UFernando Bretos

UFernando yinzululwazi yolondolozo egxile ekuvuseleleni nasekukhuseleni iindawo zokuhlala eziselunxwemeni kunye naselwandle. Ngo-2008 weza neprojekthi yakhe, iCariMar, kwi-The Ocean Foundation's inkqubo yenkxaso mali. Uboleka amava akhe ekubuyiseleni i-coral Inyathelo leBlue Resilience, njengenxalenye yeqonga layo lokubuyisela ingca yolwandle, iimangrove kunye neekorale ngokusebenzisa izisombululo ezisekelwe kwindalo.

Ngexesha le-12 leminyaka yakhe ePhillip kunye nePatricia Frost Museum yeSayensi, wayila Amavolontiya eMyuziyam yeNdalo, okuthe ukususela ngo-2007 kubandakanyeke phezu kwe-15,000 yabahlali baseMiami ekubuyiseleni ngaphezu kwe-25 yeehektare ze-mangrove, dune, i-coral reef kunye ne-hammock yonxweme. Kwakhona uqalise iNkqubo yoLondolozo kwiNzululwazi yeFrost kwaye njengoMgcini we-Ecology wanceda ukuyila izandla kwimiboniso malunga ne-ecology yonxweme kwisakhiwo se-state-of-the-art esavulwa ngo-2017. Ngethuba e-Ocean Conservancy, walawula iNkqubo ye-Caribbean Biodiversity kunye ngo-1999 wakhokela uthotho lohambo lophando kwiSiqithi saseNavassa esathi emva konyaka sabhengezwa njengesiqhelo. Indawo yokubaleka yezilwanyana zasendle kuZwelonke nguClinton Administration.

E-TOF, uFernando ukhokela inethiwekhi yendawo ekhuselweyo yaselwandle yamazwe ngamazwe kwiGulf of Mexico ebizwa RedGolfo. Uyongamela iinzame zokukhusela izilwanyana zaselwandle ezisemngciphekweni wokuphela ezifana ne-elkhorn coral, ufudo lwaselwandle kunye ne-smalltooth sawfish kwaye usebenzisana noluntu lwabalobi abakhasayo ekwandiseni ubomi boluntu ngemigaqo-nkqubo yokuloba ephilileyo kunye nokhenketho lwendalo. Upapashe kakhulu kwiijenali zemfundo kwaye kutshanje wabhala incwadi yendalo malunga nedolophu yakhe ebizwa ngokuba yi I-Wild Miami: Phonononga iNdalo eMangalisayo kuMazantsi eFlorida. Unesidanga seMasters kwiYunivesithi yaseMiami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science kunye neBachelor's degree in biology from Oberlin College. UFernando nguMntu weSizwe kwi Iklabhu yoMhloli, i Umhloli weNational Geographic Society kunye a Umlingane woLondolozo lokuzalana.