Wopanda manyazi, Chikondi cha Kamba Wolimba

Wolemba: Kama Dean, Ofisa Pulogalamu ya TOF

Pazaka makumi angapo zapitazi, gulu lakhala likukula; kayendetsedwe ka kumvetsetsa, kubwezeretsa ndi kuteteza akamba am'nyanja padziko lapansi. Mwezi wathawu, magawo awiri a gululi adasonkhana kuti akondwerere zonse zomwe achita pazaka zonsezi ndipo ndinali ndi mwayi wochita nawo zochitika zonse ziwiri ndikukondwerera ndi anthu omwe amandilimbikitsa mosalekeza ndikuwonjezera chidwi changa pa ntchito yosunga nyanja.

La Quinceanera: The Grupo Tortuguero de las Californias

Ku Latin America konse, chikondwerero cha quinceanera, kapena chikondwerero cha chaka chakhumi ndi chisanu, chimakondweretsedwa mwamwambo posonyeza kusintha kwa mtsikana kukhala wamkulu. Mofanana ndi miyambo yambiri ya ku Latin America, quinceanera ndi mphindi ya chikondi ndi chimwemwe, kuganizira zam'mbuyo ndi chiyembekezo chamtsogolo. Januware watha, a Gulu la Tortuguero de las Californias (GTC) idachita msonkhano wawo wapachaka wa 15, ndikukondwerera quinceanera, pamodzi ndi banja lake lonse lokonda kamba wamnyanja.

GTC ndi gulu la asodzi, aphunzitsi, ophunzira, oteteza zachilengedwe, akuluakulu a boma, asayansi ndi ena omwe akugwira ntchito limodzi pophunzira ndi kuteteza akamba a m’nyanja ya NW Mexico. Mitundu isanu ya akamba am'nyanja amapezeka m'derali; onse amalembedwa kuti ali pangozi, ali pangozi kapena ali pangozi yaikulu. Mu 1999 GTC idachita msonkhano wake woyamba, pomwe anthu ochepa ochokera kuderali adakumana kuti akambirane zomwe angachite kuti apulumutse akamba am'derali. Masiku ano, maukonde a GTC amapangidwa ndi madera opitilira 40 komanso mazana a anthu omwe amasonkhana chaka chilichonse kuti agawane ndikukondwerera zoyesayesa za mnzake.

Ocean Foundation idanyadira kukhala wothandiziranso, komanso kuchita nawo gawo logwirizanitsa phwando lapadera la opereka ndalama ndi okonzekera komanso ulendo wapadera wopereka ndalama usanachitike. Zikomo kwa Zovala Zaku Colombia, tinathanso kutsitsa jekete zomwe zikufunika kuti mamembala a GTC azigwiritsa ntchito usiku wautali, wozizira kwambiri poyang'anira akamba am'nyanja ndi magombe oyenda zisa.

Kwa ine, uwu unali msonkhano wokhudza mtima komanso wokhudza mtima. Lisanakhale bungwe loyima lokha, ndinayendetsa intaneti ya GTC kwa zaka zambiri, kukonzekera misonkhano, kuyendera malo, kulemba malingaliro a zopereka ndi malipoti. Mu 2009, GTC idakhala yopanda phindu ku Mexico ndipo tidalemba ntchito Executive Director wanthawi zonse-zimakhala zosangalatsa nthawi zonse bungwe likakhala lokonzeka kupanga kusinthaku. Ndinali membala woyambitsa komiti ndipo ndikupitiriza kutumikira pa udindo umenewu. Kotero chikondwerero cha chaka chino chinali, kwa ine, chofanana ndi momwe ndingamverere pa quinceanera ya mwana wanga.

Ndimayang'ana m'mbuyo m'zaka zapitazi ndikukumbukira nthawi zabwino, zovuta, chikondi, ntchito, ndipo ndikuyima lero ndikuchita mantha ndi zomwe gululi lachita. Kamba wa kunyanja wakuda wabwerera kuchokera kuthengo. Ngakhale kuti ziwerengero za zisa sizinabwerere ku mbiri yakale, zikuwonekeratu kuti zikukwera. Zolemba za kamba za m'nyanja zomwe zimayang'ana kwambiri derali ndizochuluka, ndipo GTC ndi nsanja ya masters ambiri komanso maphunziro a udokotala. Maphunziro a ophunzira akumaloko kapena odzipereka amayendetsa maphunziro awo akhazikika ndipo akutsogolera kusintha mdera lawo. Ma network a GTC apanga mphamvu zakumaloko ndikubzala mbewu kuti itetezedwe kwa nthawi yayitali m'madera onse aderali.

Chakudya chamadzulo chaphwando, chomwe chidachitika usiku womaliza wa msonkhanowo, chinatha ndi chiwonetsero chazithunzi chosuntha cha zithunzi zazaka zonse, pamodzi ndi kukumbatirana kwamagulu ndi toast mpaka zaka 15 zopambana zachitetezo cha akamba am'nyanja, komanso chikhumbo cha kupambana kwakukulu mu15 more . Zinali zowona, zosachita manyazi, chikondi cha kamba yolimba.

