I-Georgia Strait Alliance: uMhlobo woLwandle

NguBen Scheelk, uMdibaniso weNkqubo, iSiseko soLwandle

Cwaka. Ukuthula okumsulwa, okungangxengwanga, okuvalileyo okwenza umntu azive ngathi ukwivacuum. Leyo yimbono yam ehlala ihleli yekona encinci yeBritish Columbia's Strait yaseGeorgia ebizwa ngokufanelekileyo "Isandi Sokuchithakala."

Phakathi kweenkwenkwezi zolwandle eziluhlaza kunye ne-tangerine, izibuko elinomdla litywina elikubona ngamehlo amnyama angenayo anzulu kwaye amnyama njengeefjords zamandulo ezigudla unxweme oluhle, kwaye akukho miqobo, isandi sokuhamba, kwaye phantse zonke iimpawu kwimpucuko, ndiye ndazibona sele ndihlanjwe kukuzola—kunye neemvula rhoqo—kule ntlango inkulu yaselwandle ebudeni botyelelo lwamva nje. Amava andibeke kwinkampani esondeleyo yenye ye-The Ocean Foundation's Friends of Funds: i-Friends of Georgia Strait Alliance.

Ngaphezu kweminyaka engamashumi amabini, i I-Georgia Strait Alliance (GSA), umbutho osekelwe kwiSiqithi saseVancouver, “ibikuphela kweqela labemi eligxile ekukhuseleni imeko-bume yaselwandle kulo nakulo lonke iStrait of Georgia—indawo apho inkoliso yabemi baseBritish Columbia ihlala, isebenza yaye idlala khona.” Ngalo lonke ixesha lobukho babo, i-GSA iye yalwela ngokungadinwayo ukukhusela le paradesi ikhethekileyo yaselwandle, ifezekisa ukumiswa kokusebenza kwesalmon yasemanzini, ifuna iindlela eziphuculweyo zeshishini, ikhuthaza ukucocwa kogutyulo olungcono, ikhuthaza ukusekwa kweMimandla yeSizwe yoLondolozo lwaseLwandle, kunye nokukhokela ibhaso- iphulo lokuphumelela kwi "Green Boating."

Ukusebenzela "ukwandisa ukuqonda koluntu kunye nokuphumelela utshintsho kumgaqo-nkqubo woluntu kwimiba efana ne-pulp kunye nongcoliseko lwelindle, imingcipheko yokuchitheka kweoyile, ilahleko yendawo yokuhlala ebalulekileyo yechweba kunye nemisinga yeesalmon, iimpembelelo zokulima iisalmon kunye nesidingo sokhuseleko lwendawo yokuhlala yaselwandle," i-GSA ibaluleke kakhulu- kujongwe ukumiswa kwiinkomfa ezinkulu malunga neStrait, kunye nomxhasi kunye novulindlela kwizifundo zenzululwazi, amaphulo enkxaso, imisebenzi yobugosa, kunye namanyathelo omthetho. Ukusuka ekukhuseleni iminenga ye-orca, ukugcina ingqibelelo yale ndalo yasendle kunye nemveliso, i-GSA ikhokela iinzame zokuqinisekisa ukuba lo mthombo oxabisekileyo ugcinwa kuluntu lwabantu kunye nezilwanyana zasendle, ezihlala kule ntlango inkulu, kwizizukulwana ezizayo.

Ukususela ngo-2004, i-Ocean Foundation ibonelele ngenkxaso yenkxaso-mali kwi-Georgia Strait Alliance, enike umbutho amandla okunyusa inkxaso yerhafu exhuzulwayo kubaxhasi, iziseko zabucala, kunye nemithombo karhulumente ngaphakathi kwe-United States. Ngethuba ndihamba eBritish Columbia, ndaqhagamshelana ne-GSA emva kokuchitha iintsuku ezininzi ze-kayaking kunye neenkampu kulo lonke i-Strait ukucamngca ngamava am kwaye ndibabulele ngayo yonke imizamo yabo yokukhusela le ndawo emangalisayo. UMichelle Young, umnxibelelanisi wezezimali kulo mbutho, wavumelana nembono yam waza wavuma ukuba naye ebesoloko “eyongezelela isantya [sakhe] sokubheqa kunye nokukhwela isikhephe iDesolation Sound neGeorgia Strait.”

Njengoko izisongelo kule ecosystem ziphindaphindeka, kwaye utshintsho lwemozulu lulungele ukuguqula imijikelo ye-biogeochemical ebalulekileyo kwimpilo kunye nozinzo lwewebhu yokutya yommandla, i-Ocean Foundation iyakuvuyela ukuba nentsebenziswano eyomeleleyo kwi-Georgia Strait Alliance ukujongana nezinto ezininzi zokusingqongileyo. imiba ejongene nommandla kunye nokuphuhlisa iindlela ezisekelwe kwisayensi, eziqhutywa luluntu zokukhusela le ndawo ibalulekileyo.

Emuva eWashington DC, isiphithiphithi esilawulwayo sentlalo yasezidolophini sihlala sibonakala sivala izandi zendalo. Kodwa, xa kukhala i-sirens, izibane zemoto ziyadakumba, ubushushu obubambekayo besixeko esijikwe ngumgxobhozo buyacinezela, kwaye ulwandle lubonakala luthe qelele, ndizama ukubalekela kwindawo esemagqagaleni eBritish Columbia, apho amathontsi emvula. Yaphula inkangeleko yeglasi njengesigidi semithombo yekristale, imbonakalo ezuba ekhazimlayo yoluhlu oluselunxwemeni iyakrwempa kwisilingi yelifu eliphantsi, kwaye ekuphela kwesandi, asiyonto kwaphela.

I-Georgia Strait Alliance isebenza kunye ne-Ocean Foundation njengomnye wethu "Abahlobo beeNgxowa-mali," ubudlelwane besibonelelo esivunywe kwangaphambili esenza ukuba imibutho yamazwe ngamazwe ifune inkxaso kubaxhasi be-US. Ukufunda ngakumbi ngemodeli yeNgxowa-mali yaBahlobo kunye neNkqubo yeNkxaso yeMali kwi-Ocean Foundation, nceda usindwendwele: https://oceanfdn.org/ocean-conservation-projects/fiscal-sponsorship. Kwakhona, ukuba ukuloo ndawo, nceda uxhase i-GSA kumsitho wabo okhethekileyo ozayo, “An Evening With the Strait,” eqhubeka ngo-Oktobha 24, 2013 eVictoria, BC. Ukufumana iinkcukacha ezithe vetshe, nceda undwendwele iphepha lomsitho kwiwebhusayithi yabo:http://www.georgiastrait.org/?q=node/1147.