UGqr Roger Payne

Siyazilela ukulahlekelwa nguRoger Searle Payne (1935-1983) isiluleko sakhe kunye nobulumko bakhe babubaluleke kakhulu kwi-The Ocean Foundation. Ilungu eliseka iBhodi yabaCebisi be-TOF, uRoger wayedume ngokufunyanwa kwengoma yomnenga ngo-1967 phakathi kweminenga ye-humpback. URoger kamva waba ngumntu obalulekileyo kwiphulo lehlabathi lonke lokuphelisa ukurhweba ngeminenga. Ngo-1971, uRoger waseka i-Ocean Alliance, eyayiliqabane lokuqala kunye ne-TOF ekuhloleni ingxaki yehlabathi ye-toxins kwiminenga. U-Payne ufumene i-United Nations Environment Programme ye-Global 500 Award (1988) kunye ne-MacArthur genius award (1984) phakathi kwamanye amabhaso ophando lwakhe. Uya kukhunjulwa kakhulu ngabo bonke abasebenza naye ukwenza ulwandle lube yindawo enempilo ngakumbi yokondla iminenga kunye nabo bonke ubomi emanzini alo.