No ke aloha o ke Kai

NO KE ALOHA O KE APU: TRINATIONAL INITIATIVE HOLDS 7TH MEETING

na Mark J. Spalding, Pelekikena o The Ocean Foundation

ʻO ke Kaiwa o Mekiko kahi ʻāina kaulana o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau. Ua ana ʻo ia ma kahi o 930 mile (1500 km) a puni a uhi ʻia kahi ʻāpana ma kahi o 617,000 mau mile square (a i ʻole ʻoi aʻe ma mua o ka pālua o ka nui o Texas). Ua palena ke Kaiwa i ʻelima ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka ʻākau (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas), ʻeono mokuʻāina ʻo Mekiko i ke komohana (Quintana Roo, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatan), a me ka mokupuni ʻo Cuba. i ka hikina hikina. He home ia no nā ʻano mammals moana, nā iʻa, nā manu, nā invertebrates, a me nā ʻano noho. ʻO nā ʻāina ʻekolu e kaʻana like ana i ke Kai Kūʻono he nui nā kumu e hana like ai e hōʻoia i ko mākou hoʻoilina maʻamau ʻo kā mākou hoʻoilina maʻamau.

ʻO kekahi hui koʻikoʻi ʻo ia ka Trinational Initiative o ka papahana ʻimi noiʻi a me ka mālama mālama ʻana o Cuba. Ua mālama ʻia ka hālāwai 7th o ka Initiative ma ka National Aquarium ma Cuba i ka waena o Nowemapa. Ua hele ʻia e nā ʻelele aupuni, kula a me nā NGO ma mua o 250 mai Cuba, Mexico a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa-ʻo kā mākou hui nui loa a hiki i kēia lā.  

 ʻO ke poʻomanaʻo o ka hālāwai o kēia makahiki, ʻo ia ka "kūkulu ʻana i nā alahaka ma o ka noiʻi moana a me ka mālama ʻana." ʻO nā mea nui ʻelua o ka hālāwai, ʻo ia nā pūʻulu hana ʻeono o ka Initiative, a me ka ʻaelike i hoʻolaha hou ʻia "nā paka kaikuahine" ma waena o US a me Cuba.

Trinational Initiative Plan of Action Working Groups

I loko o nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hoʻomohala nā lālā o kēia Initiative i ka papahana trinational maʻamau o ka hana e pili ana i ka hui like ʻana a me ka noiʻi ʻana e pili ana i nā ʻākoʻakoʻa, nā manō & nā kukuna, nā manu kuhukukū, nā mammals moana, nā lawaiʻa, a me nā wahi i mālama ʻia i ka moana. ʻEono pūʻulu hana (hoʻokahi no kēlā me kēia wahi noiʻi) i hoʻokumu ʻia e hoʻonui i ke kumumanaʻo o ka hana. Ua hui kēlā me kēia hui e kaʻana like i nā ʻike mai kā mākou hālāwai hope loa a hoʻomākaukau i nā hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo, e komo pū ana nā hana, kūlana, a me nā hoʻolālā no ka wā e hiki mai ana. ʻO ka hōʻike holoʻokoʻa, ua maʻalahi ka hui ʻana a me ka hui ʻana ma muli o ka hoʻomaha ʻana o nā ʻae a me nā ʻae mai nā luna. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki ke kaʻana like i ka ʻike ma muli o ka nele o nā kumuwaiwai kamepiula a me ka Pūnaewele ma Cuba, a me ka nele o ka ʻike uila i ka ʻikepili noiʻi Cuban a me nā puke.

