Hoʻopaʻa inoa ke Aupuni o Cuba i ka Memorandum of Understanding me US-based Non-Governmental Organization e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka diplomacy Ocean Science.

WASHINGTON, DC [Fepeluali 28, 2023] – Ua kakau inoa ke Aupuni o Cuba a me ka Ocean Foundation i ka Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) i keia la; ʻO ia ka mea e hōʻailona ai i ka manawa mua i kākau ai ke Aupuni o Cuba i kahi MoU me kahi hui aupuni ʻole ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. 

Hoʻokumu ʻia ka MoU ma luna o kanakolu makahiki o ka hana ʻepekema moana a me ka hana kulekele ma waena o ka hui a me nā keʻena noiʻi moana Cuban a me nā keʻena mālama mālama. ʻO kēia hui pū ʻana, i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ma o ka platform nonpartisan o The Ocean Foundation, e kālele nui ana ma ke Kaiwa o Mexico a me Western Caribbean a ma waena o nā ʻāina ʻekolu e pili ana i ke Kaiwa: Cuba, México a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. 

ʻO ka Trinational Initiative, he ho'āʻo e holomua i ka hana like ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana, ua hoʻomaka i ka makahiki 2007 me ka pahuhopu e hoʻokumu i ka papa hana no ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka noiʻi ʻepekema hui e mālama a hoʻomalu i ko mākou mau kai a puni a me nā wahi noho kai. I ka makahiki 2015, i ka wā o ka pilina ma waena o Pelekikena Barack Obama lāua ʻo Raúl Castro, ua ʻōlelo nā kānaka ʻepekema mai US a me Cuba i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi ʻoihana ʻo Marine Protected Area (MPA) e ʻoi aku ma mua o 55 mau makahiki o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana bilateral i kaupalena ʻia. Ua ʻike nā alakaʻi o nā ʻāina ʻelua i ka launa ʻana i ke kaiapuni ʻo ia ka mea mua no ka launa pū ʻana. ʻO ka hopena, ua hoʻolaha ʻia ʻelua mau ʻaelike kaiapuni i Nowemapa 2015. ʻO kekahi o ia mau mea, ka Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Conservation and Management of Marine Protected Areas, ua hoʻokumu i kahi pūnaewele bilateral kū hoʻokahi i hoʻoikaika i nā hana like e pili ana i ka ʻepekema, mālama, a me ka hoʻokele ʻana ma nā wahi palekana ʻehā ma Cuba a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻElua makahiki ma hope mai, RedGolfo ua hoʻokumu ʻia ma Cozumel i Dekemaba 2017 i ka wā i hoʻohui ai ʻo Mexico i ʻehiku MPA i ka pūnaewele - e hana ana i kahi hoʻoikaika maoli ʻo Gulf. ʻO ka ʻaelike ʻē aʻe i hoʻonohonoho i ke kahua no ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka hui ʻana i ka mālama kai ma waena o ka US State Department a me ka Cuban Ministry of Foreign Relations. ʻO nā ʻaelike ʻelua e pili ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka ʻike a me ka noiʻi ʻana e pili ana i nā pilikia o ke aniau a me ke aniau, e mau ana ka ikaika ʻoiai ke emi ʻana o ka pilina bilateral i hoʻomaka i ka makahiki 2016. 

Ke hoʻokō ʻia nei ka MoU me Cuba e ka Cuban Ministry for Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA). Ua ʻōlelo ka MoU i ka pono e pale i ka ʻokoʻa olaola kai a me ke kahakai i kaʻana like ʻia e nā ʻāina ʻelua, ʻo ia hoʻi, ma muli o ke kahawai ʻo Gulf Stream a me kahi mamao kikoʻī o 90 mau mile nautical he mea nui i ka wā i hoʻopaʻa pono ʻia ka hapa nui o nā iʻa a me nā benthic o Florida. hoʻopiha ʻia ka nohona e like me nā ʻākoʻakoʻa mai nā kumu lāʻau a hiki i ka hema koke. Mālama pū ʻo ia i ka Trinational Initiative a me RedGolfo ma ke ʻano he mau ʻupena kūpono e holomua ai i ka hana ʻana i ka noiʻi ʻana a me ka pale ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai moana, a noʻonoʻo i ka hana koʻikoʻi o Mexico. Hoʻopili ka MoU i ke aʻo ʻana i nā ʻano mea lele; ka pilina ma waena o nā kaiaola koʻa; ka ho'iho'i hou 'ana a me ka ho'opa'a 'ana i ke kalapona kalapona i loko o nā kumulā'au mangrove, mau'u, a me nā 'āina pulu; hoʻohana waiwai hoʻomau; ka hoʻololi ʻana a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka pōʻino o ke aniau; a me ka ʻimi ʻana i nā ʻano hana kālā hou no ka launa pū ʻana o nā ʻāina āpau i hāʻawi ʻia i kahi moʻolelo o ka pilikia like. Hoʻoikaika ia i ke aʻo ʻana o nā mea ola like ʻole o US-Cuban a me nā wahi noho kahakai e like me nā manatees, nā koholā, nā ʻākoʻa, nā mangroves, nā kai, nā ʻāina wai, a me ka sargassum. 

