He kono i hoʻokahi manawa i ke ola e makaʻala i ke kihi ʻoi loa o ka Caribbean

Na Fernando Bretos, Luna Hoʻokele o CMRC

ʻO kēia ʻOkakopa e hōʻailona ai i ka makahiki 54 o ka ʻae ʻana o ka US e kūʻē iā Cuba. ʻOiai ke hōʻike nei nā koho balota i kēia manawa ua kūʻē ikaika ka hapa nui o nā Cuban-ʻAmelika i kēia pili, noho paakiki ma kahi. Ke hoʻomau nei ka embargo e pale i ka hoʻololi kūpono ma waena o ko mākou mau ʻāina. Ua ʻae ʻia nā lālā o kekahi mau hui ʻepekema, hoʻomana a me ka moʻomeheu e huakaʻi i ka mokupuni e hoʻokō i kā lākou hana, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo The Ocean Foundation's Cuba Marine Research and Conservation Project (CMRC). Eia naʻe, he kakaikahi ka poʻe ʻAmelika i ʻike maka i nā mea kupanaha maoli e nui ana ma nā kahakai a me nā ululāʻau o Cuba. ʻO 4,000 mau mile o ke kahakai ʻo Cuba, ka ʻokoʻa nui o ka moana a me nā wahi kūʻai kumu kūʻai a me ke kiʻekiʻe o ka endemism e lili ai ka Caribbean. Ke hilinaʻi nei nā wai o ʻAmelika i ka ʻākoʻakoʻa, ka iʻa a me ka ula no ka hoʻopiha piha ʻana i kā mākou kaiaola ponoʻī, ʻaʻohe wahi ʻē aʻe ma nā Florida Keys. ʻO ke kolu o ka ʻaʻa pā nui loa i ka honua. E like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia ma Cuba: ʻO ʻEdena Kuʻuna, he palapala hōʻike Nature/PBS hou i hōʻike ʻia i ka hana a CMRC, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kumuwaiwai kahakai o Cuba i mālama ʻia i ka pōʻino o nā lāhui Caribbean ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ka heluna kanaka, ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka mahiʻai kūlohelohe ma hope o ka nalowale ʻana o ke kālā Soviet i nā makahiki 1990 a me ka holomua ʻana o ke aupuni Cuban i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahakai, a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā wahi i mālama ʻia, ua haʻalele ka hapa nui o nā wai o Cuba.

Ua hana ʻo CMRC ma Cuba mai 1998, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma mua o nā NGO ʻē aʻe o US. Hana pū mākou me nā keʻena noiʻi Cuban e aʻo i nā kumuwaiwai moana o ka mokupuni a kōkua i ka ʻāina i ka pale ʻana i kā lākou waiwai moana a me nā kahakai. ʻOiai nā pilikia a ka embargo i hāʻawi ʻia i kēlā me kēia ʻano o ke ola ma Cuba, ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi ʻia nā ʻepekema Cuban a ʻoi aku ka ʻoihana, a hāʻawi ʻo CMRC i nā kumuwaiwai a me ka ʻike e hiki ai i nā Cubans ke hoʻomau i ke aʻo ʻana a me ka pale ʻana i kā lākou waiwai ponoʻī. Ua hana pū mākou no kahi kokoke i ʻelua mau makahiki akā he kakaikahi ka poʻe ʻAmelika i ʻike i nā wahi kupaianaha a mākou e aʻo ai a me nā poʻe hoihoi a mākou e hana pū ai ma Cuba. Inā hiki i ka lehulehu ʻAmelika ke hoʻomaopopo i ka mea e pili ana a ʻike i nā mea e hana ʻia nei e pale aku i nā kumuwaiwai moana ma lalo o ke kahawai, hiki iā mākou ke noʻonoʻo i kekahi mau manaʻo hou e pono ke hoʻokō ma ʻaneʻi ma US. A ma ke kaʻina hana e hoʻoikaika ai i ka palekana no nā kumuwaiwai moana like, hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi ka pilina me ko mākou mau hoahānau hema, i mea e pono ai nā ʻāina ʻelua.

Ke loli nei nā manawa. I ka makahiki 2009, ua hoʻonui ke aupuni Obama i ka mana o ka 'Oihana Waihona e ʻae i ka huakaʻi hoʻonaʻauao i Cuba. ʻO kēia mau hoʻoponopono hou e ʻae i kekahi ʻAmelika, ʻaʻole wale nā ​​kānaka ʻepekema, e huakaʻi a komo i ke kamaʻilio koʻikoʻi me ka poʻe Cuban, ke hana lākou pēlā me kahi hui laikini e hāpai a hoʻohui i kēlā mau hoʻololi me kā lākou hana. I Ianuali 2014, ua hōʻea ka lā o The Ocean Foundation i ka loaʻa ʻana o kāna laikini "People to People" ma o kāna Polokalamu CMRC, e ʻae iā mākou e kono i kahi anaina ʻAmelika e ʻike i kā mākou hana ma kahi kokoke. Hiki i nā kama'āina ʻAmelika ke ʻike hope i nā pūnana honu kai ma Guanahacabibes National Park a hui pū me nā ʻepekema Cuban e hana nei e pale aku iā lākou, ʻike i nā manatees e hānai ana i nā lau nahele ma waho o Isle of Youth, a i ʻole nā ​​māla koʻa i kekahi o nā koʻakoʻa olakino ma Cuba, ʻO Maria La Gorda ma ke komohana ʻo Cuba, nā māla o ka Mōʻīwahine ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o Cuba, a i ʻole na Punta Frances ma ka Mokupuni o nā ʻōpio. Hiki i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ke ʻike i ka Cuba ʻoiaʻiʻo loa, kahi mamao loa mai ke ala mākaʻikaʻi, ma o ka launa pū ʻana me nā lawaiʻa ma ke kūlanakauhale lawaiʻa a me ke kaona lawaiʻa o Cocodrilo, mai ke kahakai hema o ka Isle of Youth.

Ke kono nei ka Ocean Foundation iā ʻoe e lilo i ʻāpana o kēia mau huakaʻi mōʻaukala i Cuba. Loaʻa kā mākou huakaʻi hoʻonaʻauao mua mai Kepakemapa 9-18, 2014. ʻO ka huakaʻi e lawe iā ʻoe i Guanahacabibes National Park, ka moku komohana loa o ka mokupuni a ʻo kekahi o nā paka kūlohelohe kūlohelohe, pristine a mamao loa ma Cuba. E kōkua ʻoe i nā kānaka ʻepekema Cuban mai ke Kulanui o Havana i kā lākou mau hana nānā ʻana i ka honu kai ʻōmaʻomaʻo, luʻu ʻo SCUBA i kekahi o nā koʻa koʻa maikaʻi loa ma ka Caribbean, a kipa aku i ke awāwa ʻo Viñales, kahi UNESCO World Heritage Site. E hālāwai ʻoe me nā loea kai kūloko, kōkua i ka noiʻi honu kai, kiaʻi manu, luʻu a snorkel paha, a hauʻoli iā Havana. E hoʻi mai ʻoe me kahi hiʻohiʻona hou a me ka mahalo nui ʻana i nā waiwai kaiaola kupaianaha o Cuba a me nā poʻe e hana ikaika nei e aʻo a pale iā lākou.

No ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike hou aʻe a kau inoa paha no kēia huakaʻi, e kipa: http://www.cubamar.org/educational-travel-to-cuba.html