Umbiko Wohambo LukaMongameli, Iziqhingi zasePacific

nguMark J. Splading

Ngihlezi phambi kwehhotela e-Loreto, e-Baja California Sur, e-Mexico ngibuka izinyoni ezingama-frigate nama-pelicans zizitika ngobuningi bezinhlanzi. Isibhakabhaka sicwebezela ngokucwebezelayo, futhi uLwandle oluzolile lwaseCortez luluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngokumangalisayo. Ukufika kobusuku obubili bokugcina lapha kufike nokuvela okungazelelwe kwamafu, ukuduma kwezulu nokukhanya emagqumeni angemuva kwedolobha. Isiphepho esinamandla ogwadule sihlala singomunye wemibukiso ehamba phambili yemvelo.

Lolu hambo luphawula ukuphela kwehlobo lohambo, okubonakala kuqinisekisa ukucabanga ngezinyanga ezintathu ezedlule. Isizini yolwandle yethu eNyakatho Nenkabazwe ihlale imatasatasa kithi e-The Ocean Foundation. Naleli hlobo lalinjalo.

Ngaqala ihlobo ngoMeyi lapha e-Loreto, ngase ngihlanganisa i-California, kanye ne-St. Kitts ne-Nevis ohambweni lwami. Futhi ngandlela thize kuleyo nyanga siphinde sabamba imicimbi yethu yokuqala emibili yokwethula i-TOF futhi sigqamisa abambalwa bezibonelelo zethu: eNew York, sezwa ngoDkt. Roger Payne, usosayensi odumile womkhomo, futhi eWashington, sajoyinwa ngu-J. Nichols we-Pro Peninsula, uchwepheshe odumile wofudu lwasolwandle, kanye no-Indumathie Hewawasam, uchwepheshe wezasolwandle weBhange Lomhlaba. Sabonga kakhulu kuyo yomibili le micimbi ukunikeza ukudla kwasolwandle okubanjwe ngokuqhubekayo kubadobi base-Alaskan, amalungu e-Alaska Marine Conservation Council, ngaphansi kohlelo lwayo “Lokubamba Kwesizini”. 

NgoJuni, saxhasa ngokuhlanganyela Ingqungquthela yokuqala ngqa ye-Ocean Literacy e-Washington DC. UJuni ubuye wahlanganisa Isonto Le-Capital Hill Oceans, i-Fish Fest yaminyaka yonke, kanye nohambo oluya e-White House ukuze lube yingxenye yomcimbi wokwakhiwa kweSikhumbuzo Sezwe Seziqhingi Ezisenyakatho-ntshonalanga yeHawaii. Kwamiswa kanjalo indawo yokulondoloza ulwandle enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, evikela izinkulungwane zamakhilomitha-skwele ezixhobo zamakhorali nezinye izindawo ezihlala olwandle kanye nekhaya lama-Monk Seal aseHawaii angamakhulu ambalwa okugcina. Ngokusebenzisa izibonelelo zayo, i-The Ocean Foundation kanye nabaxhasi bayo badlale indima encane ekusizeni ukukhuthaza ukusungulwa kwayo. Ngenxa yalokho, ngajabula ngokukhethekile ukuba seNdlu Emhlophe ngiyobuka ukusayinwa nabanye balabo abasebenze kanzima isikhathi eside kangaka kulolu suku.

Inyanga kaJulayi yaqala e-Alaska ngohambo olukhethekile lwe-Kenai Fjords National Park nabanye abaxhasi bezimali, yaphelela eSouth Pacific. Isonto e-Alaska lalandelwa uhambo oluya eCalifornia, nokufinyelela isikhathi eside (kulabo abazi i-Boeing 747s yabo) ukuya e-Australia naseFiji. Ngizokutshela kabanzi mayelana neziqhingi zasePacific ngezansi.

