Asina nyadzi, Hardshell Turtle Rudo

Na: Kama Dean, TOF Program Officer

Mumakumi mashoma emakore apfuura, sangano rave richikura; sangano rekunzwisisa, kudzoreredza nekudzivirira huturu hwegungwa hwenyika. Mwedzi wapfuura uyu, zvikamu zviviri zvesangano iri zvakaungana kuti zvipemberere zvese zvavakaita mumakore apfuura uye ndakaita rombo rakanaka rekukwanisa kutora chikamu muzviitiko zvese uye kupemberera nevanhu vanoramba vachindikurudzira uye kuwedzera shungu yangu yebasa rekuchengetedza gungwa.

La Quinceanera: Iyo Grupo Tortuguero de las Californias

MuLatin America yose, quinceanera, kana kupemberera kwegore regumi neshanu, inowanzopembererwa kuratidza kuchinja kwemukadzi wechidiki muhukuru. Sezvinoita tsika zhinji dzeLatin America, iyo quinceanera inguva yerudo uye mufaro, kufungisisa zvekare uye tariro yeramangwana. Muna Ndira apfuura, the Grupo Tortuguero de las Californias (GTC) yakaita musangano wayo wepagore wechigumi neshanu, uye yakapemberera quinceanera yayo, pamwe chete nemhuri yayo yese inofarira kamba yegungwa.

GTC mubatanidzwa wevabati vehove, vadzidzisi, vadzidzi, vanochengetedza mhuka, vakuru vakuru vehurumende, masayendisiti nevamwe vari kushanda pamwe chete kudzidza nekuchengetedza kamba dzemugungwa dzeNW Mexico. Mhando shanu dzekamba yegungwa dzinowanikwa munzvimbo iyi; ose akanyorwa seanotyisidzirwa, ari mungozi kana kuti ari mungozi yakanyanyisa. Muna 1999 GTC yakaita musangano wayo wekutanga, apo vanhu vashoma kubva mudunhu vakaungana kuti vakurukure zvavangaite kuponesa kamba dzemugungwa dzedunhu iri. Nhasi, network yeGTC inoumbwa nenharaunda dzinopfuura makumi mana nemazana evanhu vanoungana gore rega rega kuti vagovane nekupemberera kuyedza kwemumwe nemumwe.

The Ocean Foundation yaidada kushanda semubatsiri zvakare, uye kuita basa rekuronga mabiko akakosha evanopa nevarongi uye rwendo rwakakosha rwevanopa musangano usati waitwa. Thanks to Columbia mbatya, takakwanisawo kuunza pasi muunganidzwa wemabhachi aidiwa kuti nhengo dzechikwata cheGTC dzishandise pahusiku hurefu, kuchiri kutonhora vachiongorora kamba dzemugungwa uye nekufamba kumahombekombe.

Kwandiri, uyu wakanga uri musangano unobaya mwoyo uye unobaya mwoyo. Isati yave sangano rakazvimirira, ndakatarisira network yeGTC kwemakore mazhinji, kuronga misangano, kushanyira nzvimbo, kunyora zvikumbiro zvekupihwa uye mishumo. Muna 2009, GTC yakava sangano rakazvimirira risingabatsiri muMexico uye takahaya Mutungamiriri wenguva yakazara-zvinogara zvichinakidza kana sangano rakagadzirira kuita shanduko iyi. Ndaive nhengo yedare rekutanga uye ndinoramba ndichishanda munzvimbo iyoyo. Saka mhemberero yegore rino kwandiri, yakangofanana nemanzwire andaizoita paquinceanera yemwana wangu.

Ndinotarira shure mumakore uye ndinoyeuka nguva dzakanaka, nguva dzakaoma, rudo, basa, uye ndinomira nhasi ndichishamiswa nezvakaitwa nesangano iri. Kamba yegungwa dema yadzoka kubva kumagumo ekutsakatika. Nepo nhamba dzekugara dzisati dzadzokera kumatanho enhoroondo, zviri pachena kuti dziri kuwedzera. Zvinyorwa zveturtle zvemugungwa zvinotarisa dunhu rino zvakawanda, neGTC sepuratifomu yevazhinji ve masters uye the doctoral research thesis. Mudzidzi wepanzvimbo kana anozvipira anomhanyisa zvirongwa zvedzidzo zvakagadziridzwa uye vari kutungamira masimba ekuchinja munharaunda dzavanogara. Iyo GTC network yakavaka huwandu hwenzvimbo uye yakadyara mhodzi yekuchengetedza kwenguva refu munzvimbo dzese mudunhu.

Kudya kwemanheru, kwakaitwa manheru ekupedzisira emusangano, kwakapera nekuratidzwa kwemasiraidhi kwemifananidzo kubva mumakore ese, pamwe nekumbundirana neboka uye toast kusvika kumakore 15 akabudirira ekuchengetedza turtle yegungwa, uye chishuwo chekubudirira kwakanyanya mune15 zvimwe. . Rwaiva rudo rwechokwadi, rusina nyadzi, kamba kakaoma.

