Ngonyaka owodwa kamuva

Ngiyabonga! Wunyaka owodwa we-Ocean Leadership Fund!

Siqoqe ngaphezu kuka-$835,000 kubantu ngabanye nasezisekelweni ukuze sisekele indima ebaluleke kakhulu “eyengezwe inani” edlalwa yi-Ocean Foundation ekongiweni kolwandle.

I-Ocean Leadership Fund ivumela ithimba lethu ukuthi liphendule ezidingweni eziphuthumayo, lengeze inani elingaphezu kwamadola ezibonelelo zethu, futhi lithole izixazululo ezisekela impilo nokusimama kolwandle lomhlaba.

Ukufeza lokhu sihlukanise ukusetshenziswa kwalesi sikhwama ezinhlotsheni ezintathu zemisebenzi:
1. Ukwakha amandla omphakathi wokongiwa kwemvelo olwandle
2. Ukwenza ngcono ukubusa nokongiwa kolwandle
3. Ukwenza ucwaningo nokwabelana ngolwazi

Phakathi kwezigaba ezintathu zemisebenzi ye-OLF, nalu uhlu olungaphelele lwalokho esikwazile ukukwenza onyakeni wokuqala:

Ukwakha Amandla
•Imihlangano eyaba khona, ibhajethi ebuyekeziwe nezinhlelo zomsebenzi, ubuchwepheshe okwabiwe ezethulweni ezisemthethweni nezingakahleleki: Grupo Tortuguero de las Californias (Umongameli Webhodi), I-Science Exchange (Ilungu Lekomiti Lokweluleka), u-EcoAlianza de Loreto (Ilungu Lekomiti Lokweluleka), i-Alcosta ( Ilungu Lomfelandawonye), kanye neSikhungo Esisebenzisanayo Sezilwandle, Isimo Sezulu Nezokuphepha (Ilungu Lebhodi Lokweluleka)
•Idizayine umkhankaso wokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha ogwini oluqhubekayo we-Eco-Alianza
•Size ekudaleni nasekufakweni kombukiso wesikhashana [wobugebengu obumelene nathi] Ngamagugu Amasiko Angaphansi Kwamanzi e-National Museum of Crime & Punishment

Ukuthuthukisa Ukubusa Nokugcinwa Kolwandle Olwandle
•Usize ukuhlela nokuhola ukusebenzisana kwabaxhasi ngezimali okugxile ku-Ocean Acidification, okuhlanganisa nokubhala uhlelo lwayo lwamasu kanye nesabelomali.
•Weluleke futhi wasebenzisana nezinhlangano okungezona ezikahulumeni mayelana namasu oLwandle Oluphakeme kanye namasu e-Caribbean mayelana nokudotshwa kwemikhomo kanye Nezindawo Ezivikelekile Ezincelisayo Zasolwandle
•Weluleke abamele uhulumeni wase-Europe mayelana nokwethulwa kanye nokuqukethwe kweSinqumo seNhlangano Yezizwe esihlongozwayo esihlobene nezilwane ezincelisayo zasolwandle, ikakhulukazi ukudotshwa kwemikhomo olwandle.
•Ube nesandla ekusungulweni kwe-Agoa Marine Mammal Sanctuary; umhubhe ovikelekile wasolwandle ofudukayo osuka eFlorida uya eBrazil ngezinhlobo ezingu-21 ezifana nemikhomo, imikhomo yamasperm, amahlengethwa angamabala, ihlengethwa likaFraser, nemikhomo eyi-pilot
•Kuqiniswe futhi kwakhuthazwa i-Western Hemisphere Migratory Species Initiative (WHMSI), ikakhulukazi emkhakheni wasolwandle
•Usebenze njengeLungu Lekomiti Lokuhlela le-International Sea Turtle Symposium ngo-April 2011, elahlanganisa ndawonye ososayensi abangaphezu kwe-1000 bofudu lwasolwandle, izishoshovu, othisha nabanye abavela emhlabeni jikelele.
•Ngenkathi ngisebenza njengoSihlalo Wokuhlela weNgqungquthela Yesayensi Yokulondoloza Imvelo eyayise-Loreto ngoMeyi 2011, yahlanganisa abantu ababalulekile abasebenzela ukutadisha nokuvikela indawo engokwemvelo yenhlonhlo yase-Baja California kanye noLwandle Lwase-Cortes.

