{"id":240879,"date":"2020-06-08T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T07:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=240879"},"modified":"2020-06-08T10:10:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T07:10:11","slug":"world-oceans-day-8-june-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"World Oceans Day: 8 June 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>World Oceans Day\u00a0takes place every 8 June. The concept was originally proposed in 1992 by Canada&#8217;s International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD) and the Ocean Institute of Canada (OIC) at the\u00a0Earth Summit\u00a0\u2013 UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.<\/strong><sup id=\"cite_ref-UNWOD-About_1-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>In 2008, the\u00a0United Nations General Assembly\u00a0passed a resolution officially recognizing 8 June to be &#8220;World Oceans Day&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>World Oceans Day is an annual observation to honor, help protect, and\u00a0conserve the world&#8217;s oceans. The ocean provides us with many resources and services including oxygen, climate regulation, food sources, medicine, and more.<\/p>\n<p>World Oceans Day also provides an opportunity to take personal and\u00a0community action\u00a0to conserve the ocean and its resources.<\/p>\n<p>International days are occasions to educate the public on issues of concern, to mobilize political will and resources to address global problems, and to celebrate and reinforce the achievements of humanity.<\/p>\n<p>Tr by wikipedia.org<br \/>\nPhotography courtesy of UN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Oceans Day\u00a0takes place every 8 June. The concept was originally proposed in 1992 by Canada&#8217;s International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD) and the Ocean Institute of Canada (OIC) at the\u00a0Earth Summit\u00a0\u2013 UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2008, the\u00a0United Nations General Assembly\u00a0passed a resolution officially recognizing 8&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":240880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2100],"class_list":["post-240879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anniversaries-and-commemorations","tag-world-oceans-day"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>World Oceans Day: 8 June 2020 - Basilica.ro<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Oceans Day: 8 June 2020\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"World Oceans Day\u00a0takes place every 8 June. The concept was originally proposed in 1992 by Canada&#039;s International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD) and\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Basilica.ro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/basilica.ro\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-06-08T07:00:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-06-08T07:10:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured-image-index-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"889\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Iulian Dumitra\u015fcu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AgentiaBasilica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AgentiaBasilica\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Iulian Dumitra\u015fcu\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/96cb50c4b5911f210614e21c4936a478\"},\"headline\":\"World Oceans Day: 8 June 2020\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-08T07:00:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-06-08T07:10:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":160,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/featured-image-index-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"World Oceans Day\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Anniversaries and commemorations\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\\\/\",\"name\":\"World Oceans Day: 8 June 2020 - Basilica.ro\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/featured-image-index-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-08T07:00:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-06-08T07:10:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/featured-image-index-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/featured-image-index-1.jpg\",\"width\":889,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Anniversaries and commemorations\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/category\\\/anniversaries-and-commemorations\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"World Oceans Day: 8 June 2020\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Basilica.ro\",\"description\":\"Basilica News Agency of the Romanian Patriarchate\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Agen\u021bia de \u0219tiri Basilica\",\"alternateName\":\"Basilica.ro\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/logo-basilica.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/logo-basilica.jpg\",\"width\":1680,\"height\":945,\"caption\":\"Agen\u021bia de \u0219tiri Basilica\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/basilica.ro\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/AgentiaBasilica\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/basilica.ro\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/ro.pinterest.com\\\/basilicaro\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCh6MZX0N9faHq70F4kBDBeA\",\"https:\\\/\\\/ro.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Agen\u021bia_de_\u0219tiri_BASILICA\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/basilica.en\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/basilicanews\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/basilicaphotos\"],\"description\":\"Agen\u021bia de \u0219tiri Basilica este canalul oficial de informare al Bisericii Ortodoxe Rom\u00e2ne (Patriarhia Rom\u00e2n\u0103)\",\"email\":\"info@basilica.ro\",\"foundingDate\":\"2008-10-27\",\"numberOfEmployees\":{\"@type\":\"QuantitativeValue\",\"minValue\":\"1\",\"maxValue\":\"10\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/96cb50c4b5911f210614e21c4936a478\",\"name\":\"Iulian Dumitra\u015fcu\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9a38ec05f194f0099bc3dcb3246460bee06e6a8e7541de76620a274d760b1fc0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9a38ec05f194f0099bc3dcb3246460bee06e6a8e7541de76620a274d760b1fc0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9a38ec05f194f0099bc3dcb3246460bee06e6a8e7541de76620a274d760b1fc0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Iulian Dumitra\u015fcu\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/basilica.ro\\\/en\\\/author\\\/iulian\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"World Oceans Day: 8 June 2020 - Basilica.ro","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"World Oceans Day: 8 June 2020","og_description":"World Oceans Day\u00a0takes place every 8 June. The concept was originally proposed in 1992 by Canada's International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD) and","og_url":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\/","og_site_name":"Basilica.ro","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/basilica.ro\/","article_published_time":"2020-06-08T07:00:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-06-08T07:10:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":889,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured-image-index-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Iulian Dumitra\u015fcu","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AgentiaBasilica","twitter_site":"@AgentiaBasilica","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\/"},"author":{"name":"Iulian Dumitra\u015fcu","@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/96cb50c4b5911f210614e21c4936a478"},"headline":"World Oceans Day: 8 June 2020","datePublished":"2020-06-08T07:00:20+00:00","dateModified":"2020-06-08T07:10:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\/"},"wordCount":160,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured-image-index-1.jpg","keywords":["World Oceans Day"],"articleSection":["Anniversaries and commemorations"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\/","url":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\/","name":"World Oceans Day: 8 June 2020 - Basilica.ro","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured-image-index-1.jpg","datePublished":"2020-06-08T07:00:20+00:00","dateModified":"2020-06-08T07:10:11+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured-image-index-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/featured-image-index-1.jpg","width":889,"height":500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/world-oceans-day-8-june-2020\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"","item":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Anniversaries and commemorations","item":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/category\/anniversaries-and-commemorations\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"World Oceans Day: 8 June 2020"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/","name":"Basilica.ro","description":"Basilica News Agency of the Romanian Patriarchate","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/#organization","name":"Agen\u021bia de \u0219tiri Basilica","alternateName":"Basilica.ro","url":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/logo-basilica.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/logo-basilica.jpg","width":1680,"height":945,"caption":"Agen\u021bia de \u0219tiri Basilica"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/basilica.ro\/","https:\/\/x.com\/AgentiaBasilica","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/basilica.ro\/","https:\/\/ro.pinterest.com\/basilicaro\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCh6MZX0N9faHq70F4kBDBeA","https:\/\/ro.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Agen\u021bia_de_\u0219tiri_BASILICA","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/basilica.en","https:\/\/x.com\/basilicanews","https:\/\/x.com\/basilicaphotos"],"description":"Agen\u021bia de \u0219tiri Basilica este canalul oficial de informare al Bisericii Ortodoxe Rom\u00e2ne (Patriarhia Rom\u00e2n\u0103)","email":"info@basilica.ro","foundingDate":"2008-10-27","numberOfEmployees":{"@type":"QuantitativeValue","minValue":"1","maxValue":"10"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/96cb50c4b5911f210614e21c4936a478","name":"Iulian Dumitra\u015fcu","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9a38ec05f194f0099bc3dcb3246460bee06e6a8e7541de76620a274d760b1fc0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9a38ec05f194f0099bc3dcb3246460bee06e6a8e7541de76620a274d760b1fc0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9a38ec05f194f0099bc3dcb3246460bee06e6a8e7541de76620a274d760b1fc0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Iulian Dumitra\u015fcu"},"url":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/author\/iulian\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}