World Oceans Day, which had been unofficially celebrated every 8 June 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.Since then it has been coordinated internationally by The Ocean Project and the World Ocean Network with greater success and global participation each year.
World Oceans Day, which had been unofficially celebrated every 8 June 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.Since then it has been coordinated internationally by The Ocean Project and the World Ocean Network with greater success and global participation each year.
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