Ngokuchasene nayo yonke into engathandekiyo: Izazinzulu zaseCuba zigqibezela uhambo lweeveki ezimbini ukuya kuFundo lweCoral Reefs

Kwinyanga ephelileyo, iqela leengcali zebhayoloji zaselwandle kwiYunivesithi yaseHavana yeZiko loPhando lwaseLwandle (CIM-UH) kunye neZiko loPhando lweNdalo yoNxweme (CIEC) likhuphe into engenakwenzeka. Uhambo lweeveki ezimbini olude lophando lwe-coral reef oluya eJardines de la Reina National Park, eyona ndawo inkulu ekhuselweyo elwandle kwiCaribbean, lwahamba nge-4 kaDisemba 2021. iinzame zokubuyisela.

Olu hambo lwalucwangciselwe okokuqala ngo-Agasti 2020. Oku bekuya kungqamana nesiganeko sokuzala. elkhorn coral, iintlobo ezinqabileyo ze-Caribbean reef ezifumaneka namhlanje kuphela kwiindawo ezikude njengeJardines de la Reina. Nangona kunjalo, ukusukela ngo-2020, ukuhlehliswa okunye emva kwenye ngenxa yobhubhani we-COVID-19 kwaye uhambo lwaluxhonywe ngomsonto. ICuba, ikhe yanika ingxelo ye-9,000 yeemeko ze-COVID ngosuku, ngoku iphantsi kwe-100 leemeko zemihla ngemihla. Oku kubulela kumanyathelo okuqulatha andlongondlongo kunye nophuhliso lwenye, kodwa izitofu ezimbini zaseCuba.

Ukufumana imilinganiselo echanekileyo yempilo ye-coral kubaluleke kakhulu kwixesha lokunyuka kweempembelelo zophuhliso lwabantu kunye nokutshintsha kwemozulu.

Iikorale zichaphazeleka kakhulu kwezi zamva, njengoko ukuqhambuka kwezifo kudla ngokukhula kumanzi ashushu. Umzekelo, ukuxutywa kwe-coral kubangelwa ngokuthe ngqo emanzini afudumeleyo. Iziganeko zokuphuma kwegazi zifikelela incopho ekupheleni kweenyanga zasehlotyeni kwaye zitshabalalisa iikorale ukuya kuthi ga kwiGreat Barrier Reef. Ukubuyiselwa kweekorale, kude kube mva nje, bekucingwa njengomzamo omkhulu, wokugqibela wokugcina iikorale. Nangona kunjalo, ibe yenye yezona zixhobo zethu zithembisayo ukubuyisela umva i-coral iyancipha nge-50% yeekorale eziphilayo ukususela kwi1950.

Ngexesha lohambo kule nyanga, izazinzulu ziye zavavanya imeko yezempilo yeekorale ezingama-29,000.

Ukongeza, uNoel Lopez, umthwebuli wezithombe ophantsi kwamanzi owaziwayo kwihlabathi kunye ne-diver ye-Avalon-Azulmar Dive Centre - elawula imisebenzi yezokhenketho ye-SCUBA eJardines de la Reina - uthathe iifoto ze-5,000 kunye neevidiyo zeekorali kunye ne-biodiversity ehambelana nayo. Oku kuya kuba yimfuneko ekumiseleni utshintsho ekuhambeni kwexesha. Nkqu nendawo ekwanti njengeJardines de la Reina inokuchaphazeleka ngabantu kunye namanzi ashushu.

Isiseko sempilo ye-coral reef, ebhalwe kolu hambo, iya kwazisa iinzame ezinkulu zokubuyisela ngo-2022 njengenxalenye yenkxaso-mali evela Ingxowa-mali yeZilwanyana zeCaribbean (CBF) Inkqubo yokuZiqhelanisa neEkholoji. Isibonelelo se-CBF sibalulekile ekuxhaseni iinzame zeminyaka emininzi ezifana nale, ezibandakanya ukwabelana ngezifundo zokubuyisela iikorale ezifundwe nezizwe zaseCaribbean. Kwi I-Bayahibe, Dominican Republic, iworkshop enkulu yamazwe ngamazwe icwangciswe ngoFebruwari 7-11, 2022. Oku kuya kudibanisa kunye izazinzulu zaseCuba kunye neDominican coral ukuba zitshate indlela eya phambili ekuphumezeni uphuculo olukhulu, oluxutywe ngokwesondo. I-FUNDEMAR, i-Dominican Foundation ye-Marine Studies, kunye neqabane le-TOF i-SECORE International iya kubamba iworkshop.

Uhambo oluphinda-phinda kabini luya kwenzeka kamsinya nje emva kocweyo lwaseJardines de la Reina, kwaye kwakhona ngo-Agasti ka-2022.

Iingcali zebhayoloji ziya kuqokelela i-coral spawn ukuze idibanise kwaye isetyenziselwe ukutyalwa kwakhona eJardines de la Reina. UJardines de la Reina wabizwa ngokuba ngomnye wabo Iipaki zeBlue zeZiko loLondolozo lwaseLwandle kwinyanga ephelileyo - ukujoyina iipaki zaselwandle ezidumileyo ezingama-20 kwihlabathi liphela. Umzamo wokutyunjwa kweBlue Park ukhokelwa yi-Wildlife Conservation Society, uKhuseleko lweNdalo, i-TOF, kunye nenani lee-arhente zaseCuba. Bubungqina bokuba idiplomacy yesayensi, apho izazinzulu zisebenzisana ngesandla ukukhusela ubutyebi baselwandle ekwabelwana ngazo nangona kukho uxinezeleko lwezopolitiko, inokuvelisa idatha ebalulekileyo yesayensi kwaye ifezekise iinjongo zolondolozo.

I-Ocean Foundation kunye neYunivesithi yaseHavana ziye zasebenzisana ukususela ngo-1999 ukufunda nokukhusela iindawo zokuhlala zaselwandle kumacala omabini eFlorida Straits. Uhambo lophando olufana nolu alulokufumana izinto ezintsha kuphela, kodwa lubonelela ngamava okusebenza kwisizukulwana esilandelayo sezazinzulu zaselwandle zaseCuba.