Sethula Amalungu Ebhodi Elisha Labeluleki (2 kwabangu-3)

Ngu-Angel Braestrup — USihlalo, Ibhodi Labeluleki Le-TOF

Ibhodi ligunyaze ukunwetshwa Kwebhodi Labeluleki emhlanganweni walo wekwindla edlule. Eposini lethu eledlule, sethule amalungu amasha amahlanu okuqala. Namuhla sethula abanye abantu abahlanu abengeziwe abazinikele abavumile ukujoyina ngokusemthethweni i-The Ocean Foundation ngale ndlela ekhethekile. Amalungu Ebhodi Labeluleki avuma ukwabelana ngobuchwepheshe bawo ngendlela edingekayo. Bavuma futhi ukufunda amabhulogi e-The Ocean Foundation futhi bavakashele iwebhusayithi ukuze basisize siqinisekise ukuthi sihlala sinembile futhi sifika ngesikhathi ekwabelaneni kwethu ngolwazi. Bajoyina abanikeli abazinikele, abaholi bephrojekthi kanye nohlelo, amavolontiya, kanye nezibonelelo ezakha umphakathi oyi-The Ocean Foundation.

Abeluleki bethu bayiqembu labantu elihanjwa kabanzi, elinolwazi, futhi elicabanga ngokujulile. Lokhu kusho ukuthi nabo bamatasa kakhulu. Asikwazi ukubonga ngokwanele kubo, ngamagalelo abo enhlalakahleni yomhlaba wethu, kanye nase-The Ocean Foundation.

Barton Seaver, OweCod & Country. Washington, DC  Umpheki, umbhali, isikhulumi kanye ne-National Geographic Fellow, u-Barton Seaver usemkhankasweni wokubuyisela ubudlelwano bethu nolwandle, umhlaba kanye nomunye nomunye—ngesidlo sakusihlwa. Ukholelwa ukuthi ukudla kuyindlela ebalulekile yokuthi sixhumane nemvelo, abantu namasiko omhlaba wethu. U-Seaver uhlola lezi timu ngokusebenzisa amaresiphi anempilo, alungele iplanethi encwadini yakhe yokuqala, OkweCod & Country (Sterling Epicure, 2011), futhi njengomsingathi wochungechunge lwe-National Geographic Web Cook-Wise kanye nochungechunge lwe-Ovation TV olunezingxenye ezintathu Ukufuna Ukudla. U-Seaver othweswe iziqu e-Culinary Institute of America kanye nompheki ophethe kwezinye zezindawo zokudlela ezidume kakhulu e-DC, u-Seaver waziwa ngokuzinikela kwakhe kukhwalithi, ukusungula izinto ezintsha kanye nokusimama. Ngokwindla ka-2011 i-StarChefs.com yethule u-Barton “Indondo Yokusungula Komphakathi,” njengoba kuvotelwe abapheki abangaphezu kwe-1,000 nabaholi bezokupheka emhlabeni wonke. U-Seaver usebenza ngezindaba zolwandle ne-National Geographic's Oceans Initiative ukuze akhulise ukuqwashisa futhi akhuthaze isenzo.

Lisa Genasci

Isikhulu esiphezulu se-ADM Capital Foundation. i-Hong Kong  U-Lisa Genasci uyi-CEO nomsunguli we-ADM Capital Foundation (ADMCF), eyasungulwa eminyakeni emihlanu edlule kubalingani bomphathi wokutshalwa kwezimali ozinze e-Hong Kong. Njengoba inabasebenzi abayisishiyagalombili, i-ADMCF ihlinzeka ngokusekela kwezinye zezingane zase-Asia ezazinganakwa kakhulu futhi isebenza ukulwa nezinselele zemvelo ezingaguquki. I-ADMCF yakhe izinhlelo ezintsha ezibandakanya ukwesekwa okuphelele kwezingane zasemijondolo nezitaladi, amanzi, ukungcoliswa komoya, ukugawulwa kwamahlathi nokongiwa kolwandle. Ngaphambi kokusebenza emkhakheni ongenzi nzuzo, uLisa uchithe iminyaka eyishumi e-Associated Press, emithathu njengomlobi ozinze eRio de Janeiro, emithathu edeskini lakwamanye amazwe le-AP eNew York futhi emine njengentatheli yezezimali. U-Lisa uneziqu ze-BA nge-High Honours azithola e-Smith College kanye ne-LLM kuMthetho Wamalungelo Abantu azithola eNyuvesi yase-Hong Kong.

