Boma la Cuba Lisaina Memorandum Yoyamba Yakumvetsetsana ndi Bungwe Lopanda Boma lochokera ku US kuti Lithandizire Kuyankhulana kwa Sayansi ya Ocean

WASHINGTON, DC [February 28, 2023] - Boma la Cuba ndi The Ocean Foundation asayina Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) lero; imodzi yomwe ndi nthawi yoyamba kuti Boma la Cuba lisayine mgwirizano ndi bungwe lomwe si la boma ku United States. 

MoU imatengera zaka zopitilira makumi atatu za ntchito yothandizana ya sayansi yam'nyanja ndi mfundo zapakati pa bungweli ndi mabungwe ofufuza zam'madzi aku Cuba ndi mabungwe oteteza zachilengedwe. Mgwirizanowu, womwe umayendetsedwa ndi nsanja yosagwirizana ndi The Ocean Foundation, umayang'ana kwambiri ku Gulf of Mexico ndi Western Caribbean komanso pakati pa mayiko atatu omwe ali m'malire a Gulf: Cuba, México ndi United States. 

The Trinational Initiative, kuyesetsa kupititsa patsogolo mgwirizano ndi kuteteza zachilengedwe, kudayamba mu 2007 ndi cholinga chokhazikitsa ndondomeko yopititsira patsogolo kafukufuku wa sayansi kuti ateteze ndi kuteteza madzi ozungulira ndi omwe timagawana nawo komanso malo okhala m'nyanja. Mu 2015, panthawi yolumikizana pakati pa Purezidenti Barack Obama ndi Raúl Castro, asayansi ochokera ku US ndi Cuba adalimbikitsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa network ya Marine Protected Area (MPA) yomwe ingadutse zaka 55 za mgwirizano wapakati pa mayiko awiriwa. Atsogoleri a mayiko awiriwa adawona mgwirizano wa chilengedwe monga chinthu choyamba chothandizira mgwirizano wofanana. Zotsatira zake, mapangano awiri a chilengedwe adalengezedwa mu November 2015. Chimodzi mwa izo, ndi Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Conservation and Management of Marine Protected Areas, adapanga maukonde apadera a mayiko awiri omwe adathandizira kuyesetsa kwa sayansi, kuyang'anira, ndi kasamalidwe kumadera anayi otetezedwa ku Cuba ndi United States. Patapita zaka ziwiri, RedGolfo idakhazikitsidwa ku Cozumel mu Disembala 2017 pomwe Mexico idawonjezera ma MPA asanu ndi awiri pamanetiweki - kupangitsa kuti ikhale kuyesetsa kwakukulu kwa Gulf. Mgwirizano winawo udakhazikitsa njira yopititsira patsogolo mgwirizano wachitetezo cha panyanja pakati pa US State Department ndi Unduna wa Zaubwenzi waku Cuba. Mapangano onsewa okhudzana ndi kusinthana kwa chidziwitso ndi kafukufuku wokhudza nyengo ndi nyengo, akugwirabe ntchito ngakhale kutsika kwakanthawi kwa ubale wapakati pa mayiko awiriwa komwe kudayamba mu 2016. 

MoU ndi Cuba ikugwiridwa ndi Unduna wa Sayansi, Ukadaulo ndi Zachilengedwe waku Cuba (CITMA). The MoU ikunena kufunika koteteza zamoyo za m'madzi ndi m'mphepete mwa nyanja zomwe zimagawidwa ndi mayiko onsewa, zomwe, chifukwa cha Gulf Stream ndi mtunda wa makilomita 90 okha oyenda pamtunda ndi wochuluka pamene zatsimikiziridwa kuti nsomba zambiri za Florida ndi benthic. Malo okhala ngati ma coral amawonjezeredwa kuchokera m'matangadza kupita kumwera komweko. Imalimbikitsanso Trinational Initiative ndi RedGolfo monga maukonde ogwira mtima kuti apititse patsogolo mgwirizano pakuphunzira ndi kuteteza chuma cha m'nyanja, ndikuganiziranso ntchito yofunikira ya Mexico. MoU imakhudza kafukufuku wa zamoyo zomwe zimasamuka; kugwirizana pakati pa zamoyo zam'mwamba za coral; kubwezeretsa ndi kuchotsa mpweya woipa m'mitengo ya mangrove, udzu wa m'nyanja, ndi m'madambo; kugwiritsa ntchito zinthu zokhazikika; kusintha ndi kuchepetsa kusokonezeka kwa nyengo; ndi kupeza njira zatsopano zopezera ndalama zothandizira mgwirizano wa mayiko osiyanasiyana opatsidwa mbiri ya kusamvana. Imalimbitsanso kafukufuku wa zamoyo zomwe zimagawidwa ku US-Cuba komanso malo okhala m'mphepete mwa nyanja monga manatees, anamgumi, ma corals, mangroves, udzu wa m'nyanja, madambo, ndi sargassum. 

