On June 8, 2021, the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-20 announced their endorsement of ODHN’s Cultural Heritage Framework Programme (CHFP) as an official Decade Action. Of the 28 endorsed Decade Actions, it is the only thus far that addresses cultural heritage in the Decade. The Cultural Heritage Framework Programme (CHFP) provides […]
A summary of the conference – On April 5-6, 2021, at the Climate Change and Maritime Heritage: Interdisciplinary Perspectives conference, researchers presented the impacts of climate change on submerged archaeological resources through an interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches and provided recommendations for future action (conference programme here). Many coastal, terrestrial, and submerged archaeological sites are at […]
Intentionally Transformational: A Conversation on Inclusion in the UN Decade of Ocean Science at the Society for Historical Archaeology’s Conference, 2021 By David Ball, Amanda M. Evans, Athena Trakadas & Antony Firth (organisers), on behalf of the panel At the Society for Historical Archaeology’s Virtual Annual Meeting January 6-9, 2021, a panel discussion, Intentionally Transformational: […]
SPLOSH 2020 – Workshop on Southern Hemisphere perspectives on Submerged Palaeolandscapes By Ingrid Ward, on behalf of the SPLOSH committee The study of submerged coastal landscapes and human occupation records has rapidly emerged as a key topic in Quaternary science in the last couple of decades aided by new and higher-resolution technologies and focused research […]
Maritime Living Heritage in the ICHCAP Webinar By Athena Trakadas, co-Chair ODHN On October 29-30, 2020, the International Information and Networking Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia Pacific Region under the Auspices of UNESCO (ICHCAP) and the UNESCO Apia office hosted the webinar: “Maritime Living Heritage: Building Sustainable Livelihood and Ecosystems in the […]
UNESCO-IOC had just published the Decade Implementation Plan Summary. It coincides with the Decade Call for Actions, published last week. Please share and get motivated!
GIRT members surveying the wreck of TSS Wandra wrecked at the Drum and Drumsticks, New South Wales, Australia. Photo A. Viduka. Dive into an ocean full of history with GIRT Scientific Divers By Andrew Viduka, ODHN In line with the societal objectives of the upcoming Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021–2030 (particularly a predicted ocean, a sustainable ocean, […]
In late August 2020, IOC-UNESCO published Version 2.0 of the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-30 Implementation Plan. This new version is the product of a comprehensive review between June and July 2020. From the Decade website: “Version 2.0 of the Plan builds on discussions held in a series of global, thematic, and […]
Incorporating Social Science into the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development A session held at theInternational Symposium for Society & Resource Management (ISSRM) 2020 Virtual Conference July 20, 2020 By Taylor Goelz, Knauss Marine Policy Fellow, NOAA Research Panelists: Steven Scyphers – Northeastern University Athena Trakadas – National Museum of Denmark / Ocean […]
Although the 2nd Global Planning Meeting of the Decade, which was to happen in Paris in mid-March, was cancelled, UNESCO-IOC reached out to its partners, including ODHN, asking for feedback on the 0 Draft Implementation Plan for the Ocean Decade by the end of April. Thank you very much to those members of ODHN who […]