International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem

July 26, 2023

It is celebrated annually on July 26^th.
This International Day was adopted by the General Conference of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2015.
The day commemorates the Greenpeace activist Hayhow Daniel Nonoto.
On July 26, 1998, the activist died of a heart attack while protesting for re-establishment of mangrove wetlands in Muisne, Ecuador.
It aims to raise awareness of the importance of mangrove ecosystems as “a unique, special and vulnerable ecosystem” and to promote solutions for their sustainable management, conservation and uses.