Caribbean Biodiversity Fund
Ife ku The Ocean Foundation ndife okondwa kugwira ntchito ndi Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) kuti tithandizire ntchito ku Cuba ndi Dominican Republic. Tikuthandizana ndi asayansi, oteteza zachilengedwe, anthu ammudzi, ndi atsogoleri a boma kuti tipeze mayankho okhudzana ndi chilengedwe, kukweza madera a m'mphepete mwa nyanja, komanso kulimbikitsa kulimba mtima ku zoopsa za kusintha kwa nyengo.
Ntchitozi zikugwera pansi pa zoyesayesa zathu za Ocean Science Diplomacy, mkati mwa Blue Resilience Initiative yathu.
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CBF ndi chiyani?
Yakhazikitsidwa mu 2012, bungwe la Caribbean Biodiversity Fund likulonjeza kuteteza ndi kubwezeretsa malo achilengedwe m'dera la Caribbean, ndikupereka njira zothandizira ndalama zokhazikika komanso za nthawi yaitali. Dongosolo lawo la thandizo la Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA), lothandizidwa ndi International Climate Initiative (IKI) la Germany Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety kudzera mu KfW, imathandizira mapulojekiti omwe amalimbikitsa zamoyo zosiyanasiyana komanso kulimbitsa mphamvu zam'mphepete mwa nyanja. ziwopsezo za masoka achilengedwe komanso kusintha kwanyengo.

Kupyolera mu thandizo la EbA, tikugwira ntchito ndi mayiko awiri akuluakulu a zilumba za Caribbean: Cuba ndi Dominican Republic. Tikukonza zokonzanso ndi kuyang'anira mitengo ya mangrove ndi coral ndikugwiritsa ntchito sargassum yochulukirapo m'mphepete mwa nyanja yamchenga. Thanzi la malo okhala m'mphepete mwa nyanjawa limakhudza mwachindunji zokopa alendo, chitetezo cha chakudya, komanso chitetezo ku mphepo yamkuntho yomwe imapezeka kawirikawiri m'chigawo cha Caribbean.
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Kubwezeretsanso Ma Coral Ecosystem
Matanthwe a Coral amalimbikitsa chuma cham'deralo, chitetezo cha m'madzi, komanso kuteteza madera a m'mphepete mwa nyanja, kutenga 97% ya mphamvu zamafunde zomwe zimapangidwa ndi nyanja. Komabe, kutentha kwa m’nyanja, kuwonongeka kwa mphepo yamkuntho, ndi matenda kumaika pangozi thanzi la malo ameneŵa. Tikubwezeretsanso matanthwe a korali ku Cuba pogwiritsa ntchito njira zachikhalidwe zakugonana komanso njira yaukadaulo yofalitsira mphutsi, kukulitsa kukula kwa kukonzanso ndi kulimba kwa ma genetic a makorali obzalidwa. Kuphatikiza apo, kuti timvetsetse momwe chilengedwe chimayendera m'matanthwe a coral, nthawi zonse timayang'anira thanzi la m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi zamoyo zosiyanasiyana, zomwe zimatilola kugawa zinthu zokwanira ndikuwunika momwe ntchito zathu zikuyendera.

Kubwezeretsa Mangroves
Chifukwa cha kukula kwa mizinda ndi kusintha kwa nyengo, kukwera kwa madzi a m'nyanja ndi kulowetsedwa kwa madzi opanda mchere kwawononga mitengo ya mangrove yathanzi. Mitengo ya mangrove ndiyofunikira pakuchotsa kaboni, kutsitsa mpweya wotulutsa mpweya. Amakhala ngati chitetezo cha m'mphepete mwa nyanja ku mphepo yamkuntho ndi kuipitsa, ndipo amapereka malo okhala kwa ana a m'nyanja. Kupyolera mu kuyesetsa motsogozedwa ndi okhala m'deralo ndi asayansi, machitidwe obwezeretsa monga kubzala ndi kuyang'anitsitsa zomwe akuyang'anira zidzathandiza kuchepetsa ndi kubwezeretsa kuwonongeka.