 No ka mea ʻokoʻa kēia hālāwai i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻopili i ka mālama ʻana i nā haʻawina ʻepekema, ʻaʻole i komo wale nā ​​kūkākūkā o nā wahi puʻuhonua i loko o nā hōʻike, akā, ʻo ka pale ʻana i ke kālepa a kūʻai ʻana paha i nā holoholona i make. Ma kahi kokoke i ke ao holoʻokoʻa he pono e hoʻonui i nā mea nui a me nā manawa i hōʻike ʻia i ka hoʻolālā o ka hana ma kahi hapa no ka mea ma mua o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana o nā pilina ma waena o US a me Cuba. No ka laʻana, hiki i nā hoʻoponopono hoʻoponopono hou ke hiki iā mākou ke kaʻana like i nā satelite a me nā ʻikepili ʻē aʻe e hana i nā palapala ʻāina maʻamau o ke Kaiwa o Mexico e hōʻike ana i ka ʻike kūʻokoʻa o kahi i kūkulu ʻia ma kēlā me kēia ʻāina ʻekolu. E hōʻike a hōʻike ʻia kēia palapala ʻāina like i ka nui o ka pilina ma waena o ke Kaiwa. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ua hoʻoulu ʻia nā hoʻoponopono hou i kekahi kumuhana no ke kūkākūkā ʻana: Nui nā ʻōlelo e pili ana i ka hiki (i ka wā e hiki mai ana) i ka wā e hiki ai ke hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka US embargo, a me nā hopena kūpono o ka piʻi nui ʻana o nā hana mākaʻikaʻi, me ka luʻu a me ka lawaiʻa leʻaleʻa. , loaʻa paha ma ke kahakai a me ke kai.

ʻO ka hoʻolaha hoʻolaha o nā kaikuahine:
Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka hoʻolaha pāka kaikuahine ʻo Cuba-US ma ka ʻaha kūkā ʻo "Our Ocean" i mālama ʻia ma Chile i ʻOkakopa, 2015. E hoʻohui ʻia ʻo Cuba's Banco de San Antonio me ka Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. E hoʻopili ʻia ka Guanahacabibes National Park me ka Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. ʻEkolu poʻe i hana luhi ʻole e hana i kēia, ʻo ia ʻo Maritza Garcia o ka Centro National de Areas Protegidas (Cuba), Billy Causey o NOAA (USA), a me Dan Whittle o ka Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). 

ʻO ka poʻe a pau i komo i loko o kēia hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā kaikuahine paka i hōʻike maopopo ʻia he hopena kūlohelohe ia o kā mākou Trinational Initiative. ʻO nā kamaʻilio a me nā hoʻolauna i alakaʻi i kēia kūkākūkā binational i ko lākou kumu i nā hālāwai mua loa o ka Trinational Initiative. Ua ʻoi aku ka maʻamau o nā kūkākūkā ma hope o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana o ka pilina ma Dekemaba 2014. E pūlima ʻia ka ʻaelike ma waena o nā ʻāina ʻelua ma ka 10th Congress on Marine Sciences (MarCuba) ma Nowemapa 18, 2015.

E like me kā mākou i ʻike ai ma mua o ka detente ma waena o nā lāhui malihini, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻomaka ʻana me nā wahi i loaʻa i nā lāhui ʻelua. No laila, e like me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Pelekikena Nixon me ka hui ʻana o ka wai a me ka maikaʻi o ka ea me ka Soviet Union, e hoʻomaka ana ka hui ʻana o ʻAmelika a me Cuba me ke kaiapuni, akā me ka nānā ʻana i ka mālama kai a me nā wahi i mālama ʻia i ka moana (no laila ka ʻaelike ʻo nā kaikuahine). 

ʻO ka pilina ma waena o nā kaiaola a me nā ʻano ʻano i ka Caribbean he mea nui a ʻike maikaʻi ʻia, inā ʻaʻole i hoʻomaopopo ʻia. ʻOi aku kēia ma ka nānā ʻana i kēlā pilina ma waena o Mexico, US a me Cuba. Ua lōʻihi ka manawa a mākou e hoʻokele ai i ko mākou pilina kanaka me nā kahakai a me ka moana ma kēia māhele me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka pilina - kahi hana e hoʻomaka me ka ʻike a me ka ʻike like. He kaʻina hana ia i hoʻomaka me nā hālāwai mua loa o nā ʻepekema mua a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i hui pū ma ka Trinational Initiative mua. Hauʻoli mākou i ka ʻewalu o ka hālāwai o ka Trinational Initiative e mālama ʻia ma US He nui nā mea e hoʻomau ai mākou e aʻo mai kekahi i kekahi, a ke kakali nei mākou i ka hana ma mua.