Gwamnatin Cuba ta rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniyar fahimtar juna ta farko tare da kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu na Amurka don sauƙaƙe diflomasiyyar kimiyyar teku.

WASHINGTON, DC [28 ga Fabrairu, 2023] – Gwamnatin Cuba da Gidauniyar Ocean Foundation sun rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniyar fahimtar juna (MoU) a yau; wanda shi ne karon farko da gwamnatin Cuba ta rattaba hannu kan wata yarjejeniya da wata kungiya mai zaman kanta a Amurka. 

MoU ta zana sama da shekaru talatin na aikin haɗin gwiwar kimiyyar teku da siyasa tsakanin ƙungiyar da cibiyoyin bincike kan tekun Cuban da hukumomin kiyayewa. Wannan haɗin gwiwar, wanda aka sauƙaƙa ta hanyar dandali mai zaman kansa na Gidauniyar Ocean, ya fi mayar da hankali kan Tekun Mexico da Yammacin Caribbean da kuma tsakanin ƙasashe uku da ke kan iyaka da Tekun Fasha: Cuba, Mexico da Amurka. 

Ƙaddamarwar Triniti, ƙoƙari na ci gaba da haɗin gwiwa da kiyayewa, ya fara ne a cikin 2007 tare da manufar kafa tsarin don ci gaba da bincike na kimiyya na hadin gwiwa don kiyayewa da kare muhallinmu da ruwaye da wuraren zama na ruwa. A cikin 2015, yayin da aka yi sulhu tsakanin Shugaba Barack Obama da Raúl Castro, masana kimiyya daga Amurka da Cuba sun ba da shawarar samar da Cibiyar Kariya ta Marine (MPA) wadda za ta wuce shekaru 55 na iyakacin iyakacin haɗin gwiwa tsakanin kasashen biyu. Shugabannin kasashen biyu na ganin hadin gwiwar muhalli a matsayin fifiko na farko wajen yin hadin gwiwa tsakaninsu. A sakamakon haka, an sanar da yarjejeniyoyin muhalli guda biyu a cikin Nuwamba 2015. Ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan, da Ƙimar fahimtar juna kan Haɗin kai a cikin Kiyayewa da Gudanar da Yankunan Kare Ruwa, Ƙirƙirar wata hanyar sadarwa ta musamman wacce ta sauƙaƙe ƙoƙarin haɗin gwiwa game da kimiyya, kulawa, da gudanarwa a yankuna huɗu masu kariya a Cuba da Amurka. Bayan shekaru biyu, RedGolfo An kafa shi a Cozumel a watan Disamba 2017 lokacin da Mexico ta kara MPA guda bakwai zuwa hanyar sadarwar - wanda ya sa ya zama ƙoƙari na Gulf wide. Dayan yarjejeniyar ta kafa hanyar ci gaba da yin hadin gwiwa a fannin kiyaye ruwa tsakanin ma'aikatar harkokin wajen Amurka da ma'aikatar harkokin wajen Cuba. Dukkanin yarjejeniyoyin biyu da suka shafi musayar bayanai da bincike kan yanayi da yanayi, na ci gaba da aiki duk da koma bayan da alakar kasashen biyu ta samu na wucin gadi da aka fara a shekarar 2016. 

Ma'aikatar Kimiyya, Fasaha da Muhalli ta Cuban (CITMA) ce ke aiwatar da yarjejeniyar tare da Cuba. Yarjejeniyar ta bayyana bukatar kare bambance-bambancen halittu na ruwa da na bakin teku da kasashen biyu suka raba, wanda sakamakon kogin Gulf da nisan mil 90 kacal na nautical na ruwa yana da yawa yayin da aka tabbatar da cewa yawancin kifin na Florida da benthic. An cika wurin zama kamar murjani daga hannun jari zuwa kudanci kusa. Har ila yau, tana goyon bayan Ƙaddamarwar Triniti da RedGolfo a matsayin hanyoyin sadarwa masu tasiri don ci gaba da haɗin gwiwa a cikin bincike da kare albarkatun ruwa, da la'akari da muhimmiyar rawar da Mexico ke takawa. MoU ya shafi nazarin nau'in ƙaura; haɗin kai tsakanin murjani reef muhalli; maidowa da sarrafa carbon dioxide a cikin mangrove, ciyawa, da wuraren zama masu dausayi; amfani da albarkatu masu dorewa; daidaitawa da rage rushewar yanayi; da kuma nemo sabbin hanyoyin samar da kudade don yin hadin gwiwa tsakanin bangarori daban-daban, idan aka yi la'akari da tarihin masifun juna. Hakanan yana ƙarfafa nazarin halittun Amurka-Cuban da aka raba da kuma wuraren zama na bakin teku kamar manatees, whales, corals, mangroves, seagrasses, wetlands, da sargassum. 

