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WORLD OCEANS DAY |
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Date-wise Events |
- June 08, every year: Celebrated with
the objective:
- To build greater awareness of the crucial
role of the ocean in our lives and the important ways
people can help.
- To provide an opportunity to get directly
involved in protecting our future, through a new mindset
and personal and community action and involvement –
beach cleanups, educational programs, art contests, film
festivals, sustainable seafood events, and other planned
activities help to raise consciousness of how our lives
depend on the oceans.
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Description |
- Oceans were our past, are our present and will remain
our future.
- World Ocean day is celebrated to honour the oceans
for the wealth they provide to the humanity in the form of
water, seafood, and much more.
- Global pollution and over-consumption of fish have
resulted in drastically dwindling population of the majority
of species.
- The ocean also provides sea-lanes for international
trade.
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