Ukwazisa iBhodi eNtsha yaMalungu aBacebisi (1 of 3)

Ngu-Angel Braestrup - USihlalo, iBhodi ye-TOF yabaCebisi

Ngobusuku bangaphambi kwentlanganiso yeBhodi yasentwasahlobo ye-Ocean Foundation, ndazifumana ndimangalisiwe kukuzimisela kweBhodi yabaCebisi bethu ukudlala indima ekuqinisekiseni ukuba lo mbutho womelele kwaye uluncedo kuluntu lolondolozo lolwandle njengoko lunokuba njalo.

Ibhodi yamkele ukwandiswa okubalulekileyo kweBhodi yabaCebisi kwintlanganiso yayo yokugqibela. Sithatha eli thuba ukwazisa abahlanu bokuqala kwaba bacebisi abatsha bangamashumi amabini abavumileyo ukujoyina ngokusesikweni i-Ocean Foundation ngale ndlela ikhethekileyo. Amalungu eBhodi yabaCebisi ayavuma ukwabelana ngobuchule babo ngokwesiseko esifunekayo. Bakwavuma ukufunda iiblogi ze-Ocean Foundation kwaye bandwendwele iwebhusayithi ukuze basincede siqinisekise ukuba sihlala sichanekile kwaye sisexesheni ekwabelaneni kwethu ngolwazi. Bajoyina abaxhasi abazinikeleyo, iinkokeli zeprojekthi kunye nenkqubo, amavolontiya, kunye nababoneleli abenza uluntu oluyi-Ocean Foundation.

Abacebisi bethu liqela elihanjwa ngokubanzi, elinamava, kunye neqela elicinga ngokunzulu labantu. Asinakuba nombulelo ngokwaneleyo kubo, ngegalelo labo kwintlalontle yesijikelezi-langa sethu, nakwi-The Ocean Foundation.

UWilliam Y. Brown yingcali yezilwanyana kunye negqwetha kwaye ngoku ungumntu oPhezulu ongahlaliyo kwiZiko leBrookings eWashington, DC. UMthetho osaYilwayo usebenze kwizikhundla zobunkokeli kuthotho lwamaziko. Izikhundla zangaphambili zikaBrown ziquka uMcebisi wezeNzululwazi kuNobhala weNdawo uBruce Babbitt, uMongameli kunye ne-CEO yeZiko loPhando lwe-Woods Hole eMassachusetts, uMongameli kunye ne-CEO ye-Academy of Natural Sciences e-Philadelphia, uMongameli kunye ne-CEO yeMyuziyam yeBhishophu eHawaii, i-Vice. UMongameli weSizwe se-Audubon Society, iSekela likaMongameli woLawulo lweNkunkuma, i-Inc., iNzululwazi ePhezulu kunye noMlawuli oyiNtloko weNgxowa-mali yoKhuseleko lweNdalo, uNobhala oLawulayo we-US Endangered Species Scientific Authority, kunye noNjingalwazi oNcedisayo, i-Mount Holyoke College. Ungumlawuli kunye nowayesakuba ngumongameli we-Natural Science Collections Alliance, owayengusihlalo we-Ocean Conservancy kunye ne-Global Heritage Fund, kunye nomlawuli wangaphambili we-Environmental and Energy Study Institute, i-Environmental Law Institute, iKomiti yase-US yeZizwe eziManyeneyo. Inkqubo yokusiNgqongileyo, i-US Environmental Training Institute, kunye neWistar Institute. UBill uneentombi ezimbini kwaye uhlala eWashington nenkosikazi yakhe, uMary McLeod, ongusekela-mcebisi wezomthetho oyintloko kwiSebe likaRhulumente.

