Urhulumente waseCuba utyikitya iMemorandam yokuQondana noMbutho ongekho phantsi koRhulumente osekwe e-US ukuququzelela iDiplomacy yeNzululwazi yoLwandle

WASHINGTON, DC [NgoFebruwari 28, 2023] – URhulumente waseCuba kunye neThe Ocean Foundation batyikitye iMemorandam yokuQondana (i-MoU) namhlanje; enye ephawula okokuqala uRhulumente waseCuba etyikitya i-MoU nombutho ongekho phantsi korhulumente eMelika. 

I-MoU ithatha ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu yentsebenziswano yenzululwazi yolwandle kunye nomsebenzi womgaqo-nkqubo phakathi kombutho kunye namaziko ophando olwandle aseCuba kunye nee-arhente zolondolozo. Le ntsebenziswano, iququzelelwa ngeqonga le-Ocean Foundation elingakhethi cala, ligxile ikakhulu kwiGulf of Mexico neWestern Caribbean naphakathi kwamazwe amathathu asemdeni weGulf: Cuba, México kunye neMelika. 

Inyathelo leZiqu-zintathu, inzame yokuqhubela phambili intsebenziswano kunye nolondolozo, yaqala ngo-2007 ngenjongo yokuseka isikhokelo sophando lwenzululwazi oluqhubekayo oluqhubekayo ukuze kugcinwe kwaye kukhuselwe amanzi ethu ajikelezileyo kunye nokwabelana kunye neendawo zokuhlala zaselwandle. Ngo-2015, ngexesha lokudityaniswa kukaMongameli u-Barack Obama kunye no-Raúl Castro, izazinzulu zase-US nase-Cuba zacebisa ukuba kuyilwe uthungelwano lweNdawo yaseLwandle eKhuselweyo (MPA) eya ngaphaya kweminyaka engama-55 yothethathethwano olulinganiselweyo lwamazwe amabini. Iinkokeli zala mazwe mabini zabona intsebenziswano yokusingqongileyo njengeyona nto iphambili kwintsebenziswano elinganayo. Ngenxa yoko, izivumelwano ezimbini zokusingqongileyo zabhengezwa ngoNovemba 2015. Enye yazo, i Imemorandam yokuQonda ngeNtsebenziswano kuLondolozo noLawulo lweeNdawo zaseLwandle eziKhuselweyo, idale uthungelwano olukhethekileyo lwamazwe amabini oluququzelele iinzame ezidibeneyo malunga nenzululwazi, ubugosa, kunye nolawulo kwiindawo ezine ezikhuselweyo eCuba nase-United States. Kwiminyaka emibini kamva, RedGolfo yasekwa eCozumel ngoDisemba 2017 xa iMexico yongeza iiMPA ezisixhenxe kuthungelwano-iyenza ibe yinzame ebanzi yeGulf. Esinye isivumelwano simisela inqanaba lentsebenziswano eqhubekayo kulondolozo lwaselwandle phakathi kweSebe leLizwe lase-US kunye neSebe lezoBudlelwane baseCuba. Zombini izivumelwano malunga notshintshiselwano ngolwazi kunye nophando malunga nemozulu kunye nemiba yemozulu, zisasebenza nangona kukho ukudodobala okwethutyana kobudlelwane bamazwe amabini oqale ngowama-2016. 

I-MoU neCuba imiliselwa liSebe lezeNzululwazi, ubuChwepheshe kunye nokusiNgqongileyo laseCuba (CITMA). I-MoU ichaza imfuneko yokukhusela iyantlukwano yebhayoloji yaselwandle neyonxweme ekwabelwana ngayo ngamazwe omabini, okuthi, ngenxa ye-Gulf Stream kunye nomgama wejografi weemayile ezingama-90 kuphela ze-nautical ubaluleke kakhulu xa kuqinisekiwe ukuba uninzi lwentlanzi yaseFlorida kunye ne-benthic. indawo yokuhlala efana neekorali ziyazaliswa ukusuka kwisitokhwe ukuya kumazantsi kwangoko. Ikwaxhasa i-Trinational Initiative kunye ne-RedGolfo njengothungelwano olusebenzayo ukuqhubela phambili intsebenziswano kwisifundo kunye nokukhuselwa kwemithombo yolwandle, kwaye ithathela ingqalelo indima ebalulekileyo yaseMexico. I-MoU ibandakanya uphononongo lweentlobo ezifudukayo; uqhagamshelo phakathi kwe-coral reef ecosystems; ukubuyisela kunye nokuhlutha ikharbon diokside kwimithi yeengrove, ingca yolwandle, nakwindawo ezihlala kuyo imigxobhozo; ukusetyenziswa kwemithombo yolondolozo; ukulungelelanisa kunye nokunciphisa ukuphazamiseka kwemozulu; kunye nokufumana iindlela ezintsha zenkxaso-mali zentsebenziswano yamazwe amaninzi enikwe imbali yobunzima obuhlangeneyo. Ikwabethelela uphononongo lwezinto eziphilayo ekwabelwana ngazo e-US-Cuban kunye neendawo zokuhlala eziselunxwemeni ezinje ngeemanatee, iminenga, iikorale, iimangrove, ingca yolwandle, imigxobhozo, kunye nesargassum. 

