World Seagrass Day

World Seagrass Day is an annual event held on March 1 to raise awareness about seagrass and its important functions in the marine ecosystem.[1][2]

Background

On 27 May 2022, United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on World Seagrass Day in document A/76/L.56) on the fact that seagrass ecosystems have a greater capacity to sequester carbon than terrestrial ecosystems.[3][4] The resolution invited Member States, organizations and agencies of the United Nations, non-governmental organizations, academic institutions, private sector, to observe World Seagrass Day, in order to contribute to sustainable development and climate change mitigation and adaptation.[5][6]

References
  1. Mohsin, Haroon (June 24, 2022). "World Seagrass Day". National Today.
  2. "World Seagrass Day". World Seagrass Association. 2018-06-10. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  3. "UN adopts Sri Lanka sponsored resolution on 'World Sea-grass Day". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  4. "General Assembly Adopts Resolution Addressing Global Food Crisis - World | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  5. Team, ODS. "ODS HOME PAGE" (PDF). documents-dds-ny.un.org. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  6. "UN adopts World Seagrass Day". UK Parliament Early Day Motions. 2022-05-25. Retrieved 2022-07-15.


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