WASHINGTON, DC [Kukadzi 28, 2023] - Hurumende yeCuba neThe Ocean Foundation yakasaina Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) nhasi; imwe inova kekutanga Hurumende yeCuba yakasaina chibvumirano cheMoU nesangano rakazvimirira riri muAmerica. 

Iyo MoU inotora makore anopfuura makumi matatu ekubatana kwesainzi yegungwa nebasa remitemo pakati pesangano neCuba marine research institution uye masangano ekuchengetedza. Kudyidzana uku, kwakafambiswa kuburikidza neThe Ocean Foundation's nonpartisan platform, inonyanya kutarisana neGulf yeMexico neWestern Caribbean uye pakati penyika nhatu dzinoganhurana neGulf: Cuba, México neUnited States. 

The Trinational Initiative, kuedza kufambisira mberi kushandira pamwe nekuchengetedza, kwakatanga muna 2007 nechinangwa chekugadzira hurongwa hwekuenderera mberi kwekutsvakurudza kwesayenzi kuchengetedza nekuchengetedza mvura yakapoteredza uye yakagovaniswa uye nzvimbo dzekugara mugungwa. Muna 2015, panguva yekunetsana pakati peVatungamiriri VaBarack Obama naRaúl Castro, masayendisiti kubva kuUS neCuba akakurudzira kuti pave netiweki yeMarine Protected Area (MPA) iyo yaizopfuura makore makumi mashanu neshanu ekudyidzana kwakanyanya. Vatungamiri venyika mbiri idzi vakaona kubatana kwezvakatipoteredza sechinhu chekutanga chekudyidzana. Somugumisiro, zvibvumirano zviviri zvezvakatipoteredza zvakaziviswa munaNovember 55. Imwe yeavo, iyo Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Conservation and Management of Marine Protected Areas, yakagadzira dandemutande rakasarudzika rakafambisira kushanda pamwe chete maererano nesainzi, utariri, uye manejimendi munzvimbo ina dzakachengetedzwa muCuba neUnited States. Makore maviri gare gare, RedGolfo yakavambwa muCozumel muna Zvita 2017 apo Mexico yakawedzera maMPA manomwe kunetiweki - zvichiita kuti ive yechokwadi yeGulf kuedza kukuru. Chimwe chibvumirano chakaisa danho rekuenderera mberi kwekushandira pamwe mukuchengetedzwa kwemakungwa pakati peUS State Department neCuban Ministry of Foreign Relations. Zvibvumirano zvese zviri zviviri maererano nekutsinhana kweruzivo uye tsvakiridzo pamusoro pemamiriro ekunze nemamiriro ekunze, zvinoramba zviripo kunyangwe hazvo kuderera kwehukama hwenyika mbiri idzi kwakatanga muna 2016. 

Chibvumirano cheMoU neCuba chiri kuitwa neCuban Ministry yeSainzi, Tekinoroji neKwakatipoteredza (CITMA). Iyo MoU inotaura kukosha kwekuchengetedza zvipenyu zvakasiyana-siyana zvemugungwa nemahombekombe zvakagovaniswa nenyika mbiri idzi, izvo, semugumisiro weGulf Stream uye chinhambwe chenzvimbo ye90 chete nautical mamaira yakakura kana yanyatsosimbiswa kuti hove zhinji dzeFlorida uye benthic. hugaro hwakaita semakorari anozadzikiswa kubva mumatanda kuenda kumaodzanyemba. Inotsigirawo Trinational Initiative uye RedGolfo semataneti anoshanda ekufambisa mberi kubatana mukudzidza nekuchengetedza zviwanikwa zvemugungwa, uye inofunga nezve basa rakakosha reMexico. MoU inobata chidzidzo chezvipenyu zvinotama; kubatana pakati pecoral reef ecosystems; kudzorera uye kutora carbon dioxide mumingrove, uswa hwegungwa, uye nzvimbo dzekugara dzine mvura; kushandiswa kwezviwanikwa zvakagadzikana; kugadzirisa uye kuderedza kukanganiswa kwemamiriro ekunze; nekutsvaga nzira itsva dzekupa mari dzekudyidzana nedzimwe nyika dzakapihwa nhoroondo yekusawirirana. Inosimbisawo kudzidza kwezvakagovaniswa zvipenyu zveUS-Cuban nenzvimbo dzemumahombekombe dzakaita semamanatees, whales, corals, mangroves, seagrasses, wetlands, uye sargassum. 

Kusati kwasaina, Ambassador Lianys Torres Rivera, mukadzi wekutanga kutungamira hushumiri hweCuba muWashington, akapa mucherechedzo wenhoroondo yebasa pakati peCuba neThe Ocean Foundation uye kukosha kwekutanga kudyidzana. Anonyora kuti:

“Iyi yanga iri imwe yenzvimbo shoma dzekutsinhana kwedzidzo nedzekutsvagisa dzakatsigirwa kwemakumi emakore, kunyangwe mamiriro ezvematongerwo enyika asina kunaka. Nenzira ine mukurumbira, The Ocean Foundation yakaita basa rakasimba mukugadzwa kwechokwadi chekubatana kwesainzi, uye yakagadzira hwaro hwekusvika pazvibvumirano zviripo nhasi padanho rehurumende. "

Ambassador Lianys Torres Rivera

Mark J. Spalding, Mutungamiri weThe Ocean Foundation, akatsanangura kuti hwaro hwenharaunda chete hwegungwa hwakamisikidzwa sei kudyidzana neHurumende yeCuba sechikamu chebasa ravo mugungwa. Ocean Science Diplomacy:

“TOF inomira pakuzvipira kwayo kweanopfuura makore makumi matatu ekushandisa sainzi sezambuko; kusimbisa kuchengetedzwa kwezviwanikwa zvemugungwa zvakagovaniswa. Tine chivimbo chekuti zvibvumirano zvakaita seizvi zvinogona kumisa nhanho yekudyidzana pakati pehurumende dzedu pasainzi yemahombekombe nemakungwa, kusanganisira kugadzirira mamiriro ekunze. ”

Mark J. Spalding | Mutungamiri, The Ocean Foundation

Dr. Gonzalo Cid, International Activities Coordinator, National Marine Protected Areas Center & NOAA - Hofisi yeNational Marine Sanctuaries; uye Nicholas J. Geboy, Economic Officer, Hofisi yeCuban Affairs, US Department of State vakapinda chiitiko chacho.

Memorandamu iyi yakasainwa kuhofisi yeThe Ocean Foundation muWashington, DC 

ABOUT THE OCEAN FOUNDATION

Seyo chete hwaro hwenharaunda hwegungwa, The Ocean Foundation's 501 (c) (3) chinangwa nderekutsigira, kusimbisa, uye kusimudzira masangano akazvipira kudzosera maitiro ekuparadza nharaunda dzegungwa pasi rese. Inotarisa hunyanzvi hwayo hwekutyisidzira kuri kubuda kuitira kuti igadzire mhinduro dzekucheka uye nzira dziri nani dzekuita. Iyo Ocean Foundation inoita zvakakosha zvirongwa zvekurwisa acidization yegungwa, kufambisira mberi kusimba kwebhuruu, kugadzirisa kusvibiswa kwepurasitiki yepasirese, uye kuvandudza kuverenga kwemakungwa kwevatungamiriri vedzidzo yemugungwa. Iyo zvakare ine mari inobata mapurojekiti anopfuura makumi mashanu munyika makumi maviri neshanu. 

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