Umbiko kaMongameli, 2006

Bangane abathandekayo be-The Ocean Foundation,

Ngisanda kubuya ohambweni oluya engqungqutheleni yeSocial Ventures Network e-Kennebunkport, eMaine. Bangaphezu kuka-235 abantu abavela emikhakheni eyahlukene eyahlukene—ezamabhange, ezobuchwepheshe, engenzi nzuzo, imali yebhizinisi, izinsiza, nezohwebo - bahlangane ukuze bakhulume ngendlela yokunakekela abasebenzi, ukuvikela iplanethi, ukwenza inzuzo nokuzijabulisa ngenkathi kwenziwa. konke. Njengelungu leqembu elisanda kwamukelwa, bengikhona ukuze ngibone ukuthi umsebenzi we-The Ocean Foundation wokuqinisekisa ukusimama nokusekelwa kwemithombo yabantu nemvelo emiphakathini egudle ugu ungahambisana kanjani nenkambiso yezinhlelo zebhizinisi nentuthuko “eziluhlaza”.

NgoMashi, sathatha uhambo oluya eningizimu eBelize eshisayo eMhlanganweni Waminyaka yonke Wabaxhasi Bezimali Zasemanzini e-Ambergris Caye. Lo mhlangano waminyaka yonke wesonto lonke usingathwe yi-Consultative Group for Biological Diversity futhi wasungulwa ngokuhlanganyela ngusihlalo ongumsunguli we-TOF, u-Wolcott Henry futhi njengamanje ungusihlalo ngokubambisana nelungu lebhodi ye-TOF, u-Angel Braestrup. I-CGBD iyinhlangano esekela umsebenzi oyisisekelo emkhakheni wokongiwa kwemvelo, futhi isebenza njengendawo yokuxhumana yamalungu ayo.

Uma kubhekwa isimo esibucayi se-Mesoamerican Reef kanye nabaxhasi abahlanu bezimali zasolwandle1 abatshale imali esifundeni, i-CGBD ikhethe i-Belize njengendawo yomhlangano waminyaka yonke ka-2006 wokuhlanganisa abaxhasi bezimali zasolwandle abavela kulo lonke izwe ukuze kuxoxwe ngokubambisana kwabaxhasi kanye nezinkinga ezicindezela kakhulu ezithinta olwandle lwethu oluyigugu. izimiso zemvelo. I-Ocean Foundation inikeze isizindalwazi salo mhlangano unyaka wesibili olandelanayo. Okufakwe kulezi zincwadi kwakuyiphephabhuku lika-April 2006 lika-Mother Jones elibonisa isimo solwandle lwethu kanye nomfundi onamakhasi angu-500 okhiqizwe yi-The Ocean Foundation.

Njengoba sekuphele isonto lonke sidingida yonke into ngaphansi kwelanga lezokongiwa kolwandle, izinsuku zethu bezigcwele izinkulumo ezifundisayo nezingxoxo ezithokozisayo ezimayelana nezixazululo nezinkinga thina njengomphakathi oxhasa ngezimali zasolwandle okufanele sizilungise. U-Herbert M. Bedolfe (i-Marisla Foundation) uvule umhlangano ngenothi elihle. Njengengxenye yokwethulwa kwawo wonke umuntu, kucelwe ukuthi umuntu ngamunye owayesendlini achaze ukuthi kungani evuka ekuseni aye emsebenzini. Izimpendulo zazihlukahluka kusukela ezinkumbulo ezimnandi zasebuntwaneni zokuvakashela olwandle kuya ekulondolozeni ikusasa lezingane zabo nabazukulu. Ezinsukwini ezintathu ezilandelayo, sizamile ukubhekana nemibuzo yezempilo yolwandle, yiziphi izinkinga ezidinga ukwesekwa okwengeziwe, nokuthi iyiphi inqubekelaphambili eyenziwayo.

