INgxelo kaMongameli ka-2006

Bahlobo abathandekayo be-Ocean Foundation,

Ndisandula ukubuya kuhambo oluya kwinkomfa yeSocial Ventures Network eKennebunkport, eMaine. Abantu abangaphezu kwe-235 abavela kumacandelo ahlukeneyo-ebhanki, iteknoloji, i-non-profit, i-venture capital, iinkonzo kunye norhwebo - bahlanganisene ukuze bathethe malunga nendlela yokunyamekela abasebenzi, ukukhusela iplanethi, ukwenza inzuzo kunye nokuzonwabisa ngelixa usenza. yonke into. Njengelungu elisandula ukwamkelwa leqela, ndandilapho ukuze ndibone ukuba umsebenzi we-Ocean Foundation wokuqinisekisa uzinzo lwexesha elide kunye nenkxaso yobutyebi boluntu nendalo kwimimandla engaselunxwemeni unokuhambelana nomkhwa woshishino “oluhlaza” kunye nezicwangciso zophuhliso.

NgoMatshi, siye saya emazantsi eBelize enelanga ukuya kwiNtlanganiso yaminyaka le yeeNgxowa-mali zaseLwandle e-Ambergris Caye. Le ntlanganiso yonyaka iveki yonke isingathwe liQela lokuNxibelelana ngeBiological Diversity kwaye yasekwa ngusihlalo osungula i-TOF, u-Wolcott Henry kwaye ngoku uququzelele ilungu lebhodi ye-TOF, u-Angel Braestrup. I-CGBD liqumrhu elixhasa umsebenzi wesiseko kwinkalo yolondolozo lwezityalo nezilwanyana ezohlukeneyo, kwaye lisebenza njengendawo yonxibelelwano kumalungu ayo.

Ngenxa yobume obumandundu beMesoamerican Reef kunye nabaxhasi abahlanu baselwandle1 abatyale imali kulo mmandla, iCGBD yakhetha iBelize njengendawo ye2006 yentlanganiso yayo yonyaka yokuhlanganisa abaxhasi bemali baselwandle abavela kulo lonke ilizwe ukuze baxoxe ngentsebenziswano yabaxhasi kunye neyona miba icinezelayo echaphazela ulwandle lwethu oluxabisekileyo. i-ikhosistim. I-Ocean Foundation ibonelele ngemathiriyeli yemvelaphi yale ntlanganiso kunyaka wesibini olandelelanayo. Okuqukiweyo kwezi zixhobo yayiyimagazini ka-Aprili ka-2006 ka-Mother Jones ebonisa isimo solwandle lwethu kunye nomfundi onamaphepha angama-500 oveliswe yi-Ocean Foundation.

Ngeveki yokuxoxa ngayo yonke into phantsi kwelanga lolondolozo lwaselwandle, iintsuku zethu bezizele ziintetho ezifundisayo kunye neengxoxo ezidlamkileyo malunga nezisombululo kunye neengxaki thina, njengoluntu lwaselwandle olufumana inkxaso-mali, kufuneka sizisombulule. Usihlalo oncedisayo uHerbert M. Bedolfe (iMarisla Foundation) uvule intlanganiso ngenqaku elakhayo. Njengenxalenye yentshayelelo yomntu wonke, umntu ngamnye owayesegumbini wacelwa ukuba achaze ukuba kutheni evuka ekuseni aye emsebenzini. Iimpendulo zazahluka ukusuka kwiinkumbulo ezimnandi zobuntwana zokutyelela ulwandle ukuya ekulondolozeni ikamva labantwana nabazukulwana babo. Kwezi ntsuku zintathu zilandelayo, sizamile ukujongana nemibuzo yezempilo yolwandle, yeyiphi imiba efuna inkxaso engakumbi, kwaye yeyiphi inkqubela eyenziwayo.

