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In alignment with Blue Week and as part of the Green Youth Majlis (GYM) projects and activities. GYM members in collaboration with Abu Dhabi International Marine Sports Club (ADIMSC) and with support of the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi and Borouge, conducted a marine debris clean-up campaign in Mina Zayed on the 9th of March 2019. Around 100 people contributed to the campaign, including 24 Sustainable Campus Initiative members alongside members of the public. Participants helped the divers in cleaning the sea from marine debris and measured the quantity collected. The objective was to raise awareness on the impact of marine debris on marine habitats and to encourage fishermens to adopt sustainable fishing and stop littering in the environment. This clean-up is in accordance with United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14) article 1, which aims to prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution by 2025. The key message to understand how human behaviour has the greatest effect on the health of marine habitats and its surrounding environments.