Rhoqo ngonyaka iBoyd Lyon Sea Turtle Fund ibamba isifundi somfundi webhayoloji yaselwandle ophando lwakhe lugxile kumafudo olwandle. Ophumeleleyo kulo nyaka nguNatalia Teryda.

U-Natalia Teryda ungumfundi we-PhD ocetyiswa nguGqr Ray Carthy kwi-Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit. Imvelaphi yaseMar del Plata, eArgentina, uNatalia wafumana iBS yakhe kwiBiology evela kwi-Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (Argentina). Emva kokuphumelela kwakhe, wakwazi ukuqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe ngokulandela isidanga se-Master kwi-Advanced Studies kwi-Marine Biodiversity and Conservation kwi-Scripps Institution of Oceanography e-UC San Diego eCalifornia njenge-Fulbright Grantee. E-UF, u-Natalia uchulumancile ngokuqhubeka nophando lwakhe kunye nokusebenza kwi-ecology yofudo lwaselwandle kunye nolondolozo, ngokufunda i-leatherback kunye nofudo oluluhlaza esebenzisa iteknoloji ye-drone ecaleni konxweme lwase-Argentina ne-Uruguay. 

Iprojekthi kaNatalia ijolise ekudibaniseni itekhnoloji yedrone kunye nokugcinwa kweefudo eziluhlaza eUruguay. Uya kuphuhlisa kwaye adibanise indlela epheleleyo yokuhlalutya kunye nokugcinwa kolu didi kunye neendawo zokuhlala eziselunxwemeni ngokusebenzisa iidrones ukuqokelela imifanekiso esemgangathweni kunye nenkcazo ephezulu. Iinzame ziya kujoliswa kuphando lweentlobo zezilwanyana ezisengozini ngokusetyenziswa kobuchwepheshe obutsha, ukuqinisa uthungelwano lolondolozo lwengingqi nolawulo, kunye nokudityaniswa kwala macandelo nokwakhiwa kwezakhono zoluntu. Kuba amafudo aluhlaza aselula enokuthembeka okuphezulu kwiindawo zokutya kwi-SWAO, le projekthi iza kusebenzisa i-UAS ukuhlalutya indima ye-ikholoji yofudo oluluhlaza kwezi ndawo zokuhlala eziselunxwemeni kunye nokuvavanya indlela iipatheni zabo zokusasaza ezichatshazelwa ngayo kukuguquguquka kweendawo zokuhlala ezinxulumene nemozulu.

Fumana ulwazi oluthe kratya malunga neBoyd Lyon Sea Turtle Fund Apha.