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Improving the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage worldwide
by UNESCO (United Nations entity)
UNESCO commits to continue its engagement to improve the protection of the underwater cultural heritage, which is including ancient shipwrecks, sunken cities, and traces of human existence on prehistoric submerged landscapes. Its most important tool to do so is the Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage of 2001. Activities, such as intergovernmental meetings, regional trainings and technical assistance missions as well as awareness-raising campaigns are scheduled to further the protection of underwater cultural heritage worldwide.
Progress reports
14.5
By 2020, conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best available scientific information
Type of commitment
14.7
By 2030, increase the economic benefits to Small Island developing States and least developed countries from the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism
Type of commitment
  • Economic benefits from sustainable tourism
14.c
Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international law as reflected in UNCLOS, which provides the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources, as recalled in paragraph 158 of The Future We Want
Type of commitment
  • Activities to raise awareness of the comprehensive legal and policy framework for the sustainable development of oceans and seas, in particular UNCLOS, its Implementing Agreements and other relevant ocean-related instruments and promote their effective im
June, 2017
Africa Regional Meeting on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage
March, 2018
Latin-America Regional Training on the Research of Underwater Cultural Heritage
May 2018
Public Awareness-Raising Campaign
September, 2017
Asia Sub-Regional Meeting on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage
Financing (in USD)
150,000 USD
Staff / Technical expertise
20000
In-kind contribution
50000
Basic information
Time-frame: 8 June 2017 - 8 June 2018
Website
Partners
UNESCO (Secretariat of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage), UNESCO Unitwin Network for Underwater Archaeology (universities), UNESCO accredited NGOs
Ocean Basins
  • Global
Beneficiary countries
Other beneficaries
State authorities, professional community of underwater archaeologists, public at large
Contact information
Ulrike Guerin, Programme Specialist, u.guerin@unesco.org, +33 145684406
Paris, France
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