Uhulumeni waseCuba Usayina Isivumelwano Sokuqala Sokusebenzisana neNhlangano Engekho ngaphansi Kukahulumeni ezinze e-US ukuze Kuthuthukiswe i-Ocean Science Diplomacy

WASHINGTON, DC [Februwari 28, 2023] – Uhulumeni waseCuba kanye ne-The Ocean Foundation basayine Isivumelwano Sokusebenzisana (i-MoU) namuhla; okungokokuqala ukuthi uHulumeni waseCuba asayine i-MoU nenhlangano engekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni e-United States. 

I-MoU ithatha iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu yokusebenza ngokubambisana kwesayensi yolwandle kanye nenqubomgomo phakathi kwenhlangano nezikhungo zocwaningo lwasolwandle zaseCuba kanye nezikhungo zokongiwa kwemvelo. Lokhu kubambisana, okwenziwa ngenkundla ye-The Ocean Foundation engachemile, kugxile kakhulu eGulf of Mexico naseWestern Caribbean kanye naphakathi kwamazwe amathathu asemngceleni weGulf: Cuba, México kanye ne-United States. 

I-Trinational Initiative, umzamo wokuqhubekisela phambili ukusebenzisana nokongiwa kwemvelo, kwaqala ngo-2007 ngenhloso yokusungula uhlaka locwaningo lwesayensi oluqhubekayo oluqhubekayo ukuze kulondolozwe futhi kuvikelwe amanzi esizungezile nawokuhlanganyela kanye nezindawo ezihlala olwandle. Ngo-2015, ngesikhathi sokungezwani phakathi kukaMongameli u-Barack Obama kanye no-Raúl Castro, ososayensi base-US nase-Cuba batusa ukuthi kudalwe inethiwekhi Yendawo Evikelekile Yasolwandle (MPA) ezodlula iminyaka engu-55 yokusebenzelana okulinganiselwe okulinganiselwe. Abaholi bala mazwe womabili babone ukubambisana kwezemvelo njengento ebaluleke kakhulu ekubambisaneni okufanayo. Ngenxa yalokho, kwamenyezelwa izivumelwano ezimbili zezemvelo ngoNovemba 2015. Esinye salezo, i Imemorandamu Yokusebenzisana Ekongiweni Nokuphathwa Kwezindawo Zasolwandle Ezivikelekile, idale inethiwekhi eyingqayizivele yamazwe amabili eye yasiza imizamo ehlanganyelwe ephathelene nesayensi, ubuphathi, kanye nokuphatha kuzo zonke izindawo ezine ezivikelekile e-Cuba nase-United States. Ngemva kweminyaka emibili, I-RedGolfo yasungulwa e-Cozumel ngoDisemba 2017 ngenkathi i-Mexico ingeza ama-MPA ayisikhombisa kunethiwekhi - okwenza kube umzamo obanzi we-Gulf. Esinye isivumelwano sabeka inkundla yokuqhubeka nokusebenzisana kwezokongiwa kwasolwandle phakathi koMnyango Wezwe LaseMelika kanye Nomnyango Wezobudlelwane Nangaphandle WaseCuba. Zombili izivumelwano ezimayelana nokucobelelana ngolwazi kanye nocwaningo mayelana nezindaba zesimo sezulu nesimo sezulu, zisasebenza naphezu kokuntengantenga kwesikhashana kobudlelwano bamazwe amabili obuqale ngowezi-2016. 

I-MoU ne-Cuba isetshenziswa uMnyango Wezesayensi, Ubuchwepheshe Nezemvelo wase-Cuba (i-CITMA). I-MoU ibeka isidingo sokuvikela izinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo zasolwandle nasogwini okwabelwana ngazo yiwo womabili la mazwe, okuthi, ngenxa ye-Gulf Stream kanye nebanga lendawo lamamayela angama-90 kuphela e-nautical libe likhulu uma sekutholakala kahle ukuthi iningi lezinhlanzi kanye ne-benthic yaseFlorida. indawo yokuhlala efana namakhorali agcwaliswa kusukela esitokisini kuya eningizimu ngokushesha. Iphinde isekele i-Trinational Initiative kanye ne-RedGolfo njengamanethiwekhi asebenzayo okuqhubekisela phambili ukubambisana ocwaningweni nasekuvikelweni kwezinsiza zasolwandle, futhi icabangela indima ebalulekile yaseMexico. I-MoU ihlanganisa ucwaningo lwezinhlobo ezifudukayo; ukuxhumana phakathi kwama-coral reef ecosystems; ukubuyisela kanye nokuthungatha isikhutha emihlumeni, otshanini basolwandle, nasezindaweni ezingamaxhaphozi; ukusetshenziswa kwezinsiza okusimeme; ukujwayela kanye nokunciphisa ukuphazamiseka kwesimo sezulu; kanye nokuthola izindlela ezintsha zokuxhasa ngezimali ukubambisana kwamazwe amaningi uma kubhekwa umlando wobunzima obuhlangene. Iphinde iqinise ucwaningo lwezinto eziphilayo ezabiwe zase-US-Cuban kanye nezindawo ezihlala ngasogwini njengama-manatee, imikhomo, amakhorali, imihlume, utshani basolwandle, amaxhaphozi, kanye ne-sargassum. 

