Kuyitanira kamodzi m'moyo wanu kuti mufufuze mbali zakuthengo za Caribbean

Wolemba Fernando Bretos, Mtsogoleri wa CMRC

Okutobala kuno kudzakhala chaka cha 54 cha ziletso za US motsutsana ndi Cuba. Ngakhale kafukufuku waposachedwa akuwonetsa kuti ngakhale ambiri aku Cuba-America tsopano akutsutsa mwamphamvu izi policy, imakhalabe mouma khosi. The embargo ikupitilira kuletsa kusinthanitsa kwabwino pakati pa mayiko athu. Mamembala a magulu angapo asayansi, azipembedzo komanso azikhalidwe amaloledwa kupita pachilumbachi kuti akagwire ntchito yawo, makamaka The Ocean Foundation's Cuba Marine Research and Conservation Project (Mtengo wa CMRC). Komabe, ndi anthu ochepa chabe a ku America amene adzionera okha zodabwitsa zachilengedwe zomwe zimapezeka m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi m'nkhalango za Cuba. Cuba ili pamtunda wamakilomita 4,000 m'mphepete mwa nyanja, kusiyanasiyana kwakukulu kwa malo okhala m'madzi ndi okwera mtengo komanso kuchuluka kwachuma kumapangitsa kuti Caribbean ikhale yosilira. Madzi aku US amadalira ma coral, nsomba ndi nkhanu kuti zibwezeretsenso zachilengedwe zathu, osati ku Florida Keys, chachitatu chachikulu kwambiri chotchinga miyala mdziko lapansi. Monga momwe zasonyezedwera mu Cuba: Edeni Wangozi, Zolemba zaposachedwa za Nature/PBS zomwe zidawonetsa ntchito za CMRC, chuma chambiri cha m'mphepete mwa nyanja ku Cuba sichinawonongedwe ku mayiko ena aku Caribbean. Kuchulukirachulukira kwa anthu, kukhazikitsidwa kwaulimi wachilengedwe pambuyo poti ndalama za Soviet Union zitatha koyambirira kwa zaka za m'ma 1990 komanso njira yopita patsogolo ya boma la Cuba yopititsa patsogolo chitukuko cha m'mphepete mwa nyanja, komanso kukhazikitsidwa kwa madera otetezedwa, zasiya madzi ambiri a Cuba kukhala abwinobwino.

CMRC yagwira ntchito ku Cuba kuyambira 1998, motalika kuposa NGO ina iliyonse yochokera ku US. Timagwira ntchito ndi mabungwe ofufuza aku Cuba kuti tiphunzire za zinthu zam'madzi za pachilumbachi ndikuthandizira dzikolo kuteteza chuma chawo cha m'nyanja ndi m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Ngakhale pali zovuta zomwe chiletsocho chimapereka ku mbali zonse za moyo ku Cuba, asayansi aku Cuba ndi ophunzitsidwa bwino komanso akatswiri kwambiri, ndipo CMRC imapereka zinthu zomwe zikusowa komanso ukadaulo womwe umalola anthu aku Cuba kuti apitirize kuphunzira ndi kuteteza chuma chawo. Tagwira ntchito limodzi kwa zaka pafupifupi makumi awiri koma aku America ochepa awona madera odabwitsa omwe timaphunzira komanso anthu ochititsa chidwi omwe timagwira nawo ntchito ku Cuba. Ngati anthu aku America atha kumvetsetsa zomwe zili pachiwopsezo ndikuwona zomwe zikuchitika kuti ateteze zida zam'madzi kunsi kwa mtsinje, titha kungotenga malingaliro atsopano oyenera kukhazikitsidwa kuno ku US. Ndipo m’kati mwa kulimbikitsa chitetezo cha chuma chogaŵana chapanyanja, maubale ndi abale athu akum’mwera angawongolere, kupindulira maiko onsewo.

Nthawi zikusintha. Mu 2009, olamulira a Obama adakulitsa ulamuliro wa dipatimenti ya Treasury kuti alole maphunziro opita ku Cuba. Malamulo atsopanowa amalola ku America aliyense, osati asayansi okha, kuyenda ndikuchita zokambirana zomveka ndi anthu aku Cuba, pokhapokha atachita izi ndi bungwe lovomerezeka lomwe limalimbikitsa ndikugwirizanitsa kusinthanitsa koteroko ndi ntchito yawo. Mu Januwale 2014, tsiku la Ocean Foundation lidafika pomwe idalandira chilolezo cha "People to People" kudzera pa Pulogalamu ya CMRC, kutilola kuitana anthu aku America kuti adzawonere ntchito yathu pafupi. Nzika zaku America zitha kuwona zisa za akamba am'nyanja ku Guanahacabibes National Park ndikulumikizana ndi asayansi aku Cuba omwe amagwira ntchito yowateteza, amakumana ndi nyama zakutchire zomwe zikudya udzu wa m'nyanja ku Isle of Youth, kapena minda ya coral m'matanthwe athanzi kwambiri ku Cuba, kuchokera ku Cuba. Maria La Gorda kumadzulo kwa Cuba, Gardens of the Queen kumwera kwa Cuba, kapena Punta Frances ku Isle of Youth. Apaulendo amathanso kuona Cuba yodalirika kwambiri, kutali ndi malo oyendera alendo, pocheza ndi asodzi ku tauni ya Cocodrilo yochititsa chidwi, yomwe ili kugombe lakumwera kwa Isle of Youth.

Ocean Foundation ikukupemphani kuti mukhale nawo paulendo wopita ku Cuba. Ulendo wathu woyamba wamaphunziro ukuchitika kuyambira pa September 9-18, 2014. Ulendowu udzakufikitsani ku Guanahacabibes National Park, dera lakumadzulo kwa chilumbachi komanso limodzi mwa malo osungiramo zachilengedwe, zachilengedwe komanso zakutali ku Cuba. Muthandiza asayansi aku Cuba ochokera ku Yunivesite ya Havana pantchito yawo yowunikira kamba wobiriwira, SCUBA imadumphira m'matanthwe athanzi kwambiri ku Caribbean, ndikuchezera Viñales Valley yochititsa chidwi, malo a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Mumakumana ndi akatswiri am'madzi am'deralo, kuthandiza akamba akunyanja kufufuza, wotchi ya mbalame, kudumphira m'madzi kapena snorkel, ndikusangalala ndi Havana. Mubweranso ndi malingaliro atsopano komanso kuyamikira kwambiri chuma cha Cuba chachilengedwe komanso anthu omwe amagwira ntchito molimbika kuti aphunzire ndi kuwateteza.

Kuti mumve zambiri kapena kulembetsa ulendowu chonde pitani: http://www.cubamar.org/educational-travel-to-cuba.html