonse wotere.
• DSM ndi Chiwopsezo chanyengo padziko lonse lapansi ndi ntchito za chilengedwe (osati njira yothetsera kusintha kwa nyengo).
• The ISA - bungwe opaque kuti amalamulira theka la dziko lapansi - sangathe kuchita zomwe akufuna ndipo malamulo ake atha zaka zambiri kuti agwire ntchito kapena kugwirizana.
• DSM ndi nkhani ya ufulu wa anthu komanso chilungamo cha chilengedwe. Ndiwowopsa ku chikhalidwe cha pansi pa madzi, magwero a chakudya, moyo, nyengo yabwino, ndi majini a m'madzi am'madzi am'tsogolo.
• DSM ikuyimira kupindulitsa makampani ndi anthu ochepa, osati anthu (ndipo mwina sakunena kuti amathandizira kapena kuthandizira mabizinesi a DSM).
• Kuwerenga kwa Ocean ndikofunikira pakumanga ndi kulimbikitsa kutsutsa kwa DSM.

Team wathu

Purezidenti wa TOF, Mark J. Spalding, akukhudzidwa kwambiri ndi ndondomeko ya United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative pa Sustainable Blue Finance, ndipo ndi gawo la gulu lake lomwe lidzapereke chitsogozo cha ndalama za DSM ndi ndalama. Amalangizanso mabungwe azachuma ndi maziko pamiyezo yazachuma chokhazikika cha blue economy. Iye ndi TOF ndi alangizi apadera am'nyanja opangira ndalama ziwiri zokhala ndi ndalama zokwana $920m pazinthu zomwe zimayang'aniridwa.

Bungwe la TOF DSM, Bobbi-Jo Dobush, ali ndi zaka XNUMX akugwira ntchito yotsutsa komanso kuteteza zidziwitso zakuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe, ndipo wapereka ndemanga zotsutsa pamalingaliro osiyanasiyana ozama migodi. Kudzudzula kwake pa kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka ISA ndi kuwonekera kwa kutsukidwa kobiriwira m'mafakitale akuzama a migodi akudziwitsidwa ndi zaka za uphungu wokhudza chitukuko ndi kuloleza komanso ESG ndi kayendetsedwe ka malipoti a zachuma ku kampani yazamalamulo. Amathandizira maubale omwe alipo kale ndi maloya, asayansi, ndi akatswiri omwe amagwira ntchito yoyang'anira nyanja yakuzama, makamaka kutenga nawo mbali mu Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative.