E komo i ka noiʻi ma Cuba

Ua moeʻuhane paha ʻoe e ʻike iā Cuba? He aha ka mea e holo ai kēlā mau kaʻa lāʻau ʻiole kahiko? Pehea e pili ana i nā hype āpau e pili ana i ka mālama maikaʻi ʻana o Cuba nā wahi noho kai? I kēia makahiki, ua loaʻa i ka Ocean Foundation ka laikini kanaka i ka poʻe mai ke Keʻena Waihona, e hiki ai iā mākou ke lawe mai i nā huakaʻi US e ʻike mua i ka moʻomeheu a me nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe o ka mokupuni. Mai ka makahiki 1998, The Ocean Foundation's ʻO Cuba Marine Research and Conservation Program ua hana pū me nā kānaka ʻepekema Cuban e aʻo a mālama i nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe i kaʻana like ʻia e nā mea ʻelua 'āina. ʻO kēia mau mea e pili ana i nā ʻaʻa koʻa, nā iʻa, nā honu kai a me nā haneli o nā manu lele e kū ana ma Cuba i ko lākou neʻe ʻana i kēlā me kēia makahiki mai nā ululāʻau ʻAmelika a me nā ʻāina ʻai i ka hema.

Hāʻawi kā mākou laikini i kekahi ʻAmelika, ʻaʻole ʻepekema wale nō, e huakaʻi i ka mokupuni e ʻike i ka hana a mākou e hana ai, e hālāwai me kā mākou mau hoa hana a komo i nā kūkākūkā me nā conservationists Cuban e hoʻomohala i nā hoʻonā i nā hoʻoweliweli kaiapuni e like me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau, nā ʻano invasive a me ka piʻi ʻana o ke kai. . Akā pehea inā hiki iā ʻoe ke komo i ka noiʻi ma Cuba? E noʻonoʻo e hana pū me nā hoa Cuban ma ke ʻano he kanaka ʻepekema kamaʻāina, e hōʻiliʻili ana i ka ʻikepili e hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i nā kulekele ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o nā ala pololei o Florida.

Ke hāʻawi nei ka Ocean Foundation a me Holbrook Travel i kahi manawa e hōʻiliʻili ai i ka ʻikepili e pili ana i ka neʻe ʻana i nā kahakai a me nā manu kahakai e kapa nei i nā ʻāina ʻelua i ka home. I loko o kēia ʻike ʻeiwa mau lā e kipa aku ai ʻoe i kekahi o nā wahi kūlohelohe ʻoi loa o Cuba me Zapata Swamp, ʻo ia hoʻi i loko o nā biodiversity a me ka laulā e like me nā Everglades. E hana ʻia kēia huakaʻi hoʻokahi i Cuba mai ka lā 13-22 o Dekemaba, 2014. ʻAʻole wale ʻoe e ʻike i nā pōhaku kaiaola Cuban akā e kono ʻia ʻoe e komo mua i ka 2nd Annual Audubon Cuban Christmas Bird Count, he ana makahiki e koho ai i ka haku mele. Ma ke komo ʻana i ka CBC, e hana pū nā kānaka ʻepekema kamaʻāina mai ʻAmelika e hana pū me nā hoa Cuban e aʻo i nā manu e hoʻihoʻi ai i ka US a me Cuba. ʻAʻole pono ka ʻike maka manu ma mua.

Loaʻa nā mea koʻikoʻi o ka huakaʻi:
▪ Hui pū me nā kānaka ʻepekema kūloko a me nā kānaka kūlohelohe e aʻo e pili ana i nā kaiaola kaiaola kahakai o ka mokupuni a e kūkākūkā i ka hoʻokele kaiaola, hoʻomau, a me nā hana hoʻomalu.
▪ E hui me nā ʻelele o ka NGO kaiapuni ProNaturaleza e aʻo e pili ana i ka papahana a me kāna mau hana.
▪ E lilo i ʻāpana o ke kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka CBC ma Cuba a e nānā i nā ʻano like ʻole e like me Cuban Trogon, Fernandina's Flicker, a me ka Bee Hummingbird.
▪ E hui pū me nā poʻe kamaʻāina i kahi hoʻoikaika mālama aupuni koʻikoʻi.
▪ E ʻimi iā Old Havana, me ka National Museum of Natural History.
▪ E hele i kahi hōʻike kūikawā a ka Korimacao Community Project a kūkākūkā i ka papahana me nā mea pena.
▪ E ʻai ma nā paladares, nā hale ʻaina ma nā hale pilikino, no ka manawa e kamaʻilio pū ai me nā kamaʻāina Cuban.
Manaʻo mākou hiki iā ʻoe ke hui pū me The Ocean Foundation ma kēia ʻike aʻo leʻaleʻa. No ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike hou aʻe a i ʻole kau inoa e kipa: https://www.carimar.org/