Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Cuba Kos Npe Thawj Memorandum ntawm Kev Nkag Siab nrog US-based Non-Governmental Organisation los pab txhawb dej hiav txwv Science Diplomacy

WASHINGTON, DC [Lub Ob Hlis 28, 2023] - Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Cuba thiab Ocean Foundation tau kos npe rau Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) hnub no; ib qho uas yog thawj zaug uas Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Cuba tau kos npe rau MoU nrog lub koom haum tsis yog tsoomfwv hauv Tebchaws Meskas. 

Lub MoU kos rau ntau tshaj peb caug xyoo ntawm kev sib koom tes dej hiav txwv science thiab txoj cai ua haujlwm ntawm lub koom haum thiab Cuban marine tshawb fawb cov koom haum thiab cov koom haum kev txuag. Qhov kev sib koom tes no, txhawb nqa los ntawm Ocean Foundation lub platform tsis koom nrog, tsom feem ntau ntawm Gulf of Mexico thiab Western Caribbean thiab ntawm peb lub tebchaws uas ciam teb rau Gulf: Cuba, México thiab Tebchaws Meskas. 

Lub Trinational Initiative, kev sib zog ua kom muaj kev sib koom tes thiab kev txuag, tau pib xyoo 2007 nrog lub hom phiaj ntawm kev tsim ib lub hauv paus rau kev sib koom ua ke kev tshawb fawb txuas ntxiv los khaws thiab tiv thaiv peb cov dej nyob ib puag ncig thiab sib koom thiab cov chaw nyob hauv hiav txwv. Nyob rau hauv 2015, thaum lub sij hawm rapprochement ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Barack Obama thiab Raúl Castro, cov kws tshawb fawb los ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas thiab Cuba tau pom zoo kom tsim ib lub Marine Protected Area (MPA) network uas yuav dhau 55 xyoo ntawm kev txwv tsis pub muaj kev sib koom ua ke. Cov thawj coj ntawm ob lub teb chaws pom kev koom tes ib puag ncig yog thawj qhov tseem ceeb rau kev sib koom tes. Raws li qhov tshwm sim, ob daim ntawv cog lus ib puag ncig tau tshaj tawm thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis 2015. Ib qho ntawm cov, cov Memorandum ntawm kev nkag siab txog kev koom tes hauv kev txuag thiab kev tswj hwm ntawm Marine Protected Areas, tsim kom muaj kev sib koom tes sib koom ua ke uas pab txhawb kev sib koom tes txog kev tshawb fawb, kev saib xyuas, thiab kev tswj hwm thoob plaws plaub thaj chaw tiv thaiv hauv tebchaws Cuba thiab Tebchaws Meskas. Ob xyoos tom qab, RedGolfo tau tsim nyob rau hauv Cozumel thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 2017 thaum Mexico ntxiv xya MPAs rau hauv lub network - ua rau nws muaj kev siv zog thoob plaws Gulf. Lwm qhov kev pom zoo tau teeb tsa theem rau kev koom tes txuas ntxiv hauv kev txuag dej hiav txwv ntawm US State Department thiab Cuban Ministry of Foreign Relations. Ob qhov kev pom zoo hais txog kev sib pauv cov ntaub ntawv thiab kev tshawb fawb txog huab cua thiab huab cua teeb meem, tseem muaj zog txawm tias muaj kev poob qis ib ntus hauv kev sib raug zoo ntawm ob tog uas tau pib xyoo 2016. 

Lub MoU nrog rau teb chaws Cuba tau ua tiav los ntawm Cuban Ministry rau Science, Technology thiab Ib puag ncig (CITMA). MoU hais txog qhov xav tau los tiv thaiv kev sib txawv ntawm marine thiab ntug hiav txwv dej sib txawv los ntawm ob lub teb chaws, uas, raws li qhov tshwm sim ntawm Gulf Stream thiab thaj chaw deb ntawm tsuas yog 90 nautical mais yog qhov tseem ceeb thaum nws tau tsim kom muaj feem ntau ntawm Florida cov ntses thiab benthic. Cov chaw nyob xws li corals tau ntxiv los ntawm cov khoom lag luam mus rau sab qab teb tam sim ntawd. Nws tseem txhawb nqa Trinational Initiative thiab RedGolfo ua cov kev sib koom tes zoo los txhawb kev koom tes hauv kev kawm thiab kev tiv thaiv cov peev txheej marine, thiab coj mus rau hauv tus account lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb ntawm Mexico. MoU suav nrog kev kawm txog hom migratory; kev sib txuas ntawm coral reef ecosystems; txhim kho thiab khaws cov pa roj carbon dioxide hauv mangrove, seagrass, thiab wetland hav zoov; kev siv cov peev txheej ruaj khov; adaptation thiab txo kev cuam tshuam ntawm huab cua cuam tshuam; thiab nrhiav cov txheej txheem nyiaj txiag tshiab rau kev sib koom tes sib koom ua ke muab keeb kwm ntawm kev sib nrig sib pab. Nws kuj tseem txhawb txoj kev tshawb fawb ntawm kev sib koom US-Cuban kab mob thiab cov chaw nyob hauv ntug dej hiav txwv xws li manatees, whales, coral, mangroves, seagrasses, wetlands, thiab sargassum. 