Kafin rattaba hannun, Ambasada Lianys Torres Rivera, mace ta farko da ta taba jagorantar aikin Cuba a birnin Washington, ta yi bayyani kan tarihin aiki tsakanin Cuba da Gidauniyar The Ocean da kuma muhimmancin kafa kawancen da aka kafa a baya. Ta lura cewa:

"Wannan ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin ƴan fannonin ilimi da musayar bincike da aka dawwama shekaru da yawa, duk da munanan yanayin siyasa. Ta wata babbar hanya, Gidauniyar Ocean Foundation ta taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen samar da ingantacciyar alaka ta hadin gwiwa ta fannin kimiyya, tare da samar da tushen cimma yarjejeniyoyin da ake da su a yau a matakin gwamnati."

Ambasada Lianys Torres Rivera

Mark J. Spalding, Shugaban Gidauniyar The Ocean Foundation, ya bayyana yadda gidauniyar al'umma daya tilo ga teku ke da matsayi na musamman don hada kai da gwamnatin Cuba a matsayin wani bangare na aikinsu Diflomasiyyar Kimiyyar Ruwa:

“TOF ta tsaya kan sadaukarwar da ta yi sama da shekaru talatin na amfani da kimiyya a matsayin gada; don jaddada kare albarkatun ruwa da aka raba. Muna da kwarin gwiwar cewa irin wannan yarjejeniyoyin za su iya kafa hanyar inganta hadin gwiwa tsakanin gwamnatocin mu a fannin kimiyyar teku da teku, gami da tsauraran yanayi."

Mark J. Spalding | Shugaban, The Ocean Foundation

Dokta Gonzalo Cid, Mai Gudanar da Ayyukan Kasa da Kasa, Cibiyar Kare Ruwa ta Kasa & NOAA - Ofishin Wuraren Ruwa na Kasa; da Nicholas J. Geboy, Jami'in Tattalin Arziki na Ofishin Harkokin Cuba, Ma'aikatar Harkokin Wajen Amurka sun halarci taron.

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A matsayin kawai tushen al'umma ga teku, The Ocean Foundation's 501(c)(3) manufa shine tallafawa, ƙarfafawa, da haɓaka waɗannan ƙungiyoyin da aka sadaukar don juyar da yanayin lalata muhallin teku a duniya. Yana mai da hankali kan ƙwarewar haɗin gwiwarsa kan barazanar da ke kunno kai don samar da mafita mai kyau da ingantattun dabarun aiwatarwa. Gidauniyar Ocean tana aiwatar da mahimman shirye-shirye don yaƙar acidification na teku, haɓaka juriya mai launin shuɗi, magance gurɓacewar ruwa ta ruwa ta duniya, da haɓaka ilimin teku ga shugabannin ilimin teku. Har ila yau, tana gudanar da ayyuka fiye da 50 a cikin ƙasashe 25. 

Bayanin Tuntuɓar Mai jarida 

Kate Killerlain Morrison, The Ocean Foundation
P: +1 (202) 318-3160
E: [email protected]
W: www.oceanfdn.org

Daga hagu zuwa dama. Layi na baya: Angel Braestrup (Hukumar Daraktocin TOF), Olha Krushelnytska (Hukumar Gudanarwa ta TOF), Nguyen Trung Quynh (Mai ba da shawara, Shugaban Ofishin Kimiyya da Fasaha, Ofishin Jakadancin Vietnam), Elliot Cafritz (Hukumar Gudanarwa ta TOF), Alejandra Navarrete (Bako), Dokta Gonzalo Cid (Mai Kula da Ayyukan Kasa da Kasa, Cibiyar Kare Ruwa ta Kasa & NOAA), Russell Smith (Hukumar Gudanarwa ta TOF), Nguyen Thanh Binh (Sakataren Farko na Ofishin Jakadancin Vietnam). Layi na gaba: Mark J. Spalding (Shugaban TOF), Jakadiyar Jakadiya Mrs. Lianys Torres Rivera (Chuba d'Affaires na Cuba a Amurka)