Umhlangano walo nyaka uhlinzeke ngezibuyekezo ezindabeni ezine ezibalulekile zomhlangano wangonyaka odlule: Ukubusa Kwezilwandle Eziphakeme, Inqubomgomo Yezokudoba/Izinhlanzi, Ukulondolozwa Kwezixhobo Zamakhorali, kanye Nolwandle Nokuguquguquka Kwesimo Sezulu. Iphethe ngemibiko emisha mayelana nokusebenzisana okungaba khona kwabaxhasi ukuze kusekelwe umsebenzi Wezokudoba Ngamazwe Ngamazwe, i-Coral Curio kanye ne-Aquarium Trade, Izilwane Ezincelisayo Zasolwandle, kanye Nezasemanzini. Kunjalo, siphinde sagxila olwandle lwase-Mesoamerican kanye nezinselele zokuqinisekisa ukuthi luyaqhubeka nokuhlinzeka ngendawo yokuhlala enempilo yezilwane, izitshalo, nemiphakathi yabantu encike kuyo. I-ajenda ephelele yomhlangano izotholakala kuwebhusayithi ye-The Ocean Foundation.
Ngibe nethuba lokwazisa iqembu ngenani elikhulu lemininingwane emisha kanye nocwaningo oluvele ngomthelela wokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu olwandle kusukela ngomhlangano wasolwandle kaFebhuwari 2005. Sikwazile futhi ukugqamisa umsebenzi osekelwa yi-TOF e-Alaska, lapho iqhwa lasolwandle namaqhwa ancibilika khona, okubangela ukuphakama kwezinga lolwandle nokulahlekelwa okubalulekile kwendawo yokuhlala. Kuya ngokuya kucaca ukuthi abaxhasi bezimali zokongiwa kolwandle kudingeka babambisane ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi siyayisekela imizamo yokubhekana nomthelela wokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu ezinsizeni zasolwandle manje.

Ukujoyina i-CGBD Marine Funders minyaka yonke kumenywa izikhulumi eziyisivakashi ezivela emphakathini wasolwandle ezethula izethulo futhi zabelane ngolwazi lwazo ngokungakahleleki. Izikhulumi zezivakashi zalo nyaka bezihlanganisa abane abathole izibonelelo ze-TOF: uChris Pesenti wasePro Peninsula, u-Chad Nelsen we-Surfrider Foundation, u-David Evers we-Biodiversity Research Institute, no-John Wise we-Maine Centre for Toxicology and Environmental Health.

Ezethulweni ezihlukene, uDkt. Wise noDkt. Evers bethule imiphumela yabo yokuhlaziywa kwaselabhorethri yamasampula omkhomo aqoqwe omunye futhi othole usizo lwe-TOF, i-Ocean Alliance ku-“Voyage of the Odyssey” yayo. Amazinga aphezulu e-chromium ne-mercury atholakala kumasampula ezicubu zomkhomo ezivela olwandle emhlabeni jikelele. Kusele umsebenzi omningi wokuhlaziya amasampula engeziwe nokucwaninga ngemithombo engaba khona yezinto ezingcolisayo, ikakhulukazi i-chromium okungenzeka ukuthi yayiwubuthi obuphuma emoyeni, futhi ngaleyo ndlela ingase ibeke ezinye izilwane eziphefumula umoya, okuhlanganisa nabantu, engozini endaweni efanayo. . Futhi, siyajabula ukubika ukuthi amaphrojekthi amasha manje ayaqhubeka ngenxa yomhlangano:

• Ukuhlola izitoko zecod zase-Atlantic ze-mercury ne-chromium
• UJohn Wise uzosebenzisana nePro Peninsula ukuthuthukisa imigqa yamaseli ofudu lwasolwandle ukuze aqhathanise futhi ahlole izimfudu zasolwandle zasendle ukuze zibone i-chromium nokunye ukungcola.
• I-Surfrider ne-Pro Peninsula zingahle zisebenzisane e-Baja futhi zixoxisane ngokusebenzisa amamodeli wodwa kwezinye izifunda zomhlaba.
• Ukwenza imephu impilo ye-stuary kanye nokungcoliswa okuthinta i-Mesoamerican reef
• UDavid Evers uzobe esebenza ekuhloleni oshaka bemikhomo nezinhlanzi zasogwini lwaseMesoamerican reef ukuthola i-mercury njengesikhuthazo sokuyeka ukudoba ngokweqile kwalezi zitoko.

