The theme of the United Nations World Oceans Day in 2022 is Revitalization.
The UN World Oceans Day was first proposed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, as a way to celebrate the world’s oceans and our connection to the sea, as well as to raise awareness about the crucial role the oceans and their living and non-living resources play in our lives and the important ways people can help protect it. Careful management of these essential global resources, including biodiversity and fish resources, is a key to a sustainable future. According to the UN, marine protected areas (MPAs) need to be effectively managed and well-resourced and regulations need to be put in place to reduce overfishing, marine pollution and ocean acidification.
The UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea is actively coordinating different activities for World Oceans Day, while UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) sponsors the World Ocean Network.