Kubatana: Iyo International Sea Turtle Symposium

Dingindira re 33rd Year International Turtle Symposium (ISTS) yaive "Connections," uye The Ocean Foundation kubatana kwakadzika mukati mechiitiko ichi. Isu takanga tine vamiriri kubva pedyo kusvika gumi nemaviri emari yeOcean Foundation uye mapurojekiti akatsigirwa, pamwe nevazhinji vakapihwa TOF, avo vakapa mharidzo dzemuromo gumi nembiri uye vakapa mapepa gumi nemashanu. Vatungamiriri vechirongwa cheTOF vakashanda semasachigaro echirongwa uye nhengo dzekomiti, masangano anotungamira, aitarisira chiitiko PR, akatsigira kuunganidzwa kwemari, uye akabatanidza mibairo yekufambisa. Vanhu vane hukama neTOF vakabatsira mukuronga nekubudirira kwemusangano uyu. Uye, semakore apfuura, TOF yakabatana neISTS semutsigiri wechiitiko ichi nerubatsiro rwevamwe vanopa vakanyanya kukosha veTOF Sea Turtle Fund.

Chimwe chakanyanya kukosha chakauya pakupera kwemusangano: Mutungamiriri weChirongwa cheTOF ProCaguama Dr. Hoyt Peckham akahwina mubairo weInternational Sea Turtle Society's Champions wekupa makore gumi apfuura kutsvagurudza nekugadzirisa dambudziko guru repasi rose rekubatwa nehove. Tichitarisa nezvehove diki dziri kumhenderekedzo yePacific yeBaja California peninsula, Hoyt akanyora mwero wepamusoro-soro wepasi rose wekubata hove, zvikepe zvidiki zvinobata zviuru zvehove dzemugungwa zhizha rega rega, uye akazvipira basa rake kudzoreredza maitiro aya. Basa rake raisanganisira sainzi, kufambiswa kwenharaunda nekubatanidzwa, kugadzirisa magiya, mutemo, midhiya nezvimwe. Iyo yakaoma sutu yemagariro, ezvakatipoteredza uye ehupfumi matambudziko ayo anogona kupedzisira atungamira mukutsakatika kweNorth Pacific loggerhead turtle. Asi nekuda kwaHoyt nechikwata chake, iyo NP loggerhead ine mukana wekurwa.

Ndichitarisa muchirongwa, ndichiteerera mharidzo, uye kufamba muhoro dzenzvimbo, zvaishamisa kwandiri kuona kuti kubatana kwedu kwakadzama sei. Tiri kupa sainzi yedu, chishuwo chedu, mari yedu uye isu pachedu mukudzidza, kupora nekuchengetedza kamba dzegungwa dzepasirese. Ndinodada nekubatana nezvose zveTOF zvirongwa nevashandi, uye ndine rukudzo kuvadaidza kuti vandaishanda navo, vandinoshanda navo uye shamwari.

TOF's Sea Turtle Philanthropy

Iyo Ocean Foundation ine nzira dzakasiyana-siyana dzekutsigira basa rekuchengetedza turtle pasi rese. Mapurojekiti edu anogashirwa nerutsigiro rwehurombo anosvika pamusoro penyika makumi maviri kuchengetedza marudzi matanhatu emarudzi manomwe ekamba yegungwa, tichishandisa nzira dzakasiyana-siyana dzekuchengetedza dzinosanganisira dzidzo, sainzi yekuchengetedza, kuronga nharaunda, shanduko yehove, kurwira uye kukwezva, nezvimwe. Vashandi veTOF vane makore anopfuura makumi matatu eruzivo rwakabatana mukuchengetedza tururu dzegungwa uye philanthropy. Mitsetse yedu yebhizinesi inotipa mukana wakasarudzika wekuita vese vanopa uye vanopihwa muchirongwa chekuchengetedza turtle dzegungwa.

Sea Turtle Munda weKufarira Fund

Iyo Ocean Foundation's Gungwa Turtle Fund ihomwe yakabatanidzwa yakagadzirirwa vanopa vese saizi vanoda kukwidziridza mipiro yavo neyevamwe vane pfungwa dzakafanana. Iyo Sea Turtle Fund inopa rubatsiro kumapurojekiti anotarisa pakubata zvirinani kumahombekombe edu uye zvisikwa zvemumhenderekedzo yegungwa, kuderedza kusvibiswa nemarara emugungwa, kusarudza mabhegi anogona kushandiswa zvakare kana tichienda kunotenga, kupa mubati wehove michina yekubvisa turtle uye mamwe magiya akachengeteka ekuredza, uye kugadzirisa mhedzisiro. yekukwira kwegungwa uye acidification yegungwa.

