June 8 - World Ocean Day - Ambiente e Boas Praticas
World Oceans Day was declared by the United Nations in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.
Since that date, it has been celebrated annually in an informal manner. The date began to be officially observed on June 8, 2009.
Ocean waters cover 71% of the Earth's surface and play an extremely important role in regulating life on the planet.
The oceans are a source of food, employment and income for millions of people around the world. Activities related to fishing, maritime transport and coastal tourism constitute important economic pillars for many countries, including Angola, whose extensive coastline represents enormous potential for sustainable development.
However, plastic pollution, overfishing, climate change and the destruction of natural habitats put marine life at risk. Every year, tons of waste end up in the sea, affecting species such as turtles, birds and marine mammals.
Rising water temperatures and ocean acidification also have serious consequences for ecosystems and for the communities that depend on them.
Protecting the oceans is not a task exclusive to environmental authorities. Small individual actions can make a difference, such as reducing the consumption of single-use plastics, participating in beach clean-up campaigns, choosing products from sustainable sources and promoting environmental education among younger generations.
Interactions between the ocean and the atmosphere influence the global climate. The oceans provide most of the oxygen we breathe, absorb carbon dioxide emissions and are economically important for countries that rely on tourism, fishing and other marine resources.
This date serves as an opportunity to raise global awareness about the current challenges faced by the international community in relation to the oceans. Commemorating this date is important because the oceans are affected by criminal activities such as illegal drug trafficking, illegal fishing, unreported fishing, predatory fishing practices, the invasion of marine species and marine pollution.
This chapel was built in 1950 as a fulfillment of a promise after Frank Marques (Francisco Marques) received a lottery prize, and was dedicated to the patron saint of seafarers.
A plant endemic to the Namib Desert that symbolizes the Southern Region of Angola and Northern Namibia, approximately 1.5 meters tall, is found among stone hills and surrounded by other small Welwitschia.
With a simple religious architecture, in late Baroque, where the usual symmetrical composition dominates, expressed in the facade, the Parish Church of Santo Adrião de Moçâmedes has nothing to do with other towered churches
Benefiting from a privileged situation, almost in the middle of Rua da Praia do Bonfim, overlooking the Avenue, in a place where in the 1940s there was a small garden square called Jardim da Colónia, for which monuments to the colonists were reserved.
Dark and imposing, with classic architecture typical of the 19th century, the Palace has a facade divided into three bodies, with the central body surmounted by a triangular pediment, in the middle of which were the Portuguese corners
It is one of the sights of the province of Namibe and the first where one should stop when going to the municipality of Tómbua or Vire. Located exactly 17 kilometers from the city of Moçâmedes and this is where the tomb of Rui Duarte de Carvalho is located
In 1973, the owner of Cine-Moçâmedes, Mr. Bauleth Eurico Gaspar, commissioned Atelier Boper to design a new cinema building for the city. Its implementation would occupy a crucial place for the development of the urban plan, which is not enough
Located 65 km north of Moçamedes, a village estimated at 1500 inhabitants, who lives off fishing, baba beach has natural charms with paradisiacal beaches and a Private Tourist Complex of Excellence.
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