Ngothando lweGulf

NGENXA YOKUTHANDA I-GULF: I-TRINATIONAL INITIATIVE IBAMBA INTLANGANISO YESI-7

nguMark J. Spalding, uMongameli we-Ocean Foundation

IGophe laseMexico yindawo eqhelekileyo yoMntla Merika. Ilinganisa malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-930 (iikhilomitha ezili-1500) ububanzi kwaye igubungela indawo emalunga neekhilomitha ezingama-617,000 (okanye ngaphezulu kancinane kophindwe kabini kunobukhulu beTexas). IGulf ijikelezwe ngamahlanu eUnited States ukuya emantla (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas), amazwe amathandathu aseMexico ngasentshona (Quintana Roo, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatan), kunye nesiqithi saseCuba. ukuya kumzantsi-mpuma. Likhaya kwizilwanyana zaselwandle ezininzi, iintlanzi, iintaka, izilwanyana ezingenamqolo, kunye neentlobo zeendawo zokuhlala. Amazwe amathathu abelana ngeGulf anezizathu ezininzi zokusebenzisana ukuqinisekisa ukuba ilifa lethu elifanayo likwalilifa lethu sonke.

Enye intsebenziswano ebalulekileyo liNyathelo likaTrinational leprojekthi yoPhando lwaseLwandle lwaseCuba noLondolozo lwe-Ocean Foundation. Intlanganiso yesi-7 yeli nyathelo ibibanjelwe kwiNational Aquarium eCuba embindini wenyanga kaNovemba. Yayizinyaswe ngabameli bakarhulumente abangaphezu kwama-250, abafundisi kunye nabameli beeNGO abavela eCuba, eMexico naseUnited States—eyona ntlanganiso yethu inkulu ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.  

 Umxholo wale ntlanganiso yalo nyaka ubusithi “ukwakha iibhulorho ngophando nolondolozo lwaselwandle.” Ezona zinto ziphambili ekugxilwe kuzo kwintlanganiso ibingamaqela amathandathu asebenzayo eNyathelo, kunye nesivumelwano esandula kubhengezwa “soodade beepaki” phakathi kwe-US neCuba.

Isicwangciso seNyathelo likaTrination lamaQela aSebenzayo

Kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo, amalungu eli nyathelo aphuhlise isicwangciso sokusebenza esifanayo sesithathu esinxulumene nentsebenziswano kunye nophando lwentsebenziswano kwiingqaqa zekorale, ookrebe & imitha, iifudo zolwandle, izilwanyana zaselwandle, ushishino lokuloba kunye neendawo ezikhuselweyo zaselwandle. Amaqela asebenzayo amathandathu (enye kwindawo nganye yophando) adalwe ukuqhubela phambili isicwangciso sokusebenza. Iqela ngalinye lidibene ukuze libelane ngamava ukususela kwintlanganiso yethu yokugqibela kwaye lilungiselele izishwankathelo, ezibandakanya impumelelo, isimo, kunye nezicwangciso zexesha elizayo. Ingxelo iyonke ibiyeyokuba intsebenziswano nentsebenziswano ibisiya isiba lula ngenxa yokunyenyiswa kweemvume kunye namaphepha-mvume kwabasemagunyeni. Nangona kunjalo, kusekho ukungakwazi okukhulu ukwabelana ngolwazi ngenxa yokunqongophala kwezixhobo zekhompyuter kunye ne-Intanethi eCuba, kunye nokunqongophala kofikelelo lwe-elektroniki kwidatha yophando lwaseCuba kunye nopapasho.

