Ileta evela kuMongameli

Ileta evela kuMark J. Spalding, uMongameli we-Ocean Foundation

Xa ndimi ecaleni kolwandle, ndiphinda ndiphenjelelwe bubugqi bakhe. Ndiyaqonda ukuba ukutsalwa okunzulu okungaqondakaliyo komoya wam kumda wamanzi kuhlala kukho.

Ndilangazelela isanti ephakathi kweenzwane zam, ukuchaphaza kwamanzi ebusweni bam, kunye noqweqwe lwetyuwa eyomileyo eluswini lwam. Ndomelezwa livumba lomoya onuka ulwandle, kwaye ndiyabhiyozela indlela ukuhlala elwandle kuyitshintsha ngayo ingqondo yam ukusuka emsebenzini ukuya ekudlaleni. 

Ndiyaphumla ... ndibukele amaza ...

Kwaye xa kufuneka ndihambe, ndiphupha ngokubuya.

Lushwankathelo lwezo mvakalelo ezandikhokelela ekubeni ndiqalise umsebenzi wam wokulondoloza ulwandle kwaye ndiqhubeke nokundikhuthaza kumashumi eminyaka kamva. Ukuba kufutshane nolwandle kufaka ukuzinikela ngokutsha ekuphuculeni ubudlelwane bethu bobuntu kunye naye - ukuphumeza utshintsho olujika ubungozi lube kokulungileyo.

Kulo nyaka uwodwa, ndithathe iinqwelomoya ezingama-68, ndagubungela iimayile ezingama-77,000, ndandwendwela amazwe amatsha amane, kunye nesixeko esinye esitsha. Phambi kokuba uphefumle, ndiyayicima ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni yam kubo bonke abahamba kunye negalelo kwisisombululo esiluhlaza-i-SeaGrass Khula. 

Ndilufumene ulwandle kulo nyaka ngeendlela ezininzi ezahlukeneyo: kwikhuselo elimhlophe lesiphango sekhephu, umphezulu ogqunywe yi-sargassum eluhlaza, ngokumangalisayo kwinkungu edumileyo yaseSan Francisco ezinyaweni zekati, nakwindawo ephakamileyo yebhotwe lasebukhosini elijonge. iMeditera. Ndibone umkhenkce uqukuqela ujikeleze iBoston, umenyezelayo iturquoise usuka kwicatamaran kwiCaribbean, nakwindawo enamagqabi eeucalyptus kunye nepines kunxweme lwam endiluthandayo lwaseCalifornia.

Uhambo lwam lubonisa inkxalabo yam ngobugosa bethu njengoko sizabalazela ukuqonda iingxaki ezithile kwaye sisebenzela ukuzilungisa. Silahlekelwa yiVaquita Porpoise (engaphantsi kwe-100 eseleyo), sisasaza inkunkuma yeplastiki elwandle ngaphandle kweempumelelo zethu zokuvala iingxowa zeplastiki kunye neebhotile, kwaye ukuthembela kwethu kumandla awenziwe ngamafutha efosili kuqhubeka ukuguqula ulwandle lwethu lube neasidi ngakumbi. Siloba intabalala yolwandle, sakha kakhulu elunxwemeni lwayo, kwaye asilungiselelanga isijikelezi-langa esinemiphefumlo eyi-10 lamawaka ezigidi.

Ubungakanani bezinto ezifunekayo zifuna zombini izenzo ezihlangeneyo kunye nokuzinikela komntu ngamnye, kunye nentando yezopolitiko kunye nokulandela ukuphunyezwa.
 
Ndiyayibulela into endinokuyenza kuMother Ocean. Ndisebenza kwiibhodi ezininzi zonke zisebenza ukwenza izigqibo ezifanelekileyo kulwandle lwethu (iSurfrider Foundation, iBlue Legacy International, kunye neConfluence Philanthropy). NdinguMkomishinala weKomishoni yoLwandle lwaseSargasso, kwaye ndiqhuba ezimbini ezingenzi nzuzo, i-SeaWeb kunye ne-Ocean Foundation. Sicebisa ingxowa-mali yotyalo-mali yokuqala yolwandle, i-Rockefeller Ocean Strategy, kwaye yenze inkqubo yokuqala ye-carbon offset, i-SeaGrass Grow. Ndabelana ngexesha kunye nolwazi kunye nabo bafuna ukwenza indima yabo elwandle. Ndiyayiphepha iplastiki, ndiphakamisa imali, ndiphakamisa ulwazi, ndenza uphando, kwaye ndiyabhala.   

Ndijonge ngasemva ngo-2015 kwaye ndibona impumelelo yolwandle:

• Isivumelwano esiyimbali ngentsebenziswano yaseCuba-USA kulondolozo lwaselwandle nophando
• IGreater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary iphindwe kabini ngobukhulu,
• Iprojekthi yethu ye-High Seas Alliance idlale indima yobunkokeli ekwenzeni nasekukhuthazeni isisombululo esamkelwa yiNgqungquthela yeZizwe eziManyeneyo ukuze siphuhlise isivumelwano esitsha esibophelela ngokusemthethweni ukuze kugcinwe ubomi baselwandle ngaphaya kwamanzi elizwe.
• UMthetho wokuNyanzeliswa kokuLoba ngokungekho mthethweni, ongaxelwanga, nongalawulwayo (IUU) wowama-2015 watyikitywa waba ngumthetho.
• IMexico ithatha inyathelo lokucothisa iVaquita yokubambisa

Siyaqhubeka nokujolisa kwiinzame zethu ekwenzeni ngcono ngolwandle kunye nobomi abuphilayo – kuquka nobethu.

Thina kwi-Ocean Foundation sizinikele ekuqulunqeni imibono kunye nokuvelisa izisombululo zokuxhasa ulwandle. Siyazibophelela ukuba sikhuthaze abanye ukuba basidibanise nokuqinisekisa iilwandle ezisempilweni kwisizukulwana sangoku nakwabo balandelayo. 

Singakwazi kwaye siza kwenza okungakumbi kunyaka ozayo. Asinakulinda ukuba siqalise.

Iholide ezimnandi!

Ngamana ulwandle lungahlala entliziyweni yakho,

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Icatshulwe okanye iguqulwe kwiSkyfaring nguMark Vanhoenacker

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