March ndi mwezi wa mbiri ya akazi. Lero ndi Tsiku la Amayi Padziko Lonse. Mutu wa chaka chino ndi Select to Challenge—ozikidwa pa mfundo yakuti “Dziko lovutitsidwa ndi dziko latcheru ndipo ku zovuta kumabwera kusintha.” (https://www.internationalwomensday.com)

Nthawi zonse zimakhala zokopa kuwonetsa amayi omwe ali oyamba kukhala ndi udindo wawo wa utsogoleri. Ena mwa amayiwa akuyenera kufuula lero: Kamala Harris, mkazi woyamba kukhala Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa United States, Janet Yellen yemwe anali mkazi woyamba kukhala wapampando wa US Federal Reserve ndipo tsopano ndi mayi woyamba kutumikira. monga Mlembi wa US Treasury, alembi athu atsopano a m'madipatimenti a Mphamvu ndi Zamalonda a US, kumene ubale wathu wambiri ndi nyanja umayendetsedwa. Ndikufunanso kuzindikira Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala mkazi woyamba kukhala Director-General wa World Trade Organisation. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala adalengeza kale chofunika chake choyamba: Kuonetsetsa kuti zaka zambiri zomwe akukambirana za kuthetsa ndalama zothandizira nsomba za m'madzi amchere zikufika pa chigamulo chopambana kuti akwaniritse zofunikira za UN Sustainable Development Goal 14: Moyo Pansi pa Madzi, ponena za kuthetsa nsomba zambiri. Ndizovuta kwambiri komanso ndi gawo lofunikira kwambiri pakubwezeretsa kuchuluka kwa madzi m'nyanja.

Azimayi akhala akugwira ntchito zotsogola pakusunga ndi kuyang'anira cholowa chathu chachilengedwe kwa zaka zopitilira zana-ndipo pakusunga panyanja, tadalitsidwa kwazaka zambiri ndi utsogoleri ndi masomphenya a amayi monga Rachel Carson, Rodger Arliner Young, Sheila Minor, Sylvia Earle, Eugenie Clark, Jane Lubchenco, Julie Packard, Marcia McNutt, ndi Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. Nkhani za ena mazana ambiri sizikambidwa. Azimayi, makamaka azimayi amitundu yosiyanasiyana, amakumanabe ndi zopinga zambiri zomwe zimalepheretsa kugwira ntchito mu sayansi yam'madzi ndi ndondomeko, ndipo timakhala odzipereka kuti tichepetse zopinga zomwe tingathe.

Lero ndimafuna kuti nditenge kamphindi kuthokoza amayi a gulu la The Ocean Foundation - omwe ali patsamba lathu gulu la oyang'anira, pa zathu Bungwe la Seascape Council, ndi kwathu Bungwe la Alangizi; omwe amawongolera pulojekiti zothandizidwa ndi ndalama zomwe timakhala nazo; ndipo ndithudi, iwo pa antchito athu olimbikira. Azimayi agwira theka kapena kupitilira apo ndi maudindo a utsogoleri ku The Ocean Foundation kuyambira pomwe idakhazikitsidwa. Ndine wothokoza chifukwa cha inu nonse omwe mwapereka nthawi, luso ndi mphamvu zawo ku The Ocean Foundation pafupifupi zaka makumi awiri. Ocean Foundation ili ndi zikhalidwe zake zazikulu komanso zopambana zake kwa inu. Zikomo.