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Izazinzulu ezivela e-DR kunye neCuba ziyadibana ukuze zifunde kwaye zabelane ngeendlela ezintsha zokubuyisela

Jonga isishwankathelo seworkshop esipheleleyo ngezantsi:

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Sakha amandla kwizazinzulu eziselula ukuba zitshate ikamva leekorali zeCaribbean kunye noluntu oluselunxwemeni oluxhomekeke kuzo.

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“YiCaribbean enkulu. Kwaye yiCaribbean edityaniswe kakhulu. Ngenxa yemisinga yolwandle, ilizwe ngalinye lixhomekeke kwelinye… Ukutshintsha kwemozulu, ukunyuka komgangatho wolwandle, ukhenketho olukhulu, ukuloba ngokugqithisileyo, umgangatho wamanzi. Ziingxaki ezifanayo onke amazwe ajongene nazo xa ehlangene. Kwaye onke loo mazwe akanazo zonke izisombululo. Ngoko ngokusebenza kunye, sabelana ngezibonelelo. Sabelana ngamava.”

UFernando Bretos | IGosa leNkqubo, i-TOF

Kwinyanga ephelileyo, siphehlelele ngokusesikweni iprojekthi yethu yeminyaka emithathu yokwakha ukomelela konxweme kumazwe amabini amakhulu eziqithi zeCaribbean – iCuba neDominican Republic. Eyethu uqobo UKatie Thompson, UFernando Bretos, yaye UBen Scheelk imele i-Ocean Foundation kwiworkshop yokubuyisela i-coral e-Bayahibe, e-Dominican Republic (DR) - ngaphandle nje kwe-Parque Nacional del Este (i-East National Park).

Iworkshop, Ulungiso olusekwe eluNxwemeni olusekwe eluNxwemeni kwi-Insular Caribbean yeZizwe ezibini ezikhulu: iCuba kunye neRiphabhlikhi yaseDominican., yaxhaswa ngemali yethu $ 1.9M isibonelelo evela kwiCaribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF). Kunye no Fundación Dominicana de Estudios Marinos (UMALI-MALI), I-SECORE yamazwe ngamazwe, yaye Centro de Investigaciones Marinas (CIM) de la Universidad de la Habana, sigxile kwinoveli imbewu yekorale (ukusasazwa kombungu) iindlela kunye nokwandiswa kwazo kwiindawo ezintsha. Ngokukodwa ngakumbi, sigxininise kwindlela izazinzulu ezivela eDR kunye neCuba ezinokusebenzisana ngayo kwezi ndlela kwaye ekugqibeleni zibabandakanye kwiindawo zabo. Olu tshintshiselwano lujoliswe njengentsebenziswano esemazantsi-emzantsi apho amazwe amabini asakhasayo esabelanayo kwaye ekhula kunye kwaye esenza isigqibo ngekamva lawo lokusingqongileyo. 

Yintoni imbewu yekorale?

Imbewu yekorale, or ukwanda kombungu, ibhekisela ekuqokeleleni amaqanda e-coral (amaqanda e-coral kunye nedlozi, okanye i-gametes) ekwazi ukuchumisa kwilabhoratri. Le mibungu ithi ke ihlaliswe kwiisubstrates ezikhethekileyo ezithi kamva zisasazwe kulwalwa ngaphandle kwesidingo sokuncamathisela ngoomatshini. 

Ngokwahlukileyo kwiindlela zokuqhekeka kwee-coral ezisebenza ukufanisa amaqhekeza e-coral, imbewu ye-coral ibonelela ngeentlobo ezahlukeneyo zemfuza. Oku kuthetha ukuba i-propagative imbewu ixhasa ukuziqhelanisa kwee-coral kwiimeko eziguqukayo ezibangelwa kukutshintsha kwemozulu, njengokwenza i-coral bleaching kunye nobushushu obuphezulu bamanzi olwandle. Le ndlela ikwavula ngakumbi amathuba okuba kunyuswe imbuyekezo ngokuqokelela izigidi zeentsana zamakorale kwisiganeko esinye sokuzala kwekorale.

Ukuzisa izazinzulu ezivela e-DR kunye neCuba kunye kwizisombululo ezisekelwe kwindalo

Kwisithuba seentsuku ezine, abo bathe bajoyina iworkshop bafunda malunga nenoveli yobuchule bembewu ye-coral ephuhliswe yi-SECORE International kwaye iphunyezwe yi-FUNDEMAR. Iworkshop isebenze njengenyathelo elibalulekileyo kwisicwangciso esikhulu sokunyusa iindlela zenoveli zokubuyiselwa kwe-coral kunye nokuphucula i-coral reef ecosystems kwi-DR

Oosonzululwazi abasixhenxe baseCuba, isiqingatha sabo sabafundi abathweswe izidanga abafunda i-coral reef ecology kwiYunivesithi yaseHavana, nabo bathathe inxaxheba. Izazinzulu zinethemba lokuphindaphinda iindlela zokuhlwayela kwiindawo ezimbini zaseCuba: iGuanahacabibes National Park (GNP) kunye neJardines de la Reina National Park (JRNP).

Okona kubaluleke kakhulu, iworkshop ivumele izazinzulu ezivela kumazwe amaninzi ukwabelana ngolwazi kunye nolwazi. Abathathi-nxaxheba abangamashumi amabini anesine abavela eCuba, e-DR, e-United States, nase-Mexico bazimase iintetho ezenziwa yi-SECORE kunye ne-FUNDEMAR kwizifundo abazifundileyo ngokusasazeka kwemibungu e-DR nakwi-Caribbean. Abathunywa baseCuba nabo babelane ngamava abo kunye nokuqonda ngokubuyiselwa kwekorale.

Ukujonga kwikamva 

Ukulungiswa konxweme olusekwe eluntwini Abathathi-nxaxheba kwiindibano zocweyo bafumana amava anzulu - bade baya kwi-scuba diving kunye ne-snorkeling ukuze babone iindawo ze-FUNDEMAR zekorale, ukutyalwa kwee-coral, kunye novavanyo lokumisela. Ukusebenzelana kwale workshop kunye nobume bentsebenziswano kwafuna ukubonelela ngoqeqesho kwisizukulwana esitsha seengcaphephe zokubuyisela iikorale zaseCuba. 

Iikorale zibonelela ngekhusi kushishino lokuloba kwaye ziphucula ubomi boluntu oluselunxwemeni. Ngokubuyisela iikorale kumda wonxweme, uluntu oluselunxwemeni lunokuthintelwa ngokusebenzayo ngokuchasene nokunyuka komphakamo wolwandle kunye nezivunguvungu zetropikhi ezibangelwa kukutshintsha kwemozulu. Kwaye, ngokwabelana ngezisombululo ezisebenzayo, le workshop iye yanceda ekuqaliseni into esinethemba lokuba iya kuba bubudlelwane obude nobuneziqhamo phakathi kwemibutho namazwe athatha inxaxheba.

“Kumba weCuba kunye neDominican Republic, zingamazwe amabini amakhulu eziqithi kwiCaribbean… Xa sinokufumana la mazwe mabini agubungela umhlaba omninzi kunye nommandla wekorale singafumana okuninzi okufezekisiweyo… Imbono ka-TOF ibisoloko ihleli. ibikukuvumela amazwe athethe kwaye ulutsha luthethe, kwaye ngokutshintshiselana, ukwabelana ngezimvo, ukwabelana ngeembono…Kulapho umlingo unokwenzeka.

UFernando Bretos | IGosa leNkqubo, i-TOF