World Oceans Day
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World Oceans Day is celebrated on June 8 every year. It is a day when people around the planet honor the body of water which links us all, for what it provides humans and what it represents. The Ocean Project and the World Ocean Network have helped promote and coordinate this event since 2002. A new partner in promoting and celebrating World Oceans Day is One World One Ocean.
World Oceans Day, which had been unofficially celebrated every June 8 since its original proposal in 1992 by Canada at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was officially recognized by the United Nations in 2008.
Themes for World Oceans Day have been:
The Ocean Project/World Ocean Network international partner network theme
- 2015/2016: Healthy oceans, healthy planet
- 2013/2014: TOGETHER we have the power to protect the ocean!
- 2011/2012: Youth: the Next Wave for Change
- 2010: Oceans of Life / Pick your favorite * Protect your favorite
- 2009: One Climate, One Ocean, One Future
UN Theme
- 2012: Youth: the Next Wave for Change
- 2011: Our oceans: greening our future
- 2010: Our oceans: opportunities and challenges
- 2009: Our Oceans, Our Responsibility