U-August wawuhlanganisa neMaine elisogwini lapho ngivakashela khona izindawo ezingasogwini naseDolobheni laseNew York, lapho ngahlangana khona noBill Mott ophethe. Iphrojekthi ye-Ocean kanye nomeluleki wakhe u-Paul Boyle, inhloko ye-New York Aquarium, ukuze akhulume ngohlelo lokusebenza lwenhlangano yakhe njengoba selugcinwe e-TOF. Manje, ngiyeza ngokugcwele, ngise-Loreto okwesine kulo nyaka ukuze ngiqhubeke nomsebenzi we-TOF's Loreto Bay Foundation Fund, kodwa futhi ngigubhe unyaka nesiqalo esisha. Leli sonto lifake isikhumbuzo seminyaka eyi-10 sokusungulwa kwe-Loreto Bay National Marine Park, kodwa futhi nomcimbi oyisiqalo wesikhungo esisha sezemvelo se-Loreto (umklamo womxhaso wethu, i-Grupo Ecologista Antares). Ngiphinde ngathola ithuba lokuhlangana nomphathi omusha we-Inn e-Loreto Bay, obhekene nomsebenzi wokwenza ihhotela nokusebenza kwalo kusimame futhi oye wamukele ngokugcwele ukukhuthaza izivakashi ukuthi zibambe iqhaza ngokuba abaxhasi besikhwama se-The Loreto Bay Foundation. Emihlanganweni nemeya, sixoxe ngezinye zezinto eziqhubekayo ezithinta impilo yomphakathi nezinhlangano ezisungulelwa ukubhekana nazo: impilo yentsha, ukuqina, nokudla (uhlelo oluphelele lwenhlangano entsha yebhola); utshwala nezinye izidakamizwa (izinhlelo ezintsha zokuhlala neziguli ezilaliswayo ziyavela); kanye nokuthuthukiswa kohlelo lwezemfundo jikelele. Ukubhekana nalezi zinkinga kubalulekile ekuqinisekiseni ukuzibandakanya komphakathi ekucabangeni kwesikhathi eside mayelana nokusetshenziswa okusimeme nokuphathwa kwemithombo yemvelo yesifunda nabo abathembele kuyo.

IZIQHINGI ZEPACIFIC

Ngosuku engafika ngalo e-Australia, uGeoff Withycombe, uSihlalo weBhodi labanikezwa usizo lwe-TOF, i-Surfrider Foundation Australia, wangilanda ukuze ngiye emjahweni webanga lomhlangano, owawuhlelwe kahle uGeoff ukuze asisebenzise ngokugcwele isikhathi sami esifushane eSydney. Sihlangane nezinhlangano ezilandelayo:

• I-Ocean Watch Australia, inkampani kazwelonke yezemvelo, engenzi nzuzo esebenzela ukuzuza ukusimama embonini yezilwane zasolwandle yase-Australia ngokuvikela nokuthuthukisa izindawo zezinhlanzi, ukuthuthukisa izinga lamanzi nokwakha izindawo zokudoba ezisimeme ngokusebenzisa ubudlelwano obusekelwe ezenzweni nemboni yezilwane zasolwandle yase-Australia, uhulumeni. , abaphathi bemithombo yemvelo, amabhizinisi azimele kanye nomphakathi (anamahhovisi atholakala e-Sydney Fish Markets!).  
• I-Environmental Defender's Office Ltd., okuyisikhungo sezomthetho somphakathi esingenzi nzuzo esigxile emthethweni wemvelo othakaselwa umphakathi. Isiza abantu ngabanye kanye namaqembu omphakathi asebenzela ukuvikela indawo engokwemvelo neyakhiwe. 
• Sydney Coastal Councils, egxile ekuxhumaniseni 12 Sydney endaweni imikhandlu yomphakathi ogwini uzama ukusebenzisana maqondana isu ongaguquki ukuphathwa kogu. 
• Ukuvakasha kwasemuva nokuhlangana e-Ocean World Manly (ephethwe yi-Sydney Aquarium, yona ephethwe yi-Attractions Sydney) kanye ne-Ocean World Conservation Foundation. 
• Futhi, kunjalo, isibuyekezo eside somsebenzi we-Surfrider Australia wokuthuthukisa ikhwalithi yamanzi asogwini, ukuhlanza amabhishi, nokuvikela amakhefu okubhukuda ngezisebenzi eziningi zokuzithandela kanye nomdlandla omkhulu.

Ngale mihlangano, ngafunda kabanzi mayelana nezindaba zokuphathwa kogu e-Australia nokuthi izindlela zokubusa kanye nezimali zisebenza kanjani. Ngenxa yalokhu siyabona ukuthi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kuzoba namathuba okuseka la maqembu namanye. Ikakhulukazi, senze isingeniso phakathi kukaBill Mott we-The Ocean Project kanye nabasebenzi base-Ocean World Manly. Kungase futhi kube nethuba lokwenza umsebenzi nala maqembu ngendlela ehambisana nephothifoliyo yethu yamaphrojekthi ahlobene nokuhwebelana ngezinhlanzi zasolwandle kanye neminye imiklamo yezixhobo zamadwala. 

Ngosuku olulandelayo, ngathatha indiza ngisuka eSydney ngiya eNadi ogwini olusentshonalanga yesiqhingi saseViti Levu, eFiji ku-Air Pacific (inkampani yezindiza yamazwe ngamazwe yaseFiji) okuyisevisi yohambo lwendiza yakudala kusukela eminyakeni eyishumi noma ngaphezulu edlule. Okuqala ukushaya, ufika eFiji, izinyoni. Bakuyo yonke indawo lapho ubheka khona futhi izingoma zabo ziyiculo njengoba uhambahamba. Sithatha itekisi esikhumulweni sezindiza siya ehhotela, kwadingeka silinde kuyilapho isitimela esincane esigcwele umoba esisikiwe sizabalaza ukuwela isango lesikhumulo sezindiza.

