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This resolution recognizes World Oceans Day and highlights the critical importance of the ocean to the planet, emphasizing its role in generating oxygen, regulating climate, supporting food security, tourism, and trade, and serving as a key cultural and economic resource. The resolution acknowledges the significant challenges facing ocean ecosystems, including ocean acidification, marine debris, changing temperatures, and biodiversity loss, which threaten marine life, coastal communities, and global food security. It recognizes the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and the commitment of the United States to advance ocean mapping, exploration, and sustainable ocean management. The resolution calls for collective action to protect, conserve, maintain, and rebuild ocean resources, affirms the stewardship of ocean ecosystems by Indigenous communities, and commits to increasing federal investment in scientific research to better understand and mitigate the effects of climate change on marine environments. Ultimately, the resolution serves as a call to action for protecting one of the planet's most vital and vulnerable ecosystems.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/482/all-info