Okubalulekile Okuthathwe Kumbiko Wethu Omusha Wonyaka: Izinyathelo Zethu

Umbiko wethu omusha wonyaka - ogqamisa izibuyekezo kusukela ngomhlaka-1 Julayi 2021 kuya kuJuni 30, 2022 - uphuma ngokusemthethweni! 

Lona bekungunyaka wezimali omkhulu kithina. Sengeze a isinyathelo esisha igxile ekufundeni olwandle. Saqhubeka nokugxila idiplomacy yesayensi yolwandle nokusekela imiphakathi yeziqhingi. Sakhula wethu ukumelana nesimo sezulu sisebenze, sibheke Isivumelwano Somhlaba Wonke ukungcola kweplastiki, futhi walwela umthamo olinganayo we olwandle acidization ukuqapha. Futhi, sigubhe iminyaka engama-20 yokongiwa kolwandle e-The Ocean Foundation.

Njengoba sibheka emuva ekukhuleni kwethu, sijabula kakhulu ukubona esikwenzayo eminyakeni ezayo. Bheka ezimbalwa zezinyathelo zethu ezibalulekile zokulondoloza imvelo ezivelele embikweni wethu wonyaka ngezansi.

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Ukubeka Isisekelo Onyakeni Wokuqala We-COEGI

U-Frances Lang uye wahola ukwethulwa kohlelo lwethu njengesikhulu sezinhlelo ze-COEGI. Ubesebenzisa isizinda sakhe njengothisha wasolwandle kanye nomholi wohlelo lwephrojekthi yethu exhaswe ngezimali, i-Ocean Connectors. Futhi ingxenye yokufunda ye-COEGI igxile endawenikazi eku-inthanethi I-AquaOptimism.

Ukusebenzisana ne-Pier2Peer

Sisebenzisa ubudlelwano bethu obunesikhathi eside nabo I-Pier2Peer ukuqasha abeluleki kanye nabaqeqeshi abavela ezizindeni ezihlukene. Lokhu kuzosisiza sakhe inethiwekhi eqinile yezemfundo yasolwandle kanye nongoti besayensi yezenhlalo.

Abafundisi Basolwandle Badinga Ukuhlolwa Komphakathi

Kade senza inhlolovo kanye nezingxoxo ukuze siqonde izinqubo ezisekelayo - nezithiyo ezithiya - ukuthuthukiswa kwabasebenzi kubafundisi basolwandle e-Caribbean ebanzi.

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Ohulumeni, izinhlangano, izinhlangano, kanye nomphakathi bebelokhu behlangana bekhuluma nalo lonke uchungechunge lwenani lepulasitiki ngesivumelwano somhlaba wonke. Futhi njengoMqapheli ongeyena okahulumeni ogunyaziwe we-United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), i-Ocean Foundation ibe yizwi lalabo ababelana ngemibono yethu kule mpi.

Inkomfa Yongqongqoshe Ngezibi Zasolwandle Nokungcoliswa Kwepulasitiki

Sathamela iNgqungquthela Yongqongqoshe mayelana Nokungcola Kwasolwandle Nokungcoliswa Kwepulasitiki ngoSepthemba 2021, ukuze senze iziphakamiso ezibambekayo zesivumelwano sepulasitiki somhlaba wonke ku-UNEA 5.2 ngoFebhruwari 2022. Izikhulu zikahulumeni ezingama-72 zagunyaza iSitatimende Songqongqoshe esibonisa ukuzibophezela kwazo ekusekeleni ukusungulwa kweKomidi Lezingxoxo Zohulumeni .

I-UNEA 5.2

Ngokuqhubeka nezingxoxo zethu zesivumelwano, sahambela Iseshini Yesihlanu Yenhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene Yezemvelo njengoMbukeli ogunyaziwe. Sikwazile ukubamba iqhaza ngenkuthalo ezingxoxweni zegunya elisha. Futhi, ukugunyazwa kwegunya ohulumeni manje kuvumela izingxoxo ezisemthethweni ze isivumelwano sokungcoliswa kwepulasitiki ukuqala.

