Sethula Amalungu Ebhodi Elisha Labeluleki (3 kwabangu-3)

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

Ekuqaleni kuka-March 2012, i-Ocean Foundation Board of Directors yabamba umhlangano wayo wasentwasahlobo. Njengoba uMongameli u-Mark Spalding ethula isifinyezo sakhe semisebenzi yakamuva ye-TOF, ngizithole ngimangala ngokuzimisela Kwebhodi lethu Labeluleki ukudlala indima ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi le nhlangano iqinile futhi iwusizo emphakathini wokongiwa kolwandle njengoba ingaba njalo.

Ibhodi ligunyaze ukunwetshwa okubalulekile Kwebhodi Labeluleki emhlanganweni walo owedlule. Muva nje, sethule amalungu amasha ayi-10. 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 sinembe 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. Asikwazi ukubonga ngokwanele kubo, ngamagalelo abo enhlalakahleni yomhlaba wethu nabantu bawo, kanye ne-The Ocean Foundation.

UCarlos de Paco, I-Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC. UCarlos de Paco unesipiliyoni seminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20 ekugqugquzeleni izinsiza, ubudlelwano bamasu, inqubomgomo yezemvelo kanye nokuphathwa kwemithombo yemvelo. Ngaphambi kokujoyina i-IADB, ubezinze eSan Jose, eCosta Rica naseMallorca, eSpain esebenzela i-AVINA Foundation-VIVA Group ngezinhlelo zobuholi ukuze kube nentuthuko esimeme futhi wayenguMmeleli Wesifunda waseLatin America kanye neMedithera ogwini, olwandle kanye nasolwandle. izinhlelo zamanzi ahlanzekile. Ngaphambilini emsebenzini wakhe, uMnu. de Paco wasebenzela i-Spanish Institute of Oceanography ekuphathweni kwezokudoba kanye nezokuzalaniswa kwezilwane zasemanzini. Ngo-1992, washiya iNational Parks Foundation eCosta Rica ukuze abe uMqondisi Wesifunda Wohlelo lwe-IUCN lwaseMesoamerican Marine. Kamuva wajoyina i-The Nature Conservancy njengoMqondisi Wezwe waseCosta Rica nasePanama futhi njengomeluleki wohlelo lwamazwe ngamazwe olwandle nolwasogwini.

Hiromi Matsubara, Surfrider Japan

Hiromi Matsubara, Surfrider Japan, Chiba, Japan angakutshela ukuthi ungumtshuzi nje ojwayelekile onothando lolwandle. Ukusebenzelana kwakhe kokuqala nolwandle kwaqala lapho ethola ilayisense yakhe yomtshuzi eneminyaka engu-16. Wabe esedlulela eNyuvesi yaseSophia eTokyo, lapho aqala khona ukuntweza futhi wangenela imijaho yokutshuza emoyeni ezingeni likazwelonke. Ngemva kokuphothula iziqu, wajoyina i-GE Capital, lapho abambe khona izikhundla ezihlukahlukene kwezohwebo ngezimali zokuthengisa, ukumaketha, ubudlelwano bomphakathi kanye nezinhlelo zomphakathi. Ngemva kweminyaka emi-5 esemhlabeni webhizinisi oqhudelanayo, oshayelwa umgomo, wahlangana nomqondo nefilosofi ye-permaculture futhi wahlabeka umxhwele ngalezi zindlela zokuphila ezisimeme. U-Hiromi washiya umsebenzi wakhe futhi ngo-2006 wasungula "greenz.jp”, isizindalwazi esizinze e-Tokyo esizinikezele ekuklameni umphakathi ozinzile onethemba kanye nobuchule obunombono wawo wokuhlela oyingqayizivele. Ngemva kweminyaka emine, wanquma ukuphishekela indlela yokuphila ephansi kakhulu (kanye nokunye kokuntweza emanzini!) futhi wathuthela edolobheni elisogwini eChiba ukuze aphile ukuphila okulula. U-Hiromi njengamanje usebenza njenge-CEO ye-Surfrider Foundation Japan ukuze avikele futhi akhuthaze ukujabulela izilwandle zethu, amagagasi namabhishi.