Advised Funds

An Advised Fund imotokari yerudo inobvumira mupi kukurudzira kugoverwa kwemari uye kudyara kumasangano avanosarudza kuburikidza neThe Ocean Foundation. Kuve nezvipo zvakapihwa pachinzvimbo chavo zvinovatendera kuti vanakirwe zvizere nemabhenefiti ekuregererwa mutero uye kudzivirira mutengo wekugadzira hwaro hwakavanzika. Iyo Ocean Foundation parizvino ine maviri Komiti Yakakurudzirwa Mari yakatsaurirwa kuchengetedza turtle dzegungwa:
▪ The Boyd Lyon Sea Turtle Fund inopa bhezari yegore negore kuvadzidzi vane tsvakiridzo yakanangana nekamba dzemugungwa
▪ Sangano reInternational Sustainable Seafood Foundation Sea Turtle Fund rinopa rubatsiro kune dzimwe nyika kumapurojekiti ekuchengetedzwa kwekamba dzegungwa.

Yakagadzirirwa Projects

Iyo Ocean Foundation's Fiscal Sponsorship Projects kuwana hurongwa hwehurongwa hweNGO huru, iyo inosunungura vanhu nemapoka kuti vaite basa nenzira inoshanda uye ine mhedzisiro. Vashandi vedu vanopa rutsigiro rwemari, yekutonga, yemutemo uye yeprojekiti kuitira kuti vatungamiriri vepurojekiti vatarise chirongwa, kuronga, kutsvaga mari, uye kuparidzira.

Our Shamwari dzeMari imwe neimwe yakatsaurirwa kune yakatarwa, nzvimbo yakakosha inodzivirirwa neyekunze isingabatsiri iyo yakabatana neThe Ocean Foundation. Homwe yega yega yakamiswa neThe Ocean Foundation kuti igamuchire zvipo uye kubva kwatinoita magrants ezvinangwa zvekubatsira kune dzakasarudzwa dzekunze dzisiri purofiti dzinosimudzira mishoni uye kusabvisa zvinangwa zveThe Ocean Foundation.

Parizvino tinotambira mari nomwe dzeFiscal Sponsorship Funds uye ina Shamwari dzeMari dzakakwana, kana kuti muchidimbu, dzakatsaurirwa kuchengetedza tumba twemugungwa.

Fiscal Sponsorship Projects
▪    Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Initiative (ICAPO)
▪    ProCaguama Loggerhead bycatch kuderedza chirongwa
▪ Purogiramu Yekubata Turtle
▪    Laguna San Ignacio Ecosystem Science Project
▪    Ocean Connectors Environmental Education Project
▪    SEEtheWILD/SEEturtles
▪    The Science Exchange
▪    Cuba Marine Research uye Kuchengetedza
▪    Ocean Revolution

Shamwari dzeMari
▪    Iyo Grupo Tortuguero de las Californias
▪ MASINADE
▪    EcoAlianza de Loreto
▪    La Tortuga Viva
▪ Jamaica Environmental Trust

Ramangwana ReKamba Dzepasi Pose

Turtles dzemugungwa ndedzimwe dzemhuka dzinoshamisa kwazvo mugungwa, uye zvakare dzimwe dzekare, dziripo kare sezera remadinosaur. Ivo vanoshanda semhando yakakosha yemhando yehutano hwezvakasiyana siyana zvezvipenyu zvemugungwa, senge coral reef uye seagrass meadows kwavanogara uye kudya uye nejecha mahombekombe kwavanoisa mazai avo.

Zvinosuruvarisa, marudzi ese ekamba dzegungwa pari zvino akanyorwa seanotyisidzirwa, ari mungozi kana kuti ari mungozi yakaipisisa. Gore rega rega, mazana ekamba dzemugungwa anourayiwa nemarara emugungwa akadai semabhegi epurasitiki, vabati vehove vanoabata netsaona (bycatch), vashanyi vanokanganisa matendere adzo pamahombekombe uye kupwanya mazai avo nevanobira mazai vanoba mazai kana kutora kamba kuti vawane nyama yavo kana mateko. .
Zvisikwa izvi, zvakararama mamiriyoni emakore, zvino zvinoda rubatsiro rwedu kuti zvirarame. Izvo zvisikwa zvinonakidza zvinoita basa rakakosha muhutano hwepasi redu. TOF, kuburikidza nehurombo hwedu uye mari yechirongwa chedu, iri kushanda kuti inzwisise, kudzivirira uye kudzoreredza mbira dzegungwa kubva kumucheto kwekutsakatika.

Kama Dean parizvino anotarisira chirongwa cheTOF's Fiscal Sponsorship Fund, pasi peiyo TOF inotsigira mari inosvika mapurojekiti makumi mashanu anoshanda nezvekuchengetedza makungwa pasi rese. Ane BA muHurumende neLatin America zvidzidzo neHonours kubva kuNew Mexico State University uye Masters of Pacific uye International Affairs (MPIA) kubva kuYunivhesiti yeCalifornia, San Diego.