iDiplomacy yeNzululwazi kunye neLifa lethu eSabelana ngalo

Amazwe amathathu abelana ngentabalala yeGulf of Mexico—iCuba, iMexico neUnited States. Lilifa lethu esabelana ngalo kunye noxanduva lwethu ekwabelwana ngalo kuba ikwalilifa ekwabelwana ngalo kwizizukulwana ezizayo. Ke, kufuneka sabelane ngolwazi ukuze siqonde ngakumbi indlela yokulawula iGulf yaseMexico ngokubambisana nangokuzinzileyo.  

Ngaphezu kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu, bendisebenza eMexico, yaye phantse elo xesha linye eCuba. Kwiminyaka eli-11 edlulileyo, i-Ocean Foundation's UPhando lwaseLwandle lwaseCuba kunye noLondolozo iprojekthi iye yabiza, yaququzelela kwaye yaququzelela isibhozo Inyathelo leZiqu-zintathu iintlanganiso ezigxile kwinzululwazi yaselwandle. Namhlanje ndibhala kwintlanganiso ye-2018 Trinational Initiative eMerida, eYucatan, eMexico, apho iingcali ze-83 zihlangene ukuze ziqhubeke nomsebenzi wethu. 
Kwiminyaka edlulileyo, siye sabona oorhulumente betshintsha, amaqela etshintsha, kunye nokulungiswa kobudlelwane phakathi kweCuba ne-United States, kunye nokuphindaphinda okungaqhelekanga kobo budlelwane, nto leyo eye yatshintsha iingxoxo zezopolitiko. Kwaye nangona kunjalo kuyo yonke into, isayensi ayitshintshi. 

Ukunyanzeliswa kwethu kunye nokukhuliswa kwentsebenziswano yezenzululwazi kuye kwakha iibhulorho phakathi kwamazwe omathathu ngokusebenzisa uphando lwezenzululwazi oluhlangeneyo, lugxininisa kulondolozo olulungiselelwe iGulf of Mexico kunye nokuzuza ixesha elide kubantu baseCuba, eMexico naseUnited States. 

Ukukhangela ubungqina, ukuqokelelwa kwedatha, kunye nokuqatshelwa kwemisinga yolwandle ekwabelwana ngayo, iintlobo ezifudukayo, kunye nokuxhomekeka komnye umntu yinto engatshintshiyo. Izazinzulu ziyaqondana kwimida ngaphandle kwezopolitiko. Inyaniso ayinakufihlwa ixesha elide.

Ubudlelwane bezenzululwazi esele bumiselwe ixesha elide kunye nentsebenziswano yophando yakha isiseko sokuxhasa izivumelwano ezisemthethweni zamazwe ngamazwe-siyibiza ngokuba yi-science diplomacy. Ngo-2015, obu budlelwane bukhethekileyo baba sisiseko esibonakalayo sobudlelwane phakathi kweCuba ne-United States. Ubukho bezazinzulu zikarhulumente ezisuka eCuba nase-US ekugqibeleni kukhokelele kwisivumelwano seendawo ezingcwele phakathi kwala mazwe mabini. Esi sivumelwano sihambelana neendawo zaselwandle zase-US kunye neendawo zaselwandle zaseCuba ukusebenzisana kwinzululwazi, ulondolozo nolawulo kunye nokwabelana ngolwazi malunga nokulawula nokuvavanya imimandla ekhuselweyo yaselwandle.
Nge-26 ka-Epreli 2018, le diplomacy yesayensi ithathe elinye inyathelo eliya phambili. IMexico neCuba zityikitye isivumelwano esifanayo sentsebenziswano kunye nenkqubo yomsebenzi yokufunda nokwabelana ngolwazi kwimimandla ekhuselweyo yaselwandle.

Ngokufanayo, thina kwi-Ocean Foundation sisayine ileta yenjongo kunye noMphathiswa waseMexico wezokusiNgqongileyo kunye neZibonelelo zeNdalo (i-SEMRNAT) ukusebenzisana kwiprojekthi yeGulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem. Le projekthi ijonge phambili ijolise ekukhuthazeni uthungelwano lwengingqi olongezelelweyo lwenzululwazi, imimandla ekhuselweyo yaselwandle, ulawulo lwezokuloba kunye nezinye izinto zeGulf of Mexico elawulwa kakuhle.

Ekugqibeleni, eMexico, eCuba, nase-US, idiplomacy yenzululwazi isebenze kakuhle ngokuxhomekeke ekwabelwana kwethu ngako kwiGulf enempilo kunye noxanduva lwethu lokwabelana kwizizukulwana ezizayo. Njengakweminye imimandla yasendle ekwabelwana ngayo, izazinzulu kunye nezinye iingcaphephe ziye zaqhubela phambili ulwazi lwethu ngokuqwalasela imeko-bume yethu yendalo, zaqinisekisa ukuxhomekeka kwethu kwindalo esingqongileyo, kwaye zomeleza iinkonzo ze-ikhosistim eyinikayo njengoko zitshintshiselana ngolwazi ngaphakathi kwemida yendalo ukuwela imida yezopolitiko.
 
Inzululwazi yaselwandle iyinyani!
 

Iikhredithi zeefoto: Alexandra Puritz, Mark J. Spalding, CubaMar