Gidauniyar Ocean Foundation da Jami'ar Cibiyar Nazarin Ruwa ta Havana: Shekaru 21 na Kimiyya, Ganowa, da Abotaka

A wannan makon, Gidauniyar Ocean Foundation ta halarci bikin cika shekaru 50 na Jami'ar Havana. Centro de Investigaciones Marinas (CIM, Cibiyar Nazarin Marine), inda aka gane TOF don shekaru 21 na haɗin gwiwa tare da CIM akan kimiyyar ruwa a Cuba. Aikin TOF tare da CIM ya fara ne a cikin 1999 lokacin da Fernando Bretos na TOF ya sadu da Daraktan CIM a lokacin, Dr. Maria Elena Ibarra. Dokta Ibarra na sha'awar kiyaye ruwa da kuma haɗin gwiwa tare da ƙungiyoyin ƙasa da ƙasa shine tushen haɗin gwiwa na farko na TOF tare da CIM.

Aikin haɗin gwiwa na farko na TOF-CIM ya haɗa da nazarin tarin tarin harajin CIM a cikin 1999. Tun daga wannan lokacin, haɗin gwiwar TOF-CIM ya haɓaka don haɗawa da kiyaye kunkuru na teku a cikin Guanahacabebes National Park na Cuba, binciken jiragen ruwa tare da kusan dukkanin gabar tekun Cuban, koyan kamun kifi na duniya. musanya, balaguro don sa ido kan ɗumbin murjani, kuma mafi kwanan nan aikin nazari da kare sawun kifi a Cuba. Waɗannan haɗin gwiwar sun haifar da sakamako mai mahimmanci na kiyayewa kuma sun samar da tushen fiye da 30 digiri na digiri da na masters ga ɗaliban CIM. CIM kuma ta kasance abokan haɗin gwiwa na dogon lokaci a cikin Ƙaddamarwar Triniti na TOF don Kimiyyar Marine da Kariya a Gulf of Mexico & Western Caribbean.

TOF's Alejandra Navarrete da Katie Thompson sun halarci bikin wannan makon. Misis Navarrete ta sami lambar yabo daga CIM na shekaru da yawa na TOF na haɗin gwiwa tare da goyon bayan CIM. Ms. Thompson ya ba da gabatarwar "The Ocean Foundation da CIM: 21 shekaru na kimiyya, ganowa, da abokantaka" a kan kwamitin "Ƙungiyoyin Kimiyya na Ƙasashen Duniya da Ƙarfafa Ƙarfafawa" wanda Daraktan CIM Patricia González ya jagoranta. TOF tana farin cikin ci gaba da haɗin gwiwa tare da CIM na tsawon shekaru masu yawa akan kimiyyar ruwa da kiyayewa a Cuba da Yankin Caribbean mai faɗi.