UNESCO
State of the Ocean Report: understand, educate, protect
The ocean is a source of food energy minerals increasingly of medications it regulates the Earths climate and hosts the greatest diversity of life and ecosystems To live sustainably we need to understand the oceans influence on us and our influence on the ocean this is the essence of ocean literacy The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO leads the Ocean decade and provides global knowledge and tools to better understand educate and protect the Ocean through the State of the Ocean report the Ocean Literacy World Conference and more