Intlanganiso yalo nyaka ibonelele ngohlaziyo kwimiba emine engundoqo yentlanganiso yalo nyaka uphelileyo: uLawulo lweeLwandle eziPhakamileyo, uMgaqo-nkqubo wezokuLoba/weeNtlanzi, ukuLondolozwa kweeReef zeCoral, kunye neeLwandle noTshintsho lweMozulu. Iphele ngeengxelo ezintsha malunga nentsebenziswano enokubakho yokuxhasa ngemali ukuxhasa umsebenzi kuShishino lwaMazwe ngaMazwe, iCoral Curio kunye noRhwebo lweAquarium, iZilwanyana ezanyisayo zaseLwandle, kunye neAquaculture. Ngokuqinisekileyo, siye sagxila kwi-Mesoamerican reef kunye nemingeni yokuqinisekisa ukuba iyaqhubeka nokubonelela ngeendawo zokuhlala eziphilileyo zezilwanyana, izityalo kunye noluntu oluxhomekeke kuyo. I-ajenda epheleleyo yentlanganiso iya kufumaneka kwiwebhusayithi ye-Ocean Foundation.
Ndibe nethuba lokuzisa iqela ngokumalunga nenani elikhulu ledatha entsha kunye nophando oluye lwavela kwimpembelelo yokutshintsha kwemozulu kwiilwandle ukusukela kwintlanganiso yasemanzini kaFebruwari 2005. Siphinde sakwazi ukugqamisa umsebenzi oxhaswa yi-TOF e-Alaska, apho umkhenkce wolwandle kunye ne-polar ice caps iyanyibilika, ibangela ukunyuka kolwandle kunye nokulahleka kweendawo zokuhlala. Kuya kucaca ngakumbi ukuba abaxhasi bemali yolondolozo lwaselwandle kufuneka basebenzisane ukuqinisekisa ukuba siyayixhasa imizamo yokujongana nefuthe lokutshintsha kwemozulu kwimithombo yolwandle ngoku.

Ukujoyina i-CGBD Marine Funders minyaka le bayamenywa izithethi zeendwendwe ezivela kuluntu lwaselwandle oluzisa iintetho kunye nokwabelana ngolwazi lwabo ngokungekho sikweni. Izithethi zeendwendwe zalo nyaka zibandakanya abane abafumana i-TOF's stellar granted: uChris Pesenti wePro Peninsula, uChad Nelsen weSurfrider Foundation, uDavid Evers weBiodiversity Research Institute, kunye noJohn Wise weZiko leMaine leToxicology kunye neMpilo yokuSingqongileyo.

Kwimiboniso eyahlukeneyo, uGqr. Wise kunye noGqr. Evers babonise iziphumo zabo kuhlalutyo lwaselabhorethri yeesampulu zeminenga eziqokelelwe ngomnye umntu onikwe isibonelelo se-TOF, i-Ocean Alliance "kwiVoyage of the Odyssey." Amanqanaba aphezulu echromium kunye nemercury afunyanwa kwiisampulu zethishu yomnenga ezivela kwiilwandle kwihlabathi liphela. Umsebenzi omninzi usasele ukuhlalutya iisampulu ezongezelelweyo kunye nokuphanda ngemithombo enokubakho yezinto ezingcolisayo, ngakumbi ichromium ekusenokwenzeka ukuba yayiyityhefu ehamba emoyeni, kwaye ke inokuthi ibeke ezinye izilwanyana eziphefumla umoya, kubandakanya nabantu, emngciphekweni kulo mmandla. . Kwaye, siyavuya ukunika ingxelo yokuba iiprojekthi ezintsha ngoku ziyaqhubeka ngenxa yentlanganiso:

• Ukuvavanya i-cod stocks ye-Atlantic ye-mercury kunye ne-chromium
• UJohn Wise uza kusebenza kunye nePro Peninsula ukuphuhlisa imigca yeeseli zeemfudo zaselwandle ukuthelekisa kunye nokuvavanya iifudo zaselwandle zasendle zechromium kunye nezinye izinto ezingcolisayo.
• I-Surfrider kunye ne-Pro Peninsula banokusebenzisana e-Baja kwaye baxoxe ngokusebenzisa iimodeli zabanye kwezinye iindawo zehlabathi.
• Ukwenza imephu impilo yechweba kunye nongcoliseko oluchaphazela ulwalwa lwaseMesoamerican
• UDavid Evers uzakube esebenza ekuvavanyeni i-whale sharks kunye ne-reef fish ye-Mesoamerican reef ye-mercury njengenkuthazo yokuyeka ukuloba ngokugqithisileyo kwezi zitokhwe.

