I-Georgia Strait Alliance: Umngane Wolwandle

NguBen Scheelk, uMdidiyeli Wohlelo, I-Ocean Foundation

Kuthuleke. Ukuthula okumsulwa, okungaxutshwe nalutho, okuvala izindlebe okwenza umuntu azizwe engathi usendaweni engenalutho. Lokho kuwumbono wami ohlala njalo wekhona elincane le-British Columbia's Strait of Georgia eliqanjwe ngokufanelekile ngokuthi “I-Desolation Sound.”

Phakathi kwezinkanyezi zasolwandle eziluhlaza kanye ne-tangerine, izigxivizo zetheku ezinelukuluku ezikubuka ngamehlo amnyama angena ajulile futhi amnyama njengama-fjords asendulo agudla ugu oluhle, futhi ngaphandle kokuvinjwa, umsindo wethrafikhi, kanye nazo zonke izimpawu zokuthi impucuko, ngazithola ngigezwa ukuthula—nangezihlambi ezivamile—zaleli hlane elikhulu lasolwandle phakathi nokuvakasha kwamuva nje. Isipiliyoni singifake enkampanini esondelene yenye ye-The Ocean Foundation's Friends of Funds: i-Friends of Georgia Strait Alliance.

Iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amabili, i- I-Georgia Strait Alliance (GSA), inhlangano ezinze eSiQhingini saseVancouver, “bekuwukuphela kweqembu lezakhamuzi ezigxile ekuvikeleni indawo yasolwandle kuyo yonke iStrait of Georgia naseduze kwayo—indawo lapho abantu abaningi baseBrithani Columbia ehlala khona, esebenza futhi edlala khona.” Kukho konke ukuphila kwabo, i-GSA iye yalwela ngokungakhathali ukuze kuvikelwe leli pharadesi eliyingqayizivele lasolwandle, ifinyelela ukumiswa kokusebenza kwe-salmon aquaculture, ifuna izindlela ezithuthukisiwe zezimboni, ikhuthaza ukuthuthwa kwendle okungcono, ikhuthaza ukusungulwa Kwezindawo Zokongiwa Kwasolwandle Kazwelonke Ezintsha, kanye nokuhola indondo- umkhankaso wokuwina ku-“Green Boating.”

Ukusebenzela "ukukhulisa ukuqonda komphakathi futhi kuzuze izinguquko zenqubomgomo yomphakathi ezindabeni ezinjengokungcoliswa kwemfucumfucu nokungcoliswa kwendle, izingozi zokuchitheka kukawoyela, ukulahlekelwa indawo ebucayi yomfula kanye nemifudlana yama-salmon, imithelela yokulima ama-salmon kanye nesidingo sokuvikelwa kwendawo ehlala olwandle," i-GSA iyinhlangano ebaluleke kakhulu- kubhekwe ukuhlangana ezingqungqutheleni ezinkulu eziphathelene neStrait, kanye nomsekeli nomsunguli wezifundo zesayensi, imikhankaso yokumela, imisebenzi yokuphatha, kanye nezenzo zomthetho. Kusukela ekuvikeleni imikhomo ye-orca, ekulondolozeni ubuqotho balesi simiso semvelo sasendle nesikhiqizayo, i-GSA ihola imizamo yokuqinisekisa ukuthi le nsiza eyigugu igcinwa imiphakathi yabantu nezilwane zasendle, ezihlala kuleli hlane elikhulu, ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane.

Kusukela ngo-2004, i-Ocean Foundation inikeze uxhaso lwezimali ku-Georgia Strait Alliance, enikeze inhlangano ikhono lokukhulisa ukwesekwa okudonswa intela kubanikeli, izikhungo ezizimele, kanye nemithombo kahulumeni engaphakathi kwe-United States. Ngesikhathi ngihamba e-British Columbia, ngathintana ne-GSA ngemva kokuchitha izinsuku ezimbalwa nge-kayaking futhi ngikanisa kulo lonke elase-Strait ukuze ngicabange ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwami ​​futhi ngibonge ngayo yonke imizamo yabo yokuvikela le ndawo emangalisayo. UMichelle Young, umxhumanisi wezezimali wenhlangano, unanela umbono wami futhi wavuma ukuthi naye uye wavame “ukukhulisa umoya [wakhe] wokugwedla nokuhamba ngesikebhe iDesolation Sound neGeorgia Strait.”

Njengoba izinsongo zalesi simiso sezinto eziphilayo zanda, futhi nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu kukulungele ukushintsha imijikelezo ye-biogeochemical ebalulekile empilweni nasekuzinzeni kwewebhu yokudla yesifunda, i-Ocean Foundation ijabule ngokuba nomhlanganyeli oqinile ku-Georgia Strait Alliance ukubhekana neningi lezemvelo. izindaba ezibhekene nendawo kanye nokuthuthukisa izindlela ezisekelwe kwisayensi, eziqhutshwa umphakathi zokuvikela le ndawo ebalulekile.

Emuva eWashington DC, isiphithiphithi esilawulwayo sempilo yasemadolobheni ngokuvamile sibonakala sivala imisindo yemvelo. Kodwa, lapho kukhala inhlabamkhosi, izibani zezimoto ziyafiphala, ukushisa okuphazamisayo kwedolobha eliguquguqukayo kuyacindezela, futhi ulwandle lubonakala lukude kakhulu, ngizama ukubalekela kuleyo ndawo eyihlane eBritish Columbia, lapho amathonsi emvula ekhona. phula indawo eyingilazi njengemithombo yekristalu eyisigidi, i-silhouette eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka e-gauzy yobubanzi bogu iklwebheka ophahleni lwamafu aphansi, futhi okuwukuphela komsindo, akulutho neze.

I-Georgia Strait Alliance isebenza ne-The Ocean Foundation njengomunye "Wabangane Bezimali," ubudlelwano bethu besibonelelo sikahulumeni obugunyazwe ngaphambili obuvumela izinhlangano zamazwe ngamazwe ukuthi zifune ukwesekwa kubaxhasi bezimali base-US. Ukuze ufunde kabanzi mayelana nemodeli ye-Friends of Fund kanye Nohlelo Lokuxhaswa Kwezimali e-The Ocean Foundation, sicela usivakashele ku-: https://oceanfdn.org/ocean-conservation-projects/fiscal-sponsorship. Futhi, uma usendaweni, sicela usekele i-GSA emcimbini wabo okhethekile ozayo, “An Evening With the Strait,” ozoba ngo-Okthoba 24, 2013 e-Victoria, BC. Ukuze uthole imininingwane eyengeziwe, sicela uvakashele ikhasi lomcimbi kuwebhusayithi yabo:http://www.georgiastrait.org/?q=node/1147.