Njengoba Inyanga Yasolwandle Isondela Ekupheleni

UJuni 8 bekuwuSuku Lomhlaba Lwezilwandle, uMongameli wamemezela ukuthi uJuni kuzoba Inyanga Yezilwandle Kazwelonke futhi abaningi kubonakala sengathi banqume ukuthi lokho kufanele kube umzamo womhlaba wonke, othatha inyanga kaJuni Yolwandle Yomhlaba. Ngokuqinisekile nginomuzwa wokuthi ngingene shí ezenzakalweni zasolwandle futhi ngijabule ngokuqhubeka nomfutho.

Ekuqaleni kwenyanga, ngangise-Todos Santos, e-Baja California Sur, eMexico, nolwandle lwami oluningi. osebenza nabo ngezimali emhlanganweni waminyaka yonke wabaxhasi abatshala imali ezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo emhlabeni jikelele. Cishe abangu-130 bethu bachitha izinsuku ezine bexoxa ngezinkinga ezihlukahlukene njengokuphepha kwabantu abasebenza ezindabeni zokongiwa kwemvelo ezintabeni ukuya emsebenzini wokuvikela isikali solwandle sezinhlangano ezifana ne-Conservacion Patagonica e-Chile nase-Argentina.

Ngesonto elilandelayo bekuyiCapitol Hill Oceans Week (CHOW), umcimbi waminyaka yonke owenziwa ngabakwa- I-National Marine Sanctuary Foundation lokho, phakathi kokunye, kufaka phakathi igala yakusihlwa ebungaza abantu abangompetha bezinkinga zolwandle. Igumbi lihlale ligcwele amaqhawe olwandle—kusukela kwabaqokiwe abangamavolontiya angu-14 kuya kuDkt. Sylvia Earle kuya kuma-Aquanauts—futhi kunemiklomelo yaminyaka yonke. Sezwa inkulumo emnandi yokwamukela evela ku-Robyn Walters, the I-Sanctuary Volunteer of the Year. Ivolontiya e- I-Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary kusukela ngo-2010, u-Robyn “ube yimpahla eyigugu, esebenza ezindimeni eziningi ezahlukene njengevolontiya: umfundisi womphakathi, umholi wemisebenzi yezemfundo yeqembu lesikole, idokodo lesikhungo sezivakashi, umhleli womhlangano, omele indawo engcwele emicimbini yokuxhumana nomphakathi, isikhulumi kanye nobambe iqhaza ohambweni lokubuka imikhomo, umqeqeshi wamavolontiya, kanye nomsizi wezokuphatha.”

U-Bill Ruckelshaus kanye no-Norman Mineta babelane ngendondo ye-Lifetime Achievement (ophumelele ngo-2011 kwaba usihlalo weBhodi yabasunguli be-TOF u-Wolcott Henry). La madoda amabili asebenza njengabanye osihlalo be-Joint Oceans Commission Initiative. Umlayezo wabo wezinhlangothi ezimbili wokuzinikela nokuzimisela egameni lolwandle olunempilo wema ngokuhluke kakhulu ohlotsheni lwenkulumompikiswano ehlukanisayo eye yanda ezindabeni zakamuva. Okumangalisayo ividiyo kukhonjisiwe inhlolokhono yabo ngokuhlanganyela.

Umklomelo wokugcina ubuye wabungaza indoda ophawu layo oluwuphawu olucabangelayo kanye nezindlela eziningi ezibhekene nezinselelo esibhekene nazo. USenator Carl Levin waseMichigan, ongumpetha weThunder Bay Marine Sanctuary, uthole indondo 2014 Umklomelo Wobuholi.

Amaseshini e-CHOW ahlanganisa izinkinga eziningi futhi afaka nenani labangane bethu nozakwethu. Ngisebenze kuphaneli yesikhathi sesidlo sasemini nelungu Lebhodi le-NMSF u-Dawn Martin no-Heather Ludemann, Isikhulu Sohlelo, i-Packard Foundation ukuze sixoxe ngendima yokusekelwa kwesisekelo ekongiweni kolwandle. Ilungu le-TOF Board of Advisors u-Barton Seaver ubeyingxenye yeseshini ngekusasa labadobi baseMelika. U-Barton ungumpheki futhi ukhonza njengoMqondisi Wohlelo Lohlelo Lokudla Okunempilo Nesimeme eSikhungweni Sezempilo Nendawo Yomhlaba Wonke, esihlala e-Harvard's School of Public Health. USophia Mendelsohn, iNhloko Yokusimama kwaJetBlue Airways ukhulume ngokubambisana kwe-TOF ne-JetBlue njengengxenye yephaneli ethi "Ukucabanga Kabusha Kwebhizinisi Njengenjwayelo Olwandle."

