Ngesonto eledlule kube yimpumelelo enkulu kwe-The Ocean Foundation idiplomacy yesayensi yolwandle imizamo, ikakhulukazi maqondana ne-Gulf of Mexico Marine Protected Area Network (I-RedGolfo). 

The Ingqungquthela Yesihlanu Yendawo Evikelekile Yasolwandle (I-IMPAC5) isanda kuphothulwa edolobheni elihle elingasogwini i-Vancouver, e-Canada - ihlanganisa ndawonye odokotela abayizi-2,000 ekuphathweni kwendawo evikelekile kanye nenqubomgomo. Le ngqungquthela ibambe ukugcizelela ukufakwa kanye nokwehlukahlukana okunezinhlobonhlobo eziningi zezethulo ezibalulekile ezinikelwe ekongiweni kwemvelo okuholwa abomdabu kanye namaphrojekthi aholwa izishoshovu zentsha emhlabeni jikelele. 

Phakathi kukaFebruwari 3-8, 2023, sihole amaphaneli amaningana futhi sazungeza ochwepheshe ababalulekile bomhlaba - ukuze siqhubekisele phambili umsebenzi wethu futhi sakhe ubudlelwano obubalulekile ukuze siqhubekisele phambili umgomo wethu ofanayo wokubuyisela ugu olunqamula imingcele nolwandle. 

Umphathi Wohlelo u-Katie Thompson wengamele iphaneli ethi “Marine Protected Area Networks as a Tool for Ocean Science Diplomacy: Izifundo Ezifundwe EGulf of Mexico”, lapho ozakwabo base-US naseCuba bakhuluma ngokuxhumana kwebhayoloji phakathi kweCuba ne-US, izivumelwano ezikhona. ukuze la mazwe amabili asebenzisane ezindabeni zokongiwa kolwandle, kanye nekusasa le I-RedGolfo. Isikhulu sohlelo uFernando Bretos wethule kuleli phaneli namanye amaphaneli amabili mayelana I-RedGolfo, ngenkathi ufunda kwamanye amanethiwekhi e-MPA njenge I-MedPAN eMedithera nase- I-Corredor Marino del Pacifico Este Tropical.

I-TOF iphinde yabamba iqhaza kumaphaneli athi “Izifundo Zezezimali Ezifundwe Ezimisweni Zomdabu Zokongiwa Kwasolwandle” kanye “Neqhaza, Ukufakwa, kanye Nokwehlukahlukana Kokongiwa Kwasolwandle”, zombili ezigxile ezingxoxweni ngokubaluleka Kwabantu Bomdabu kanye Nemiphakathi Yasendaweni eqhuba amaphrojekthi okonga. Owokuqala uveze owayengumongameli wasePalau u-Tommy Remengesau, Omnci. kanye nabamele i-First Nations yase-British Columbia, eHawaii (okuhlanganisa no-Nai'a Lewis ovela kuphrojekthi yethu exhaswe ngezimali Ulwandle Olukhulu njengomdlali wephaneli), kanye neziQhingi zaseCook. Eyokugcina yenganyelwe ngu-Katie Thompson, kwathi u-Fernando Bretos wethulwa ngokubuyiselwa kwendawo okuhlala kuyo okusekelwe emphakathini i-TOF isekela eMexico nabalingani bendawo. U-Fernando uphinde wahola iqembu le-breakout nababekhona bephaneli ngamasu okwandisa ukubamba iqhaza, ukufakwa, nokuhlukahluka ensimini.

Okugqame kakhulu kule ngqungquthela kube umhlangano phakathi kwe-TOF, Isikhwama Sezokuvikela Ezemvelo (EDF), NOAA, Futhi I-CITMA. I-TOF kanye ne-EDF bahole lolu hlelo ngokubukeza umlando wabo weminyaka eyishumi nambili besebenza e-Cuba, base bezinikela ngokuqhubeka nokusiza ukwakha amabhuloho - njengoba benza ngesikhathi sokuvulwa kobunxusa okwakuholwa nguMongameli Obama ngowezi-2015.  

Lona bekuwumhlangano wokuqala wezinga eliphezulu phakathi kwe-CITMA ne-NOAA kusukela ngo-2016. Ababekhona besuka ku-CITMA kwakungu-Maritza Garcia, uMqondisi we-Agencia de Medio Ambiente, kanye no-Ernesto Plascencia, uchwepheshe wase-US I-Dirección de Relaciones Internacionales. Abamele i-NOAA kanye ne-CITMA benze inqubekelaphambili ekubuyekezeni uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-NOAA-CITMA olwaqalwa ngo-2016. Isitatimende Esihlanganyelwe sase-US-Cuba mayelana Nokubambisana KwezemveloI-RedGolfo yalethwa yizo zombili izinhlangothi njengento ebaluleke kakhulu yokusebenzisana, njengoba kuyisinyathelo esigunyaziwe esihlanganisa i-US, iCuba, neMexico ukuze ifunde futhi ivikele imithombo yasolwandle - endaweni eyitheku elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni elihlalwa abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-50. . 

Njengoba i-IMPAC5 isongiwe, ithimba lethu alisakwazi ukulinda ukubhekana nokusazokwenzeka.