Date: Saturday, 8 June 2019 Inception: It was proposed in 1992 by Canada's International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD) and the Ocean Institute of Canada (OIC) at the Earth Summit – UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sponsor: United Nations Objective: It aims to raise awareness of the vital importance of our oceans and … [Read more...] about World Oceans Day