{"id":1752,"date":"2019-05-11T12:18:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T11:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:41:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:41:39","slug":"world-oceans-day-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/2019\/05\/11\/world-oceans-day-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"8th June &#8211; World Oceans Day 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>On World Oceans Day, people around our blue planet celebrate and honour the ocean, which connects us all. 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