2015世界海洋日/ 2015 World Oceans Day

2015世界海洋日

关于刚刚才过的世界海洋日， 大家又了解多少呢？

1992年于巴西里约热内卢举行的联合国环境与发展会议，首度确定6月8日为世界海洋日（World Oceans Day），2009年联合国首次庆祝世界海洋日，希望全球关注海洋所面临的严重问题。

今年世界海洋日的主题为「健康海洋，健康星球」（Healthy oceans, healthy planet），欲传达连接在地球各地的海洋，如同地球的心脏一般，输送血液到各处，因此无论住在何处，关心海洋的健康问题，都是十分重要的事。

然而，现在许多的海洋不再如此清澈蔚蓝，反而在海底开始出现许多不该存在的垃圾，而这些垃圾更随着洋流漂至各方。根据统计，海边垃圾以塑胶最为常见，其次则为渔业相关垃圾，例如废弃的渔网和钓鱼线。全世界的海洋上漂流着超过5兆件塑胶垃圾，但海面下的垃圾量却还远高于海面上的10到30倍。

这些海洋塑胶垃圾，除了可能释出有毒化学物质危害海洋生物健康，同时还会分解成难以处理的塑胶微粒，被鱼类吃下肚后，再回到人类身上，造成整个食物链的健康问题。对于我们而言，辨识垃圾与食物是件容易的事，但对动物们来说，却十分困难，一​​条橡皮筋或瓶盖都可能让它们丧失性命，许多海洋生物因遭废弃的渔网缠绕、或误食塑胶袋而致死。

如果我们能从自身开始，外出时自备购物袋与餐具，减少塑胶袋、免洗餐具等一次性用品的使用，才能有效的减少海洋垃圾，还给地球健康、美丽的海洋。

How much you know about World Oceans Day?

The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the first time to determine the June 8 is World Oceans Day (World Oceans Day), 2009 United Nations World Oceans Day celebration for the first time, hoping to focus on critical global issues facing the oceans.

World Oceans Day theme this year is "Healthy Oceans, Healthy Planet" , the message would like to convey are connected to the ocean around the Earth, as the planet's just like the  heart in general, pumping blood to everywhere, so no matter where you live, Marine concern health issues are very important.

Now, however, no longer clear blue sea, but many began to refuse should not exist in the seabed, but more with the garbage drift currents to the parties. According to statistics, by the sea in plastic garbage most common, followed by fisheries-related, compared with garbage, such as discarded fishing nets and fishing line. Drifting on the world's oceans over 5 trillion pieces of plastic trash, but the amount of waste under the sea still far higher than 10-30 times on the sea.

These marine plastic waste, in addition to the release of toxic chemicals may harm the health of marine life, but also break down into plastic particles difficult to deal with, after being eaten fish, and then back to humans, causing the entire food chain of health problems. For us, identify junk food is an easy task, but for animals, it is very difficult, a rubber band or bottle can make them lose their lives, many marine organisms because it was abandoned fishing nets wrapped, or eating plastic bags and death.

If we start from own, when they go out shopping bags and bring own cutlery, reducing plastic bags, disposable tableware and other disposable supplies, in order to effectively reduce marine litter, returned to Earth a healthy, beautiful ocean.