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World Ocean Day
A sunset in the White Sea
Observed by
All UN member states, including Argentina Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Poland, South Africa and the United States
Date
8 June
Next time
8 June 2024 (2024-06-08)
Frequency
Annual
First time
8 June 1992; 31 years ago (1992-06-08)
World Ocean Day (acronym: WOD) is an international day that takes place annually on 8 June. The concept was originally proposed in 1992 by Canada's International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD) and the Ocean Institute of Canada (OIC) at the Earth Summit – UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1] The Ocean Project started global coordination of World Ocean Day starting in 2002. "World Oceans Day" was officially recognised by the United Nations in 2008. The international day supports the implementation of worldwide Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and fosters public interest in the protection of the ocean and the sustainable management of its resources.[2] World Oceans Day is observed by all UN member states, incl. Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Poland, South Africa and the United States.[citation needed]
^Swan, Judith. "About". United Nations. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
^"World Oceans Day, 8 June". www.un.org. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
annual swim and scuba diving event is held around Mouro Island to mark WorldOceansDay each June. It features an island "hugging" event, in which surfers...
excluding the Southern Ocean, or 19.5% of the world'soceans; its volume is 264,000,000 km3 (63,000,000 cu mi) or 19.8% of the world'soceans' volume; it has...
needed to detect it. Tsunamis are more frequent in the Pacific Ocean than in other oceans because of earthquakes in the "Ring of Fire". Although the extreme...
Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing 6 June: Russian Language Day 7 June: World Food Safety Day 8 June: WorldOceans...
of Oceans and Seas). Instead, the northern limit is with the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. One reason for considering it as a separate ocean stems...
World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated annually on 5 June and encourages awareness and action for the protection of the environment. It is supported...
see for example the CIA World Factbook. Correspondingly, the extent and number of oceans and seas vary. The Atlantic Ocean is bounded on the west by...
Canadian Rivers Day Clean Up Australia Day National Cleanup Day National Public Lands Day National Trails DayWorldOceansDay Global Running Day Adventure...
the Law of the Sea and Ramsar Convention. WorldDay for Water takes place on 22 March and WorldOceansDay on 8 June. Water is considered a purifier in...
character and flow of ocean waters across the planet. Ocean dynamics define and describe the motion of water within the oceans. Ocean temperature and motion...
"Princess Eugenie Shares Adorable New Video Of Son August To Celebrate WorldOceansDay". ET Canada. 8 June 2021. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021...
Ocean rowing is the sport of rowing across oceans. Some ocean rowing boats can hold as many as fourteen rowers; however, the most common ocean rowboats...
22 May - International Day for Biological Diversity 5 June - World Environment Day 8 June - WorldOceansDay 17 June - WorldDay to Combat Desertification...
destruction of natural ecoregions and so-called uneconomic growth. WorldOceansDay was initially proposed at this conference and has been recognized since...
Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987. 1992 – The first WorldOceansDay is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro...
12 December 2018. "Musician Cody Simpson to be named UNDP Ocean Advocate on WorldOceansDay". United Nations Development Programme. 7 June 2017. "Baby-face...
30, 2012. "Google Lat Long: See the seafloor like never before on WorldOceansDay". Google-latlong.blogspot.com. June 8, 2011. Archived from the original...
has a similar myth about the churning of the Ocean of Milk[citation needed] Myths about the world'soceans are universally accompanied by myths about its...
The Oceans Act was also signed into law by President Clinton in 2000, establishing an Oceans Commission to review and update policies related to ocean and...
2017 United Nations Ocean Conference estimated that the oceans might contain more weight in plastics than fish by the year 2050. Oceans are polluted by plastic...
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