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World Oceans Day
Every other breath comes from the sea.
Next: June 8, 2027
Where it comes from
World Oceans Day was first proposed in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Canada's International Centre for Ocean Development and the Oceans Institute of Canada launched it on 8 June that year at the Global Forum, the summit's gathering for civil society, with an event called 'Oceans Day at Global Forum: The…
How it's celebrated
The UN marks the day with a programme run by its Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, together with the non-profit Oceanic Global, celebrating the ocean as a source of life. The aim is to show how human actions affect the ocean and to build a worldwide movement of people who care for it.
Did you know
The ocean covers more than 70 per cent of the planet and produces at least half of its oxygen.
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