Guanacaste
Celebrates Days Of The Environment and
Oceans
(InfoWebPress) – With a series of
activities, the province of Guanacaste
celebrated both the Day of the Environment
(June 5) and the Day of the Ocean (June 8).
Liberia organized the Community Green Fair,
which included various cultural and
environmentally related events. The main
goals of this activity were to inform the
public about the Las Morocochas Biological
Corridor and the environmental education
strategy of the Guanacaste Conservation
Area’s (ACG) management unit. The ACG is the
main entity in charge of managing and
protecting natural resources in the region.
Meanwhile, in honor of the Day of the
Environment, collaborators from the
Peninsula Papagayo tourism and real estate
development project created volunteer teams
to take part in various activities. The
teams were split into three groups, which
planted trees, collected waste on public
roadways, and provided information about
environmental protection to people. This
work benefited the two provinces in which
the project is being developed, explained
Marielos Saravia, Peninsula Papagayo’s
environmental comptroller.
“Respect for the environment is one of the
main spokes of Peninsula Papagayo’s social
responsibility philosophy, and that’s why we
make sure each collaborator knows about its
importance and commits to actions leading to
sustainable development,” Saravia explained.
Since early in the morning on June 5, a
group of 27 collaborators began collecting
garbage, taking off the streets 360 bags
full of waste. This collection was done
along the highway that connects the Daniel
Oduber International Airport with Comunidad
and Guardia, in Liberia.
The June 5 World Environment Day was
established in 1972 by the United Nations
General Assembly, via Resolution 2994
(XXVII) of December 15, 1972 — giving birth
to the Stockholm Conference in Sweden, which
main theme was the human environment.
That same day, the General Assembly approved
the creation of the U.N. Environment
Programme (UNEP).
Meanwhile, the Day of the Ocean was created
in 1992 during the World Summit in Rio de
Janeiro, although it hasn’t still been
officially designated by the United Nations.
It provides an opportunity, every year, to
celebrate and reflect upon our personal
relationship with the oceans.
Additional advances have been made in this
arena, including the signing of agreements
last May 15 by representatives of 64
countries, which met in what was the First
World Oceans Conference in Manado,
Indonesia.
The goal of that meeting was to draw
international attention so that governments
act regarding the effects of global warming
on the world’s oceans. On that occasion,
participants adopted the Manado Oceans
Declaration, which underscores the need to
foment political interaction collaboration
in the marine field, in addition to asking
industrialized economies to provide
technical and financial assistance to less
developed countries to protect the seas.
Development of coastal regions was one of
the main topics discussed at the conference,
concluding that it’s essential to carry out
sustainable development strategies.
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