Kulumikizana: Msonkhano wa International Sea Turtle Symposium

Mutu wa 33rd Year International Turtle Symposium (ISTS) inali "Zolumikizana," ndipo kulumikizana kwa Ocean Foundation kudayenda mozama pamwambowu. Tinali ndi nthumwi zochokera kufupi ndi ndalama khumi ndi ziwiri za Ocean Foundation ndi mapulojekiti omwe adathandizidwa, komanso opereka thandizo la TOF angapo, omwe adapereka mawonedwe 12 apakamwa ndikupereka zikwangwani 15. Atsogoleri a projekiti ya TOF adakhala ngati mipando yamapulogalamu ndi mamembala a komiti, magawo otsogola, kuyang'anira zochitika za PR, kuthandizira ndalama, ndikugwirizanitsa ndalama zoyendera. Anthu ogwirizana ndi TOF adathandizira kukonzekera ndi kupambana kwa msonkhano uno. Ndipo, monga zaka zapitazo, TOF adalowa nawo ISTS ngati othandizira pamwambowu mothandizidwa ndi opereka ndalama zapadera za TOF Sea Turtle Fund.

Chochititsa chidwi kwambiri chinafika kumapeto kwa msonkhanowo: Mtsogoleri wa Pulogalamu ya TOF ProCaguama Dr. Hoyt Peckham adapambana mphoto ya International Sea Turtle Society's Champions chifukwa chopereka zaka 10 zapitazo kuti afufuze ndi kuthetsa vuto lalikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Poyang'ana pa nsomba zazing'ono zomwe zili m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Pacific ku chilumba cha Baja California, Hoyt adalemba zachiwopsezo chapamwamba kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi chopha nsomba, mabwato ang'onoang'ono amagwira akamba zikwizikwi m'chilimwe chilichonse, ndipo adadzipereka kuti athetse vutoli. Ntchito yake yakhudza sayansi, kufalikira kwa anthu ndi kutenga nawo mbali, kusintha zida, mfundo, media ndi zina zambiri. Ndizovuta zovuta zokhudzana ndi chikhalidwe, zachilengedwe komanso zachuma zomwe zingayambitse kutha kwa kamba wa North Pacific loggerhead. Koma chifukwa cha Hoyt ndi gulu lake, NP loggerhead ili ndi mwayi womenyana.

Kuyang'ana pulogalamuyo, kumvetsera mawonedwe, ndikuyenda m'maholo a malo, zinali zodabwitsa kwa ine kuona momwe kugwirizana kwathu kumayendera. Tikupereka sayansi yathu, chidwi chathu, ndalama zathu komanso ife eni pophunzira, kuchira komanso kuteteza akamba am'nyanja padziko lapansi. Ndine wonyadira kukhala wogwirizana ndi mapulogalamu onse a TOF ndi ogwira nawo ntchito, ndipo ndine wolemekezeka kuwatcha antchito anzanga, anzanga ndi anzanga.

TOF's Sea Turtle Philanthropy

Ocean Foundation ili ndi njira zingapo zothandizira ntchito yosunga akamba am'nyanja padziko lonse lapansi. Mapulojekiti athu omwe timakhala nawo komanso thandizo lachifundo limafikira mayiko opitilira 20 kuti ateteze mitundu isanu ndi iwiri mwa isanu ndi iwiri ya akamba am'nyanja padziko lapansi, pogwiritsa ntchito njira zosiyanasiyana zotetezera kuphatikiza maphunziro, sayansi yosamalira zachilengedwe, kukonza madera, kusintha usodzi, kulengeza komanso kukopa anthu, ndi zina zambiri. Ogwira ntchito ku TOF ali ndi zaka zopitilira 30 akugwira ntchito yosunga akamba am'nyanja ndi chifundo. Mabizinesi athu amatipatsa mwayi wapadera wothandizana ndi opereka ndalama komanso othandizira pantchito yosamalira kamba wa m'nyanja.

Sea Turtle Field of Interest Fund

Ocean Foundation's Sea Turtle Fund ndi thumba lophatikizidwa lopangidwira opereka amitundu yonse omwe akufuna kupititsa patsogolo zopereka zawo ndi za anthu ena amalingaliro ofanana. Bungwe la Sea Turtle Fund limapereka ndalama zothandizira ntchito zomwe zimayang'ana kwambiri kuyang'anira bwino magombe athu ndi zachilengedwe za m'mphepete mwa nyanja, kuchepetsa kuipitsidwa ndi zinyalala zam'madzi, kusankha matumba ogwiritsidwanso ntchito tikamapita kokagula zinthu, kupatsa asodzi zida zopatula kamba ndi zida zina zotetezedwa, ndikuthana ndi zotsatirapo zake. kukwera kwa nyanja ndi acidity ya m'nyanja.

