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World Seagrass Day - March 01
March 4 , 2023
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- This is a day of awareness and celebration of the role seagrass plays in creating healthier oceans, coastlines and its role as a climate solution.
- It serves to highlight the importance of protecting seagrass ecosystems and increasing their resilience to challenges such as climate change, pollution and other human impacts.
- Seagrasses are the only marine flowering plants and are found in shallow waters from the tropics to the Arctic Circle.
- There are more than 60 seagrass species in the world.
- It was covering over 300,000 square kilometres of the ocean floor.
- It is referred as a type of “blue forest” - supply food and shelter to thousands of species of fish, seahorses, turtles, and other marine animals.
- IUCN categorizes nearly 21% of the world’s seagrasses as near threatened or vulnerable or endangered.
- It was established by the UN General Assembly in a resolution adopted in May 2022.
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