U-Craig Quirolo, Umsunguli, I-REEF RELIEF

UCraig Quirolo, Umeluleki Ozimele, eFlorida. Itilosi lasemanzini aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka eliphumelele, u-Craig ungumsunguli osewathatha umhlalaphansi we-REEF RELIEF, ayihola iminyaka engu-22 kwaze kwaba yilapho ethatha umhlalaphansi ngo-2009. U-Craig wayenguMqondisi Wezinhlelo Zasemanzini Nezinhlelo Zamazwe Ngamazwe zenhlangano. Uhole umzamo wokudala Uhlelo lwe-REEF RELIEF lwe-Reef Mooring Buoy oluphathiniswe ngemva komklamo ka-Harold Hudson no-John Halas. Ama-buoy angu-116 abekwe ezindaweni eziyisikhombisa ze-Key West-area coral reefs, agcina eseyinkundla enkulu kunazo zonke ezizimele emhlabeni. Manje isiyingxenye yeFlorida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. U-Craig uqeqeshe amaqembu endawo ukuthi afake ama-reef mooring buoys ukuze avikele izixhobo zamakhorali zase-Negril, e-Jamaica, e-Guanaja, e-Bay Islands, e-Honduras, e-Dry Tortugas nase-Green Turtle Cay e-Bahamas. Ukufakwa ngakunye kube yisinyathelo sokuqala ekwakhiweni kohlelo olunzulu lokongiwa kwezixhobo zamakhorali emazingeni aphansi okuhlanganisa nezinhlelo zemfundo, ukuqapha kwesayensi kanye nokwesekwa kokwakhiwa kwezindawo zasolwandle ezivikelwe. Umsebenzi wokuphayona kaCraig usekele izikhala olwazini lwesayensi nezisombululo ezisebenzayo okudingeka zigcwaliswe nomaphi lapho silwela ukuvikela izinsiza zethu zasolwandle.

U-DeeVon Quirolo, Umqondisi Omkhulu Osheshayo, REEF RELIEF

U-DeeVon Quirolo, Umeluleki Ozimele, eFlorida. DeeVon Quiroloungumsunguli kanye naye osethathe umhlalaphansi kanye noMqondisi Omkhulu wangaphambili we-REEF RELIEF, inhlangano yobulungu be-Key West ezinze engenzi-nzuzo egxile “Ekulondolozeni Nokuvikela Imvelo Yezinto Eziphila Ngamakhorali ngemizamo yasendaweni, yesifunda kanye neyomhlaba wonke.” Ngo-1986, u-DeeVon, umyeni wakhe u-Craig, kanye neqembu labagibeli bezikebhe bendawo basungula i-REEF RELIEF ukuze bafake ama-moor buoys ukuvikela izixhobo zamakhorali zaseFlorida Keys emonakalweni wezikhonkwane. U-DeeVon ube nguthisha ozinikele, futhi engummeli ongaphezi egameni lamanzi asogwini anempilo, ikakhulukazi ku-Keys. Kusukela ekukhuthazeni izindlela ezingcono neziphephile zokugibela izikebhe ukuya ekusunguleni indawo evikelwe olwandle i-Keys, u-DeeVon uye waya e-Tallahassee, e-Washington, nanoma yikuphi lapho ayedinga ukuya khona ukuze aphishekele umbono wakhe wokuvikela nokubuyisela isistimu yesine ngobukhulu emhlabeni. Ubuchwepheshe buka-DeeVon buyaqhubeka nokwazisa, futhi ifa lakhe lizozuzisa izizukulwane ezizayo zezakhamuzi zaseKeys nezivakashi—ngaphansi kwamanzi nasogwini.

USergio de Mello e Souza, Brasil1 (Kwesobunxele) no-Hiromi Matsubara, Surfrider Japan (Maphakathi) no-Mark J. Spalding, The Ocean Foundation (Kwesokudla)

USergio de Mello e Souza, BRASIL1, Rio de Janeiro Brazil. USergio Mello ungusomabhizinisi osebenzisa amakhono akhe obuholi ukuze akhuthaze ukusimama. Ungumsunguli kanye ne-COO ye-BRASIL1, inkampani ezinze e-Rio de Janeiro ehlela imicimbi ekhethekile ezindaweni zezemidlalo nezokuzijabulisa. Ngaphambi kokusungula i-BRASIL1, ubenguMqondisi Wokusebenza we-Clear Channel Entertainment eBrazil. Ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe, uSergio wasebenzela iKhomishini Yezokuvakasha Yezwe futhi wasiza ekuthuthukiseni indlela evumelana nemvelo embonini. Kusukela ngo-1988, uSergio ubambe iqhaza ezinhlelweni eziningi zenhlangano engenzi nzuzo, okuhlanganisa nohlelo locwaningo lwe-Atlantic Rainforest futhi kamuva nomkhankaso wokufundisa enyakatho-mpumalanga yeBrazil wokumisa ukubulawa kwamahlengethwa kanye nokuvikela ama-manatee. Uphinde wahlela imikhankaso nemicimbi ekhethekile ye-Rio 92 Eco-Conference. Ujoyine i-Surfrider Foundation Board of Directors ngo-2008, futhi ube ngumsekeli okhuthele wenhlangano kusukela ngo-2002 e-Brazil. Uphinde abe yilungu le-The Climate Reality Project. Kusukela esemncane, ubelokhu ebambe iqhaza ezinhlelweni nasezinhlelweni zokuvikela imvelo. USergio uhlala nomkakhe uNatalia eRio de Janeiro enhle, eBrazil.