World Environment Day (WED) 2004 will be commemorated around the world on 5 June.
This year's theme is “Wanted! Seas and Oceans — Dead or Alive?” Its simple message is
that we need to act now to save our marine resources, or watch as the rich diversity of life
in our seas and oceans is irretrievably depleted.
Some basic facts:
Eighty per cent of all pollution in seas and oceans comes from land-based activities.
Destructive fishing practices are killing hundreds of thousands of marine species each year.
Pollution, exotic species and alteration of coastal habitats threaten marine ecosystems.
Below are links to articles pertinent to this year's theme that have appeared in past issues of
the UN Chronicle.
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2004
- Issue 1, 2002
Saving the Turtles Saves Ourselves
By Chan Eng Heng and Liew Hock Chark, members of the Sea Turtle Research Unit, University College of Science
and Technology, Malaysia.
LINKS RELATED TO WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2004
Message of the UN Secretary-General
World Environment Day (WED) 2004
WED Student Observance at the UN
WED Commemorated in Other Parts of the World
Universal Forum of Cultures
Fifty Key Facts About Seas and Oceans
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