Ngothando lweGulf

OTHANDWENI LWE-GULF: I-TRINATIONAL INITIATIVE IBAMBA UMHLANGANO WESI-7

nguMark J. Spalding, uMongameli we-The Ocean Foundation

IGulf of Mexico iwuphawu olujwayelekile lwaseNyakatho Melika. Ikala amamayela angaba ngu-930 (1500 km) ububanzi futhi ihlanganisa indawo engamakhilomitha-skwele angaba ngu-617,000 (noma ewubukhulu obuphindwe kabili kunobukhulu beTexas). IGulf izungezwe yi-United States emihlanu enyakatho (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas), izifunda eziyisithupha zaseMexico ngasentshonalanga (Quintana Roo, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatan), kanye nesiqhingi saseCuba. eningizimu-mpumalanga. Kuyikhaya lezilwane ezincelisayo zasolwandle, izinhlanzi, izinyoni, izilwane ezingenamgogodla kanye nezinhlobo zezindawo zokuhlala. Amazwe amathathu ahlanganyela neGulf anezizathu eziningi zokubambisana ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi ifa lethu elifanayo liphinde libe yifa lethu sonke.

Ukuhlanganyela okukodwa okubalulekile i-Trinational Initiative yephrojekthi ye-Cuba Marine Research and Conservation ye-The Ocean Foundation. Umhlangano wesi-7 we-Initiative ubanjelwe eNational Aquarium eCuba maphakathi noLwezi. Bekuhanjelwe abamele uhulumeni abangaphezu kwama-250, abafundisi kanye nabamele ama-NGO abavela eCuba, eMexico nase-United States—umhlangano wethu omkhulu kunayo yonke kuze kube manje.  

 Indikimba yomhlangano walo nyaka ibisithi “ukwakha amabhuloho ngocwaningo nokongiwa kolwandle.” Okubili okugxilwe kakhulu kulo mhlangano bekungamaqembu ayisithupha asebenzayo e-Initiative, kanye nesivumelwano esisanda kumenyezelwa “samapaki odade” phakathi kwe-US neCuba.

I-Trinational Initiative Plan of Action Working Groups

Kule minyaka embalwa edlule, amalungu alolu hlelo asungule uhlelo lokusebenza olulodwa oluhlobene nokubambisana nokucwaninga ngezixhobo zamakhorali, oshaka nemisebe, izimfudu zasolwandle, izilwane ezincelisayo zasolwandle, izindawo zokudoba kanye nezindawo ezivikelekile zasolwandle. Amaqembu ayisithupha asebenzayo (elilodwa endaweni ngayinye yocwaningo) asungulwa ukuze aqhubekisele phambili uhlelo lokusebenza. Iqembu ngalinye lahlangana ukuze labelane ngolwazi kusukela emhlanganweni wethu wokugcina futhi lilungiselele izifinyezo, ezihlanganisa okufeziwe, isimo, nezinhlelo zesikhathi esizayo. Umbiko ophelele wawuwukuthi ukusebenzisana nokubambisana kwakuya ngokuya kuba lula ngenxa yokuxegiswa kwezimvume nezimvume ezivela kuziphathimandla. Kodwa-ke, kusenokwehluleka okukhulu ukwabelana ngolwazi ngenxa yokuntuleka kwezinsiza zamakhompiyutha kanye ne-inthanethi e-Cuba, kanye nokuntuleka kokufinyelela nge-elekthronikhi kudatha yocwaningo lwaseCuba kanye nokushicilelwe.

