Know the Purpose and theme of WORLD OCEANS DAY 8 Jun
Celebration Date: June 8 each year
Established: By the United Nations in 2008
Origin: First proposed in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro
United Nations
YEAR-WISE THEMES
2008: Helping our Climate / Helping our Ocean
2009: Our Oceans, Our Responsibilities
2010: Our Oceans: Opportunities and Challenges
2011: Our Oceans: Greening Our Future
2012: “Oceans & People: Together We Have the Power to Protect the Ocean”
2013: Oceans & People
2014: Ocean Sustainability: Together let's ensure oceans can sustain us into the future
2015: Healthy Oceans, Healthy Planet
2016: Healthy Oceans, Healthy Planet – Voyaging to a Sustainable Planet
2017: Our Oceans, Our Future
2018:Prevent Plastic Pollution and Encourage Solutions for a Healthy Ocean”
2019: Gender and The Ocean
2020: Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean
2021: The Ocean: Life & Livelihoods
2022: Revitalization: Collective Action for the Ocean
2023: Planet Ocean: Tides are Changing
2024: Awaken New Depths
2025: Wonder: Sustaining What Sustains Us