 Ngenxa yokuba le ntlanganiso iyingqayizivele ekuzameni ukudibanisa ulondolozo kwizifundo zesayensi, iingxelo azibandakanyi nje ingxoxo yemimandla yokusabela, kodwa kwakhona, ukuthintela urhwebo okanye ukuthengiswa kwezilwanyana ezisengozini. Phantse jikelele kwakukho imfuneko yokuhlaziya izinto eziphambili ngokubaluleka kunye namathuba abonakaliswe kwisicwangciso sokusebenza ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yokuba kwandulela ukwenziwa kobudlelwane obuqhelekileyo phakathi kwe-US neCuba. Umzekelo, imimiselo emitsha elungisiweyo inokusenza sabelane ngesathelayithi kunye nolunye ulwazi ukwenza iimephu ezifanayo zeGulf of Mexico ezibonisa ulwazi olulodwa lwendawo ephuhliswe kwilizwe ngalinye kulawa mathathu. Le mephu ekwabelwana ngayo iya kuthi, ngokulandelayo, ibonise kwaye ibonise ubungakanani boqhakamshelwano kwiGulf. Kwelinye icala, imimiselo emitsha esanda kuthotyelwa yaphefumlela esinye isihloko sengxoxo: Bekukho izinto ezininzi ezibhekiselele kwizinto ezinokwenzeka (kwixesha elizayo) xa i-embargo yase-US inokuphakanyiswa, kunye neziphumo ezinokuthi zibe kho zokwanda okumangalisayo kwemisebenzi yokhenketho, kuquka ukuntywila kunye nokuloba ukuzonwabisa. , kunokwenzeka ukuba zibekho kwindawo engqonge unxweme naselwandle.

Isaziso sikadade weepaki:
Isibhengezo seepaki zaseCuba-US senziwa kwinkomfa “Yolwandle Lwethu” ebibanjelwe eChile ngo-Okthobha, 2015. I-Banco de San Antonio yaseCuba iya kuncediswa kunye neFlower Garden Banks yeSizwe yaseLwandle iSanctuary. IPaki yeSizwe yaseGuanahacabibes iya kuba kunye neFlorida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Abantu abathathu abasebenze nzima ukwenza oku nguMaritza Garcia we Centro National de Areas Protegidas (Cuba), uBilly Causey we-NOAA (USA), kunye noDan Whittle we-Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). 

Wonk’ ubani owayeyinxalenye yale nzame yodade weepaki wayenza yacaca into yokuba oko kwakungumphumo wendalo weLinge lethu Lesithathu. Iingxoxo kunye neentshayelelo ezikhokelele kolu thethwano lwesibini lunemvelaphi yazo kwiintlanganiso zokuqala zeTrinational Initiative. Uthethathethwano luye lwaba lusesikweni ngakumbi emva kokwenziwa kwesiqhelo kobudlelwane ngoDisemba ka-2014. Isivumelwano esisesikweni phakathi kwala mazwe mabini siya kusayinwa apha kwiNkongolo ye-10 yeeNzululwazi zaseLwandle (eMarCuba) ngoNovemba 18, 2015.

Njengoko siye sabona kwiimeko ezidlulileyo zokuvalelwa phakathi kwezizwe ezingaziwayo, kulula ukuqala ngeendawo ezi zizwe zimbini ezifanayo. Ke, njengokuba uMongameli uNixon waqala ngentsebenziswano yomgangatho wamanzi kunye nomgangatho womoya kunye neSoviet Union, intsebenziswano yase-US kunye neCuba iqala ngokusingqongileyo, kodwa kugxilwe kulondolozo lwaselwandle kunye neendawo ezikhuselweyo zaselwandle (kungoko isivumelwano sepaki). 

Uqhakamshelwano phakathi kwe-ikhosistim kunye neentlobo kwi-Caribbean lukhulu kwaye luqondwa kakuhle, ukuba lusaqondwa kancinci kunokuba lunokuba njalo. Oku kubaluleke ngakumbi ekujongeni unxibelelwano phakathi kweMexico, i-US kunye neCuba. Sekude kudala ukuba silawule ubudlelwane bethu boluntu kunye namanxweme kunye nolwandle kulo mmandla kunye nolo nxibelelwano engqondweni-inkqubo eqala ngolwazi kunye nokuqonda okwabelwanayo. Yinkqubo eyaqala ngeentlanganiso zokuqala zenzululwazi yokuqala kunye nabanye abaye bahlangana kwiNyathelo lokuqala leZiqu-zintathu. Sivuyiswa kukuba intlanganiso yesibhozo ye-Trinational Initiative iya kubanjelwa e-US Sininzi ukuqhubeka sifunda omnye komnye, kwaye sijonge phambili kumsebenzi ozayo.