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BALITA NG DIVING
Kumuha ng virtual dive sa GBR
Larawan: Pagong Creative.
Ang mga scuba diver, freediver at snorkeller sa buong mundo ay hinihikayat na lumahok sa isang proyektong agham ng mamamayan na idinisenyo upang palakasin ang pangmatagalang kalusugan ng Great Barrier Reef ng Australia. Ang kailangan lang ay ang pag-access sa Internet "at ilang minuto pa ang natitira".
Pagsasanay agency PADI says it has teamed up with Australian conservation network Citizens of the Great Barrier Reef for what it describes as a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Great Reef Census. Divers contribute to the effort by carrying out online reef-image analysis.
Between October and December 2020 divers, dive-boats, marine-tourism operators and others in the GBR community created a makeshift research flotilla that captured large-scale reconnaissance data and images from across the reef, says PADI.
Dive-crew, scientists, tourists and conservation groups volunteered hundreds of hours and surveyed more than 160 reefs from the tip of Cape York to the remote southern Swains, capturing more than 13,000 images. These were uploaded to the Great Reef Census platform for analysis.
“The Great Reef Census is a ground-breaking idea for ocean conservation that is inclusive of anyone with access to the Internet,” says Michelle Barry, a GBR-based Master Scuba Diver Trainer. “This allows people all around the world to visit the reef virtually and to be part of an important project to protect it.”
If the idea proves successful the model can be rolled out across the world, says PADI, providing “real-time status updates for the planet’s treasured reefs”.
"Habang bumibilis ang mga epekto ng pagbabago ng klima at iba pang mga banta sa buong mundo, mayroong isang agarang pangangailangan na palakihin ang mga pagsisikap sa konserbasyon sa buong mundo, na nangangailangan ng lahat na makilahok," sabi ni Andy Ridley, CEO ng Citizens ng GBR. "Ang pandaigdigang komunidad ng pagsisid ay nasa isang natatanging posisyon upang suportahan ang mga pagsisikap na ito."
Ang GBR ay nakaranas ng tatlong mass coral-bleaching event sa nakalipas na limang taon, na umaabot sa tradisyonal na pamamahala at pagsubaybay sa mga mapagkukunan.
Much of the world believes that the GBR has already gone, according to Ridley. “But the reef is massive, the same size as Germany, so the reality is that it’s a patchwork system of incredibly healthy, degraded and recovering reefs.”
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Only 5-10% of the GBR is regularly surveyed, he says. “The Great Reef Census is designed to help fill critical gaps in our knowledge of how individual reefs are coping with stresses, and has already returned valuable data.”
Maaaring makilahok ang mga diver sa survey dito and find out about the pagsasanay agency’s own conservationist community of “PADI Torchbearers” dito.