Ulwandle lwaseMesoamerican lunqumla imida yamazwe amane, nto leyo eyenza ukunyanzeliswa kwemimandla ekhuselweyo yaselwandle kube nzima kubantu baseBelize abathe gqolo besilwa nabazingeli abangekho mthethweni abavela eGuatemala, eHonduras naseMexico. Nangona kunjalo, nge-15% nje kuphela i-coral coverage eseleyo ngaphakathi kwe-Mesoamerican reef, ukhuseleko kunye neenzame zokubuyisela zibalulekile. Izoyikiso kwiinkqubo zolwalwa zibandakanya: amanzi afudumeleyo atshiza iikorale; ukwanda kokhenketho olusekelwe elwandle (ingakumbi iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa kunye nophuhliso lweehotele); ukuzingela ookrebe kubalulekile kwi-ecosystem yolwalwa, kunye nophuhliso lwerhasi ye-oyile, nolawulo olulambathayo lwenkunkuma, ngakumbi ilindle.

Esinye sezizathu ezabangela ukuba iBelize ikhethelwe ukuba sibe nentlanganiso yimithombo yolwandle kunye nemigudu ekudala ibakhusela. Intando yezopolitiko yokukhusela ibiqina ngakumbi apho kuba uqoqosho lwaseBelize beluxhomekeke kukhenketho lwendalo, ngakumbi kwabo beze kunandipha uqaqa oluyinxalenye yommandla weekhilomitha ezingama-700 weMesoamerican Reef. Ukanti, iBelize kunye nemithombo yayo yendalo ijongene nenguqu njengoko iBelize iphuhlisa imithombo yayo yamandla (isiba ngumthengisi weoli kumazwe angaphandle ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka) kwaye ushishino lwezolimo lunciphisa ukuxhomekeka koqoqosho kukhenketho lwendalo. Ngelixa ukwahlukana koqoqosho kubalulekile, okubaluleke ngokulinganayo kukugcina imithombo yobutyebi etsala abatyeleli abaphembelela inxalenye esele igqugqisile kuqoqosho, ingakumbi kwimimandla engaselunxwemeni. Ke ngoko, seva ngabantu abaninzi abamsebenzi wabo wobomi unikezelwe kulondolozo lwezixhobo zaselwandle eBelize nakunxweme lwaseMesoamerican Reef.

Ngosuku lokugqibela, yayingabaxhasi bezimali kuphela, kwaye sichithe imini simamele oogxa bethu becebisa ngamathuba entsebenziswano ekuxhaseni iiprojekthi ezilungileyo zolondolozo lwaselwandle.
NgoJanuwari, i-TOF iye yabamba intlanganiso yeqela elisebenzayo le-coral reef malunga nempembelelo ye-coral curio kunye norhwebo lwe-aquarium, ukuthengiswa kweentlanzi eziphila kwi-reef kunye namaqhekeza e-curio (umzekelo, ubucwebe be-coral, amaqokobhe olwandle, amahashe olwandle afileyo kunye ne-starfish). Isishwankathelo sale ntlanganiso sanikezelwa nguDkt. Barbara Best we-USAID owagxininisa ukuba uphando luqala nje kwimpembelelo yorhwebo lwe-curio kwaye kukho ukungabikho kobugqwetha bezomthetho malunga neekorale. Ngokubambisana nabanye abaxhasi, i-Ocean Foundation yandisa uphando malunga nempembelelo yorhwebo lwe-coral curio kwiingqaqa kunye noluntu oluxhomekeke kubo.

