World Ocean Day is celebrated every year on June 8th. In 2012, a significant date - the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea has already been celebrated. This comprehensive document contains all aspects related to the use of the world's oceans.
On the eve of this day, public organizations related to the protection of the planet's water spaces are holding various actions and events all over the world, designed to remind people of environmental problems. The health of the Earth's oceans is greatly undermined by pollution by human waste products, industrial emissions and oil leaks.
The attention of world governments is being drawn to these problems. Ocean Day is an occasion to once again raise this topic in the media, on city streets and on the Internet. The UN Convention makes an invaluable contribution to the protection of the planet's water spaces. It contains sections on the protection of oceans and the regulation of the rights of world powers with maritime boundaries.
In many countries, especially those with maritime territories, coastal cleaning events are held on July 8. Usually they are satisfied with public organizations that are interested in environmental problems. There are always many enthusiasts among schoolchildren and students, because the fate of the planet is directly related to the future of today's children.
In zoos, terrariums, dolphinariums, employees on this day especially focus the attention of visitors on the problems of aquatic life. Special thematic exhibitions are being prepared, where everyone can look at extinct marine animals and extinct aquatic plants.
On July 8, resort cities host a show with artists dressed up as ocean dwellers and mythical creatures associated with water (mermaids, naiads, Neptunes). But all these funny characters do not forget to mention to vacationers about the need to maintain cleanliness in the water.
It is not only on World Oceans Day that ecology must be kept in mind. Every inhabitant of the Earth can contribute to the protection of the sea depths. Anyone with the help of social networks on the Internet can organize subbotniks to purify water and the coastal area.
Every adult inhabitant of planet Earth should be aware of the importance of the state of the oceans for the entire ecology. All industrial human activity without proper control leads to disastrous results. Detergent drains are gradually destroying life in the Baltic, North and Irish Seas.
World Oceans Day reminds people on Earth of the urgent need to tackle pollution. During and after the Second World War, about 300,000 tons of ammunition containing dangerous toxic substances (mustard gas, phosgene, adamsite) were dumped. These operations were carried out without control and with serious violations of environmental safety requirements. Container bodies have already corroded and are deteriorating. The consequences of a poison leak would be catastrophic.
The oceans occupy two-thirds of the planet's surface and are the largest supplier of food to humans. This is about a fifth of all animal protein consumed by the inhabitants of the Earth. And phytoplankton provides about 70% of all oxygen to the planet's atmosphere. We need to work together to protect ocean waters, this is the only way to achieve results.