I-World Plastic Summit

Sahlangana nabaholi bocwaningo emhlabeni wonke engqungqutheleni yokuqala yaminyaka yonke ye-World Plastics Summit e-Monaco. Kwabiwe imininingwane ezingxoxweni zezingxoxo zesivumelwano ezizayo.

I-Embassy yaseNorway Plastics Event

Ukuze siqhubeke sixoxisane ngokuthi isivumelwano sepulasitiki somhlaba wonke singahlinzeka ngani, sisebenze neNxusa LaseNorway e-DC ukuze sibize abaholi kuhulumeni wonke, izinhlangano zomphakathi, kanye nezimboni kulo Mbasa odlule. Sibambe umcimbi wePlastiki lapho u-Erica Nuñez ekhuluma nge-UNEA 5.2. Futhi ezinye izikhulumi zethu zinikeze imininingwane yokubhekana nokungcoliswa kwepulasitiki.

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Ukunikeza Amathuluzi Afinyelelekayo

Siqhubekile nobudlelwano bethu noDkt. Burke Hales kanye ne I-Alutiiq Pride Marine Institute kwinzwa eshibhile, i-pCO₂ ukuhamba. Umhlangano we-Ocean Sciences wango-2022 wawungokokuqala ngqa sibonisa inzwa yethu entsha futhi sagqamisa ukusetshenziswa kwayo ezindaweni ezisogwini.

Ukusekela Ubuholi Bendawo Eziqhingini zasePacific

Ngokubambisana ne-NOAA - futhi ngokusekelwa uMnyango Wezwe wase-US - sethule isikhungo sokuqeqesha sesifunda esihlala njalo e-Suva, e-Fiji ukuze sakhe amandla okubhekana ne-OA eziqhingini zase-Pacific. Isikhungo esisha, i-Pacific Islands Ocean Acidification Centre (PIOAC), siwumzamo ohlanganyelwe oholwa yi-Pacific Community, i-University of the South Pacific, i-University of Otago, kanye ne-New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. 

Kanye ne-PIOAC kanye ne-NOAA, futhi ngokubambisana ne-IOC-UNESCO's I-OceanTeacher Global Academy, siphinde sahola isifundo se-inthanethi se-OA sabahlanganyeli abangu-248 abavela kuzo zonke iziQhingi zasePacific. Labo abaphothule isifundo bahlonyiswe ngokuphathwa kwedatha okubalulekile kanye nezinqubo zokusebenzisa ezivela kochwepheshe bomhlaba. Kufanele futhi bafake isicelo sekhithi yemishini yokuqapha futhi baqhubeke nokuqeqeshwa ngokuqhubekayo e-PIOAC ngonyaka ozayo.

Ukuvala Igebe Phakathi Kwesayensi Nenqubomgomo

I-COP26

Ngokubambisana ne-OA Alliance, sisingethe “Inkundla Yokufundisana Yesimo Sezulu, Imvelo Ehlukahlukene, Nokuvikelwa Kwasolwandle e-Latin America” eku-inthanethi ngaphambi kwe-COP26 ngo-Okthoba ukuze kufinyezwe izibopho zesenzo sesimo sezulu solwandle esenziwe e-Latin America. Ngomhla zi-5 kuLwezi, siphinde sajoyina i-One Ocean Hub kanye ne-OA Alliance ukuze sibambe ngokubambisana “Ukuhlola Amasu Omthetho Nenqubomgomo Nezinhlaka Zokubhekana Nokuguquguquka Kolwandle Okuhlobene Nesimo Sezulu” ngoSuku Lomthetho Lwesimo Sezulu we-UNFCCC COP26 Nokuphatha.

Ukuhlolwa Kobungozi ePuerto Rico

Njengoba izimo zolwandle e-Puerto Rico ziqhubeka nokushintsha kakhulu, sibambisene ne-University of Hawai'i kanye ne-Puerto Rico Sea Grant ukuze sihole iphrojekthi yokuhlola ukuba sengozini. Lokhu ukuhlola kokuba sengozini kwesifunda kokuqala okuxhaswe yi-NOAA Ocean Acidification Programme ukuze kugxilwe endaweni yase-US. Kuzogqama njengesibonelo semizamo yesikhathi esizayo.