I-Mesoamerican reef inqamula imingcele yamazwe amane, okwenza ukuqiniswa kwezindawo ezivikelekile zasolwandle kube nzima kubantu baseBelizeans abaqhubeka belwa nabazingeli abavela eGuatemala, Honduras naseMexico. Kodwa-ke, njengoba kusele u-15% kuphela wamakhorali aphilayo ngaphakathi kwe-Mesoamerican reef, imizamo yokuvikela nokubuyisela ibalulekile. Izinsongo ezinhlelweni zamadwala zihlanganisa: amanzi afudumele acwebezelisa amakhorali; ukwanda kwezokuvakasha okusekelwe olwandle (ikakhulukazi imikhumbi yokuvakasha kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwamahhotela); ukuzingela oshaka bemizila kubalulekile ku-ecosystem, kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwegesi kawoyela, kanye nokuphathwa kabi kwemfucuza, ikakhulukazi indle.

Esinye sezizathu ezenza ukuba iBelize ikhethelwe umhlangano wethu izinsiza zayo zamadwala nomzamo wesikhathi eside wokuzivikela. Intando yezombangazwe yokuvikela ibiqinile lapho ngoba umnotho waseBelize ubuncike kwezokuvakasha kwemvelo, ikakhulukazi kulabo abasuke bezojabulela izixhobo eziyingxenye yepheshana le-Mesoamerican Reef elingamakhilomitha angu-700. Nokho, iBelize kanye nemithombo yayo yemvelo ibhekene nezinguquko njengoba iBelize ithuthukisa imithombo yayo yamandla (ibe ngumthumeli omkhulu kawoyela ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka) futhi ibhizinisi lezolimo linciphisa ukuncika komnotho kwezokuvakasha kwemvelo. Nakuba ukuhlukahluka komnotho kubalulekile, okubalulekile ngokufanayo ukugcina izinsiza eziheha izivakashi ezibhebhezela ingxenye esabusa umnotho, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni ezisogwini. Ngakho-ke, sezwa ngabantu abambalwa umsebenzi wabo wokuphila ozinikele ekongiweni kwezinsiza zasolwandle eBelize kanye naseMesoamerican Reef.

Ngosuku lokugcina, kwakungabaxhasi bezimali kuphela, futhi sachitha usuku silalela ozakwethu behlongoza amathuba okubambisana ekusekeleni imiklamo emihle yokongiwa olwandle.
NgoJanuwari, i-TOF yayibambe umhlangano weqembu elisebenzayo le-coral reef mayelana nomthelela we-coral curio kanye nokuhweba nge-aquarium, okuwukuthengiswa kwezinhlanzi zasolwandle nezicucu ze-curio (isb. ubucwebe be-coral, amagobolondo olwandle, amahhashi olwandle afile kanye ne-starfish). Isifinyezo salo mhlangano sethulwe nguDkt. Barbara Best we-USAID ogcizelele ukuthi ucwaningo lusanda kuqala ngomthelela we-curio trade futhi kukhona ukuntuleka kokumela kwezomthetho mayelana namakhorali. Ngokubambisana nabanye abaxhasi, i-Ocean Foundation yandisa ucwaningo ngomthelela wokuhweba nge-coral curio emanzini nasemiphakathini encike kuzo.

