I-Science Diplomacy kanye Nefa lethu Esabelenwe Ngalo

Amazwe amathathu ahlanganyela insada yengcebo eGulf of Mexico—iCuba, iMexico ne-United States. Kuyifa lethu esabelana ngakho kanye nesibopho sethu esabelana ngaso ngoba liphinde libe yifa lethu esabelene ngalo ezizukulwaneni ezizayo. Ngakho-ke, kufanele futhi sabelane ngolwazi ukuze siqhubeke siqonde indlela engcono yokuphatha iGulf of Mexico ngokubambisana nangokuzinzile.  

Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu ngisebenza eMexico, futhi cishe leso sikhathi ngiseCuba. Eminyakeni engu-11 edlule, i-The Ocean Foundation's ICuba Marine Research and Conservation iphrojekthi isihlangene, yaxhumanisa futhi yasiza abayisishiyagalombili I-Trinational Initiative imihlangano yayigxile kwisayensi yasolwandle. Namuhla ngibhala emhlanganweni we-2018 Trinational Initiative eMerida, eYucatan, eMexico, lapho ochwepheshe abangu-83 behlangene khona ukuze baqhubeke nomsebenzi wethu. 
Eminyakeni edlule, sibonile ohulumeni beshintsha, izinhlangano zishintsha, kanye nokwenza ubudlelwano bube bujwayelekile phakathi kweCuba ne-United States, kanye nokuphindwa kabusha kobudlelwano, okubuye kwashintsha izingxoxo zezepolitiki. Futhi nokho kukho konke, isayensi ihlala njalo. 

Ukusungula kwethu nokukhulisa ukusebenzisana kwesayensi kuye kwakha amabhuloho phakathi kwawo womathathu la mazwe ngocwaningo lwesayensi oluhlanganyelwe, olugxile ekongiweni kwemvelo okuzuzisa iGulf of Mexico kanye nenzuzo yesikhathi eside yabantu baseCuba, eMexico nase-United States. 

Ukuseshwa kobufakazi, ukuqoqwa kwedatha, nokuqashelwa kwemisinga yasolwandle engokoqobo eyabiwe, izinhlobo ezifudukayo, nokuncika kokubili. Ososayensi bayezwana ngaphesheya kwemingcele ngaphandle kwepolitiki. Iqiniso alikwazi ukufihlwa isikhathi eside.

Ubudlelwano besayensi obuye basungulwa kanye nokusebenzisana kocwaningo kwakha isisekelo sokusekela izivumelwano zamazwe ngamazwe ezisemthethweni—sikubiza ngokuthi idiplomacy yesayensi. Ngo-2015, lobu budlelwano obukhethekile baba yisisekelo esibonakalayo sobudlelwano phakathi kweCuba ne-United States. Ukuba khona kososayensi bakahulumeni abavela eCuba nase-US kugcine kuholele esivumelwaneni sezindawo ezingcwele phakathi kwalawa mazwe womabili. Lesi sivumelwano sihambisana nezindawo zokulondoloza izilwane zasolwandle zase-US nezindawo zasolwandle zaseCuba ukuze kusetshenziswane kwezesayensi, ukongiwa kwemvelo kanye nokuphatha kanye nokwabelana ngolwazi mayelana nendlela yokuphatha nokuhlola izindawo zasolwandle ezivikelwe.
Ngo-April 26, 2018, le diplomacy yesayensi yathatha elinye igxathu eliya phambili. I-Mexico ne-Cuba basayine isivumelwano esifanayo sokusebenzisana kanye nohlelo lomsebenzi lokufunda nokwabelana ngolwazi ezindaweni ezivikelekile zasolwandle.

Ngokufanayo, thina kwa-Ocean Foundation sisayine incwadi yenhloso noMnyango Wezemvelo Nezemvelo waseMexico (i-SEMRNAT) ukubambisana kuphrojekthi ye-Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem. Le phrojekthi ebheke phambili ihloselwe ukugqugquzela amanethiwekhi engeziwe esifunda ngezesayensi, izindawo zasolwandle ezivikelwe, ukuphathwa kwezindawo zokudoba nezinye izici zeGulf of Mexico ephethwe kahle.

Ekugcineni, eMexico, eCuba, nase-US, idiplomacy yesayensi ikusebenzele kahle ukuncika kwethu ndawonye eGulf enempilo kanye nomthwalo wethu wemfanelo ohlanganyelwe ezizukulwaneni ezizayo. Njengakwezinye izindawo zasendle okwabelwana ngazo, ososayensi nabanye ochwepheshe baye baqhubekisela phambili ulwazi lwethu ngokubheka indawo yethu yemvelo, baqinisekisa ukuncika kwethu endaweni yethu yemvelo, futhi baqinisa izinsiza ze-ecosystem ehlinzekayo njengoba beshintshana ngolwazi ngaphakathi kwemingcele yemvelo emingceleni yezombangazwe.
 
Isayensi yasolwandle ingokoqobo!
 

Amakhredithi esithombe: Alexandra Puritz, Mark J. Spalding, CubaMar