CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
World Oceans Day – Observed on June 08
- World Oceans Day is an international day that takes place annually on 8 June.
- The themefor World Oceans Day 2021 is ‘The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods’.
- The concept was originally proposed in 1992 by Canada’s International Centre for Ocean Development and the Ocean Institute of Canada at the Earth Summit – UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- The purpose of the Dayis to inform the public of the impact of human actions on the ocean, develop a worldwide movement of citizens for the ocean, and mobilize and unite the world’s population on a project for the sustainable management of the world’s oceans.
