By Hideki Yoshikawa, Luna o ʻO Okinawa Pūnaewele Kūʻai Kūʻai, November 22, 2019
Ma waena o ka Aupuni Kepani kaomi ikaika ʻole e kūkulu i kahi kahua pūʻali koa US hou ma Henoko-Oura Bay ma Okinawa Island, Iapana, Mission Blue's ka inoa o ka Henoko Oura Bay Coastal Waters ma ke ʻano he Hope Spot ua hāʻawi nui i ka paipai ikaika ʻana i ka poʻe o mākou e kūʻē nei i ka hana pā kumu.
Moku Blue he mea hanohano, he US ʻ basedlelo e pili ana i ka US, i alakaʻi ʻia e Dr. Sylvia Earle, he mea noiʻi moana kai ʻAmelika. Nā Hope hana Spots ua hōʻiliʻili nui i ka honua holoʻokoʻa a ua hōʻike ʻo ia i nā neʻe o ka mālama moana i ka honua.
I ke koho ʻana i ka Henoko Oura Bay Coastal Waters ma ke ʻano he kahua mua o Iapana, ua hōʻoia ʻo Mission Blue he wahi kūikawā kēia wahi ma ka like me nā mea kupaianaha ʻē aʻe a me Hope Spots a puni ka honua. Ua hōʻike ʻia hoʻi kā mākou hakakā e pale aku iā ia ua pono. A pono mākou e hoʻomau i ka hakakā ʻana. Ua hauʻoli nui wau a hauʻoli i ka hoʻoholo a Mission Blue.
Manaʻo wau e kāhili ana ka hoʻolālā ʻana i ka ʻike mua o ka honua ka mea kupanaha a me ka uha o Henoko-Oura Bay a e kōkua nō i ka hānai ʻana i ke kākoʻo no kā mākou kaua.
Eia kekahi, makemake wau e lawe ʻia kēia inoa ʻo Hope Spot e pili ana i ʻekolu mau hopena: ʻO ka mea mua, e hōʻike ākea ʻia nā noiʻi kaiapuni hewahewa i mālama ʻia e ke aupuni Iapana.
Ua koi aku ke aupuni Iapana i kāna Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) a me ka hōʻike o ka post-EIA, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i nā pōʻino i ka pōʻaiapuni. ("ʻAʻohe hopena," wahi a lākou. A ʻo ia ke kumu e hana nei ka kūkulu ʻana.
ʻO kēia kuleana "ʻaʻohe hopena" i hōʻoia he wahaheʻe. Ua hoʻokumu ʻē ka hana hou ʻana i ka ʻāina i nā hopena o ka nohona. ʻO kahi laʻana, ʻo ka dugong, kahi mammal o ka wai kai kokoke a me kā Okinawa moʻomeheu moʻomeheu, ʻike pinepine ʻia ma ka Henoko-Oura Bay i ka wā i hala, akā ua nalo i kēia manawa. ʻO ke kaumaha, mai Kepakemapa 2018, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia kahi dugong ma Okinawa.
ʻO ka lua o ka hopena i manaʻo ʻia e hōʻike ʻia ka hoʻokamani a ke aupuni Kepani e pili ana i ka pilina US-Japan a me ko lākou ʻano hoʻokae iā Okinawa e ʻike ʻia e nā mea āpau.
Ke hoʻomau nei ke aupuni Kepani e mahalo nui ʻo Iapana i ka pilina palekana o US-Iapana a kākoʻo i ka noho ʻana o nā kahua kaua US i Iapana, akā ʻaʻole makemake e noi i nā wahi ʻē aʻe i ka ʻāina ʻo Iapana e kaʻana i ka kaumaha o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā waihona kaua US. ʻAʻole makemake hou nā poʻe kaiaulu ma ka ʻāina ʻo Iapana ma mua o Okinawans e "hoʻokipa" kūpaʻa US.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoiai ʻo Okinawa wale nō ka 0.6 pākēneka o ka ʻāina ʻāina o Iapana, 70 pākēneka o nā waihona US ma Iapana e pili ana i Okinawa. A i kēia manawa, ke hoʻāʻo nei ke aupuni Kepani e kūkulu i kahi kahua mokulele pūʻali koa i kekahi o nā wahi waiwai nui o ka biodiverse i ka honua. He nui ka poʻe e ʻike nei i kēia lapuwale e like me ka hōʻike o ka hoʻokamani a ke aupuni Kepani iā Okinawa.
ʻO ka mea hope loa, ke manaʻo nei wau e paipai ʻia ka hoʻolālā ʻana i nā poʻe mai nā ʻano like ʻole e nānā hou i ka pilina o ke kaiāulu, nā kuleana kanaka, a me ka maluhia.
ʻO Okinawa ka pūnaewele o kekahi o nā kaua hoʻoweliweli maikaʻi loa i ka wā o ke Kaua Honua II. Ua luku ʻia nā kānaka. Ua puhi ʻia nā hale, nā hale, a me nā hale kākela. A ua luku ʻia ka wahi. I kēia lā, ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā Okinawa wale nō mai nā palaka o ke Kaua, akā mai ka hoʻoilina leʻa kaua o ke Kaua i ke ʻano o kēia hoʻokūkū kiʻekiʻe o nā pae kaua.
Hoʻolaha ka lehulehu o mākou i Okinawa e hoʻolilo i ka wai kahakai ʻo Henoko-Oura Bay Coastal pono he wahi kūpono ʻole, e makemake ana e hōʻeuʻeu i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hakakā no ko lākou kaiāulu, kanaka, a me ka maluhia.
