WASHINGTON, DC, Juni 22, 2023 -  Ocean Foundation (TOF) ndiyonyadira kulengeza kuti yavomerezedwa ngati NGO Yovomerezeka ku Msonkhano wa 2001 wa UNESCO woteteza chikhalidwe cha m'madzi pansi pa madzi (UCH). Yoyendetsedwa ndi UNESCO - bungwe la United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Msonkhanowu cholinga chake ndi kupereka mtengo wapamwamba ku cholowa cha chikhalidwe cha pansi pa madzi, monga kuteteza ndi kusungidwa kwa zinthu zakale zomwe zimathandiza kudziwa bwino komanso kuyamikira chikhalidwe, mbiri yakale ndi sayansi. Kumvetsetsa ndi kusunga chikhalidwe cha pansi pa madzi, cholowa chovuta kwambiri, kumatithandizanso kumvetsetsa kusintha kwa nyengo ndi kukwera kwa madzi a m'nyanja.

Kutanthauzidwa ngati "zotsatira zonse za kukhalapo kwaumunthu kwa chikhalidwe, mbiri yakale kapena zakale zomwe, kwa zaka zosachepera 100, zamizidwa pang'ono kapena kwathunthu, nthawi ndi nthawi kapena kwamuyaya, pansi pa nyanja ndi m'nyanja ndi mitsinje", cholowa cha chikhalidwe cha pansi pa madzi. amakumana ndi ziwopsezo zingapo, kuphatikizapo koma osati malire migodi yakuya pansi pa nyanjandipo nsomba, mwa ntchito zina.

Msonkhanowu umalimbikitsa mayiko kuti achitepo kanthu kuti ateteze cholowa cha pansi pa madzi. Mwachindunji, limapereka ndondomeko yomangirira mwalamulo kwa mayiko omwe ali ndi zipani za momwe angadziwire bwino, kufufuza ndi kuteteza cholowa chawo chapansi pa madzi ndikuwonetsetsa kusungidwa kwake ndi kukhazikika.

Monga NGO Yovomerezeka, The Ocean Foundation itenga nawo gawo pamisonkhano ngati owonera, opanda ufulu wovota. Izi zimatipatsa mwayi wopereka zathu malamulo apadziko lonse ndi luso ukatswiri ku Scientific and Technical Advisory Body (STAB) ndi Member State Parties pamene akulingalira njira zosiyanasiyana zotetezera ndi kusunga chikhalidwe cha pansi pa madzi. Kupambana kumeneku kumalimbitsa luso lathu lonse lopitira patsogolo ndi zomwe tikupitilira ntchito pa UCH.

Kuvomerezeka kwatsopano kukutsatira ubale womwe wa TOF ndi mabungwe ena apadziko lonse lapansi, kuphatikiza International Seabed Authority, ndi United Nations Environment Assembly (makamaka pazokambirana za Global Plastics Treaty), ndi Msonkhano wa Basel pa Kuwongolera Kusuntha Kwa Zinyalala Zowopsa ndi Kutayidwa Kwawo. Chilengezochi chikutsatira zomwe zachitika posachedwa ku United States chisankho cholowanso UNESCO ya Julayi 2023, sitepe yomwe ifenso tikuyamika ndipo tili okonzeka kuthandizira.

Za The Ocean Foundation

Monga maziko okhawo am'madera am'nyanja, cholinga cha The Ocean Foundation (TOF)'s 501(c)(3) ndi kuthandiza, kulimbikitsa, ndi kulimbikitsa mabungwe omwe ali ndi cholinga chothetsa chiwonongeko cha chilengedwe cha nyanja padziko lonse lapansi. Imayang'ana ukatswiri wake pazowopseza zomwe zikubwera kuti apange njira zotsogola komanso njira zabwino zogwirira ntchito. Ocean Foundation imachita zoyeserera zolimbana ndi acidity ya m'nyanja, kupititsa patsogolo kulimba kwa buluu, kuthana ndi kuipitsidwa kwa pulasitiki yam'madzi padziko lonse lapansi, komanso kukulitsa luso lamaphunziro am'nyanja kwa atsogoleri am'nyanja. Imagwiranso ntchito ndindalama zopitilira 55 m'maiko 25.

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Kate Killerlain Morrison, The Ocean Foundation
P: +1 (202) 313-3160
E: [email protected]
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