Progress report for
Raise Awareness about the Ocean and Take Action
Achievement at a glance
Since its creation, we organise every year events for World Ocean Day, mostly with local partners. The events aim primarily at publics in schools, youth clubs and universities in up to eight countries in thee continents. Physical events are supported by activities focused on the respective UN motto for the year, quizzes on that topic, beach and other site clean-ups to prevent plastic and other garbage from reaching the ocean. They take place on World Ocean Day, 8 June or as close to the date as possible under local conditions. We also regularly conduct international youth contests for either collective or individual contributions offering prizes. Winners are selected by a high profile international jury. To mark the 10 anniversary of Mundus maris this year, we invite school classes or any groups intent on engaging for the protection of the ocean to foster produce a Book of the Marine World to show the diversity, beauty and need for protection of all parts of the ocean. All activities aim at raising awareness and foster practical engagement of as many people as we can reach, usually thousands each year. This year, because of the covid-19 pandemic, we have had to reduce the number of events with physical participation, but focused on local production of face masks and solidarity events in three countries involving schools. The initial production of the Book of the Marine World - with supply of standard materials to schools in need to ensure a level playing field - is postponed to 21 November 2020, World Fisheries Day, offering would-be participants, especially schools, the time needed to pick up more regular operation. We operate in five languages: DE, EN, ES, FR, IT. https://www.mundusmaris.org/index.php/en/projects/projects-2020/2374-book-enChallenges faced in implementation
This year, the greatest challenge for physical events for World Ocean Day were the lockdowns in most countries and the extreme restrictions on any activities attracting crowds. Therefore we had to reduce the number of events and allocate more effort to online interactions and partially deferred activities to later in the year when we expect that at least many restrictions for schools and universities will be loosened.Beneficiaries
Whether physical activities in selected places or active participation in the collective production of the Book of the Marine World in 2020, the public we are most interested to reach with a diversity of offers for engagement are in school and young adult age, but also including teachers, professors and other mentors who may act as multipliers for raising awareness about the enormously diverse and fascinating facets of learning about the ocean and restoring and protecting its health a respectful, sustainable use. We offer collaboration and support interested groups in several countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.