Diplomacy Science and our Shared Legacy

ʻEkolu mau lāhui i kaʻana like i ke Kaiwa o Mekiko i nā kumuwaiwai he nui—Cuba, Mexico, a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO kā mākou hoʻoilina like ʻana a me kā mākou kuleana pili ʻana no ka mea ʻo kā mākou hoʻoilina pū kekahi i nā hanauna e hiki mai ana. No laila, pono mākou e kaʻana like i ka ʻike no ka ʻike hou ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻokele ʻana i ke Kaiwa o Mexico me ka hui pū ʻana a me ka hoʻomau.  

No nā makahiki ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻekolu mau makahiki, ua hana wau ma Mexico, a kokoke i kēlā manawa like ma Cuba. I nā makahiki he 11 i hala iho nei, ʻo The Ocean Foundation's ʻImi a me ka mālama ʻana i ka moana ʻo Cuba ua ʻākoakoa ka papahana, hoʻonohonoho a hoʻoikaika i ʻewalu Hoʻomaka Trinational nā hālāwai e pili ana i ka ʻepekema moana. I kēia lā ke kākau nei au mai ka hui Trinational Initiative 2018 ma Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, kahi i ʻākoakoa ai nā loea 83 e hoʻomau i kā mākou hana. 
I loko o nā makahiki, ua ʻike mākou i ka hoʻololi ʻana o nā aupuni, hoʻololi nā ʻaoʻao, a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pilina ma waena o Cuba a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a me ka hoʻololi hou ʻana o kēlā mau pilina, a ua hoʻololi i nā kamaʻilio politika. A ma ia mau mea a pau, mau ka ʻepekema. 

ʻO kā mākou hoʻoulu ʻana a me ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka hui ʻepekema ua kūkulu i nā alahaka ma waena o nā ʻāina ʻekolu ma o ka noiʻi ʻepekema hui, e kālele ana i ka mālama ʻana no ka pono o ke kahawai ʻo Mexico a no ka pōmaikaʻi lōʻihi o nā lāhui o Cuba, Mexico a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. 

ʻO ka ʻimi ʻana i nā mea hōʻike, ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i ka ʻikepili, a me ka ʻike ʻana i nā au o ka moana kino, nā ʻano lele, a me ka hilinaʻi like ʻana. Hoʻomaopopo nā ʻepekema kekahi i kekahi ma nā palena ʻole me ka politika. ʻAʻole hiki ke hūnā ʻia ka ʻoiaʻiʻo no ka lōʻihi.

Ua kūkulu ʻia nā pilina ʻepekema lōʻihi a me ka hui noiʻi ʻana i kumu e kākoʻo ai i nā ʻaelike ʻokoʻa o ka honua - kapa mākou he diplomacy ʻepekema. Ma 2015, ua lilo kēia mau pilina kūikawā i kumu ʻike ʻia no ka pilina ma waena o Cuba a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO ka hele ʻana o nā ʻepekema aupuni mai Cuba a me ʻAmelika i alakaʻi i ka ʻaelike hoʻāno kaikuahine ma waena o nā ʻāina ʻelua. Hoʻopili ka ʻaelike i nā wahi hoʻāno kai o ʻAmelika me nā wahi hoʻāno kai Cuban e hana pū ai i ka ʻepekema, mālama a me ka hoʻokele a e kaʻana like i ka ʻike e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana a me ka loiloi ʻana i nā wahi pale kai.
Ma ʻApelila 26, 2018, ua hele hou kēia diplomacy ʻepekema i mua. Ua pūlima ʻo Mekiko a me Cuba i ka ʻaelike like no ka hui pū ʻana a me kahi papahana hana no ke aʻo ʻana a me ka ʻike ʻike ma nā wahi i mālama ʻia i ka moana.

Ma ke ʻano like, ua kau inoa mākou ma The Ocean Foundation i kahi leka o ka manaʻo me ka Mexican Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) e hui pū i ka papahana ʻo Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem. Ke manaʻo nei kēia papahana i mua e hoʻoulu i nā ʻoihana ʻāpana ʻē aʻe no ka ʻepekema, nā wahi i mālama ʻia i ka moana, ka hoʻokele lawaiʻa a me nā mea ʻē aʻe o ke Kaiwa o Mexico i mālama maikaʻi ʻia.

I ka hopena, no Mekiko, Cuba, a me ʻAmelika, ua lawelawe maikaʻi ka diplomacy ʻepekema i ko mākou hilinaʻi like ʻana i ke Kaiwa olakino a me kā mākou kuleana pili i nā hanauna e hiki mai ana. E like me nā wahi ākea ʻē aʻe, ua hoʻonui ka ʻepekema a me nā loea ʻē aʻe i ko mākou ʻike ma o ka nānā ʻana i ko mākou kaiapuni kūlohelohe, hōʻoia i ko mākou hilinaʻi ʻana i ko mākou kaiapuni kūlohelohe, a hoʻoikaika i nā lawelawe kaiaola i hāʻawi ʻia i ko lākou hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻike i loko o nā palena kūlohelohe ma nā palena politika.
 
He mea maoli ka ʻepekema moana!
 

Nā Kiʻi Kiʻi: Alexandra Puritz, Mark J. Spalding, CubaMar