Toni Frederick uyintatheli ewine imiklomelo yaseCaribbean kanye noMhleli Wezindaba ozinze e-St. Kitts nase-Nevis. Isazi semivubukulo ngokuqeqeshwa, intshisekelo ka-Toni yamashumi eminyaka ekulondolozweni kwamagugu ngokwemvelo yaguqukela ekubeni nothando lokongiwa kwemvelo. Eyengelwa ukuba asebenze ngokugcwele emsakazweni eminyakeni eyishumi edlule, u-Toni usebenzise isikhundla sakhe njengomsakazi ukuze aqwashise ngezindaba zemvelo ngezinhlelo, izici, izingxenye zenhlolokhono kanye nezindaba. Izindawo zakhe ezithakaselayo kakhulu wukuphathwa kwamanzi, ukuguguleka kogu, ukuvikelwa kwezixhobo zamakhorali, ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nodaba oluhlobene nokuvikeleka kokudla okusimeme.

USara Lowell usesebenze iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi kwezesayensi yasolwandle nokuphatha. Ubuchwepheshe bakhe obuyinhloko bokuphatha nenqubomgomo yogu nolwandle, ukuhlela amasu, ukuvakasha okusimeme, ukuhlanganiswa kwesayensi, ukuqoqwa kwezimali, nezindawo ezivikelwe. Ubuchwepheshe bakhe bezindawo zifaka ugu oluseNtshonalanga yase-United States, iGulf of California, kanye nesifunda saseMesoamerican Reef/Greater Caribbean. Usebenza ebhodini leMarisla Foundation. UNksz Lowell ubesenkampanini yezemvelo iBlue Earth Consultants kusukela ngo-2008, lapho esebenzela khona ukuthuthukisa ukusebenza kahle kwezinhlangano zokongiwa kwemvelo. Uneziqu ze-Master's in Marine Affairs azithola eSikoleni Sezindaba Zasolwandle eNyuvesi yaseWashington.

Uthole iziqu eSikoleni Sokuphatha Ibhizinisi e-Universidad Latinoamericanna eMexico City, Patricia Martínez Ríos del Río bekuyi-Pro Esteros CFO kusukela ngo-1992. Ngo-1995 u-Patricia wayengumholi okhethiwe we-NGOs yase-Baja Californian eKomidini Lokweluleka Lesifunda lokuqala elakhiwe yi-SEMRNAT, ube ngumxhumanisi phakathi kwama-NGO, i-SEMRNAT, i-CEC kanye ne-BECC ku-NAFTA, i-RAMSAR Convention, kanye amanye amakomiti amaningi kazwelonke nakwamanye amazwe. Umele i-Pro Esteros ku-International Coalition for the Defense of Laguna San Ignacio. Ngo-2000, uPatricia wamenywa yi-The David and Lucille Packard Foundation ukuthi abe yingxenye yebhodi labaluleki abazoklama Uhlelo Lokongiwa Kwemvelo lwaseMexico. Ubuye waba yilungu lebhodi labaluleki ukuze aklame iSikhwama Sokongiwa kweGulf of California. Ukuzinikela kuka-Patricia nobungcweti kube semqoka empumelelweni yemisebenzi ye-Pro Esteros nezinye izinhlelo eziningi zokongiwa kwemvelo.