UDkt. Roger Payne

Sikhalela ukulahlekelwa uRoger Searle Payne (1935-1983) iseluleko nokuhlakanipha kwakhe kwakubaluleke kakhulu ku-The Ocean Foundation. Ilungu elisungula le-TOF's Board of Advisors, uRoger waduma ngokutholwa kwengoma yomkhomo ngo-1967 phakathi kwama-humpback whale. Kamuva uRoger waba umuntu obalulekile emkhankasweni womhlaba wonke wokuqeda ukudotshwa kwemikhomo kwezohwebo. Ngo-1971, uRoger wasungula i-Ocean Alliance, eyayingumlingani wokuqala we-TOF ekuhloleni inkinga yomhlaba wonke yobuthi emikhomo. U-Payne uthole indondo ye-United Nations Environment Programme Global 500 Award (1988) kanye nendondo ye-MacArthur genius (1984) phakathi kweminye imiklomelo yocwaningo lwakhe. Uzokhunjulwa kakhulu yibo bonke abasebenze naye ukwenza ulwandle lube yindawo enempilo kakhudlwana yokunakekela imikhomo nakho konke ukuphila emanzini alo.