A cikin Yuli 2021, The Ocean Foundation's Blue Resilience Initiative (BRI) da abokan aikinmu sun sami kyautar $1.9M daga Asusun Kula da Halittu na Caribbean (CBF) don aiwatar da juriyar yanayin bakin teku a cikin manyan tsibiran biyu mafi girma na Caribbean: Cuba da Jamhuriyar Dominican. Yanzu, shekaru biyu a cikin aikin na shekaru uku, muna kan wani muhimmin lokaci don tabbatar da cewa muna amfani da kayan aikinmu na ɗan adam, fasaha, da kuma kuɗin kuɗi don samun cikakken tasiri da kuma tabbatar da cewa za mu iya ci gaba da haɓaka ayyukanmu na shekaru masu zuwa.

Don ci gaba da aikin mu na fara yaɗuwar tsutsa na murjani, membobin ƙungiyar mu na BRI sun yi tafiya zuwa Havana, Cuba daga Yuni 15-16, 2023 - inda muka shirya taron bita tare da Centro de Investigaciones Marinas (Cibiyar Nazarin Ruwa) na Jami'ar Havana (UH). Mashahurin ƙwararrun ƙwararrun gyare-gyare na murjani na duniya Dr. Margaret Miller, Daraktan Bincike a SECORE ya haɗu da mu wanda shine babban abokin aikin gyaran murjani na fasaha akan aikin CBF.

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Muna haɗin gwiwa tare da masana kimiyya, masu kiyayewa, membobin al'umma, da shugabannin gwamnati don ƙirƙirar mafita na tushen yanayi, haɓaka al'ummomin bakin teku, da haɓaka juriya daga barazanar sauyin yanayi.

Scuba nutse karkashin ruwa tare da murjani

Ranar farko ta taron an yi niyya ne a matsayin wurin ilimi, inda ɗalibai da matasa masana kimiyya daga Acuario Nacional de Cuba da UH za su iya gabatar da binciken da suka shafi aikin.

Ayyukanmu a Cuba sun mayar da hankali ne kan gyaran jima'i da jima'i a Guanahacabebes National Park da Jardines de la Reina National Park, Cuba. Tsohon nau'in maidowa ya haɗa da tarawa, haɗawa, da daidaitawa daga ƙauyukan murjani na daji - yayin da maido da jima'i ya ƙunshi yanke guntu, girma a cikin gandun daji, da sake dasa su. Dukansu ana la'akari da shisshigi masu mahimmanci don haɓaka ƙarfin murjani.

Yayin da tallafin CBF ke rufe hayar jiragen ruwa da siyan kayan aiki da kayan aiki don maido da murjani, aikinmu na iya samar da dandamali don sauran nau'ikan binciken binciken murjani na gaba ko dabarun sa ido na zamani don taimakawa auna nasarar dawo da murjani. Masanan kimiya na Cuba suna tattara bayanan lafiyar rafin ta hanyar yin bincike kan bleaching coral da cututtuka, jellyfish, lionfish, da na ciyawa kamar su urchins da parrotfish.

Mun ji daɗin sha'awar waɗannan matasa masana kimiyya waɗanda ke yin aiki tuƙuru don yin nazari da kare muhallin murjani na Cuban. Sama da matasa masana kimiyya 15 ne suka halarci kuma sama da kashi 75% daga cikinsu mata ne: shaida ga al'ummar kimiyyar ruwa ta Cuba. Wadannan matasa masana kimiyya suna wakiltar makomar murjani na Cuba. Kuma, godiya ga aikin TOF da SECORE, dukansu an horar da su a cikin sabon fasaha na yada tsutsa, wanda zai tabbatar da ikon fasaha don gabatar da murjani iri-iri na kwayoyin halitta zuwa raƙuman ruwa na Cuba a cikin har abada. 

Dr. Pedro Chevalier-Monteagudo yana ba da babban yatsa a Acuario Nacional tare da murjani substrates kusa da shi.
Dr. Pedro Chevalier-Monteagudo a Acuario Nacional tare da murjani substrates

A rana ta biyu na bitar, tawagar ta tattauna sakamakon shekarun da suka gabata tare da shirya balaguro uku a watan Agusta da Satumba 2023, don maido da shi. Acropora murjani kuma ƙara sabon nau'in zuwa gaurayawan.

Wani gagarumin sakamako daga ayyukan ya zuwa yanzu shine ƙirƙirar kalandar murjani don Cuba da kuma masana kimiyya sama da 50 da aka horar da su a cikin ƙoƙarin dawo da murjani. Taron bitar ya bai wa ƙungiyarmu damar tsara shirin maido da murjani fiye da tallafin CBF. Mun tattauna shirin aiki na shekaru 10 wanda ya haɗa da faɗaɗa dabarun jima'i da na jima'i zuwa sabbin shafuka 12 a duk faɗin Cuba. Wannan zai kawo sabbin kwararru da yawa zuwa aikin. Muna fatan karbar bakuncin babban taron horarwa ga waɗannan masana kimiyya a watan Mayu 2024. 

Wani sakamakon da ba zato ba tsammani na taron shine ƙirƙirar sabuwar hanyar sadarwa ta murjani ta Cuban. Wannan sabuwar hanyar sadarwar za ta daidaita yanke shawara kuma ta zama tushen fasaha don duk aikin maido da murjani a Cuba. Masana kimiyyar Cuban biyar da aka zaɓa za su shiga TOF da ƙwararrun SECORE a cikin wannan sabon dandamali mai ban sha'awa. 

Dr. Dorka Cobián Rojas yana gabatar da ayyukan gyaran murjani a Guanahacabebes National Park, Cuba.
Dr. Dorka Cobián Rojas yana gabatar da ayyukan gyaran murjani a Guanahacabebes National Park, Cuba.

Taron mu ya ba mu kwarin gwiwa don ci gaba da wannan aiki. Ganin irin waɗannan matasa kuma masu kishin Cuban kimiyar sun himmantu don kare ƙasarsu ta musamman ta ruwa da wuraren zama na bakin teku ya sa TOF ta yi alfahari da ci gaba da ƙoƙarinmu.

Mahalarta taron bita suna sauraron jawabai a rana ta 1.