E-Nadi's Tanoa International Hotel, iphathi enkulu yasendaweni yomfana oneminyaka engu-15 ubudala imatasatasa ngakolunye uhlangothi lwegumbi lokwamukela izivakashi, futhi isixuku esikhulu sabantu base-Australia sibukele umdlalo webhola lombhoxo kwelinye. I-Australia igcina ihlanze iwashi laseFiji, okuyihlazo lesizwe eligcwele amaphephandaba phakathi nesikhathi esisele sokuhlala kwami ​​ezweni. Ngakusasa ekuseni endizeni esuka e-Nadi iya e-Suva ogwini oluseningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Viti Levu, indiza encane ye-prop yazulazula endaweni enezintaba - eyayibonakala inabantu abambalwa futhi, ngokudabukisayo, nezihlahla. Ugu lwathuthukiswa kakhulu, kunjalo.

NgangiseSuva ukuze ngiye emhlanganweni wezinsuku ezintathu, i-10th Pacific Islands Round Table for Nature Conservation. Endleleni eya esifundweni ngoMsombuluko ekuseni, idolobha liyaphithizela, ngokungafani nalapho ngifika ngeSonto. Izibalo ezibonakala zingapheli zezingane eziya esikoleni. Bonke begqoke imifaniswano, imifaniswano ebonisa ukuthi iyiphi inkolo elawula isikole sabo. Isiminyaminya sezimoto. Amabhasi amaningi angenafasitela (anamakhethini epulasitiki emvula). Intuthu kadizili, amafu nensimu. Kodwa futhi izingadi eziluhlaza kanye nezikhala eziluhlaza.  

Umhlangano usekhempasini yaseSuva yaseNyuvesi yaseNingizimu Pacific. Kuwuhlelo oluxakile lwezakhiwo zenkathi yawo-1970s ezivulekele emoyeni, ezinezivalo ezindaweni lapho ingilazi yefasitela kungenzeka ukuthi yayikhona. Kukhona izindlela zokuhamba ezimboziwe eziholela phakathi kwezakhiwo nemikhombe ewubungcweti nemigudu yamanzi emvula. Uma kubhekwa ubukhulu balezi zinhlelo, izimvula ngesikhathi semvula kumele zibe namandla kakhulu.

I-Roundtable “ilapho ukubambisana kuhlangana khona nesenzo sokulondoloza imvelo esiphumelelayo” futhi isingathwa yi Isisekelo Sabantu BaseNingizimu Pacific International (FSPI) kanye ne- Inyuvesi yaseNingizimu Pacific (enezizwe ezingamalungu ayi-12). I-Roundtable ngokwayo iyi-a

• Ubulungu / ubambiswano ngokuzithandela (namalungu angama-24). Umgomo uwukuqinisekisa ukuthi abameleli abathunyelwe emhlanganweni bangenza izibopho.
• Umgwamanda oxhumanisa ofuna ukuqaliswa kweSu lokuSebenza (kusukela ngo-1985) - abaxhasi bayacelwa ukuba baxhase amaphrojekthi ngokuhambisana neSu Lokusebenza elihlanganisa izinjongo zeminyaka emihlanu eziyi-18 kanye nezinhloso ezihambisanayo ezingama-77.

Isinqumo esivela ku-Cook Islands Roundtable (2002) sinikeze ukubuyekezwa kanye nokubuyekezwa Kwesu Lesenzo. Kube nezinkinga ngokuzibophezela kwamalungu, ukushoda kwezimali, nokushoda kobunikazi. Ukuze kubhekwane nalokhu, kwasungulwa amaqembu asebenzayo ukuze ahlukanise umsebenzi, agxile esenzweni. Kulo mhlangano, abebehambele lo mhlangano bebehlanganisa abameleli bakahulumeni, abezemfundo, kanye nabamele izinhlangano zezokongiwa kwemvelo emhlabeni jikelele, esifundeni kanye nasekhaya.

Ukufingqa izindaba ezinkulu ze-Pacific Island:

