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 […]
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 […]
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!
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 […]
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 […]
Maritime Archaeology and the Ocean Decade 2021-30: integrating archaeological research with the UN Sustainable Development Goals Paper presented at MAGS 2020: The 3rd Maritime Archaeology Graduate SymposiumOxford, 22 February 2020 Dr. Antony Firth, MCIfA. Director, Fjordr Ltd. / Technical Advisor, Honor Frost Foundation Steering Cttee on Underwater Cultural Heritage / Co-Chair, Ocean Decade Heritage Network […]