Mna noHerbert Bedolfe siye sazisa eli qela malunga nomsebenzi owenziwayo ukulungisa izinto ezingabonakaliyo ezisongela izilwanyana zaselwandle. Ngokomzekelo, izinto ezenziwa ngabantu zibangela ukuphazamiseka kwesandi, nto leyo ebangela, ukwenzakala nokufa kwiminenga nezinye izilwanyana zaselwandle.

I-Angel Braestrup yazisa iqela ngokukhawuleza kuphuhliso lwakutsha nje kumsebenzi wokujongana nempembelelo ye-aquaculture kumanzi onxweme kunye noluntu lonxweme. Ukwanda kwemfuno yokutya kwaselwandle kunye nokuncipha kwemfuyo yasendle kuye kwakhokelela ekubeni i-aquaculture ijongwe njengento enokubakho isiqabu kwizitokhwe zasendle kunye nomthombo weprotein onokubakho kumazwe asakhasayo. Abaxhasi bemali abaliqela basebenzela ukuxhasa iinzame zentsebenziswano ukukhuthaza imigangatho engqongqo yokusingqongileyo kuyo nayiphi na indawo yasemanzini, ukusebenza ukunciphisa ukulima kweentlanzi ezitya inyama (iintlanzi ezifuywayo ezitya iintlanzi zasendle azinciphisi uxinzelelo kwimfuyo yasendle),kunye nokwenza ukuba imveliso yasemanzini iphile ngokwesithembiso sayo njengomthombo ozinzileyo weprotheyini.

Ukususela ekusekweni kwayo ngaphezu kweminyaka eyi-10 edlulileyo, iQela eliSebenzayo leMarines ligxininise ukwakha uthungelwano lwabaxhasi bemali yolondolozo lwaselwandle olwabelana ngeengcamango, ulwazi, kwaye mhlawumbi kubaluleke kakhulu, lusebenzisa amandla okubambisana kwabaxhasi ukuxhasa intsebenziswano, unxibelelwano kunye nokubambisana. Ekuhambeni kwexesha, kuye kwakho inkitha yentsebenziswano yokuxhasa ngemali esesikweni nengekho sikweni ukuxhasa imimandla ethile yolondolozo lwaselwandle, ngokufuthi ukuphendula kwiinkxalabo zomthetho okanye zolawulo.

Kulula ukuphulaphula zonke iindaba ezimbi kwezi ntlanganiso kwaye uzibuze ukuba yintoni eseleyo yokwenza. Inkukhu encinci ibonakala inenqaku. Kwangaxeshanye, abaxhasi ngezimali kunye nababonisi bonke bakholelwa ukuba kuninzi okunokwenziwa. Isiseko esikhulayo sezenzululwazi senkolelo yokuba i-ecosystems enempilo iyasabela kwaye ilungelelanise ngcono ixesha elifutshane (umz. itsunami okanye i-2005 yenkanyamba) kunye neempembelelo zexesha elide (i-El Niño, ukutshintsha kwemozulu) zincede ukugxila kwizicwangciso zethu. Oku kunokubandakanya iinzame zokukhusela ubutyebi baselwandle ekuhlaleni, ukumisela inkqubo-sikhokelo yengingqi yokuqinisekisa impilo yoluntu elunxwemeni—emhlabeni nasemanzini, kunye neenjongo zomgaqo-nkqubo obanzi (umz. ukuvalwa okanye ukunciphisa imikhwa yokuloba eyonakalisayo nokujongana nemithombo yesinyithi esinzima esifumaneka kwiminenga. kunye nezinye iintlobo). Ukukhapha ezi zicwangciso yimfuneko eqhubekayo yonxibelelwano olusebenzayo kunye neenkqubo zemfundo kuwo onke amanqanaba kunye nokuchonga nokuxhasa ngemali uphando lokunceda ekuyilweni kwezi njongo.

Sayishiya iBelize sinolwazi olwandisiweyo ngemingeni kwaye siwaxabisa amathuba asizayo.

Kwiilwandlekazi,
Mark J. Spalding, uMongameli