USuku lweeLwandle lweHlabathi: Ithuba lokukhumbula uQhagamshelwano oluNgxaki

Phawula Spalding

Ngaphambi kohambo lwam lwakutsha nje lokuya eMexico, ndibe nethamsanqa lokuthatha inxaxheba nabanye oogxa bam abacinga ngolwandle, kuquka nelungu leBhodi ye-TOF uSamantha Campbell, kwindibano yocweyo yezisombululo “Yolwandle Olukhulu” lwezisombululo. X-Ibhaso Isiseko eLos Angeles. Zininzi izinto ezintle ezenzekileyo ngaloo mini kodwa enye yazo yayiyinkuthazo yabaququzeleli bethu ukuba bagxininise kwezo zisombululo zichaphazela ezona zisongelo zolwandle, kunokujongana nengxaki enye.

Esi sisakhelo esinomdla kuba sinceda wonke umntu ukuba acinge ngokudityaniswa kwezinto ezahlukeneyo kwihlabathi lethu-umoya, amanzi, umhlaba, kunye noluntu lwabantu, izilwanyana kunye nezityalo-kunye nendlela esinokubanceda ngayo bonke baphile. Kwaye xa umntu ecinga malunga nendlela yokujongana nezisongelo ezinkulu kulwandlekazi, kuyanceda ukulihlisela kwinqanaba loluntu-kunye nokucinga malunga nexabiso lolwandle eliphindaphindwa ngokuphindaphindiweyo kwinzuzo kwiindawo zethu zonxweme, kunye neendlela ezilungileyo zokukhuthaza ezininzi- izisombululo ezinde.

Kwiminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo, i-Ocean Foundation yasekwa ukudala uluntu lwehlabathi lwabantu abanengqondo yolondolozo lolwandle. Ngokuhamba kwexesha, siye saba nethamsanqa lokwakha uluntu lwabacebisi, abaxhasi, abaphathi beprojekthi, kunye nabanye abahlobo abakhathalele ulwandle kuyo yonke indawo. Kwaye kuye kwakho intaphane yeendlela ezahlukeneyo zokuphucula ubudlelwane boluntu nolwandle ukuze luqhubeke nokubonelela ngomoya esiwuphefumlayo.

Ndaphuma kulaa ntlanganiso yaseLos Angeles ndehla ndaya eLoreto, eyona ndawo indala yamaSpanish eBaja California. Njengoko ndiphinde ndajonga ezinye zeeprojekthi esizixhase ngemali ngokuthe ngqo kunye ne-Loreto Bay Foundation yethu, ndiye ndakhunjuzwa ngendlela ezinokuthi zahluke ngayo ezo ndlela-kwaye kunzima kangakanani ukulindela oko kunokufuneka kuluntu. Enye inkqubo eqhubeka ikhula yiklinikhi ebonelela ngeenkonzo ze-neutering (kunye nezinye zempilo) kwiikati kunye nezinja-ukunciphisa inani lezinto ezilahlekileyo (kwaye ngaloo ndlela izifo, ukusebenzisana okungalunganga, njl. ulwandle, ukuhlaselwa kweentaka nezinye izilwanyana ezincinci, kunye nezinye iziphumo zokuxinana kwabemi.

FAKA IFOTO YEVET APHA

Enye iprojekthi yalungisa isakhiwo somthunzi omnye kwaye yongeza isakhiwo esincinane esongezelelweyo sesikolo ukuze abantwana bakwazi ukudlala ngaphandle nanini na. Kwaye, njengenxalenye yomzamo wethu wokwenza uphuhliso olusele luvunyelwe luzinze ngakumbi, ndiye ndavuyiswa kukubona ukuba imingrove esanceda ukuyityala ihleli eNopolo, kumazantsi edolophu endala yembali.

FAKA UMANGROVE IFOTO APHA

Ukanti enye iprojekthi yanceda Eco-Alianza endizingcayo ngokuhlala kwiBhodi yeengcebiso. I-Eco-Alianza ngumbutho ogxile kwimpilo yaseLoreto Bay kunye nepaki yelizwe yolwandle entle elele ngaphakathi. Imisebenzi yayo—kwanokuthengiswa kweyadi eyayisenzeka ngentsasa endandiyindwendwela ngayo—zonke ziyinxalenye yokudibanisa uluntu lwaseLoreto Bay kwimithombo yendalo engakholelekiyo exhomekeke kuyo, kwaye eyonwabisa abalobi, abakhenkethi, kunye nezinye iindwendwe. Kwindlu yangaphambili, baye bakha indawo elula kodwa eyilwe kakuhle apho baqhuba khona iiklasi zabantwana abaneminyaka eyi-8-12, iisampuli zamanzi zokuvavanya, iinkqubo zangokuhlwa, kunye nokudibanisa ubunkokeli bendawo.

FAKA IYARD SALE PHOTO APHA

I-Loreto yindawo enye encinci yabalobi kwiGulf yaseCalifornia, umzimba omnye wamanzi kulwandle lwethu lwehlabathi. Kodwa njengoko kunjalo kwihlabathi jikelele, Usuku lweLwandle lweHlabathi imalunga nezi nzame zincinci zokuphucula uluntu oluhlala elunxwemeni, ukufundisa malunga nobutyebi beentlobo ezahlukeneyo zobomi kumanzi olwandle akufuphi kunye nemfuneko yokulawula kakuhle, kunye nokudibanisa impilo yoluntu kunye nempilo yeelwandle. Apha kwi-The Ocean Foundation, sikulungele ukuba usixelele into ongathanda ukuyenzela iilwandlekazi.