Kwiveki ephelileyo iphawule impumelelo emandla kwi-The Ocean Foundation idiplomacy yesayensi yolwandle iinzame, ngakumbi ngokubhekiselele kuThungelwano loMmandla oKhuselweyo weNdawo yaseLwandle yaseMexico (RedGolfo). 

The INkongolo yeSihlanu yeNdawo yaseLwandle eKhuselweyo (IMPAC5) isandula kuqukunjelwa kwisixeko esikhulu esiselunxwemeni saseVancouver, eKhanada – sidibanisa amagcisa angama-2,000 kulawulo lwendawo ekhuselweyo kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo. Inkomfa ibambe ugxininiso ekubandakanyekeni kunye nokwahluka kunye noluhlu olubanzi lweenkcazo eziphambili ezinikezelwe kulondolozo olukhokelwa yimveli kunye neeprojekthi ezikhokelwa ngabatsha-ntliziyo bolutsha kwihlabathi jikelele. 

Phakathi kwe-3-8 kaFebruwari 2023, siye sakhokela iiphaneli ezininzi kwaye sazingqonga ngeengcali eziphambili zehlabathi-ukuqhubela phambili umsebenzi wethu kunye nokwenza ubudlelwane obubalulekileyo ukuqhubela phambili injongo yethu efanayo yokubuyisela unxweme kunye nolwandle. 

Umphathi weNkqubo uKatie Thompson wamodareyitha iphaneli "Iinethiwekhi zeNdawo eziKhuselweyo zaseLwandle njengeSixhobo seDiplomacy yeSayensi yoLwandle: Izifundo ezifundwe kwiGulf of Mexico", apho oogxa base-US kunye neCuba bathetha ngoqhagamshelwano lwebhayoloji phakathi kweCuba kunye ne-US, izivumelwano ezikhoyo. ukuba la mazwe mabini asebenzisane kwimiba yolondolozo lwaselwandle, kunye nekamva le RedGolfo. IGosa leNkqubo uFernando Bretos thaca kule panel kunye nezinye iipaneli ezimbini malunga RedGolfo, ngelixa ufunda kwezinye iinethiwekhi zeMPA ezifana I-MedPAN kwiMeditera kunye Corredor Marino del Pacifico Este Tropical.

I-TOF iphinde yathatha inxaxheba kwiiphaneli "IziFundo zezeMali eziFundiweyo kwiiMveliso zoLondolozo lwaseLwandle" kunye "neNxaxheba, ukuBandakanya, kunye nokwahluka koLondolozo lwaseLwandle", eziye zombini zijolise kwiingxoxo ngokubaluleka kwaBantu boMthonyama kunye noLuntu lweNgingqi oluqhuba iiprojekthi zolondolozo. Owokuqala ubonise owayesakuba ngumongameli wasePalau uTommy Remengesau, Omnci. kunye nabameli abavela kwiZizwe eziManyeneyo zaseBritish Columbia, eHawaii (kuquka uNai'a Lewis ophuma kwiprojekthi yethu exhaswa ngemali. Ulwandle olukhulu njengomdlali wephaneli), kunye neZiqithi zikaCook. Le yokugqibela imodareyithwe nguKatie Thompson, kunye noFernando Bretos thaca malunga nokubuyiselwa kwendawo yokuhlala esekelwe ekuhlaleni i-TOF ixhasa eMexico kunye namaqabane asekuhlaleni. UFernando naye wayekhokela iqela lokuqhawula kunye nabahamba bephaneli malunga nezicwangciso zokwandisa inxaxheba, ukubandakanywa, kunye nokuhlukahluka kwintsimi.

Eyona nto yayiphambili kule nkomfa yayiyintlanganiso phakathi kwe-TOF, Fund Environmental Fund (EDF), NOAA, yaye CITMA. I-TOF kunye ne-EDF zikhokele kwiingxoxo ngenkcazo yembali yazo yeminyaka elishumi emibini yokusebenza eCuba, emva koko zanikezela ngokuqhubeka nokunceda ukwakha iibhulorho - njengoko zenzayo ngexesha lokuvulwa kozakuzo okukhokelwa nguMongameli Obama ngo-2015.  

Le yayiyintlanganiso yokuqala yezinga eliphezulu phakathi kwe-CITMA kunye ne-NOAA ukususela ngo-2016. Ukuya kwi-CITMA nguMaritza Garcia, uMlawuli we-Agencia de Medio Ambiente, kunye no-Ernesto Plascencia, ingcali yase-US kwi-. I-Dirección de Relaciones Internacionales. I-NOAA kunye nabameli be-CITMA benza inkqubela phambili yokuhlaziya isicwangciso somsebenzi we-NOAA-CITMA esaqalwa ngo-2016. INgxelo eHlangeneyo yase-US-Cuba ngeNtsebenziswano yokuSingqongileyoRedGolfo inyuswe ngawo omabini amaqela njengeyona nto iphambili kwintsebenziswano, nanjengoko ilinyathelo elivunyiweyo elidibanisa i-US, iCuba, neMexico ukuba ifunde kwaye ikhusele ubutyebi baselwandle-kwindawo elelona gophe likhulu ehlabathini elihlalwa ngabantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-50. . 

Njengoko i-IMPAC5 isongiwe, iqela lethu alinakulinda ukwenza into engaphambili.