Safeguarding the Underwater Cultural Heritage

© V. González Díaz
Shipwreck of the battleship Cristobal Colón, Underwater Archaeological Park of the Spanish-American War, Santiago, Cuba.

Underwater Cultural Heritage encompasses all traces of human existence that lie or were lying under water and have a cultural or historical character. Recognizing the urgent need to preserve and protect such heritage, UNESCO draft the Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage in 2001 .

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