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Ukwakha Ukuqina Kwasogwini eMexico

Ukubuyisela i-hydrology ye-Xcalak's ecosystems, siqale iphrojekthi yokuthuthukisa indawo yokuhlala ukuze sisize imihlume yakhona ichume futhi. Kusukela ngoMeyi 2021-2022, siqoqe idatha eyisisekelo yalokho esibikezela ukuthi kuzoba umzamo wekhabhoni eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka weshumi leminyaka.

Ukuwina okungu-$1.9M kwe-Caribbean Ecosystems

NgoSepthemba 2021, i-TOF kanye nozakwethu base-Caribbean baba inikezwe isibonelelo esikhulu esingu-$1.9 kusukela ku-Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF). Lesi sikhwama esikhulu sizosisiza ukuthi senze izixazululo ezisekelwe emvelweni phakathi neminyaka emithathu eCuba naseDominican Republic.

Ishabhu yethu yokusebenzela yokusimama ogwini eDominican Republic

NgoFebhuwari 2022, sabamba a workshop yokubuyisela amakhorali e-Bayahibe - ixhaswe yisibonelelo sethu se-CBF. Nge-FUNDEMAR, SECORE International, kanye neSikhungo Sokucwaninga Sasolwandle saseNyuvesi yaseHavana, sigxile ezindleleni zenoveli zokutshala amakhorali kanye nendlela ososayensi base-DR naseCuba abangawahlanganisa ngayo la masu.

I-Sargassum Insetting e-Dominican Republic, St. Kitts, and Beyond

Besivele sithuthuka ubuchwepheshe bokufaka i-carbon eCaribbean. Ngosizo lwesibonelelo se-CBF, ithimba lethu lendawo lenze uvivinyo lwalo lwesibili nolwesithathu e-St. Kitts nase-Nevis.

I-New Brigade Yososayensi Bezakhamizi eCuba

I-Guanahacabibes National Park (GNP) ingenye yezindawo ezinkulu ezivikelwe zasolwandle eCuba. Ngosizo lwethu lwe-CBF, sigxile ekubuyiseleni imihlume, ukubuyiselwa kwamakhorali, kanye nokufakwa kwekhabhoni.

Jardines de la Reina, ngasogwini oluseningizimu yeCuba, kuhlanganisa izixhobo zamakhorali, utshani basolwandle, nemihlume. Ngo-2018, sahlangana neNyuvesi yaseHavana umzamo weminyaka eminingi: ukubhala amakoloni anempilo e-elkhorn coral e-Jardines, ukwakha inkundla yokufinyelela abatshuzi nabadobi, nokubuyisela amakoloni ezindaweni ezake zahlalwa.

Ikhabhoni eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ePuerto Rico

I-Vieques: Ukuqedela Iphrojekthi Yethu Yokuhlola

Kulo nyaka, sigxile ohlelweni lokuhlola ukuthi kungenzeka yini kanye nokubuyiselwa kwe-Vieques Bioluminescent Bay Natural Reserve, ephethwe ngokubambisana yi-Vieques Conservation and Historical Trust kanye noMnyango Wezemvelo Nezemvelo. Savakashela i-Vieques ngoNovemba 2021 ukuze uthole umhlangano wokucobelelana ngolwazi wokusabalalisa imiphumela, nokuxoxa ngemiphumela yokuhlola.

I-Jobos Bay: Ukubuyiselwa Kwe-Mangrove

Kulandela iphrojekthi yethu yokulinga yokuvuselela imihlume e-Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (JBNERR) kusukela ngowezi-2019 kuya kowezi-2020, siqedele ukwakhiwa kwendawo yokunakekela imihlume ebomvu. Inkulisa inamandla okukhulisa izithombo ezincane zomhlume ezingaphezu kuka-3,000 ngonyaka.