Washington, DC, September 7th, 2021 - Bungwe la Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) lalengeza $1.9 miliyoni zothandizira The Ocean Foundation (TOF) kuti iwonetsetse ntchito zopititsa patsogolo m'mphepete mwa nyanja ku Cuba ndi Dominican Republic. The CBF's Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) Pulogalamuyi imayang'ana kwambiri mapulojekiti omwe amagwiritsa ntchito zachilengedwe zosiyanasiyana kuti athandize anthu am'mphepete mwa nyanja kuti agwirizane ndi kusintha kwa nyengo, kuchepetsa ngozi, komanso kumanga zachilengedwe. Pulogalamu ya EbA imathandizidwa ndi International Climate Initiative (IKI) ya Germany Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety kudzera mu KfW.

Mphatsoyi ndi thandizo limodzi lalikulu kwambiri m'mbiri ya TOF ndipo limamanga pamaziko a ntchito yochitidwa ndi TOF's. Zithunzi za CariMar ndi Blue Resilience Initiatives, zomwe zakhala zaka khumi zapitazi zikuyang'ana kwambiri pakulimbikitsa kupirira kwanyengo kudera lonse la Caribbean. TOF ndi imodzi mwazinthu zopanda phindu zachilengedwe zaku US zomwe zikugwira ntchito ku Cuba.

Cuba ndi Dominican Republic zimagawana zamoyo zambiri za m'mphepete mwa nyanja zomwe zili pachiwopsezo cha kusintha kwa nyengo. Kuwonjezeka kwa madzi a m'nyanja, kuphulika kwa ma coral ndi matenda, ndi kuwonjezeka kwakukulu kwa zomangira kuchokera sargassum algae ndi mavuto owononga mayiko onse awiri. Kupyolera mu ntchitoyi, mayiko onsewa adzagawana njira zothetsera chilengedwe zomwe zakhala zothandiza m'derali.

"Cuba ndi Dominican Republic ndi mayiko awiri akuluakulu a zilumba za ku Caribbean ndipo amagawana mbiri yakale komanso kudalira nyanja pausodzi, zokopa alendo komanso chitetezo cha m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Kupyolera mu kuwolowa manja ndi masomphenya a CBF adzatha kugwirira ntchito limodzi panjira zothetsera mavuto kuti athe kukhala olimba m'madera omwe ali m'mphepete mwa nyanja. "

Fernando Bretos | Woyang'anira Pulogalamu, The Ocean Foundation

Ku Cuba, ntchito zomwe zatheka chifukwa cha thandizoli zikuphatikiza kugwira ntchito ndi Unduna wa Sayansi, Ukadaulo ndi Zachilengedwe waku Cuba kuti abwezeretse malo okhala mitengo yamitengo ndikuchita nawo ogwira ntchito ku Guanahacabibes National Park polimbikitsa kukonzanso matanthwe a miyala yamchere ndikubwezeretsanso madzi ku chilengedwe cha nkhalango. Ku Jardines de la Reina National Park, TOF ndi University of Havana adzayambitsa ntchito yatsopano yobwezeretsa ma coral kupitiriza ntchito yathu ya zaka zambiri powunika thanzi la ma coral.

Mark J. Spalding, Purezidenti wa The Ocean Foundation, anatsimikizira kuti “tikulemekezedwa ndi kulimbikitsidwa ndi CBF kuzindikira ntchito yathu m’chigawo cha Caribbean. Thandizoli lidzalola TOF ndi othandizana nawo kukhazikitsa mphamvu zakumaloko kuti athe kupirira kulimbana ndi mvula yamkuntho yomwe ikubwera, kuonetsetsa chitetezo cha chakudya, komanso kusunga zofunikira zokopa alendo - kupititsa patsogolo chuma cha buluu ndikupanga ntchito - motero omwe amakhala ku Cuba ndi DR otetezeka komanso athanzi. ”

Ku Dominican Republic, TOF idzagwira ntchito ndi Malingaliro a kampani SECORE International kubzalanso miyala yamchere m'matanthwe ku Bayahibe pafupi ndi Parque del Este National Park pogwiritsa ntchito njira zatsopano zofalitsira chiwerewere zomwe zingawathandize kupirira kutentha ndi matenda. Ntchitoyi imakulitsanso mgwirizano womwe ulipo wa TOF ndi Mankhwala a Grogenics kusintha zovuta sargassum kukhala kompositi yogwiritsidwa ntchito ndi anthu aulimi - kuchotsa kufunikira kwa feteleza wamtengo wapatali wa petroleum omwe amathandizira kuwononga michere ndi kuwononga zachilengedwe za m'mphepete mwa nyanja.

Ocean Foundation ili wokondwa kuyambitsa ntchito yazaka zitatu iyi yomwe cholinga chake ndi kusinthana pakati pa asayansi, akatswiri, gawo lazokopa alendo, ndi maboma. Tikukhulupirira kuti khamali lipereka malingaliro owonjezereka olimbikitsa kuthana ndi kusintha kwanyengo m'maiko awiri akulu kwambiri ku Caribbean.

Za The Ocean Foundation

Monga maziko okhawo am'madzi am'nyanja, cholinga cha The Ocean Foundation's 501(c)(3) ndikuthandizira, kulimbikitsa, ndi kulimbikitsa mabungwe omwe adzipereka kuti athetse chiwonongeko cha chilengedwe cha nyanja padziko lonse lapansi. Timayang'ana ukatswiri wathu pazowopsa zomwe zikubwera kuti tipeze mayankho apamwamba komanso njira zabwino zogwirira ntchito.

Za Caribbean Biodiversity Fund

Yakhazikitsidwa mu 2012, Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) ndikukwaniritsidwa kwa masomphenya olimba mtima kuti apange ndalama zodalirika, zanthawi yayitali zotetezera ndi chitukuko chokhazikika m'chigawo cha Caribbean. CBF ndi gulu la National Conservation Trust Funds (NCTFs) pamodzi amapanga Caribbean Sustainable Finance Architecture.

Zambiri za SCORE International

Cholinga cha SECORE International ndikupanga ndikugawana zida ndi matekinoloje kuti abwezeretse bwino matanthwe a coral padziko lonse lapansi. Pamodzi ndi ogwira nawo ntchito, Secore International idayambitsa Global Coral Restoration Programme mu 2017 kuti ifulumizitse chitukuko cha zida zatsopano, njira ndi njira zomwe zikuyang'ana pa kukulitsa luso la kukonzanso ndi kugwirizanitsa njira zowonjezera kupirira pamene zikupezeka.

Za Groogenics

Ntchito ya ma Grogenics ndi kuteteza kusiyanasiyana ndi kuchuluka kwa zamoyo zam'madzi. Amachita izi pothana ndi nkhawa zambiri za anthu am'mphepete mwa nyanja pokolola sargassum panyanja isanafike magombe. Kompositi ya Grogenics's organic composite imabwezeretsa nthaka yamoyo pobwezeretsa mpweya wochuluka mu nthaka ndi zomera. Pogwiritsa ntchito njira zotsitsimutsa, cholinga chomaliza ndikutenga matani angapo a carbon dioxide omwe angapangitse ndalama zowonjezera kwa alimi kapena mafakitale a hotelo kudzera mu carbon offsets.

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