World Oceans Day, 2022

In news–World Oceans Day is observed every year on June 8 to raise awareness of the role played by the oceans in human lives.

About World Oceans Day-

Oceans Day was first declared on 8 June, 1992 in Rio de Janeiro at the Global Forum, a parallel event at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) which provided an opportunity for NGOs and civil society to express their views on environmental issues.
The Declaration was inspired by an event organized on that day by the Oceans Institute of Canada and supported by the Canadian Government: “OCEANS DAY AT GLOBAL FORUM – THE BLUE PLANET”.
The programme featured international experts, opinion leaders and those in a position to speak for the oceans’ contributions to sustaining the Blue Planet.
After 16 years, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution in 2008 to designate 8 June as World Oceans Day.
In 2009, the inaugural observance was organised and the theme was ‘Our Ocean, Our Responsibility’.
The theme for 2022 is “Revitalization: Collective Action for the Ocean.”
In 2021, the theme was “The Ocean: Life & Livelihoods”.

Note-

As per the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD) report, plastics make up at least 85% of marine litter.
The oceans receive most plastic trash from land.
The majority of river-borne plastic enters the ocean from just 10 rivers and eight of these are in Asia.
The Yangtze in China contributes 1.5 million metric tonnes of plastic a year.
India’s per-capita generation of plastic waste has almost doubled in the past five years — generating about 3.5 million tonnes of plastic waste each year.