Kulankhula ndi Sargassum Yambiri
Kuchuluka kwa sargassum ndi vuto lomwe likukulirakulira ku Caribbean. Sargassum imawononga matanthwe a coral ndi udzu wa m'nyanja. Maonekedwe ake owoneka bwino komanso fungo loyipa lapangitsa kuti ntchito zokopa alendo zichepe, ndikuwononga chuma chaderalo. Pogwirizana ndi ma Grogenics ndi madera aulimi akumaloko, tikulandira njira yozikidwa pa chilengedwe, pogwiritsa ntchito sargassum kupanga manyowa achilengedwe. Njira imeneyi imalowanso m’malo mwa kufunikira kwa feteleza wopangidwa ndi mafuta a petroleum amene amathandiza kuti zakudya zichuluke komanso kuipitsa chilengedwe.
Kumanga Kukwanitsa
Ku TOF, timathandizira zokambirana zapanyanja ndi maphunziro popereka zokambirana ndi zothandizira zomwe zimalola osewera ofunikira kusinthana chidziwitso ndikupanga luso lazam'nyanja mogwirizana ndi zomwe akufuna. Timathandizanso anthu ammudzi ndi asayansi nzika kupeza ziphaso ndi maphunziro owunikira ndi kukonzanso. Ndi gulu la asayansi, atsogoleri am'deralo, ndi okhalamo omwe amalamulira, kupanga, ndi kukhazikitsa mayankho okhalitsa.
Ngongole yazithunzi: Mauricio Abascal
Cuba
Zamoyo zam'madzi ku Cuba ndi zina mwazosiyanasiyana komanso zowoneka bwino m'derali. Komabe, zachilengedwe zimenezi zili pachiwopsezo chachikulu chifukwa cha kukwera kwa madzi a m’nyanja ndi masoka achilengedwe. Madzi awa amathandizira chuma, thanzi, komanso ulimi wa nzika zopitilira 11 miliyoni zaku Cuba, zomwe zikulimbana ndi zovuta za COVID-19 ndi embargo. Kugwirizana ndi Cuba mu polojekitiyi kulimbitsa mphamvu zolimbana ndi chiwopsezo chakusintha kwanyengo.
Ku Guanahacabibes National Park (GNP), matanthwe a coral ndi malo odziwika bwino osambiramo komanso malo osungiramo zamoyo zam'madzi, zomwe zimakulitsa chuma cham'deralo komanso kukhala malo ofunikira pazachilengedwe zosiyanasiyana. Tikuthandizana ndi atsogoleri ammudzi, nzika, ndi asayansi amderali kukonza ndi kusunga ma nazale ndi zidutswa za coral, kuchotsa ndikusintha sargassum kukhala kompositi, kubwezeretsa ndi kuyang'anira mitengo ya mangrove, ndikuphunzitsa anthu kuti achite nawo ntchito zobwezeretsa.
Ntchito zathu zambiri za GNP zimagwira ntchito limodzi ndi mapulojekiti omwe akupitilira ku Jardines de la Reina National Park (JRNP), MPA yayikulu kwambiri ku Caribbean. Takhala tikugwira ntchito ndi asayansi aku Cuba kuti tiyang'anire zachilengedwe za m'matanthwe a m'mphepete mwa nyanja, ndikulemba maziko a thanzi la matanthwe a m'mphepete mwa nyanja, komanso kutenga nawo mbali paulendo wobereketsa ma coral, ndikuyambitsa kufalitsa mphutsi mu GNP ndi JRNP. Tinayambitsanso maphunziro a Cuba ndi Dominican Republic, kuti titumize chidziwitso cha kufalikira kwa mphutsi ndi kubwezeretsanso ma coral mu ntchito.
Dominican Republic
Dziko la Dominican Republic ndi limodzi mwa madera akuluakulu a m’mphepete mwa nyanja ku Caribbean, zomwe zikuchititsa kuti zachilengedwe zosiyanasiyana za dzikolo zikhale zovuta kwambiri chifukwa cha kusintha kwa nyengo. Tsopano, kuposa kale, ndikofunikira kulowererapo ndikupanga njira zatsopano zotetezera thanzi lachilengedwe chawo cha m'mphepete mwa nyanja.
Tikuthana ndi vuto lalikulu la sargassum ku DR lomwe lasokoneza thanzi la malo okhala m'mphepete mwa nyanja komanso zachuma zam'deralo. Mgwirizano wathu ndi a Grogenics ndi alimi akumaloko adayambitsa pulogalamu yoyika kaboni ku kompositi ya Sargassum, kulimbikitsa chitetezo cha chakudya, kuchepetsa kukhudzidwa kwa malo okhala m'mphepete mwa nyanja, ndikuchepetsa kupsinjika kwa malo otayirako komanso ntchito zokopa alendo. Tikusamutsa njira iyi ku Cuba poyang'anira kusinthana kwa maphunziro pakati pa mayiko awiriwa. Tikugwira ntchito ku Bayahibe ndi Samaná limodzi ndi anzathu ku FUNDEMAR ndi SECORE International kuti tilimbikitse kubwezeretsanso kwa matanthwe polimbikitsa kufalikira kwa mphutsi. Anthu ammudzi ndi asayansi akutsogolera kuyesetsa kuyang'anira kasamalidwe ka coral ndi kubzala ma coral polyps osakanikirana ndi kugonana pamagulu obzala. Tikukulitsa khama pogwiritsa ntchito njira yobwezeretsa ma coral ku Cuba.
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