I-Ocean Foundation yamkelwe njengoMbutho oNgekho phantsi kukarhulumente oVunyiweyo kwiNgqungquthela ye-UNESCO yowama-2001 yoKhuseleko lweLifa leMveli leNkcubeko phantsi kwamanzi.

WASHINGTON, DC, nge-22 kaJuni 2023 –  I-Ocean Foundation (TOF) inebhongo ukwazisa ukuba ivunyiwe njenge-NGO eVunyiweyo ukuba INgqungquthela ye-UNESCO yowama-2001 yoKhuseleko lweLifa leMveli leNkcubeko phantsi kwamanzi (UCH). Ukulawulwa yi-UNESCO - uMbutho weZizwe eziManyeneyo wezeMfundo, iNzululwazi kunye neNkcubeko - iNgqungquthela ijolise ekunikeni ixabiso eliphezulu kwilifa lenkcubeko elingaphantsi kwamanzi, njengoko ukhuseleko kunye nokugcinwa kwezinto zembali kuvumela ulwazi olungcono kunye nokuxabisa inkcubeko yangaphambili, imbali kunye nesayensi. Ukuqonda nokugcina ilifa lenkcubeko yangaphantsi kwamanzi, ifa lemveli elisengozini ngakumbi, kukwasinceda ukuba siqonde utshintsho lwemozulu kunye nokunyuka kwamaqondo olwandle.

Ichazwa “njengayo yonke imikhondo yobukho bomntu benkcubeko, imbali okanye indalo yenzululwazi yezinto zakudala ezathi, ubuncinci iminyaka eli-100, ziye zantywiliselwa ngokuyinxenye okanye ngokupheleleyo, ngamaxesha athile okanye ngokusisigxina, phantsi kweelwandle nasemachibini nasemilanjeni”, ilifa lenkcubeko eliphantsi kwamanzi. ijongene nezoyikiso ezininzi, kubandakanywa kodwa kungaphelelanga apho imigodi enzulu yolwandle, yaye Lokuloba, phakathi eminye imisebenzi.

ISivumelwano sibongoza amazwe ukuba athathe onke amanyathelo afanelekileyo ukukhusela ilifa lemveli eliphantsi kwamanzi. Ngokuthe ngqo, ibonelela ngesakhelo esibophelelayo esisemthethweni samaQela aMazwe malunga nendlela yokuchonga ngcono, ukuphanda nokukhusela ilifa lawo eliphantsi kwamanzi ngelixa liqinisekisa ukulondolozwa kunye nozinzo.

Njenge-NGO eVunyiweyo, i-Ocean Foundation iya kuthatha inxaxheba ngokusemthethweni kumsebenzi weentlanganiso njengabakhi-mkhanyo, ngaphandle kwelungelo lokuvota. Oku kusivumela ukuba sinikezele ngokusesikweni ngakumbi zomthetho ngamazwe kwaye zobugcisa ubungcali kwiZiko leeNgcebiso zobuNzululwazi nobuChwepheshe (STAB) kunye namaQela eLizwe eliLungu njengoko eqwalasela amanyathelo awohlukeneyo okukhusela nokugcina ilifa lenkcubeko eliphantsi kwamanzi. Le mpumelelo yomeleza amandla ethu onke okuqhubela phambili ngokuqhuba kwethu sebenza kwi-UCH.

Uqinisekiso olutsha lulandela ubudlelwane obufanayo be-TOF kunye namanye amaqonga ezizwe ngezizwe, kuquka Abasemagunyeni behlabathi abaSebenza elwandle, i INdibano yeZizwe eziManyeneyo yokusiNgqongileyo (ngokukodwa uthethathethwano lweSivumelwano sePlastiki yeGlobal), kunye ne Ingqungquthela yaseBasel kuLawulo lweNkunkuma eNqatshelwe imida yeNkunkuma eyiNgozi kunye nokuLahlwa kwazo. Esi saziso silandela emva kweUnited States yakutshanje isigqibo sokujoyina i-UNESCO ngoJulayi 2023, inyathelo esiliqhwabela izandla kwaye sizimisele ukulixhasa.

Malunga ne-Ocean Foundation

Njengokuphela kwesiseko soluntu solwandle, i-Ocean Foundation (TOF)'s 501(c)(3) injongo kukuxhasa, ukomeleza, nokukhuthaza loo mibutho ezinikele ekubuyiseleni umva umkhwa wokutshatyalaliswa kokusingqongileyo kolwandle kwihlabathi jikelele. Igxininisa ubuchule bayo obuhlangeneyo kwizinto ezisongelayo ezivelayo ukwenzela ukuvelisa izisombululo ezibukhali kunye nezicwangciso ezingcono zokuphunyezwa. I-Ocean Foundation yenza amalinge enkqubo engundoqo yokulwa ukuguquguquka kweasidi yolwandle, ukuqhubela phambili ukomelela okuluhlaza, ukujongana nongcoliseko lweplastiki yolwandle lwehlabathi, kunye nokuphuhlisa ulwazi lolwandle kwiinkokeli zemfundo yaselwandle. Ikwaphethe iiprojekthi ezingaphezulu kwama-55 kumazwe angama-25.

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