 Ngenxa yokuthi lo mhlangano uhlukile ekuzameni ukuxhumanisa ukongiwa kwemvelo ezifundweni zesayensi, imibiko ayihlanganisi nje kuphela ingxoxo yezindawo zokuphephela, kodwa futhi, nokuvimbela ukuhweba noma ukuthengiswa kwezilwane ezisengozini. Kucishe kwabonakala emhlabeni wonke ukuthi kube nesidingo sokuvuselela izinto ezibalulekile kanye namathuba aboniswe ohlelweni lokusebenza ngokwengxenye ngoba lwandulela ukumiswa kobudlelwano phakathi kwe-US neCuba. Isibonelo, imithetho emisha enziwe lula ingase isenze sikwazi ukwabelana ngesathelayithi nenye idatha ukuze sakhe amamephu afanayo e-Gulf of Mexico abonisa ulwazi oluhlukile lwendawo oluthuthukiswe ezweni ngalinye kwamathathu. Le mephu okwabelwana ngayo, nayo, izokhombisa futhi ikhombise izinga lokuxhumana kulo lonke elaseGulf. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, imithetho esanda kwenziwa lula yagqugquzela esinye isihloko sengxoxo: Kube nezinkomba eziningi zamandla (esikhathini esizayo) lapho ukuvinjelwa kwe-US kungase kususwe, kanye nemiphumela engaba khona yokwanda okumangalisayo kwemisebenzi yezokuvakasha, okuhlanganisa ukutshuza nokudobela ukuzijabulisa. , kungenzeka zibe nazo endaweni egudle ugu nasolwandle.

Isimemezelo sikadade wamapaki:
Isimemezelo samapaki odade baseCuba-US senziwa engqungqutheleni ethi “Our Ocean” eyayise-Chile ngo-Okthoba, 2015. I-Banco de San Antonio yaseCuba izohlanganiswa ne-Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. IGuanahacabibes National Park izohlanganiswa neFlorida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Abantu abathathu abasebenze ngokuzikhandla ukwenza lokhu kube nguMaritza Garcia weqembu I-Centro National de Areas Protegidas (Cuba), Billy Causey we-NOAA (USA), kanye no-Dan Whittle we-Environmental Defence Fund (EDF). 

Wonke umuntu owayeyingxenye yalo mzamo wodade wamapaki wakwenza kwacaca ukuthi kwakuwumphumela wemvelo Wohlelo lwethu Lwesithathu. Izingxoxo nezethulo eziholele kule ngxoxo emibili umsuka wazo emihlanganweni yakuqala ye-Trinational Initiative. Izingxoxo zaba ngokusemthethweni kakhulu kulandela ukumiswa kobudlelwane ngoZibandlela wezi-2014. Isivumelwano esisemthethweni phakathi kwala mazwe womabili sizosayinwa lapha eNgqungqutheleni Yeshumi Yesayensi Yasolwandle (i-MarCuba) ngoNovemba 10, 18.

Njengoba sibonile ezimweni zangaphambilini zokuvinjelwa phakathi kwezizwe ezihlukene, kulula ukuqala ngezindawo lezi zizwe zombili ezifana ngazo. Ngakho-ke, njengoba nje uMongameli uNixon eqala ngokubambisana kwekhwalithi yamanzi nomoya neSoviet Union, ukubambisana kwe-US neCuba kuqala ngemvelo, kodwa ngokugxila ekongiweni kwasolwandle kanye nezindawo ezivikelekile zasolwandle (yingakho isivumelwano samapaki). 

Ukuxhumana phakathi kwe-ecosystem nezinhlobo zezilwane e-Caribbean kukhulu futhi kuqashelwa kahle, uma kusaqondwa kancane kunalokho obekungase kushiwo. Lokhu kubaluleke nakakhulu ekubhekeni lokho kuxhumana phakathi kweMexico, i-US neCuba. Sekuyisikhathi eside silawula ubudlelwano bethu bomuntu nogu nolwandle kulesi sifunda sinalokho kuxhumana engqondweni—inqubo eqala ngolwazi nokwabelana ngokuqonda. Kuyinqubo eyaqala ngemihlangano yokuqala yososayensi bokuqala kanye nabanye abahlangana ndawonye ku-Trinational Initiative yokuqala. Siyajabula ukuthi umhlangano wesishiyagalombili we-Trinational Initiative cishe uzoba e-US Sinokuningi okumele siqhubeke sifunda kusuka komunye nomunye, futhi sibheke phambili emsebenzini ozayo.