Enkosi ngokwenza u-2014 ube ngunyaka omnandi elwandle!

NguMark J. Spalding, uMongameli

“Ngomntu ngamnye, silithontsi elinye. Sikunye, silulwandle.”

– Ryunosuke Satoro

Omnye wemigaqo yokuseka i-Ocean Foundation kukuba ukusebenza kunye, sinokufezekisa izinto ezimangalisayo ekuxhaseni impilo kunye nokuzinza kweelwandle. Njengoko u-2014 esondela esiphelweni, singathanda ukubulela bonke abahlobo bethu, amaqabane, kunye nabaxhasi ngegalelo labo kwizinto zonke zolwandle. Inkxaso yakho eqhubekayo ikhuthaza iinzame zethu kwihlabathi liphela zokujongana nemingeni eqhubekayo yolondolozo lolwandle. 

Siyazi ukuba ukuchukunyiswa lulwandle kufuneka kutshintshwe ngonaphakade. Khawucinge ngobuso bomntwana onyawo zakhe zihlanjwayo lelo langa lokuqala. Iilwandle zisixhasa ngeendlela ezininzi ezingabonakaliyo kwaye okwangoku, ezingenakulinganiswa, kwaye sithatha entliziyweni uxanduva lokukhusela ububele bakhe, ubuhle kunye nomlingo. 

Unyaka ka-2014 ibingunyaka omkhulu kwi-The Ocean Foundation kuba siye sabhiyozela iminyaka elishumi yethu. Iminyaka elishumi yokuzama ngempumelelo ukubuyisela umva ukutshatyalaliswa kokusingqongileyo kolwandle. Iminyaka elishumi yokusebenza ukugcina iindawo zokuhlala zaselwandle kunye neendawo ezikhethekileyo kwihlabathi jikelele. Iminyaka elishumi ngamanye amaxesha sibetha iintloko zethu kunye sikhangela izisombululo ezifanelekileyo kwiingxaki ezidla ngokubonakala zisongamela.

Kwaye sikwazile ukwenza konke ngenxa yesisa sakho.

Sijolise amandla ethu kwiindidi ezine ezikhethekileyo zenkxalabo:

1. Ukukhusela iindawo zokuhlala zaseLwandle kunye neNdawo eziKhethekileyo
2. Ukukhusela iindidi ezizikhathazayo
3. Ukwakha uluntu lwaseLwandle kunye nesakhono
4. Ukwandiswa koLwazi lokuFunda nokuBhala lwaseLwandle

Ezi ndidi zibandakanya uluhlu lweeprojekthi ukusuka kwi-Ocean Acidification kunye ne-MPAs, ukukhusela ofudo baselwandle, ookrebe kunye namahlengesi. Senze ingxowa-mali yobudlelwane “yezihlobo zeGlobal Ocean Acidification Observing Network”, ukuxhasa uphando oluyimfuneko ukulungisa lo mba unzima kakhulu. Sakhe uthungelwano olukhuthaza iinkqubo zemfundo ezahlukeneyo kunye noqeqesho oludibanisa abafundi namathuba okufunda kumazwe angaphandle kweMelika.

NgePhulo lethu lobuNkokheli baseLwandle siyaqhubeka nokuvelisa izimvo malunga nemiba evelayo kunye nezisombululo ezisebenzayo, kunye nokubonelela ngeengcebiso ebaleni. Ngo-2014 songeze iiprojekthi ezininzi ezintsha ezixhaswa ngemali ezibandakanya:

• UKwakha kwakhona ubuChule beProjekthi yokuLoba yase-US
• I-SmartFish International
• Umanyano loLwandle oluPhezulu
• I-Sonar kunye neMinenga
• Iminyaka Elahlekileyo - Iprojekthi yeMbali yoBomi bePelagic
• Ukhuselo loLwandle
• I-Ocean Courier
• Abahlobo beDelta
• Iprojekthi yeLagoon Time Book

“…Sisonke, silulwandlekazi.”

Kwaye kunye, sinokuwuqhubela phambili umsebenzi olungileyo. Ingxelo yethu yoxanduva lwemali iyathetha ngokwayo. Kuzo zonke izixhobo ezithe zaphakanyiswa ngo-2014, I-83% iye kwiinkqubo zokuxhasa ngemali.

Ngoko sicela inkxaso yenu eqhubekayo ngayo nayiphi na indlela enokwenzeka.

Nceda ucinge ngokwenza isipho kwiPhulo lobuNkokheli bethu baseLwandle namhlanje. Utyalo-mali lwakho lusigcina sisebenzela ukusombulula eyona miceli mngeni yolwandle yethu. Sonke isipho - nokuba singakanani na - senza umahluko. Impembelelo edibeneyo yobubele bakho isinika izixhobo esizidingayo ukusebenzisana kunye nokusungula izinto ezintsha, kunye nokukhuthaza kunye nokuphumeza izisombululo kwihlabathi jikelele.

Nceda nqakraza APHA ukwenza isipho sakho kwi-intanethi. Okanye, unokuqhagamshelana noNora Burke kwi-202.887.8996 okanye [imeyile ikhuselwe].

Enkosi ngokuqwalasela kwakho. Ndikunqwenelela iiholide ezimnandi kunye nabo ubathandayo kunye nonyaka omtsha onempumelelo. 

Ngokuhle okuphuma entlizweni eshushu,

Mark J. Spalding, uMongameli

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