Mosiyana ndi Zovuta Zonse: Asayansi aku Cuba Amamaliza Ulendo Wamasabata Awiri Kuti Akaphunzire Matanthwe a Coral

Mwezi watha, gulu la akatswiri a zamoyo zam'madzi ochokera ku University of Havana's Center for Marine Research (CIM-UH) ndi Center for Coastal Ecosystems Research (CIEC) adachotsa zomwe sizingatheke. Ulendo wautali wa milungu iwiri wopita ku Jardines de la Reina National Park, malo otetezedwa kwambiri panyanja ku Caribbean, unanyamuka pa Disembala 4, 2021. ntchito zobwezeretsa.

Ulendowu udakonzedweratu mu Ogasiti 2020. Izi zikadakhala kuti zikugwirizana ndi zomwe zidayambitsa miyala ya korali, mitundu yosowa kwambiri yomanga matanthwe a ku Caribbean yomwe masiku ano imapezeka m'malo ochepa chabe akutali monga Jardines de la Reina. Komabe, kuyambira 2020, kuyimitsidwa kumodzi chifukwa cha mliri wa COVID-19 kudapangitsa kuti ulendowu ulenjekeke ndi ulusi. Cuba, yomwe imangonena milandu 9,000 ya COVID patsiku, tsopano yatsika mpaka 100 tsiku lililonse. Izi ndichifukwa cha njira zodzitetezera komanso kukulitsa osati katemera mmodzi, koma katemera wa ku Cuba.

Kupeza miyeso yolondola ya thanzi la coral ndikofunikira panthawi yomwe ikuwonjezeka kwa chitukuko cha anthu ndi kusintha kwa nyengo.

Ma Corals amakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi zotsirizirazi, chifukwa miliri ya matenda imakonda kukhala bwino m'madzi ofunda. Mwachitsanzo, kuyera kwa matanthwe kumachitika chifukwa cha madzi ofunda. Zochitika zakuda kwambiri zimafika kumapeto kwa miyezi yachilimwe ndipo zimawononga miyala yamtengo wapatali mpaka ku Great Barrier Reef. Kubwezeretsedwa kwa matanthwe, mpaka posachedwapa, kumaganiziridwa ngati kuyesetsa kwakukulu, komaliza kupulumutsa ma coral. Komabe, ichi chakhala chimodzi mwa zida zathu zabwino kwambiri zosinthira ma coral amachepa ndi 50% ya ma coral amoyo kuyambira 1950.

Paulendowu mwezi uno, asayansi adawunika momwe ma coral opitilira 29,000 alili.

Kuphatikiza apo, Noel Lopez, wojambula wodziwika bwino padziko lonse lapansi wapansi pamadzi komanso wosambira wa Avalon-Azulmar Dive Center - yomwe imayang'anira ntchito zokopa alendo za SCUBA ku Jardines de la Reina - adatenga zithunzi ndi makanema 5,000 a corals ndi zamoyo zosiyanasiyana. Izi zidzakhala zofunikira pakuzindikira kusintha pakapita nthawi. Ngakhale malo akutali monga Jardines de la Reina amatha kukhudzidwa ndi anthu komanso madzi ofunda.

Zoyambira za thanzi la ma coral reef, zolembedwa paulendowu, zidziwitsa zoyesayesa zazikulu zobwezeretsa mu 2022 ngati gawo la thandizo lochokera ku Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) Ecological based Adaptation Program. Thandizo la CBF ndilofunika kwambiri pothandizira zoyesayesa zazaka zambiri monga izi, zomwe zimaphatikizapo kugawana maphunziro obwezeretsa ma coral omwe aphunziridwa ndi mayiko aku Caribbean. Mu Bayahibe, Dominican Republic, msonkhano waukulu wapadziko lonse lapansi ukuyembekezeka kuchitika pa February 7-11, 2022. Izi zibweretsa pamodzi asayansi aku Cuba ndi a ku Dominican kuti akonzekere njira yopititsira patsogolo ntchito zazikuluzikulu zamakorale ophatikizana pogonana. FUNDEMAR, Dominican Foundation for Marine Study, ndi mnzake wa TOF SECORE International achititsa msonkhanowu.

Maulendo awiri obwerezabwereza adzachitika posachedwa pambuyo pa msonkhano ku Jardines de la Reina, komanso mu Ogasiti 2022.

Akatswiri a sayansi ya zamoyo adzasonkhanitsa mbewu za coral kuti ziphatikize ndikugwiritsa ntchito kubzalanso ku Jardines de la Reina. Jardines de la Reina adatchedwa mmodzi wa iwo Bungwe la Marine Conservation Institute la Blue Parks mwezi watha - kujowina mapaki 20 otchuka padziko lonse lapansi. Ntchito yodziwika bwino ya Blue Park imatsogozedwa ndi Wildlife Conservation Society, Environmental Defense, TOF, ndi mabungwe angapo aku Cuba. Uwu ndi umboni kuti zokambirana za sayansi, zomwe asayansi amagwirira ntchito limodzi kuteteza zida zam'madzi zomwe amagawana nawo mosasamala kanthu za kusamvana kwandale, zitha kutulutsa zofunikira zasayansi ndikukwaniritsa zolinga zoteteza.

Ocean Foundation ndi University of Havana agwirizana kuyambira 1999 kuphunzira ndi kuteteza malo okhala m'nyanja mbali zonse za Florida Straits. Maulendo ofufuza ngati awa samangotulukira zatsopano, koma amapereka chidziwitso kwa m'badwo wotsatira wa asayansi apanyanja aku Cuba.