Ndalama Zolangizidwa

An Advised Fund ndi galimoto yachifundo yomwe imalola wopereka kulimbikitsa kugawa ndalama ndi mabizinesi kumabungwe omwe angafune kudzera ku The Ocean Foundation. Kukhala ndi zopereka zoperekedwa m'malo mwawo kumawalola kusangalala ndi zabwino zonse zakusalipira msonkho komanso kupewa mtengo wopangira maziko achinsinsi. Ocean Foundation pakadali pano ili ndi Ndalama ziwiri Zolangizidwa ndi Komiti yodzipereka pakusamalira akamba am'nyanja:
▪   The Bungwe la Boyd Lyon Sea Turtle Fund imapereka maphunziro apachaka kwa ophunzira omwe kafukufuku wawo amayang'ana kwambiri akamba am'nyanja
▪    The International Sustainable Seafood Foundation Sea Turtle Fund imapereka ndalama zandalama kumayiko ena ku mapulojekiti oteteza kamba akunyanja.

Ntchito Zoyendetsedwa

Bungwe la Ocean Foundation Ntchito Zothandizira Zachuma kupeza zofunikira za bungwe la NGO yaikulu, yomwe imamasula anthu ndi magulu kuti azigwira ntchito moyenera komanso motsatira zotsatira. Ogwira ntchito athu amapereka chithandizo chandalama, kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe kake.

athu Mabwenzi a Ndalama Iliyonse imaperekedwa ku malo apadera, apadera otetezedwa ndi bungwe lakunja lopanda phindu lomwe lagwirizana ndi The Ocean Foundation. Thumba lililonse limakhazikitsidwa ndi The Ocean Foundation kuti lilandire mphatso komanso momwe timaperekera ndalama zothandizira anthu omwe asankhidwa akunja omwe amapititsa patsogolo ntchito ndi zolinga za The Ocean Foundation.

Panopa tili ndi ndalama zisanu ndi ziwiri za Sponsorship Fiscal Sponsorship Funds zinayi za Friends of Funds zomwe zili zonse, kapena mbali zina, zosamalira kamba am'nyanja.

Ntchito Zothandizira Zachuma
▪    Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Initiative (ICAPO)
▪    ProCaguama Pulogalamu yochepetsera nsonga za Loggerhead
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▪    Laguna San Ignacio Ecosystem Science Project
▪    Ocean Connectors Environmental Education Project
▪    SEEtheWILD/SEEturtles
▪    Kusinthana kwa Sayansi
▪    Cuba Marine Research and Conservation
▪    Ocean Revolution

Mabwenzi a Ndalama
▪    The Grupo Tortuguero de las Californias
▪   SINADE
▪    EcoAlianza de Loreto
▪    La Tortuga Viva
▪   Jamaica Environmental Trust

Tsogolo la Akamba a Padziko Lonse

Akamba am'nyanja ndi ena mwa nyama zopatsa chidwi kwambiri m'nyanja, komanso zina zakale kwambiri, zomwe zidalipo kale kwambiri m'zaka za ma dinosaur. Amakhala ngati mitundu yofunikira paumoyo wa zachilengedwe zosiyanasiyana zam'madzi, monga matanthwe a coral ndi udzu wa m'nyanja komwe amakhala ndikudya komanso magombe amchenga komwe amayikira mazira.

N'zomvetsa chisoni kuti mitundu yonse ya akamba am'nyanja pakali pano amatchulidwa kuti ali pangozi, ali pangozi kapena ali pangozi yaikulu. Chaka chilichonse, akamba am’nyanja mazana ambiri amaphedwa ndi zinyalala za m’madzi monga matumba apulasitiki, asodzi amene amawagwira mwangozi (bycatch), alendo odzaona malo amene amasokoneza zisa zawo m’mphepete mwa nyanja ndi kuthyola mazira awo ndi opha nyama popanda chilolezo amene amaba mazira kapena kugwira akamba kuti apeze nyama kapena zipolopolo zawo. .
Zolengedwa zimenezi, zomwe zakhala zaka mamiliyoni ambiri, tsopano zikufunika thandizo lathu kuti zipulumuke. Ndi zolengedwa zochititsa chidwi zomwe zimakhudza kwambiri thanzi la dziko lathu lapansi. TOF, kudzera m'njira zachifundo komanso ndalama zamapulogalamu athu, ikuyesetsa kumvetsetsa, kuteteza ndi kubwezeretsa akamba akunyanja kuti asatheretu.

Kama Dean pakali pano amayang'anira pulogalamu ya TOF's Fiscal Sponsorship Fund, yomwe TOF imathandizira ndalama pafupifupi ma projekiti 50 omwe akugwira ntchito pazachitetezo cha nyanja padziko lonse lapansi. Ali ndi B.A. mu maphunziro a Boma ndi Latin America ndi Honours ochokera ku New Mexico State University ndi Masters of Pacific and International Affairs (MPIA) ochokera ku University of California, San Diego.