14 Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

Journée de la mer -Transport Maritime

Le 27/09/2018 aura lieu à partir de 13 h l'exposition de la présentation d'une conférence dirigée par les étudiants sur les effets nocifs des transport maritimes sur le littoral algérien avec :

"How much is a sardine worth?" - How much is a sardine worth, since it is captured at sea until it arrives at our plate? The question was asked to students of Ciência Viva School on World Oceans Day. Francisco Andrade, a researcher at MARE, came to Pavilion of Knowledge – Ciência Viva to talk about the business chain of this species that is so consumed in the summer. The ocean, however, has zero profit with the fishery ... So how to balance it?

The art exhibition is an original work of two plastic artists and surfers, the German Xandi Kreuzeder and the Portuguese João Parrinha, who build sculptures from marine litter collected from beaches all around the world.

As part of Oceans Week celebrations Corona Puerto Rico and Scuba Dogs Society joined forces to clean up Puerto Rico's coasts.

We cleaned up 3 beaches simultaneusly.

Playa Jobos at Isabela

Playa Vacía Talega at Loíza

Playa La Pared at Luquillo

With this clean ups we gathered 111 volunteers and picked up around 654.9 pounds of trash.

This World Oceans Day, the World Heritage Centre highlights the power of art to inspire people all over the world to step up efforts to protect our Marine World Heritage for future generations.

Since the first true marine site was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1982, Marine World Heritage has grown into a global collection of 49 sites that stretch from the tropics to the poles. The collection of sites is a heaven for endangered species such as the vaquita and a host of endemic animals.

Day 1: Thursday June 7, 2018

9:00am-10:30am

Tour of Regeneration Africa in Malindi for an experience on how ocean plastic waste is converted to long lasting construction products.

By UNESCO & Regeneration Africa

11:00am-12:30pm

Tour of Eco-World: a private recycling firm that makes artifacts from recycled plastic.    

As United Nations staff members, we dedicate our careers to improving the lives of others around the world. The adoption of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, with its core set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are the UN’s blueprint for achieving a happier and healthier world by 2030. But how do we manifest these goals in our own lives?

Come in close contact with lots of marine creatures and learn more about sea stars, urchins, crabs and many more.

Help the staff and researchers at the Maritime Museum & Aquarium to reproduce tropical corals and learn more about coral reefs and how we can protect them. 

The UNESCO 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage aims to help States to better protect their submerged cultural heritage. This is done through regional workshops, capacity building activities, awareness raising and trainings around the world.