Ua ntej kev kos npe, Ambassador Lianys Torres Rivera, thawj tus poj niam los ua tus thawj coj hauv Cuba lub luag haujlwm hauv Washington, tau qhia txog keeb kwm ntawm kev ua haujlwm ntawm Cuba thiab The Ocean Foundation thiab qhov tseem ceeb ntawm txoj kev sib koom ua ntej. Nws sau tseg tias:

"Qhov no yog ib qho ntawm ob peb thaj chaw ntawm kev kawm thiab kev tshawb fawb sib pauv uas tau txhawb nqa tau ntau xyoo, txawm tias muaj kev cuam tshuam tsis zoo rau kev nom kev tswv. Nyob rau hauv txoj kev tseem ceeb, Lub Hiav Txwv Foundation tau ua lub luag haujlwm txiav txim siab hauv kev tsim cov kev sib raug zoo ntawm kev koom tes ntawm ob tog kev tshawb fawb, thiab tsim lub hauv paus kom ncav cuag cov kev pom zoo uas muaj nyob rau niaj hnub no ntawm tsoomfwv qib. "

Ambassador Lianys Torres Rivera

Mark J. Spalding, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Ocean Foundation, tau piav qhia tias tib lub hauv paus hauv zej zog rau dej hiav txwv yog qhov tshwj xeeb los koom tes nrog tsoomfwv Cuba ua ib feem ntawm lawv txoj haujlwm hauv Dej hiav txwv Science Diplomacy:

"TOF sawv los ntawm nws txoj kev cog lus ntau dua peb lub xyoos los siv kev tshawb fawb ua tus choj; los hais txog kev tiv thaiv ntawm kev sib koom marine peev txheej. Peb ntseeg siab tias cov ntawv cog lus zoo li no tuaj yeem tsim lub hauv paus rau kev txhim kho kev koom tes ntawm peb tsoom fwv ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv thiab dej hiav txwv, suav nrog kev npaj huab cua hnyav. "

Mark J. Spalding | Thawj Tswj Hwm, The Ocean Foundation

Dr. Gonzalo Cid, International Activities Coordinator, National Marine Protected Areas Center & NOAA – Office of National Marine Sanctuaries; thiab Nicholas J. Geboy, Economic Officer, Office of Cuban Affairs, US Department of State tau tuaj koom qhov kev tshwm sim.

Daim ntawv sau cia tau kos npe ntawm Ocean Foundation lub chaw haujlwm hauv Washington, DC 

HAIS TXOG LUB HUAB TAIS NTUJ

Raws li tib lub hauv paus hauv zej zog rau dej hiav txwv, Lub Dej Hiav Txwv Foundation's 501(c)(3) lub hom phiaj yog los txhawb, ntxiv dag zog, thiab txhawb cov koom haum uas tau mob siab rau thim rov qab qhov kev puas tsuaj ntawm dej hiav txwv ib puag ncig thoob ntiaj teb. Nws tsom nws cov kev txawj ntse ntawm cov kev hem thawj tshwm sim txhawm rau tsim cov kev daws teeb meem txiav thiab cov tswv yim zoo dua rau kev siv. Lub Koom Haum Dej Hiav Txwv tau ua tiav cov phiaj xwm tseem ceeb hauv kev tawm tsam dej hiav txwv acidification, ua ntej xiav resilience, hais txog cov pa phem thoob ntiaj teb marine plastics, thiab txhim kho kev paub dej hiav txwv rau cov thawj coj kev kawm marine. Nws kuj tseem tuav nyiaj txiag ntau dua 50 txoj haujlwm thoob plaws 25 lub tebchaws. 

Cov Ntaub Ntawv Xov Xwm Sib Tham 

Kate Killerlain Morrison, The Ocean Foundation
P: +1 (202) 318-3160
E: [email protected]
W: www.oceanfdn.org

Los ntawm sab laug mus rau sab xis. Tom qab kab: Angel Braestrup (TOF Pawg Thawj Coj), Olha Krushelnytska (TOF Pawg Thawj Coj), Nguyen Trung Quynh (Tus Kws Pab Tswv Yim, Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Tshawb Fawb thiab Tshuab, Embassy ntawm Nyab Laj), Elliot Cafritz (TOF Pawg Thawj Coj), Alejandra Navarrete (Guest), Dr. Gonzalo Cid (International Activities Coordinator, National Marine Protected Areas Center & NOAA), Russell Smith (TOF Board of Directors), Nguyen Thanh Binh (Thawj Secretary of the Embassy of Vietnam). Pem hauv ntej kab: Mark J. Spalding (TOF Thawj Tswj Hwm), Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Ambassador Mrs. Lianys Torres Rivera (Cuban Charge d'Affaires rau Tebchaws Meskas)