Washington, DC, September 7th, 2021 - The Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) e phatlalalitse $1.9 milione ho ts'ehetsa The Ocean Foundation (TOF) ho tsepamisa maikutlo mesebetsing ea ntlafatso ea lebopo la Cuba le Dominican Republic. The CBF's Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) Lenaneo la lithuso le shebane le merero e sebelisang mefuta-futa ea lits'ebeletso tsa tikoloho le tikoloho ho thusa baahi ba lebopong la leoatle ho ikamahanya le phetoho ea maemo a leholimo, ho fokotsa kotsi ea likoluoa, le ho aha tikoloho e tsitsitseng. Lenaneo la EbA le tšehelitsoe ka lichelete ke International Climate Initiative (IKI) ea Lekala la Federale la Jeremane la Tikoloho, Paballo ea Tlhaho, le Polokeho ea Nyutlelie ka KfW.

Thuso ke thuso e kholo ka ho fetisisa e le 'ngoe historing ea TOF 'me e hahiloe holim'a motheo oa mosebetsi o etsoang ke TOF's. CariMar 'me Mehato ea ho Resilience Blue, tse qetileng lilemo tse leshome tse fetileng li tsepamisitse maikutlo ho matlafatseng ho mamella maemo a leholimo ho pholletsa le sebaka sa Caribbean. TOF hape ke e 'ngoe ea mekhatlo e sa etseng phaello e telele ka ho fetesisa ea US e sebetsang Cuba.

Cuba le Dominican Republic li arolelana mefuta le libaka tse ngata tse lebōpong la leoatle tse sokeloa ke phetoho ea maemo a leholimo. Ho phahama ha bophahamo ba leoatle, ho soeufala ha likorale le mafu, le keketseho e matla ea likhoele tse tsoang ho sargassum algae ke mathata a kotsi bakeng sa lichaba ka bobeli. Ka projeke ena, linaha ka bobeli li tla arolelana litharollo tse ipapisitseng le tlhaho tse bonahetseng li sebetsa sebakeng sena.

"Cuba le Dominican Republic ke linaha tse peli tse kholo ka ho fetisisa tsa lihlekehleke tsa Caribbean 'me li na le histori e tšoanang le ho itšetleha ka leoatle bakeng sa ho tšoasa litlhapi, bohahlauli le tšireletso ea lebōpo. Ka ho fana ka seatla se bulehileng le pono ea CBF ba tla khona ho sebetsa 'moho mabapi le litharollo tse ncha tsa ho aha botsitso bakeng sa sechaba sa bona se phelang se lebopong.

Fernando Bretos | Ofisiri ea Lenaneo, The Ocean Foundation

Cuba, merero e entsoeng ho tsoa thusong ena e kenyelletsa ho sebetsa le Lekala la Saense, Theknoloji le Tikoloho la Cuba ho khutlisetsa lihekthere tse makholo tsa sebaka sa lifate tsa mangrove le ho sebelisana le basebetsi ba Guanahacabibes National Park boitekong bo matla ba ho khutlisetsa likorale tsa meaho ea mafika le ho khutlisetsa phallo tikolohong ea lifate tsa mangrove. Jardines de la Reina National Park, TOF le Univesithi ea Havana li tla qala morero o mocha oa tsosoloso ea likorale ha ho tsoela pele ka mosebetsi oa rona oa lilemo tse mashome ho lekola bophelo bo botle ba likorale.