Mina noHerbert Bedolfe sazisa leli qembu ngomsebenzi owenziwayo ukuze kulungiswe izinto ezingabonakali ezisongela izilwane ezincelisayo zasolwandle. Isibonelo, imisebenzi yabantu idala ukuphazamiseka kwe-acoustic, okubangela, ukulimala ngisho nokufa emikhomo nezinye izilwane ezincelisayo zasolwandle.

I-Angel Braestrup yaletha leli qembu ukuthi lisheshise intuthuko yakamuva emsebenzini wokubhekana nomthelela wokufuywa kwezilwane emanzini asogwini nasemiphakathini yasogwini. Ukwanda kwesidingo sokudla kwasolwandle kanye nokuncipha kwemfuyo yasendle kuholele ekutheni ukufuywa kwezilwane zasemanzini kubhekwe njengento engase ibe usizo ezilwaneni zasendle kanye nomthombo ongase ube wamaprotheni emazweni asathuthuka. Abaxhasi abaningana basebenzela ukusekela imizamo yokubambisana yokukhuthaza izindinganiso eziqinile zezemvelo kunoma iyiphi indawo ye-aquaculture, ukusebenzela ukunciphisa ukufuywa kwezinhlanzi ezidla inyama (izinhlanzi ezifuywayo ezidla izinhlanzi zasendle akunciphisi ingcindezi emfuyweni yasendle), kanye nokwenza ukuthi imfuyo yasemanzini iphile ngokwesithembiso sayo njengomthombo oqhubekayo wamaprotheni.

Kusukela ekusungulweni kwayo eminyakeni engaphezu kwe-10 edlule, i-Marines Working Group iye yagcizelela ukwakha inethiwekhi yabaxhasi bezokulondoloza imvelo yasolwandle ababelana ngemibono, ulwazi, futhi mhlawumbe okubaluleke kakhulu, lisebenzisa amandla okubambisana koxhaso ukuze kusekelwe ukubambisana kwabanikeli, ukuxhumana, kanye nokubambisana. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, kube nenqwaba yokubambisana koxhasomali olusemthethweni nolungekho emthethweni ukuze kusekelwe izindawo ezithile zokongiwa kolwandle, ngokuvamile okuphendulwa izinkathazo zomthetho noma zokulawula.

Kulula ukulalela zonke izindaba ezimbi kule mihlangano futhi uzibuze ukuthi yini esele okufanele yenziwe. Inkukhu Encane ibonakala inephuzu. Khona manjalo, abaxhasi nabethuli bezinhlelo bonke bakholelwa ukuthi kuningi okungenziwa. Isisekelo esikhulayo sesayensi senkolelo yokuthi imvelo enempilo iyasabela futhi ijwayelane kangcono nakho kokubili isikhathi esifushane (isb. ama-tsunami noma isizini yeziphepho ka-2005) kanye nemithelela yesikhathi eside (u-El Niño, ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu) kusizile ukugxila kumasu ethu. Lokhu kungase kuhlanganise imizamo yokuvikela imithombo yasolwandle endaweni, ukubeka uhlaka lwesifunda lokuqinisekisa impilo yomphakathi wasogwini—emhlabeni nasemanzini, kanye nezinjongo zenqubomgomo ezibanzi (isb. ukuvimbela noma ukukhawulela imikhuba yokudoba eyingozi kanye nokubhekana nemithombo yezinsimbi ezisindayo ezitholakala emikhomoni. nezinye izinhlobo). Okuhambisana nalawa masu isidingo esiqhubekayo sezinhlelo zokuxhumana eziphumelelayo nezemfundo kuwo wonke amazinga kanye nokuhlonza nokuxhasa ngezimali ucwaningo oluzosiza ekwakhiweni kwalezi zinhloso.

Sasuka eBelize sinolwazi olwandisiwe ngezinselele kanye nokwazisa ngamathuba asazo.

Okwezilwandle,
Mark J. Spalding, uMongameli