Incwadi evela kuMongameli

Incwadi evela ku-Mark J. Spalding, uMongameli we-The Ocean Foundation

Uma ngimi eduze nolwandle, ngiphinde ngithonywe umlingo wakhe. Ngiyabona ukuthi ukudonsa okujulile okungaqondakali komoya wami ngasemaphethelweni amanzi bekulokhu kukhona.

Ngilangazelela isihlabathi esiphakathi kwezinzwane zami, ukuchaphazwa kwamanzi ebusweni bami, noqweqwe lukasawoti olomisiwe esikhumbeni sami. Ngikhuthazwa iphunga lomoya onephunga lasolwandle, futhi ngiyabungaza ukuthi ukuba selwandle kuwushintsha kanjani umqondo wami kusukela emsebenzini ukuya ekudlaleni. 

Ngiyakhululeka ... ngibuka amagagasi ... amunca ububanzi bomkhathizwe omncane oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka.

Futhi uma sekufanele ngihambe, ngiphupha ngokubuya.

Ukufingqa kwaleyo mizwa okuholele ekutheni ngiqale umsebenzi wami wokongiwa kolwandle futhi ngiqhubeke nokungikhuthaza emashumini eminyaka kamuva. Ukuba seduze nolwandle kugxilisa isibopho esivuselelwe sokuthuthukisa ubudlelwano bethu bobuntu naye - ukwenza izinguquko ezizolimaza zibe okuhle.

Kulo nyaka uwodwa, ngithathe izindiza ezingu-68, ngahamba amakhilomitha angu-77,000, ngavakashela amazwe amane amasha, nedolobha elisha elilodwa. Ngaphambi kokuthi uhefuzele, ngisusa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni yami kubo bonke abahamba ngeminikelo kusixazululo esiluhlaza - i-SeaGrass Grow. 

Ngiye ngalubona ulwandle kulo nyaka ngezindlela eziningi ezahlukene: ngeveyili elimhlophe lesithwathwa, indawo embozwe i-sargassum eluhlaza okotshani, ngendlela engaqondakali inkungu edumile yaseSan Francisco ezinyaweni zekati, futhi kusukela endaweni ephakeme yesigodlo sasebukhosini ebheke. iMedithera. Ngabona iqhwa ligeleza lizungeza i-Boston, elicwebezelayo eli-turquoise lisuka ku-catamaran e-Caribbean, naphakathi nendawo enamaqabunga kagamthilini namaphayini ogwini lwami oluthandekayo lwaseCalifornia.

Uhambo lwami lubonisa ukukhathazeka kwami ​​ngobuphathi bethu njengoba sizama ukuqonda izinkinga ezithile futhi sisebenzela ukubhekana nazo. Silahlekelwa i-Vaquita Porpoise (esele ingaphansi kuka-100), sisakaza imfucumfucu yepulasitiki olwandle naphezu kwempumelelo yethu yokuvimbela izikhwama zepulasitiki namabhodlela, futhi ukuthembela kwethu emandleni aphehliwe ngamafutha ambiwa phansi kuyaqhubeka nokwenza ulwandle lwethu lube ne-asidi kakhulu. Sidoba inala yolwandle, sakha ngokweqile ogwini lwayo, futhi asikulungele ukuba neplanethi enemiphefumulo eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-10.

Isilinganiso salokho okudingekayo sidinga kokubili isenzo esihlangene nokuzibophezela komuntu ngamunye, kanye nentando yezombangazwe kanye nokulandela ukuqaliswa.
 
Ngibonga engingakwenzela uMather Ocean. Ngisebenza kumabhodi amaningana wonke asebenzela ukwenza izinqumo ezinomthwalo wemfanelo olwandle lwethu (i-Surfrider Foundation, iBlue Legacy International, ne-Confluence Philanthropy). NginguKhomishana weKhomishini Yasolwandle yaseSargasso, futhi ngiqhuba izinhlangano ezimbili ezingenzi nzuzo, i-SeaWeb kanye ne-The Ocean Foundation. Seluleka isikhwama sokuqala sokutshala imali esimaphakathi olwandle, i-Rockefeller Ocean Strategy, futhi sakha uhlelo lokuqala lwe-carbon offset eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, i-SeaGrass Grow. Ngihlanganyela isikhathi nolwazi nalabo abafuna ukwenza ingxenye yabo olwandle. Ngigwema upulasitiki, nginyusa imali, ngiqwashisa abantu, ngenza ucwaningo, futhi ngiyabhala.   

Ngibheka emuva ku-2015 futhi ngibona okunye okuphumelela olwandle:

• Isivumelwano esiyingqophamlando sokubambisana kweCuba-USA ekongiweni olwandle nocwaningo
• I-Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary yayiphindwe kabili ngobukhulu,
• Iphrojekthi yethu ye-High Seas Alliance idlale indima yobuholi ekusunguleni nasekukhuthazeni isinqumo esamukelwa yi-UN General Assembly sokwenza isivumelwano esisha esibophezela ngokomthetho sokongiwa kwezilwane zasolwandle ngaphesheya kolwandle kazwelonke.
• UMthetho Wokuphoqelela Ukutholwa Kwezinhlanzi Okungekho Emthethweni, Okungabikwanga, Nokungalawulwa (IUU) wezi-2015 wasayinwa waba umthetho
• I-Mexico ithatha isinyathelo sokunciphisa ukubanjwa kwe-Vaquita

Siyaqhubeka nokugxilisa imizamo yethu ekwenzeni kangcono ngolwandle kanye nempilo ayiphilayo - kuhlanganisa neyethu.

Thina kwa-The Ocean Foundation sizinikele ekwenzeni imibono futhi sikhiqize izixazululo ekusekeleni ulwandle. Siyazibophezela ukuthi sigqugquzele abanye ukuthi bahlanganyele nathi ukuze siqinisekise ulwandle olunempilo esizukulwaneni samanje nakulezo ezilandelayo. 

Singakwazi futhi sizokwenza okwengeziwe ngonyaka ozayo. Asikwazi ukulinda ukuze siqale.

Amaholidi Amnandi!

Kwangathi ulwandle lungahlala enhliziyweni yakho,

Mark

Kucashunwe noma kuthathwe ku-Skyfaring ngu-Mark Vanhoenacker

Ngiyazi bekuyilokhu ekuseni kuphela bengikuleyo ndawo ehlukile; kodwa sekuvele kuzwakala njengeviki eledlule.
Uma uhambo luba mkhulu umehluko phakathi kwekhaya nokuhamba, kulapho uhambo luzozizwa sengathi lwenzeke esikhathini esidlule.
Ngezinye izikhathi ngicabanga ukuthi kunamadolobha ahluke kakhulu ngomqondo, isiko, kanye nomlando… Ukuthi akumele neze ahlanganiswe indiza engami; ukuthi ukwazisa ibanga eliphakathi kwabo uhambo olunjalo kufanele luhlukaniswe ngezigaba.

Ukubusiswa kwendawo kwesinye isikhathi kuvela emoyeni uqobo, iphunga lendawo. Iphunga lamadolobha lihluke kakhulu kangangokuba liyadida.

Uma uvela esibhakabhakeni, umhlaba ubukeka ungahlali muntu; phela ingxenye enkulu yomhlaba ngamanzi.

Nginesikhwama esipakishwe unomphela.