Mark J. Spalding, Mopresidente oa The Ocean Foundation, o tiisitse hore “re hlomphuoa le ho khothatsoa ke kananelo ea CBF ea mosebetsi oa rōna sebakeng sa Caribbean. Thuso ena e tla dumella TOF le balekane ba rona ho aha bokgoni ba lehae ho tshehetsa boikemelo ba ho tobana le difefo tse matlafatsoang ke phetoho ya tlelaemete, ho netefatsa polokeho e kgolo ya dijo, le ho boloka boleng ba bohlokwa ba bohahlaudi ba tlhaho - ho ntlafatsa moruo o putswa le ho thea mesebetsi ba lulang Cuba le DR ba bolokehile ebile ba phetse hantle. ”

Naheng ea Dominican Republic, TOF e tla sebetsa le SEKORE Machabeng ho lema hape likorale holim'a mafika Bayahibe haufi le Parque del Este National Park ho sebelisa mekhoa e mecha ea ho ikatisa ka thobalano e tla li thusa ho mamella ho soeufala le maloetse. Morero ona o boetse o atoloha holim'a tšebelisano e teng ea TOF le Likokoana-hloko ho fetola moferefere sargassum ho etsa manyolo bakeng sa ho sebelisoa ke sechaba sa temo - ho tlosa tlhoko ea manyolo a theko e phahameng a thehiloeng ho petroleum a kenyang letsoho tšilafalong ea limatlafatsi le ho senya tikoloho ea lebopo.

Ocean Foundation e thabetse ho qala boiteko bona ba lilemo tse tharo bo reriloeng e le phapanyetsano lipakeng tsa bo-ramahlale, litsebi, lefapha la bohahlauli le mebuso. Re tšepa hore boiteko bona bo tla fana ka maikutlo a macha le ho feta bakeng sa ho aha matla a ho ikemela khahlanong le phetoho ea maemo a leholimo bakeng sa linaha tse peli tse kholo ka ho fetisisa tsa Caribbean.

Mabapi le The Ocean Foundation

E le oona feela motheo oa sechaba oa leoatle, morero oa 501(c)(3) oa The Ocean Foundation ke ho tšehetsa, ho matlafatsa, le ho khothaletsa mekhatlo e ikemiselitseng ho khutlisa mokhoa oa ho senya tikoloho ea maoatle lefatšeng ka bophara. Re tsepamisa boitseanape ba rona bo kopaneng mabapi le litšokelo tse hlahang molemong oa ho hlahisa litharollo tsa maemo a holimo le maano a betere a ho kengoa tšebetsong.

Mabapi le Letlōle la Lihloliloeng tsa Caribbean

E thehiloe ka 2012, Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) ke phethahatso ea pono e sebete ea ho theha lichelete tse tšepahalang, tsa nako e telele bakeng sa paballo le nts'etsopele e tsitsitseng sebakeng sa Caribbean. CBF le sehlopha sa National Conservation Trust Funds (NCTFs) hammoho ba theha Caribbean Sustainable Finance Architecture.

Mabapi le SECORE International

Morero oa SECORE International ke ho theha le ho arolelana lisebelisoa le mahlale a ho khutlisa mafika a likorale lefatšeng ka bophara. Hammoho le balekane, Secore International e thehile Lenaneo la Global Coral Restoration ka 2017 ho potlakisa nts'etsopele ea lisebelisoa tse ncha, mekhoa le maano a tsepamisitseng maikutlo ho eketseng ts'ebetso ea ts'ebetso ea tsosoloso le kopanyo ea maano a ntlafatso ea mamello ha a ntse a fumaneha.

Mabapi le Grogenics

Morero oa li-Grogenics ke ho baballa mefuta-futa le bongata ba lintho tse phelang metsing. Ba etsa sena ka ho rarolla mathata a mangata bakeng sa baahi ba lebopong la leoatle ka ho kotula sargassum lewatleng pele e fihla mabopong. Mosuela oa tlhaho oa Grogenics o khutlisetsa mobu o phelang ka ho khutlisetsa khabone e ngata mobung le limela. Ka ho kenya ts'ebetsong mekhoa ea ho tsosolosa, sepheo sa ho qetela ke ho nka lithane tse 'maloa tsa metric ea carbon dioxide e tla hlahisa chelete e eketsehileng bakeng sa lihoai kapa liindasteri tsa lihotele ka ho fokotsa carbon.

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