World Oceans Day 2026 Commemoration: “One Action for a Sustainable Ocean”

In celebration of World Ocean Day 2026, Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment/Environmental Control Agency is organizing community-based clean-up activities on 23 May 2026 in Pramuka Island, Kepulauan Seribu, Jakarta, in cooperation with COBSEA, Regional Capacity Center for Clean Seas (RC3S), COBSEA's Regional Activity Centre on Marine Litter, and other government, NGO and local partners. The activities will engage approximately 1,000 participants, including local communities, through dive, snorkeling and island clean-ups to raise awareness and strengthen collective action to prevent marine litter and plastic pollution.

COBSEA is supporting the activity as a partner through its ongoing collaboration with the Secretariat of the Basel Convention, helping strengthen outreach and community engagement on marine litter and plastic pollution prevention and reduction.