Asanasaine, kazembe Lianys Torres Rivera, mayi woyamba kukhala mtsogoleri wa mishoni ya Cuba ku Washington, adapereka chithunzithunzi cha mbiri ya ntchito pakati pa Cuba ndi The Ocean Foundation komanso kufunikira kwa mgwirizano womwe udachitika kale. Iye ananena kuti:

"Ichi chakhala chimodzi mwazinthu zochepa zosinthana zamaphunziro ndi kafukufuku zomwe zakhala zikuchitika kwazaka zambiri, ngakhale pamakhala zovuta zandale. Mwanjira yodziwika bwino, The Ocean Foundation yachita gawo lalikulu pakukhazikitsa maulalo otsimikizika a mgwirizano wasayansi wa mayiko awiri, ndikupanga maziko ofikira mapangano omwe alipo lero aboma. ”

Kazembe Lianys Torres Rivera

A Mark J. Spalding, Purezidenti wa The Ocean Foundation, adalongosola momwe maziko okhawo am'madzi am'madzi alili mwapadera kuti agwirizane ndi Boma la Cuba ngati gawo la ntchito yawo Diplomacy ya Ocean Science:

“TOF ikuimirira pa kudzipereka kwake kwa zaka zoposa makumi atatu kugwiritsira ntchito sayansi monga mlatho; kugogomezera chitetezo cha zinthu zomwe zimagawidwa m'nyanja. Tili ndi chidaliro kuti mapangano ngati awa atha kukhazikitsa mgwirizano pakati pa maboma athu pa sayansi ya m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi nyanja, kuphatikiza kukonzekera nyengo. ”

Mark J. Spalding | Purezidenti, The Ocean Foundation

Dr. Gonzalo Cid, Wogwirizanitsa Ntchito Zapadziko Lonse, National Marine Protected Areas Center & NOAA - Ofesi ya National Marine Sanctuaries; ndi Nicholas J. Geboy, Mkulu wa Zachuma, Ofesi Yoona za Nkhani za ku Cuba, Dipatimenti Yoona za Boma ku United States anapezekapo.

Memorandum idasainidwa ku ofesi ya The Ocean Foundation ku Washington, DC 

ZA 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. Imayang'ana ukatswiri wake pazowopseza zomwe zikubwera kuti apange njira zochepetsera komanso njira zabwino zogwirira ntchito. Ocean Foundation imachita zoyeserera zolimbana ndi acidity ya m'nyanja, kupititsa patsogolo kulimba kwa buluu, kuthana ndi kuipitsidwa kwa pulasitiki yam'madzi padziko lonse lapansi, komanso kukulitsa luso lamaphunziro am'nyanja kwa atsogoleri am'nyanja. Imagwiranso ntchito ndi ndalama zopitilira 50 m'maiko 25. 

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Kate Killerlain Morrison, The Ocean Foundation
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Kuchokera kumanzere kupita kumanja. Mzere wakumbuyo: Angel Braestrup (TOF Board of Directors), Olha Krushelnytska (TOF Board of Directors), Nguyen Trung Quynh (Counselor, Head of Science and Technology Office, Embassy of Vietnam), Elliot Cafritz (TOF Board of Directors), Alejandra Navarrete (Mlendo), Dr. Gonzalo Cid (International Activities Coordinator, National Marine Protected Areas Center & NOAA), Russell Smith (TOF Board of Directors), Nguyen Thanh Binh (Mlembi Woyamba wa Embassy ya Vietnam). Mzere wakutsogolo: Mark J. Spalding (Pulezidenti wa TOF), Kazembe Wolemekezeka Mayi Lianys Torres Rivera (Woyang'anira Cuba ku United States)