Over ten UN organizations, including UNESCO-IOC, the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UNEnvironmentProgramme(UNEP), and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), are participating in the UN Pavilion to raise awareness of international efforts to promote the preservation of marine environment and sustainable development of oceans and coasts.
"Many economies remain blind to the huge value of the diversity of animals, plants and other lifeforms and their role in healthy and functioning ecosystems, " said Achim Steiner, executive director of the UNEnvironmentProgramme(Unep).