I-Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS noma i-MAR) iyindawo enkulu kunazo zonke yezinto eziphilayo eMelika futhi ingeyesibili ngobukhulu emhlabeni, ikala cishe amakhilomitha ayi-1,000 ukusuka enyakatho ngokwedlulele yeNhlonhlo yaseYucatan eMexico kuya ogwini lwaseCaribbean lwaseBelize, eGuatemala naseHonduras.

NgoJanuwari 19, 2021, i-Ocean Foundation ngokubambisana ne-Metroeconomica kanye ne-World Resources Institute of Mexico (WRI) yabamba umhlangano wokucobelelana ngolwazi ukuze yethule imiphumela yocwaningo lwayo oluthi “Ukuhlolwa Komnotho Kwezinsizakalo Ze-Ecosystem ye-Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System”. Ucwaningo luxhaswe ngezimali yi-Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) futhi luhloselwe ukulinganisa inani lezomnotho lezinsiza ze-ecosystem yezixhobo zamakhorali e-MAR kanye nokuchaza ukubaluleka kokongiwa kwe-MAR ukuze kwaziwe kangcono abenzi bezinqumo.

Ngesikhathi somhlangano wokucobelelana ngolwazi, abacwaningi babelane ngemiphumela yokuhlolwa kwezomnotho kwezinsiza ze-Ecosystem. Kwakukhona abangaphezu kwekhulu ababevela emazweni amane akha i-MAR—iMexico, iBelize, iGuatemala, neHonduras. Phakathi kwabebehambele lo mcimbi bekukhona izifundiswa, ama-NGO kanye nabathatha izinqumo.

Abahlanganyeli baphinde bethula ngomsebenzi obalulekile weminye imiklamo esifundeni ehlose ukuvikela, ukulondoloza, nokusebenzisa ngendlela eqhubekayo i-ecosystem kanye nezinhlobonhlobo zayo zemvelo, njengeProjekthi Yokuphatha Okudidiyelwe kusukela e-Watershed kuya ku-Reef ye-Mesoamerican Reef Ecoregion (MAR2R), Ingqungquthela Yezokuvakasha Okuzinzile Nezenhlalakahle, kanye ne-Healthy Reefs Initiative (HRI).

Ababambiqhaza bahlukaniswe ngamaqembu ngamazwe ngamazwe lapho bezwakalise ukubaluleka kwezifundo ezifana nalolu ukuze babambe iqhaza ekuthuthukisweni kwezinqubomgomo zomphakathi zokuvikela nokongiwa kwezindawo eziphila emhlabeni, ezisogwini, kanye nezasolwandle. Baphinde baveza isidingo sokuhlomisa imiphakathi yasendaweni ngokusabalalisa imiphumela kanye nokusungula ukusebenzisana neminye imikhakha efana nezokungcebeleka kanye nabahlinzeka ngemisebenzi.

Egameni le-TOF, i-WRI, kanye ne-Metroeconomica, sithanda ukubonga ohulumeni ngokuseseka kwabo okubalulekile ekunikezeni ulwazi, kanye nokuphawula kwabo kanye nokuphawula kwabo ukuze kuthuthukiswe lo msebenzi.