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- Collection: 2017 Session 7: Underwater Cultural Heritage Politics, Laws, Ethics and Values
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The elaboration of the UNESCO 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage
The UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage was adopted in 2001. Like many such treaties, its text is the result of a compromise between opposing views. The negotiations leading to this instruments started in the…
The ethics behind climate change: Small Island Developing States in the Pacific as new underwater cultural heritage
Predictions forecast changes in climate that may affect underwater cultural heritage in the future. Warmer waters mean more chemical changes and the proliferation of teredo navalis. Ocean currents may cause disturbances to the layer of sediment…
Preservation of Underwater Cultural Heritage in Taiwan: Legislation and Challenges
The Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage was adopted in 2001 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The convention acknowledges the importance of underwater cultural heritage as…