Ocean Literacy on the Law of Cultural Heritage

Author(s): Ole Varmer; Mark Spalding

Year: 2021

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Integrating Cultural Heritage Into The Work Of The Ocean Foundation" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

TOF mission is to support, strengthen, and promote those organizations dedicated to reversing the trend of destruction of ocean environments around the world. They on emerging threats in order to generate cutting edge solutions and better strategies for implementation. This includes facilitating the understanding of how humans influence of the Ocean and how the Ocean influences humans. TOF is now integrating cultural heritage into its mission. One project that it is assisting on is the development of a legal webpage on the Nautical Archaeology Digital Library, This presentation will provide an overview of this work in progress that is to include international law such as the 2001 Convention, the Salvage Convention and the Law of the Sea and domestic law and cases. It will also seek advice on contributions and how to make it user friendly.

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Ocean Literacy on the Law of Cultural Heritage. Ole Varmer, Mark Spalding. 2021 ( tDAR id: 459295)

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology