World Seagrass Day Observed on 1 March 2025.
Important Days
The United Nations (UN)'s World Seagrass Day is annually observed on 1 March across the globe to raise awareness of the importance of seagrasses as a fundamental element of marine biodiversity, the challenges they face, and their role in sustainable development and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
- 1 March 2025 marks the observance of the 3rd World Seagrass Day.
- On 23 May 2022, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted A/RES/76/265 declaring 1 March as World Seagrass Day.
- This initiative started with a resolution from Sri Lanka, stressing the need to protect seagrass for future generations.
Main Point :- (i) UNGA invited the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) to facilitate the observance of the Day.
(ii) The first-ever World Seagrass Day was observed on 1 March 2023.
About United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Executive Director (ED): Inger Andersen
Headquarters: Nairobi, Kenya
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