Ma mua o ke kau inoa ʻana, ua hāʻawi ʻo Ambassador Lianys Torres Rivera, ka wahine mua i poʻo i ka misionari ʻo Cuba ma Wakinekona, i kahi ʻike o ka mōʻaukala o ka hana ma waena o Cuba a me The Ocean Foundation a me ke koʻikoʻi o ka hui hoʻonohonoho mua. Hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia:

"ʻO kēia kekahi o nā wahi liʻiliʻi o ka hoʻololi hoʻonaʻauao a me ka noiʻi i hoʻomau ʻia no nā makahiki he mau makahiki, ʻoiai nā pōʻaiapili politika. Ma ke ʻano koʻikoʻi, ua hana nui ka Ocean Foundation i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā loulou ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka hui ʻepekema bilateral, a ua hoʻokumu i ke kumu e hiki ai i nā ʻaelike e kū nei i kēia lā ma ka pae aupuni.

Elele Lianys Torres Rivera

Ua wehewehe ʻo Mark J. Spalding, Pelekikena o The Ocean Foundation, i ke kūlana kū hoʻokahi o ke kahua kaiāulu no ka moana e hui pū me ke Aupuni o Cuba ma ke ʻano o kā lākou hana ma. Diplomacy ʻEpekema Moana:

“Ke kū nei ʻo TOF ma kāna kūpaʻa ʻana ma mua o ʻekolu mau makahiki e hoʻohana i ka ʻepekema ma ke ʻano he alahaka; e hoʻoikaika i ka pale ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai moana like ʻole. Manaʻo mākou e hiki i nā ʻaelike e like me kēia ke hoʻonohonoho i ke kahua no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka launa pū ʻana ma waena o kā mākou mau aupuni ma ke kahakai a me ka ʻepekema moana, me ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka wā koʻikoʻi.

Mark J. Spalding | Pelekikena, The Ocean Foundation

ʻO Kauka Gonzalo Cid, Luna Hoʻokele o nā Hana Hana Nui, National Marine Protected Areas Center & NOAA - Keʻena o nā Laa Laa Moana; a ʻo Nicholas J. Geboy, Luna Hoʻokele waiwai, Office of Cuban Affairs, US Department of State i hele i ka hanana.

Ua pūlima ʻia ka memo ma ke keʻena o The Ocean Foundation ma Wakinekona, DC 

E PILI ANA I KE KUMU O KA MOANA

ʻOiai ʻo ia wale nō ke kahua kaiāulu no ka moana, ʻo ka ʻoihana 501(c)(3) ʻo Ocean Foundation ke kākoʻo, hoʻoikaika a hoʻolaha i kēlā mau hui i hoʻolaʻa ʻia e hoʻohuli i ke ʻano o ka luku ʻana i nā kaiapuni moana a puni ka honua. Hoʻokumu ʻo ia i kāna ʻike hui ʻana i nā mea hoʻoweliweli e puka mai ana i mea e hoʻopuka ai i nā hopena ʻoki a me nā hoʻolālā maikaʻi no ka hoʻokō. Hoʻokō ka Ocean Foundation i nā papahana papahana koʻikoʻi no ka hakakā ʻana i ka hoʻokahe ʻana i ka moana, hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kūpaʻa polū, hoʻoponopono i ka pollution plastic moana honua, a hoʻomohala i ka ʻike moana no nā alakaʻi hoʻonaʻauao moana. ʻO ia hoʻi ka mālama kālā ma mua o 50 mau papahana ma waena o 25 mau ʻāina. 

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ʻO Kate Killerlain Morrison, The Ocean Foundation
P: +1 (202) 318-3160
E: kmorrison@​oceanfdn.​org
W: www.​oceanfdn.​org

Mai ka hema a i ka ʻākau. Laina hope: ʻO Angel Braestrup (Papa Luna Hoʻokele TOF), Olha Krushelnytska (Papa Luna Hoʻokele TOF), Nguyen Trung Quynh (Kūkākūkā, Poʻo o ke Keʻena ʻepekema a me Technology, Embassy o Vietnam), Elliot Cafritz (ToF Board of Directors), Alejandra Navarrete (Guest), Dr. Gonzalo Cid (International Activities Coordinator, National Marine Protected Areas Center & NOAA), Russell Smith (TOF Board of Directors), Nguyen Thanh Binh (Kakauolelo mua o ka Embassy o Vietnam). Laina mua: Mark J. Spalding (Peresidena TOF), Ka Mea Hanohano Mrs. Lianys Torres Rivera (Cuban Charge d'Affaires to United States)