• Ukudoba: Kunokungqubuzana okukhulu phakathi kwezindawo zokudoba eziziphilisayo/zobuciko kanye nezindawo zokudoba ezinkulu ezithengiswayo (ikakhulukazi i-tuna) phesheya kwezilwandle. Nakuba i-European Union inikeza usizo lwezibonelelo eziqhingini zasePacific, iSpain muva nje ikhokhele amaRandi angu-600,000 kuphela ukuze uthole ukufinyelela kokudoba okungenamkhawulo ku-EEZ yaseSolomon Islands.  
• Indawo Yasogwini: Intuthuko engavinjelwe icekela phansi amaxhaphozi, imihlume kanye nezixhobo zamakhorali. Izindawo zokungcebeleka ezisogwini namahhotela alahla indle yawo ngasogwini, njengoba kwenza imiphakathi yabomdabu eziqhingini eziningi izizukulwane ngezizukulwane.
• Izixhobo zamakhorali: Amakhorali ayinto ehwebayo (inqwaba yobucwebe bekhorali ezikhumulweni zezindiza), kodwa futhi iyimpahla eyinhloko yokwenza imigwaqo, ukwenza amabhulokhi kakhonkolo okwakhiwa, futhi isetshenziswa njengezinto ezinezimbobo zokuhlunga ukuthi yiziphi izinhlelo ze-septic zasendlini lapho. kukhona. Ngenxa yokuhlukaniswa kwalezi ziqhingi, ezinye izinto zokwakha kanye nezindleko zokungeniswa kwazo zenza ukusebenzisa lokho okusondelayo kuvame ukuba kube ukuphela kokukhetha.  
• Ukuxhasa ngezimali: Naphezu kokubamba iqhaza kwezinhlangano ezizimele, amabhange okuthuthukisa amazwe amaningi, usizo lwamazwe ngamazwe angaphandle, kanye nemithombo yangaphakathi ezweni, kukhona ukushoda kwezimali zokuqedela uhlobo lokutshalwa kwezimali kwingqalasizinda, ukusebenzelana komphakathi, namanye amaphrojekthi angasiza ukuqinisekisa ukuphathwa okusimeme. wengcebo yemvelo iningi lamazwe athembele kuzo.

Umhlangano wenziwa ngamaqembu ahlukene, ayejutshwe ukuvuselela ulwazi lwawo wonke umuntu mayelana nesimo sokufinyelela izinjongo kanye nemigomo ye-Action Strategy. Okuningi kwalokhu kwakuwukulungiselela umhlangano olandelayo wezinhlaka zikahulumeni, ozoba ngonyaka ozayo e-PNG (ngenkathi i-Roundtables iwunyaka, izinhlangano zohulumeni bamazwe ngamazwe ziba njalo ngonyaka wesine).

Lapho ngiseFiji, ngaphinde ngachitha isikhathi nabameleli bezisebenzi ezimbili ze-TOF ukuze ngiqhubeke nomsebenzi wabo esifundeni. Owokuqala ngabasebenzi be- Bishop Museum iphrojekthi yayo ye-Living Archipelago isebenzela ukubhala umlando weziqhingi ezingahlali muntu, futhi isebenzise lolu lwazi ukubeka phambili, ukuqondisa kanye nokwazisa imizamo yokubuyisela. Banomuzwa wokuthi bahamba phambili ePapua New Guinea njengomphumela wephrojekthi yesikhathi eside engabheki nje kuphela izindawo zokongiwa kwemvelo, kodwa futhi ibeka phambili i-pragmatic: ukusebenza kuphela nesizwe esizimisele ukusebenza ngokongiwa kwemvelo nasezindaweni zaso kuphela. . Umnikezeli wesibili we-TOF ngu I-SeaWeb, esanda kwethula Uhlelo lwase-Asia Pacific. Omunye othole usizo lwe-TOF, i-CORAL, naye usebenza esifundeni futhi sakwazi ukubheka nabanye ozakwethu basendaweni.

Ngihlangane nabasebenzi bezinye izinhlangano eziningi, ezinye zazo ezingaba izibonelelo ze-TOF uma sesizihlola kabanzi kanye nomsebenzi wazo. Lezi zihlanganisa I-Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, i-Nature Conservancy Pacific and Asia Programs, i-Cooperative Islands Initiative, i-Pacific Institute of Advanced Studies (umshicileli wasendaweni omuhle kakhulu wezincwadi mayelana nesifunda), i-Secretariat of the Pacific Region Environment Programme (uhlaka oluphakathi kohulumeni elizabalaza ukuxhumanisa izenzo zamazwe eSifunda SasePacific ukuze kuqaliswe izivumelwano zezemvelo zamazwe ngamazwe), Partners in Community Development (esanda kuqala iphrojekthi yokuthuthukisa umphakathi yokulima amakhorali ukuze agunyazwe ukuthunyelwa ngaphandle), kanye nohlelo lwe-The Nature Conservancy's Pacific Island Countries Programme. .

I-Ocean Foundation kanye nabasebenzi bayo bazoqhubeka nokubheka amathuba okufanisa abanikeli namaphrojekthi amahle kulesi sifunda, okuyikhaya lezinto eziningi eziphilayo zasolwandle ezinempilo kunazo zonke emhlabeni, naphezu kwezinkinga ezibalwe ngenhla.  

Ngiyabonga ngokufunda.

Olwandle,

UMark J. Spalding
Umongameli, i-Ocean Foundation