Heroes ntawm Caribbean: Jamaica

los ntawm Mark J. Spalding, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Ocean Foundation

Ntawm ntau qhov kuv mus ncig ua si kuv zoo li siv sijhawm ntau nrog cov neeg nyiam hauv chav sib tham tsis muaj qhov rais dua li ntawm dej lossis hauv ntau qhov chaw uas cov neeg mob siab rau dej hiav txwv ua haujlwm. Kev mus ncig kawg ntawm lub Plaub Hlis yog ib qho kev zam. Kuv muaj hmoo txaus los siv sijhawm nrog cov neeg ntawm cov Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory, uas yog kwv yees li ib teev los ntawm Jamaica lub tshav dav hlau Montego Bay. 

Lub Lab yog ib qho chaw ntawm University of West Indies thiab ua haujlwm nyob rau hauv kev txhawb nqa ntawm Lub Chaw rau Marine Sciences, uas tseem tuav lub Caribbean Coastal Data Center. Discovery Bay Marine Lab tau mob siab rau kev tshawb fawb thiab qhia cov tub ntxhais kawm hauv biology, ecology, geology, hydrology, thiab lwm yam kev tshawb fawb. Ntxiv nrog rau nws cov chaw sim, nkoj, thiab lwm qhov chaw, Discovery Bay yog lub tsev rau tib lub chaw hyperbaric ntawm cov kob-cov khoom siv uas pab cov neeg dhia dej rov qab los ntawm kev mob decompression (tseem hu ua "khoov").   

Ntawm Discovery Marine Lab lub hom phiaj yog daim ntawv thov kev tshawb fawb los txhim kho kev tswj hwm ntawm Jamaica qhov chaw tsis muaj zog ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv. Jamaica lub reefs thiab cov dej nyob ze ntawm ntug dej yog raug rau kev nuv ntses loj heev. Yog li ntawd, muaj tsawg dua thiab tsawg dua qhov chaw loj dua, muaj txiaj ntsig ntau dua tuaj yeem pom. Tsis tsuas yog yuav tsum tau siv zog los txheeb xyuas qhov chaw khaws cia hauv hiav txwv thiab cov phiaj xwm tswj hwm muaj zog tuaj yeem pab Jamaica cov kab ke reef rov qab los, tab sis kuj tseem yuav tsum tau hais txog tib neeg kev noj qab haus huv. Tau ob peb lub xyoo dhau los, muaj ntau thiab ntau tus neeg mob decompression nyob rau hauv cov neeg nuv ntses dawb dhia dej vim lawv siv sij hawm ntau dua nyob rau hauv dej ntawm qhov tob dua los pab them rau qhov tsis txaus ntawm cov ntses dej ntiav, lobster, thiab conch - cov kev nuv ntses ntau dua. uas txhawb cov zej zog. 

Thaum kuv mus ntsib, kuv tau ntsib Dr. Dayne Buddo tus kws tshaj lij Marine Biologist hauv Marine Invasive Alien Species, Camilo Trench, Chief Scientific Officer, thiab Denise Henry ib tug Environmental Biologist. Tam sim no nws yog ib tug kws tshawb fawb ntawm DBML, ua haujlwm ntawm Seagrass Restoration Project. Ntxiv nrog rau kev ncig xyuas ntxaws ntawm cov chaw peb tau siv sijhawm tham txog cov pa roj carbon xiav thiab lawv cov mangrove thiab seagrass restoration project. Denise thiab kuv tau sib tham tshwj xeeb tshaj yog piv rau peb SeaGrass Loj hlob methodologies nrog cov uas nws tau sim hauv Jamaica. Peb kuj tau tham txog ntau npaum li cas lawv muaj kev vam meej hauv kev sau qoob loo alien invasive Lion Fish los ntawm lawv thaj chaw reef. Thiab, kuv tau kawm txog lawv qhov chaw zov me nyuam coral thiab cov phiaj xwm ua kom rov kho coral thiab nws cuam tshuam li cas rau qhov yuav tsum tau txo cov khoom noj khoom haus-laden effluents thiab ntws tawm nrog rau qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev nuv ntses ntau dhau. Hauv Jamaica, cov neeg nuv ntses reef txhawb nqa ntau txog 20,000 tus neeg nuv ntses, tab sis cov neeg nuv ntses yuav poob lawv txoj kev noj qab haus huv vim tias dej hiav txwv tau dhau los ua phem heev.

Qhov tshwm sim tsis muaj ntses ua rau lub ecosystem tsis sib xws uas ua rau muaj kev tswj hwm ntawm coral predators. Tu siab, raws li peb cov phooj ywg tshiab los ntawm DBML paub, kom rov kho cov coral reefs lawv yuav xav tau ntau cov ntses thiab lobsters, nyob rau hauv qhov chaw tsis muaj kev noj qab haus huv; ib yam dab tsi uas yuav siv sij hawm ib pliag kom ua tiav hauv Jamaica. Peb txhua tus saib xyuas kev ua tiav ntawm Bluefields Bay, ib cheeb tsam loj tsis noj nyob rau sab hnub poob ntawm cov kob, uas zoo li yuav pab biomass rov qab. Nyob ze ntawm DBML yog qhov Oracabessa Bay ntses sanctuary, qhov peb tau mus xyuas. Nws yog me me, thiab tsuas yog ob peb xyoos xwb. Yog li muaj ntau yam ua. Lub sijhawm no, peb cov npoj yaig Austin Bowden-Kerby, Tus Kws Tshaj Lij Loj ntawm Counterpart International, hais tias cov neeg Jamaicans yuav tsum tau sau "cov khoom tawg ntawm ob peb lub pob zeb uas muaj sia nyob uas tau muaj sia nyob ntawm cov kab mob sib kis thiab cov xwm txheej bleaching (lawv yog cov khoom muaj nqis caj ces hloov mus rau kev hloov pauv huab cua), thiab Tom qab ntawd cog lawv hauv cov chaw zov me nyuam - ua kom lawv ciaj sia thiab zoo rau kev cog qoob loo. "

Kuv pom ntau npaum li cas kev ua haujlwm tau ua tiav ntawm txoj hlua khau, thiab ntau npaum li cas yuav tsum tau ua los pab cov neeg ntawm Jamaica thiab cov peev txheej marine uas lawv txoj kev lag luam nyob. Nws yog ib txwm tshoov siab los siv sijhawm nrog cov neeg mob siab rau zoo li cov neeg ntawm Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory hauv Jamaica.

hloov tshiab: Plaub Lub Tuam Tsev Ntses Ntxiv yuav tsim ntawm Jamaican Information Service, Tej zaum 9, 2015

Duab Credit: Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory, MJC Crabbe ntawm Marine Photobank