Ngaphambi kokusayinwa, iNxusa u-Lianys Torres Rivera, ongowesifazane wokuqala owake waba ngumholi wemishini yase-Cuba e-Washington, unikeze isifingqo somlando womsebenzi phakathi kwe-Cuba ne-The Ocean Foundation kanye nokubaluleka kobambiswano oluyisibonelo. Uphawula ukuthi:

“Lona kube ngenye yezindawo ezimbalwa zokushintshisana kwezemfundo nocwaningo osekuphele amashumi eminyaka, naphezu kwezimo zezepolitiki ezimbi. Ngendlela evelele, i-Ocean Foundation ibambe iqhaza eliwujuqu ekusungulweni kwezixhumanisi zangempela zokubambisana kwesayensi yamazwe amabili, futhi yakha isisekelo sokufinyelela izivumelwano ezikhona namuhla ezingeni likahulumeni. "

Inxusa uLianys Torres Rivera

UMark J. Spalding, uMongameli we-The Ocean Foundation, uchaze ukuthi ukuphela kwesisekelo somphakathi solwandle sisesimweni esikhethekile sokubambisana noHulumeni waseCuba njengengxenye yomsebenzi wabo I-Ocean Science Diplomacy:

“I-TOF imile esivumelwaneni sayo seminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu sokusebenzisa isayensi njengebhuloho; ukugcizelela ukuvikelwa kwezinsiza zasolwandle okwabelwana ngazo. Siyaqiniseka ukuthi izivumelwano ezinjengalezi zingabeka inkundla yokubambisana okuthuthukisiwe phakathi kohulumeni bethu ngesayensi yogu nolwandle, okuhlanganisa nokulungela isimo sezulu esibi.”

UMark J. Spalding | Umongameli, i-Ocean Foundation

UDkt. Gonzalo Cid, Umxhumanisi Wemisebenzi Yamazwe Ngamazwe, Isikhungo Sikazwelonke Sezindawo Ezivikelekile Zasolwandle & NOAA - Ihhovisi Lezindawo Ezingcwele Zikazwelonke Zasolwandle; kanye no-Nicholas J. Geboy, Isikhulu Sezomnotho, Ihhovisi Lezindaba ZaseCuba, UMnyango Wezwe WaseMelika uhambele lo mcimbi.

Imemorandamu yasayinwa ehhovisi le-The Ocean Foundation eWashington, DC 

MAYELANA NE-OCEAN FOUNDATION

Njengokuphela kwesisekelo somphakathi solwandle, umgomo we-Ocean Foundation 501(c)(3) uwukusekela, ukuqinisa, nokukhuthaza lezo zinhlangano ezizinikele ekubuyiseleni emuva inkambiso yokucekelwa phansi kwezindawo zolwandle emhlabeni jikelele. Igxilisa ubuchwepheshe bayo obuhlangene ezinsongweni ezivelayo ukuze kutholakale izixazululo ezisezingeni eliphezulu kanye namasu angcono okuqaliswa. I-Ocean Foundation yenza izinhlelo eziwumgogodla zokulwa nokugcwala kwe-asidi olwandle, ukuthuthukisa ukuqina okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, ukubhekana nokungcoliswa kwepulasitiki yasolwandle emhlabeni wonke, kanye nokuthuthukisa ulwazi lolwandle lwabaholi bezemfundo yasolwandle. Iphinde isingathe ngokwezimali amaphrojekthi angaphezu kwama-50 emazweni angama-25. 

Imininingwane Yokuxhumana Nabezindaba 

Kate Killerlain Morrison, I-Ocean Foundation
P: +1 (202) 318-3160
E: [email protected]
W: www.oceanfdn.org

Kusukela kwesokunxele kuya kwesokudla. Umugqa ongemuva: U-Angel Braestrup (Ibhodi Labaqondisi be-TOF), u-Olha Krushelnytska (Ibhodi Labaqondisi be-TOF), Nguyen Trung Quynh (Umeluleki, Inhloko Yehhovisi Lesayensi Nobuchwepheshe, Ihhovisi LeNxusa LaseVietnam), u-Elliot Cafritz (Ibhodi Labaqondisi be-TOF), u-Alejandra Navarrete (Isivakashi), uDkt. Gonzalo Cid (Umxhumanisi Wemisebenzi Yamazwe Ngamazwe, Isikhungo Sikazwelonke Sezindawo Ezivikelekile Zasolwandle & NOAA), uRussell Smith (Ibhodi Labaqondisi be-TOF), u-Nguyen Thanh Binh (uNobhala Wokuqala we-Embassy yaseVietnam). Abaphambili: U-Mark J. Spalding (uMongameli we-TOF), Inxusa Elihloniphekile uNkk.