Mediterranean International Day
Mediterranean International Day Sea is celebrated on 8 July, an opportunity to raise awareness of the health of the Mare Nostrum and the dangers that threaten it.
The Mediterranean is a treasure of the marine biodiversity of the whole Planet because, despite having only an area of about 1% of all oceans, it is the habitat of over 12 thousand marine species, between 4% and 12% of the world's marine biodiversity.
The sea is not an unlimited resource. There also some main species that live in the habitat of Italian water to be protected in order to ensure an high level of marine biodiversity