Ukwenza ucwaningo kanye nokwabelana ngolwazi
•Ulwazi olwabiwe mayelana nezindlela zokudala nezisebenzayo zokongiwa kolwandle, njengokudliwa kwekhabhoni endaweni yemvelo yasolwandle okuhlanganisa utshani basolwandle, amaxhaphozi nemihlume, (ekwaziwa ngokujwayelekile ngokuthi “ikhabhoni eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka”), okuhlanganisa nesithangami soMnyango Wezwe LaseMelika, kanye ne-Eye Engqungqutheleni Yomhlaba e-Abu Dhabi
•Sethule iphaneli ngezomnotho wasogwini engqungqutheleni ye-Blue Vision ka-2011 e-Washington, DC
•Wenze isethulo sempambanondlela yokubusa, ukuphoqelela, nesayensi ku-2011 Northwest Mexico Conservation Science Symposium e-Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
•Yethulwa “ngosizo lwabahambi” eNgqungqutheleni ye-CREST ye-Responsible Tourism (Costa Rica) ka-2011 kanye nasemhlanganweni waminyaka yonke we-The International Ecotourism Society (eNingizimu Carolina)
•Ucwaningo olwabiwe lwe-TOF mayelana nezilwane zasemanzini ezisimeme, kanye nokuhlanganiswa kwazo ekuthuthukisweni komnotho womphakathi
•Isebenza njengombuyekezi ontanga ye-“Troubled Waters: Ukulahlwa Kwemfucuza Yamayini Kulufaka Kanjani Ubuthi Olwandle, Imifula kanye namachibi”
•Wabhala isahluko esithi “Yini Ukuphana Okuphumelelayo?” encwadini ethi Travelers' Philanthropy Handbook, ed. U-Martha Honey (2011)
•Ucwaninge futhi wabhala izindatshana ezishicilelwe
- I-Ocean acidification kanye nokulondolozwa kwamagugu amasiko angaphansi kwamanzi e-American Society for International Law's Cultural Heritage & Arts Review
– I-Ocean acidification kanye nokubuyekezwa kwamathuluzi asemthethweni okubhekana nemiphumela yawo ku-Joint Newsletter ye-American Bar Association on International Marine Resources
– Ukuhlelwa kwendawo yasolwandle ku-Environmental Law Institute’s The Environmental Forum, ku-E/The Environmental Magazine, kanye nakumagazini we-American Planning Association’s Planning

Umbono Wonyaka wesi-2

I-Ocean Leadership Fund isivumela ukuba sibe nezimo zokusebenzisa amathalente nobungcweti bomndeni we-TOF wabasebenzi, amaphrojekthi, abeluleki, kanye nozakwethu egameni lezilwandle kanye nabantu abasebenza kanzima kangaka ukuvikela umhlaba wasolwandle. Njengoba kubalulekile, kusivumela ukuthi sifinyelele ngaphesheya kombuthano walabo asebeziqonda kakade izinsongo zolwandle kanye namandla okusebenzisa izixazululo-ukuhlanganyela izethameli ezintsha emzamweni wokuvikela i-70% yeplanethi yethu. Yilezi zethulo ezintsha, imibukiso, nezindatshana esikwazile ukuzikhiqiza ngenxa ye-Ocean Leadership Fund.

Omunye umsebenzi omkhulu oqhubekayo ngo-2012 yincwadi entsha ekhuluma ngesigaba esilandelayo sobudlelwane bomuntu nolwandle. Sithemba ukuthi sizoqeda ukucwaninga nokubhala okusalungiswa kokuqala komshicileli ozinze e-Netherlands, uSpringer. Incwadi ithi Ikusasa Lolwandle: Isigaba esilandelayo sobudlelwane bethu namandla amakhulu emhlabeni.

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