NgoJuni 16 nangoJuni 17, saphinde sacwila ezindabeni zolwandle, kulokhu sigxile ezisombululweni zomhlaba wonke. Unobhala uJohn Kerry kanye noMnyango Wezwe LaseMelika babize “Ulwandle lwethu” ingqungquthela eqoqe abantu abangaba ngu-500, okuhlanganisa nezinhloko zezwe, ongqongqoshe bekhabhinethi, ososayensi, abaholi bamabhizinisi nabamele ama-NGO. Ezinsukwini ezimbili, ingqungquthela ibigxile ezindikimbeni ezintathu ezinkulu: ukugcwala kwe-asidi olwandle, ukudoba okusimeme kanye nokungcoliswa kolwandle. Amalungu amaningi omphakathi we-The Ocean Foundation abekhona. UGrantee kanye nozakwabo u-Philippe Cousteau we-Earth Echo International ubeke ithoni ngamazwi akhe okuvula. I-TOF ka-Hoyt Peckham yephrojekthi yethu esingethwe I-SmartFish, wakhuluma ngokuxazulula ukudotshwa kofudu lwasolwandle eJapane, eMexico naseHawaii ngocwaningo olubambe iqhaza ngesikhathi sezixazululo zephaneli yeSustainable Fisheries.

Njengengxenye yephaneli ye-acidification yolwandle, nganikezwa ithuba lokumemezela isikhwama sethu esisha: “Abangane Be-Global Ocean Acidification Monitoring Network” ukuze sisize imiphakathi iqinisekise ukuthi siyazi ukuthi i-acidity olwandle yenzeka kuphi nokuthi inyuka nini, ukuze imiphumela yako inyuke. ingafakwa imephu kangcono, iqondwe, bese iyabhekwa. Ngiphinde ngaba nethuba lokuhlanganyela no-Sophia Mendelson, futhi, ngeseshini yokuqhuma ntambama yokugcina eyaphinda yagqamisa ukubambisana kwethu ne-JetBlue ukuze sisebenze emfucumfucwini yasolwandle e-Caribbean.

Kube nemiphumela eminingi emihle evela engqungqutheleni: UMongameli Obama umemezele ukwanda okukhulu kwezindawo ezivikelekile emanzini ase-US; UMongameli uTong waseKiribati umemezele ukuthi ukudobela inzuzo kuzovinjelwa ezweni lakhe Indawo Evikelekile yase-Phoenix Islands; Futhi izinhlangano eziningi ezahlukene zimemezele ukuzibophezela okusha kukho ukutshala empilweni yolwandle.

NgoJuni 19 kwakhululwa incwadi entsha enesihloko esithi “O Mar no Futuro de Portugal: Ciência e Visão Estratégica” (ULwandle LwasePortugal Esikhathini Esizayo: Isayensi Nombono Wamasu) eLisbon, eyayihlanganisa nesahluko sami esithi “Indima yePortugal e. ikusasa lokubambisana kweTrans-Atlantic ne-US."

Ngomhla zingama-24 kuJuni, i- I-Global Oceans Commission imemezele lokho ekutholile ngemuva kwezinyanga eziyi-18 zocwaningo lolwandle lomhlaba wonke kanye nesidingo salo. Iholwa ngokubambisana nguJosé María Figueres, owayenguMongameli waseCosta Rica, iKhomishana yasungulwa ukuze yenze izincomo zezombangazwe kanye nezobuchwepheshe ezinokwenzeka zesikhathi esifushane, esimaphakathi nesikhathi eside ukuze kubhekwane nezindaba ezine ezibalulekile ezibhekene nolwandle oluphakeme:
▪ ukudoba ngokweqile
▪ Ukulahlekelwa okukhulu kwendawo yokuhlala kanye nezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo
 Ukuntuleka kokuphatha okusebenzayo kanye nokuqiniswa komthetho
▪ ukushiyeka ekubuseni kolwandle olukhulu

Emcimbini owawuse-Ocean Hall ye-American Museum of Natural History I New York, sihlangene ukuze sizwe ngombiko wokugcina we-Global Ocean Commission kanye neziphakamiso. Iforamu yesithathu yaminyaka yonke yePlastiki yenzeka eNew York ngosuku olulandelayo. I-Plasticity Forum isekelwe esisekelweni sokuthi “njalo ngonyaka kukhiqizwa amathani ayizigidi ezingu-280 epulasitiki emhlabeni wonke, kodwa izilinganiso zisikisela ukuthi amaphesenti ayishumi kuphela unyaka ngamunye agaywa kabusha. Ukubamba le mfucumfucu kuveza ithuba lebhizinisi elibalulekile nelingasetshenziswanga, njengoba kwenza ukuklanywa kabusha kokupakisha, kanye nenqubo yokucabanga emayelana nokudala imfucuza.” I-Plasticity Forum yethula imibono futhi ivula izingxoxo zokuthi ungayisebenzisa kanjani le nto ngezindlela ezintsha, kokubili "pre" kanye "nokuthumela" ukusetshenziswa kwabathengi. Le ngxoxo ibaluleke kakhulu uma kukhulunywa ngenselelo yokunciphisa imfucumfucu yasolwandle kanye nenkinga ekhulayo yamapulasitiki olwandle.

Inyanga yolwandle ayanele. Lapha e-The Ocean Foundation, sikholelwa ukuthi zonke izinsuku kufanele kube wusuku esizenzela lona ulwandle. Hlanganyela nathi ekusekeleni labo abanikela izinsuku zabo empilweni yolwandle.