Kathleen Frith, nguMlawuli oLawulayo weZiko leMpilo yeHlabathi kunye nokusiNgqongileyo, ehlala kwiSikolo sezoNyango saseHarvard eBoston, Massachusetts. Kumsebenzi wakhe kwiZiko, uKathleen uqalise amanyathelo amatsha agxile kubudlelwane phakathi kwabantu abasempilweni kunye neelwandle ezisempilweni. Ngo-2009, wavelisa ifilimu eyaphumelela ibhaso ethi "Once On a Tide" (www.healthyocean.org). Okwangoku, u-Kathleen usebenza kunye ne-National Geographic njengeqabane le-Mission Blue ukunceda ukubuyisela ubuncwane obuphilileyo, obuzinzileyo bokutya kwaselwandle. Ngaphambi kokujoyina iZiko, uKathleen wayeliGosa loLwazi loLuntu kwiSikhululo seBhayoloji saseBermuda soPhando, iziko le-US oceanographic eBermuda. UKathleen unesidanga seBachelor kwibhayoloji yaselwandle kwiYunivesithi yaseCalifornia Santa Cruz kunye nesidanga seMasters kubuntatheli besayensi kwiYunivesithi yaseBoston's Knight. Iziko lobuNtatheli beNzululwazi. Uhlala eCambridge nomyeni wakhe nentombi yakhe.

Carleton Ray, Ph.D., kunye noJerry McCormick Ray bazinze eCharlottesville, eVirginia. IiRay bezibandakanyeke ekukhuthazeni iinkqubo zokucinga kulondolozo lwaselwandle amashumi eminyaka kumsebenzi wabo. UGqr. Ray ugxininise kwiinkqubo zolwandle-lolwandle lwehlabathi kunye nokuhanjiswa kwe-biota (ingakumbi ii-vertebrates). Uphando oludlulileyo kunye nokufundisa kugxile kwiindima zezilwanyana ezincancisayo zaselwandle kwi-ecosystem yeMimandla yePolar. Uphando lwangoku lugxininisa i-ikholoji yeentlanzi ezipholileyo kwiindawo eziselunxwemeni kunye nobudlelwane phakathi kweyantlukwano yebhayoloji kunye nomsebenzi we-ecosystem.

Ukongeza, kunye noogxa bakhe kwisebe lakhe nakwezinye iindawo, iiRay ziphuhlisa iindlela zokwahlulwa konxweme nolwandle, ngokukodwa ngeenjongo zolondolozo, uphando kunye nokubeka iliso. IiRayi zibhale inani leencwadi, kubandakanywa enye malunga nezilwanyana zasendle zeMimandla yePolar. Ngoku basebenzela ukugqibezela uhlelo oluhlaziyiweyo lowama-2003 ULondolozo lweNxweme noLwandle: iNzululwazi kunye noMgaqo-nkqubo.  Uhlelo olutsha lwandisa inani lezifundo ze-14 kwihlabathi jikelele, libandakanya amaqabane amatsha, kwaye longeza iifoto ezinemibala.

Isekelwe kufutshane neSao Paolo, eBrazil, UMaría Amália Souza nguMlawuli oyiNtloko we-CASA – iZiko leNkxaso yeNtlalo-yeSingqongileyo www.casa.org.br, izibonelelo ezincinci kunye nenkxaso-mali yokwakha amandla exhasa imibutho esekelwe kuluntu kunye neeNGO ezincinci ezisebenza kwi-intersection yentlalo yoluntu kunye nokukhuselwa kwendalo eMzantsi Melika. Phakathi kuka-1994 no-1999 usebenze njengoMlawuli weeNkonzo zamaLungu we-APC-Association for Progressive Communications. Ukusukela ngo-2003-2005 usebenze njengosihlalo weGlobal South Task Force for Grantmakers without Borders. Ngoku ukwibhodi yeNUPEF – www.nupef.org.br. Uqhuba ishishini lakhe lokubonisana elinceda abatyali-zimali kwezentlalo-ngabanye, iziseko kunye neenkampani- ukuphuhlisa iinkqubo eziqinileyo ze-philanthropic, ukuvavanya nokuphucula esele ikho, kwaye baququzelele utyelelo lokufunda kwintsimi. Imisebenzi yangaphambili iquka ukuvavanywa kwentsebenziswano ye-AVEDA Corporation kunye noluntu lwemveli e-Brazil kunye nokulungelelaniswa kwentatho-nxaxheba yeNgxowa-mali yoThungelwano loTshintsho kuQoqosho lweHlabathi (i-FNTG) kwiiForam ezintathu zeNtlalo yeHlabathi.