malunga
Ifumaneka kunxweme olusemazantsi eBritish Columbia, iStrait yaseGeorgia, ingalo esemantla yoLwandle lweSalish, yenye yezona zinto zityebileyo kwindalo yaselwandle emhlabeni. Likhaya kwezinye zezona zidalwa zimangalisayo kwesi sijikelezi-langa – i-orca kunye neminenga ye-humpback, i-octopus enkulu, i-heron enkulu eluhlaza kunye ne-diver's paradise ye-sponge reefs ukukhankanya ezimbalwa.
Yindawo yobuhle obumangalisayo, eneentaba eziphakamileyo, iindawo ezikude ezikude, iziqithi ezidlamkileyo, kunye neendawo ezinamanzi amaninzi, ezigcinwe iwaka leminyaka ziZizwe zokuQala eziselunxwemeni kwaye zithandwa kwaye zithenjelwe luluntu namhlanje, ukusuka kwiilali ezincinci zesiqithi ukuya kwiziko ledolophu lesithathu ngobukhulu eCanada, iVancouver. .
Kodwa uLwandle lweSalish ngummandla osesichengeni sokukhula nokwanda kwezinto ezintsonkothileyo. Ukukhula kwabemi, ukufudukela kwabantu ezidolophini kunye nokutshintsha kwemozulu, kunye nokukhula kokungalingani kwezentlalo, kubeka uxinzelelo olwandisiweyo kuzo zombini iinkqubo zendalo kunye noluntu.
I-Georgia Strait Alliance (GSA) izinikele ekukhuseleni nasekubuyiseleni le ndawo ukuba phantse abantu abazizigidi ezisithoba kunye neentlobo zezilwanyana zaselwandle ezibizwa ngokuba yi-3000 ekhaya, kwaye oko kugcinwe ngabantu boMthonyama ukususela kwixesha elidlulileyo. Njengoko igama lethu lisitsho, umsebenzi we-GSA wakhelwe phezu kwemithetho-siseko yentsebenziswano esebenza noluntu oluhlala ngaselunxwemeni, ukwakha nokuvuselela amandla oluntu kunye nokukhuthaza inguqu yeenkqubo ngokujolisa kunye nokwenza nzulu ukhankaso lwethu kunye namaphulo okubeka ulingano nokukhokelwa luluntu. Le ndlela igxininise ekuqinisekiseni ukuba ukhuseleko oluluqilima lokusingqongileyo lukhona kwaye oorhulumente babanjelwa uxanduva ngezenzo zabo okanye ukungasebenzi kwabo kummandla woLwandle lwaseSalish.
umsebenzi
Ngokusekelwe kubulungisa bendalo esingqongileyo, sihlanganisa kwaye sixhasa intshukumo ehlangeneyo yokukhusela uLwandle lweSalish oluzele bubomi apho uluntu oluhlumayo nolunobulungisa luhlala ngokulungeleleneyo nokusingqongileyo.
Impembelelo zethu
Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-30, sisebenzisa i-advocacy, ubugosa, isenzo somthetho kunye nentsebenziswano ukwenza impembelelo kwimpilo yalo mmandla. Nantsi indlela:
Iindlela zamanzi ezinempilo - i-GSA ikhokele ekunciphiseni ukungcoliseka kwamanzi kwishishini le-pulp kunye nephepha, ugutyulo olungaphantsi kwamanzi, iikhemikhali zasekhaya, ukuchithwa kweoli, kunye nezingcoliso zokuhamba ngeenqanawa, ukushiya uLwandle lwaseSalish luhle ngakumbi kwaye lukhuselekile ukuba wonke umntu ajabule.
Iintlobo ezikhuselweyo - i-orcas yabahlali baseMazantsi, isalmon yasendle yePasifiki kunye nezinye iintlobo zezilwanyana zikhuselwe ngcono ngumthetho ophuculweyo kunye nezisongelo ezinciphileyo, enkosi kubhengezo olusemthethweni lwe-GSA, ukulawulwa kokusingqongileyo kunye nentsebenziswano yamacandelo ahlukeneyo.
Uluntu oluxhotyisiweyo - Abantu kuluntu kulo lonke ummandla banolwazi kunye nezixhobo abazidingayo ukuze banzulu ukuqonda kwabo ixabiso le-Salish Sea kwaye bathathe inyathelo ngokusebenzisa amazwi abo ukwenza i-ecosystems ibe nempilo kubantu abahlala malunga ne-Strait.
Intshukumo yemozulu yendawo - Ukutshintsha kwemozulu okubangelwa ngabantu yintlekele yehlabathi kunye neempembelelo zasekhaya kuluntu lwaseBC. I-GSA inceda abantu ukuba baqonde okwenzekayo, yintoni enokwenziwa, ngubani onoxanduva, kwaye baqonde ukuba bona ngokwabo banamandla okufikelela izisombululo ezifuneka ngamandla.