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Coral Triangle Day – June 9

June 12 , 2019 1995 days 1048 0
  • The Coral Triangle Day is celebrated annually on June 9.
  • It was first held on June 10, 2012, as a World Oceans Day.
  • The day is celebrated to raise awareness of the ocean conservation and protection, especially on the Coral Triangle.
  • Coral Triangle
  • Coral Triangle is the world’s epicentre of marine biodiversity.
  • It is also called the "Amazon of the seas"
  • It is a roughly triangular area of the tropical marine waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste
  • It is considered as one of the 3 mega ecological complexes on Earth, together with Congo Basin and the Amazon Rainforest.

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