Hōʻike i nā hualoaʻa: "Ka Hoʻokele waiwai o nā lawelawe kaiaola o ka Mesoamerican Reef System"

ʻO ka Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS a i ʻole MAR) ka kaiaola kaiaola nui loa ma ʻAmelika a ʻo ka lua ka nui o ka honua, e ana ana ma kahi o 1,000 km mai ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ka Yucatan Peninsula ma Mexico a hiki i nā kahakai Caribbean o Belize, Guatemala a me Honduras.

Ma Ianuali 19, 2021, ua hoʻolauna ʻo The Ocean Foundation me Metroeconomica a me World Resources Institute of Mexico (WRI) i kahi papa hana e hōʻike i nā hopena o kā lākou noiʻi "Economic Valuation of the Ecosystem Services of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System". Ua kākoʻo kālā ʻia ke aʻo ʻana e ka Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) a ua manaʻo e hoʻohālikelike i ka waiwai waiwai o nā lawelawe kaiaola o nā koʻa koʻa ma ka MAR a me ka wehewehe ʻana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka mālama ʻana o MAR i mea e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi ai i nā mea hoʻoholo.

I ka wā o ka papa hana, hōʻike nā mea noiʻi i nā hopena o ka loiloi waiwai o nā lawelawe kaiaola MAR. ʻOku lahi ange ʻe toko 100 naʻe kau maʻu mei he fonua ʻe fā ʻa ia ko e MAR—Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, mo Honduras. Ma waena o ka poʻe i hele mai he mau kula, NGO, a me nā mea hoʻoholo.

Ua hōʻike pū ka poʻe i komo i ka hana koʻikoʻi o nā papahana ʻē aʻe ma ka ʻāina e manaʻo nei e pale, mālama, a hoʻohana mau i ka kaiaola a me kona ʻano olaola, e like me ka Integrated Management Project mai ka Waiwai a i ka Reef of the Mesoamerican Reef Ecoregion (MAR2R), Summit of Sustainable and Social Tourism, a me ka Healthy Reefs Initiative (HRI).

Ua māhele ʻia ka poʻe i komo i nā hui breakout e ka ʻāina kahi i hōʻike ai i ka waiwai o nā haʻawina e like me kēia e kōkua i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā kulekele aupuni no ka pale a me ka mālama ʻana i nā kaiaola kaiaola honua, kahakai, a me ke kai. Ua ʻōlelo pū lākou i ka pono e hoʻoikaika i nā kaiāulu kūloko me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā hopena a hoʻokumu i ka synergies me nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe e like me ka mākaʻikaʻi a me nā mea lawelawe.

Ma ka inoa o TOF, WRI, a me Metroeconomica, makemake mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi aku i nā aupuni no kā lākou kākoʻo koʻikoʻi i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻike, a me kā lākou nānā ʻana a me nā ʻōlelo e hoʻonui ai i kēia hana.