Mayiko atatu amagawana chuma chochuluka ku Gulf of Mexico—Cuba, Mexico, ndi United States. Ndi cholowa chathu komanso udindo womwe timagawana nawo chifukwa ndi cholowa chathu chogawana ku mibadwo yamtsogolo. Chifukwa chake, tiyeneranso kugawana chidziwitso kuti timvetsetse momwe tingayendetsere bwino Gulf of Mexico mogwirizana komanso mokhazikika.  

Kwa zaka zoposa 11, ndagwira ntchito ku Mexico, ndipo pafupifupi nthawi yomweyo ku Cuba. Pazaka XNUMX zapitazi, The Ocean Foundation's Cuba Marine Research and Conservation pulojekitiyi yayitanitsa, kugwirizanitsa ndikuthandizira asanu ndi atatu Trinational Initiative misonkhano yolunjika pa sayansi ya m'madzi. Lero ndikulemba kuchokera ku msonkhano wa 2018 Trinational Initiative ku Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, kumene akatswiri a 83 asonkhana kuti apitirize ntchito yathu. 
Kwa zaka zambiri, tawona maboma akusintha, maphwando akusintha, ndikukhazikika kwa ubale pakati pa Cuba ndi United States, komanso kukonzanso kwa ubale womwewo, zomwe zasintha zokambirana zandale. Ndipo komabe kupyolera mu zonsezi, sayansi ndiyokhazikika. 

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Kulimbikitsa ndi kulimbikitsa mgwirizano wa sayansi kwamanga milatho pakati pa maiko atatu onse kudzera mu kafukufuku wa sayansi, kuyang'ana kwambiri zachitetezo chomwe chili chopindulitsa ku Gulf of Mexico komanso kupindula kwa nthawi yaitali kwa anthu aku Cuba, Mexico ndi United States. 

Kufufuza umboni, kusonkhanitsa deta, ndi kuzindikira kwa mafunde a m'nyanja, zamoyo zomwe zimasamuka, ndi kudalirana ndizokhazikika. Asayansi amamvetsetsana kudutsa malire popanda ndale. Choonadi sichingabisike kwa nthawi yayitali.

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Maubwenzi asayansi omwe adakhazikitsidwa kalekale komanso mgwirizano wofufuza adapanga maziko olimbikitsa mapangano okhazikika padziko lonse lapansi - timawatcha kuti diplomacy. Mu 2015, maubwenzi apaderawa adakhala maziko owoneka bwino a ubale pakati pa Cuba ndi United States. Kukhalapo kwa asayansi aboma ochokera ku Cuba ndi US pamapeto pake kudapangitsa kuti pakhale mgwirizano wamalo opatulika pakati pa mayiko awiriwa. Mgwirizanowu ukugwirizana ndi malo osungiramo nyanja zaku US ndi malo osungiramo nyanja zaku Cuba kuti agwirizane pankhani ya sayansi, kasamalidwe kasamalidwe ndi kugawana nzeru za momwe angayendetsere ndikuwunika madera otetezedwa am'madzi.
Pa Epulo 26, 2018, zokambirana zasayansi izi zidapitanso patsogolo. Mexico ndi Cuba zinasaina mgwirizano wofanana wa mgwirizano ndi pulogalamu ya ntchito yophunzira ndi kugawana nzeru pamadera otetezedwa a m'nyanja.

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Mofananamo, ife ku The Ocean Foundation tidasaina kalata yotsimikizira ndi Unduna wa Zachilengedwe ndi Zachilengedwe ku Mexico (SEMRNAT) kuti tigwirizane ndi polojekiti ya Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem. Ntchito yoyang'ana kutsogoloyi ikufuna kulimbikitsa maukonde owonjezera am'madera a sayansi, madera otetezedwa am'madzi, kasamalidwe ka usodzi ndi zinthu zina za Gulf of Mexico yoyendetsedwa bwino.

Pamapeto pake, ku Mexico, Cuba, ndi US, zokambirana za sayansi zathandiza bwino kudalira kwathu ku Gulf yathanzi komanso udindo wogawana nawo mibadwo yamtsogolo. Monga momwe zimakhalira m'malo ena amtchire omwe amagawana nawo, asayansi ndi akatswiri ena apititsa patsogolo chidziwitso chathu poyang'ana chilengedwe chathu, kutsimikizira kudalira kwathu chilengedwe, ndikulimbikitsa ntchito zachilengedwe zomwe amapereka pamene akusinthana zambiri m'malire achilengedwe kudutsa malire andale.
 
Sayansi yam'madzi ndi yeniyeni!
 

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Ngongole ya Zithunzi: Alexandra Puritz, Mark J. Spalding, CubaMar