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Adur are one of the UK leaders in presenting an environmental exhibition of World Oceans Day on Coronation Green, Shoreham-by-Sea, as part of the Adur Festival | ||
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Saturday 8 June 2013 Time: 9:30 am to 4:00 pm 13th
Anniversary
Venue:
Coronation
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Events will occur all around the world on and around this day.
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Andy
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Contact
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There will activities for the younger children, like colouring and competitions (please enquire for details) to make it a fun day out for all of the family. ADUR WORLD OCEANS
DAY
Adur
was one of the UK leaders in presenting the thirteenth environmental exhibition
of World
Oceans Day on Coronation
Green,
Shoreham-by-Sea.
Len
Nevell of the British
Marine Life Study Society presented the usual exhibition of
lobsters
and crabs.
The Friends of Shoreham Beach (FOSB)
took an active role with their display of the wonders of Shoreham
Beach. Wildlife writer Steve
Savage presented the whale
and dolphin exhibition with the life sized replica of a Bottle-nosed
Dolphin. Nikki
Hills on behalf of the Sussex
Wildlife Trust produced an interactive
display on the sea and seashore for the younger age group. David
and Marion Wood produced a presentation about
Widewater
Lagoon (brackish lagoon) LNR. Exhibitors were able to find the time
to answer questions about marine life.
Adur World Oceans Day
is run by a committee comprising representatives of the British
Marine Life Study Society, the Sea
Watch Foundation, Friends
of Shoreham Beach, the Ouse & Adur
Rivers Trust and other groups, approved by Adur
District Council.
For 2013 the event will take place on the same day as the Adur Farmer's Market |
LINK TO THE ADUR WORLD OCEANS DAY BLOGSPOT
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8 June
The theme of World Oceans Day, “Our oceans, our responsibility”, emphasizes our individual and collective duty to protect the marine environment and carefully manage its resources. Safe, healthy and productive seas and oceans are integral to human well-being, economic security and sustainable development.
In 2008, the United Nations General Assembly decided that, as from 2009, 8 June would be designated by the United Nations as “World Oceans Day” (resolution 63/111, paragraph 171). Many countries have celebrated World Oceans Day following the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, (known as the Earth Summit) which was held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.
The oceans are essential to food security and the health and survival of all life, power our climate and are a critical part of the biosphere. The official designation of World Oceans Day is an opportunity to raise global awareness of the current challenges faced by the international community in connection with the oceans.
United
Nations World Oceans Day page
World Oceans Day – The Ocean Project
It
was the Canadian government, at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio that first
mooted the idea of World Oceans Day. In 1998, UNESCO’s
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission lent its support to this
international Day of celebration.
Since
2003
World Oceans Day has been co-ordinated jointly by the World Ocean Network
and the American association, The Ocean Project.
"The aim of the event is to introduce the young visitors to the world of the sea and seashore, an opportunity they may not get. It is an educational event with an opportunity for children to participate in the interactive activities."
Quote by Andy Horton (British Marine Life Study Society)
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