ʻO ka Ocean Foundation a me ke Kulanui o Havana's Marine Research Center: 21 makahiki o ka ʻepekema, ʻike, a me ka hoaloha.

I kēia pule, ua hele ʻo The Ocean Foundation i ka 50th Anniversary Celebration o ke Kulanui o Havana Centro de Investigaciones Marinas (CIM, Marine Research Center), kahi i ʻike ʻia ai ʻo TOF no kāna mau makahiki 21 o ka hui pū ʻana me CIM ma ka ʻepekema moana ma Cuba. Ua hoʻomaka ka hana a TOF me CIM i ka makahiki 1999 i ka hui ʻana o Fernando Bretos o TOF me ka Luna Hoʻokele CIM i kēlā manawa, ʻo Kauka Maria Elena Ibarra. ʻO ka makemake nui o Kauka Ibarra no ka mālama kai a me ka launa pū ʻana me nā hui honua ʻo ia ka mea hoʻoikaika ma hope o ka hui mua ʻana o TOF me CIM.

ʻO ka papahana hui mua TOF-CIM i komo i ka nānā ʻana i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻauhau a CIM i ka makahiki 1999. Mai ia manawa, ua ulu ka hui pū ʻana o TOF-CIM e hoʻokomo i ka mālama honu kai ma ka Guanahacabibes National Park o Cuba, nā huakaʻi noiʻi ma kahi kokoke i ka holoʻokoʻa o ke kahakai ʻo Cuban, ke aʻo ʻana i nā lawaiʻa honua. nā hoʻololi ʻana, nā huakaʻi e nānā i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā ʻaʻa, a me ka mea hou loa he papahana e aʻo ai a mālama i ka iʻa ʻili ma Cuba. Ua alakaʻi kēia mau hui ʻana i nā hopena mālama mālama koʻikoʻi a lilo i kumu no ka ʻoi aku o 30 kauka kauka a me nā dissertation haku no nā haumāna CIM. He mau hoa hana lōʻihi ʻo CIM ma TOF's Trinational Initiative for Marine Science and Conservation in the Gulf of Mexico & Western Caribbean.

Ua hele ʻo Alejandra Navarrete a me Katie Thompson o TOF i kēia pule. Ua loaʻa iā Mrs. Navarrete he makana mai CIM no nā makahiki he ʻumi o ka hui pū ʻana o TOF me ke kākoʻo o CIM. Ua hāʻawi ʻo Ms. Thompson i ka hōʻike "The Ocean Foundation and CIM: 21 makahiki o ka ʻepekema, ʻike, a me ka pilina" ma ka panel "International Scientific Relations and Capacity Building" i hoʻoponopono ʻia e CIM Luna Patricia González. Hauʻoli ʻo TOF e hoʻomau i ka hana pū ʻana me CIM no nā makahiki he nui e pili ana i ka ʻepekema moana a me ka mālama ʻana ma Cuba a me ka Wider Caribbean Region.