Phambi kokutyikitywa, unozakuzaku uLianys Torres Rivera, owasetyhini wokuqala owakha wakhokela ubuthunywa baseCuba eWashington, unike amagqabantshintshi ngembali yomsebenzi phakathi kweCuba kunye neThe Ocean Foundation kunye nokubaluleka kwentsebenziswano yangaphambili. Uphawula ukuba:

“Le ibiyenye yeendawo ezimbalwa zotshintshiselwano lwezemfundo nophando oluzinzisiweyo amashumi eminyaka, ngaphandle kweemeko zezopolitiko ezimbi. Ngendlela ebalaseleyo, i-Ocean Foundation idlale indima eqinisekileyo ekusekweni konxibelelwano oluyinyani lwentsebenziswano yezenzululwazi, kwaye yenza isiseko sokufikelela kwizivumelwano ezikhoyo namhlanje kwinqanaba likarhulumente. "

Unozakuzaku uLianys Torres Rivera

UMark J. Spalding, uMongameli we-Ocean Foundation, uchaze ukuba ekuphela kwesiseko soluntu solwandle sibekwe ngendlela ekhethekileyo ukusebenzisana noRhulumente waseCuba njengenxalenye yomsebenzi wabo iDiplomacy yeNzululwazi yoLwandle:

“I-TOF imi kwisibophelelo sayo seminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu sokusebenzisa inzululwazi njengebhulorho; ukugxininisa ukukhuselwa kobutyebi baselwandle okwabelwana ngabo. Siqinisekile ukuba izivumelwano ezifana nesi zinokubeka inqanaba lentsebenziswano phakathi koorhulumente bethu kwisayensi yonxweme kunye nolwandle, kubandakanya ukulungela imozulu embi. ”

UMarko J. Spalding | Umongameli, i-Ocean Foundation

UGqr. Gonzalo Cid, uMququzeleli weMisebenzi yaMazwe ngaMazwe, iZiko leeNdawo eziKhuselweyo zaseLwandle kunye ne-NOAA - i-Ofisi yeeNdawo zeSizwe zaseLwandle; kunye noNicholas J. Geboy, iGosa lezoQoqosho, iOfisi yeMicimbi yaseCuba, iSebe leLizwe lase-US bazimase lo msitho.

Imemorandam yatyikitywa kwiofisi yeThe Ocean Foundation eWashington, DC 

MALUNGA NESEKO YOLWANDLE

Njengokuphela kwesiseko soluntu solwandle, injongo ye-Ocean Foundation's 501(c)(3) kukuxhasa, ukomeleza, nokukhuthaza loo mibutho ezinikele ekubuyiseleni umva umkhwa wokutshatyalaliswa kokusingqongileyo kolwandle kwihlabathi jikelele. Igxininisa ubuchule bayo obuhlangeneyo kwiisoyikiso ezivelayo ukuze kuveliswe izisombululo ezibukhali kunye nezicwangciso ezingcono zokuphunyezwa. I-Ocean Foundation yenza amalinge enkqubo engundoqo yokulwa ukuguquguquka kweasidi yolwandle, ukuqhubela phambili ukomelela okuluhlaza, ukujongana nongcoliseko lweplastiki yolwandle lwehlabathi, kunye nokuphuhlisa ulwazi lolwandle kwiinkokeli zemfundo yaselwandle. Ikwaphethe iiprojekthi ezingaphezulu kwama-50 kumazwe angama-25. 

Iinkcukacha zoqhakamshelwano namajelo eendaba 

UKate Killerlain Morrison, iSiseko soLwandle
P: +1 (202) 318-3160
E: [email protected]
W: www.oceanfdn.org

Ukusuka ekhohlo ukuya ekunene. Umqolo ongemva: Angel Braestrup (iBhodi ye-TOF yabaLawuli), u-Olha Krushelnytska (iBhodi ye-TOF yabaLawuli), Nguyen Trung Quynh (uMcebisi, iNtloko yeSayensi kunye neThekhnoloji ye-Ofisi, i-Embassy yaseVietnam), u-Elliot Cafritz (iBhodi ye-TOF yabalawuli), uAlejandra Navarrete (Indwendwe), uGqr. Gonzalo Cid (uMququzeleli weMisebenzi yamazwe ngamazwe, iZiko leSizwe eliKhuselweyo leeNdawo zaseLwandle kunye ne-NOAA), uRussell Smith (iBhodi yabaLawuli be-TOF), uNguyen Thanh Binh (uNobhala wokuqala we-Embassy yaseVietnam). Umgca ongaphambili: uMark J. Spalding (uMongameli we-TOF), oHloniphekileyo uNozakuzaku uNksk.