Ocean Foundation ndi University of Havana's Marine Research Center: Zaka 21 za Sayansi, Kupeza, ndi Ubwenzi

Sabata ino, The Ocean Foundation idachita nawo chikondwerero cha 50th Anniversary of the University of Havana's. Centro de Investigaciones Marinas (CIM, Marine Research Center), komwe TOF idadziwika chifukwa cha zaka 21 za mgwirizano ndi CIM pa sayansi yam'madzi ku Cuba. Ntchito ya TOF ndi CIM inayamba mu 1999 pamene Fernando Bretos wa TOF anakumana ndi Mtsogoleri wa CIM panthawiyo, Dr. Maria Elena Ibarra. Chilakolako cha Dr. Ibarra pachitetezo cha panyanja komanso pogwirizana ndi magulu apadziko lonse lapansi chinali chomwe chinayambitsa mgwirizano woyamba wa TOF ndi CIM.

Ntchito yoyamba yothandizana ndi TOF-CIM idakhudzanso kusanthula kwa msonkho wa CIM mu 1999. kusinthana, maulendo okayang'anira kuswana kwa ma coral, ndipo posachedwa ntchito yophunzira ndi kuteteza nsomba za macheka ku Cuba. Kugwirizana kumeneku kwadzetsa zotsatira zofunikira pakusamalira ndikupanga maziko opitilira 30 zolemba za udokotala ndi masters za ophunzira a CIM. CIM yakhalanso abwenzi anthawi yayitali mu TOF's Trinational Initiative for Marine Science and Conservation in the Gulf of Mexico & Western Caribbean.

Alejandra Navarrete a TOF ndi Katie Thompson adapezekapo pachikondwerero cha sabata ino. Akazi a Navarrete adalandira mphotho kuchokera ku CIM kwa zaka makumi ambiri a TOF akugwirizana ndi chithandizo cha CIM. Mayi Thompson anapereka nkhani yakuti "The Ocean Foundation ndi CIM: zaka 21 za sayansi, kupeza, ndi ubwenzi" pa gulu la "International Scientific Relations and Capacity Building" loyendetsedwa ndi Mtsogoleri wa CIM Patricia González. TOF ili wokondwa kupitiliza kugwirira ntchito limodzi ndi CIM kwa zaka zambiri pazasayansi zam'madzi ndi kasungidwe ku Cuba ndi Wider Caribbean Region.