Isiseko soLwandle kunye neYunivesithi yaseHavana yeZiko loPhando lwaseLwandle: Iminyaka engama-21 yeSayensi, ukuFumana, kunye noBuhlobo

Kule veki, i-Ocean Foundation ibizimase uMbhiyozo weminyaka engama-50 yeYunivesithi yaseHavana. Centro de Investigaciones Marinas (CIM, iZiko loPhando lwaseLwandle), apho i-TOF yaqatshelwa khona iminyaka eyi-21 yokusebenzisana neCIM kwisayensi yolwandle eCuba. Umsebenzi we-TOF kunye neCIM waqala ngo-1999 xa uFernando Bretos we-TOF wadibana noMlawuli weCIM ngelo xesha, uDkt Maria Elena Ibarra. Umdla kaGqr. Ibarra wolondolozo lwaselwandle kunye nokusebenzisana namaqela amazwe ngamazwe yayiyeyona nto yayiqhuba intsebenziswano yokuqala ye-TOF neCIM.

Iprojekthi yokuqala yentsebenziswano ye-TOF-CIM ibandakanya uhlalutyo lwengqokelela ye-taxonomic ye-CIM ngo-1999. Ukusukela ngoko, intsebenziswano ye-TOF-CIM iye yakhula yaquka ukulondolozwa kofudo lwaselwandle kwi-Guanahacabibes National Park yase-Cuba, uhambo lokuhamba ngolwandle olugudle unxweme phantse lulonke lwase-Cuban, ukufunda ngokuloba kumazwe ngamazwe. ukutshintshiselana, uhambo lokujonga ukuzala kwe-coral, kwaye kutshanje iprojekthi yokufunda nokukhusela i-sawfish eCuba. Ezi ntsebenziswano zikhokelele kwiziphumo ezibalulekileyo zolondolozo kwaye zenza isiseko sangaphezulu kwama-30 dissertation zobugqirha kunye ne-master's kubafundi beCIM. I-CIM iye yaba ngamahlakani exesha elide kwi-TOF's Trinational Initiative for Marine Science and Conservation in the Gulf of Mexico & Western Caribbean.

U-Alejandra Navarrete we-TOF kunye noKatie Thompson bebezimase umbhiyozo wale veki. UNkskz. Navarrete ufumene ibhaso kwi-CIM kumashumi eminyaka ye-TOF yokusebenzisana kunye nenkxaso ye-CIM. UNksz Thompson wenze intetho ethi "Isiseko se-Ocean kunye neCIM: iminyaka eyi-21 yesayensi, ukufunyanwa, kunye nobuhlobo" kwiphaneli "uBudlelwane bezeNzululwazi bamazwe ngamazwe kunye noKwakha amandla" emodareyithwa nguMlawuli weCIM uPatricia González. I-TOF ichulumancile ukuqhubeka nokusebenzisana neCIM iminyaka emininzi ngakumbi kwinzululwazi yaselwandle kunye nolondolozo eCuba nakuMmandla weCaribbean obanzi.