We are collecting a wide range of resources relating to heritage, climate change, and the UN Ocean Decade. Scroll down for Networks & Research Institutions/Foundations , Research Programmes & Projects, Publications of Interest, and UN, IOC, UNESCO information. We are always adding to this page, so please email us with any suggestions!
NETWORKS & RESEARCH INSTITUTES/FOUNDATIONS
Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology
Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology
CHERISH: Creating opportunities for regional growth through promoting Cultural HERitage of fISHing communities in Europe
Florida Public Archaeology Network
Historical Ecology and Coastal Archaeology (HECA) Lab, University of Victoria
ICUCH: ICOMOS International Committee on the Underwater Cultural Heritage
RESEARCH PROGRAMMES & PROJECTS
The Underwater World of Living Shipwrecks (NOAA)
Across: Origins of Seafaring to Sahul
GIRT: Gathering Information via Recreational and Technical Scientific Divers
Interreg Europe: Maritime Cultural Heritage
MACHU Project:Managing Cultural Heritage Underwater
MarEA: Maritime Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa
Marine Plastic. The Danish center for research in marine plastic pollution
NEANIAS (Novel EOSC Services for Emerging Atmosphere, Underwater & Space Challenges)
RESEARCH PROGRAMMES & PROJECTS
North Sea Wrecks – Interreg North Sea Region
Oceáno, Patrimonio y Cultura / Ocean, Heritage & Culture
Panorama Blue: Solutions for a Healthy Planet
PERICLES: Maritime Cultural Heritage
Projet SOS Epaves – Save Our Shipwrecks
Sustainable And Resilient Coastal Cities (SARCC) project
PUBLICATIONS
Holly, G., et al. (2022). Utilizing Marine Cultural Heritage for the Preservation of
Coastal Systems in East Africa. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2022, 10, 693. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10050693
Vousdoukas, M.I., et al. (2022). African heritage sites threatened as sea-level
rise accelerates. Nature Climate Change 2022. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01280-1.
Hampel. J.J. et al. (2022). Deep-sea wooden shipwrecks influence sediment microbiome diversity. Limnology and Oceanography 9999: 1–16.
Trakadas, A. (2021). Maritime Intangible Cultural Heritage: A Role within the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-30. ICH Courier. Intangible Cultural Heritage Courier of Asia and the Pacific 47. Thematic Issue: Maritime Rituals as Community Practices; ICHCAP, Jeonju, Korea: 4-7.
Secci, M., et al. (2021). A LIVING SHIPWRECK: An integrated three-dimensional analysis for the understanding of site formation processes in archaeological shipwreck sites. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 35: 102731.
Kenter; J.O. & S. Martino, eds (2021). Sustainable governance of marine and coastal heritage methods, tools, and approaches. PERICLES / European Commission, Brussels.
Hamdan, L.J., et al. (2021). Deep-sea shipwrecks represent island-like ecosystems for marine microbiomes. The ISME Journal. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-00978-y
Gambin, T., et al. (2021). Making the Invisible Visible: Underwater Malta—A Virtual Museum for Submerged Cultural Heritage. Remote Sensing 13, 1558. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13081558
Carter, M., et al. (2021): Ticking ecological time bombs: Risk characterisation and management of oil polluting World War II shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean. Marine Pollution Bulletin 164: 112087
Lehtimâki, M., et al. (2020). Integrating cultural heritage into maritime spatial planning in the Baltic Sea Region. Finnish Heritage Agency: Turku.
Hafner, A., et al. (2020) Heritage Under Water at Risk: Threats, Challenges and Solutions. ICOMOS: Paris.
Turner, P.J., et al. (2020): Memorializing the Middle Passage on the Atlantic seabed in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction. Marine Policy 122: 104254.
Varmer, O., et al. (2020): Integrating Underwater Cultural Heritage into the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. In: V. Mastone & C. Mires (eds), ACUA Underwater Archaeology Proceedings 2020. ACUA; Columbus, OH: 5-13.
US National Marine Sanctuaries Climate Change Impacts Profiles
Decade Implementation Plan Summary (October 2020)
UNESCO (July-August 2020): Implementation Plan V 2.0, United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021 – 2030.
Hein, C. (ed.) (2020): Adaptive Strategies for Water Heritage. Past, Present and Future. Springer. Cham.
Dawson, T., et al. (2020): Coastal heritage, global climate change, public engagement, and citizen science. PNAS April 14, 2020 117 (15): 8280-8286.
PUBLICATIONS
Meniketti, M. (2019): Developing Partnerships for the Decade of Ocean Science. Maritime Archaeological and Historical Society News 30.2: 1-4.
Trakadas, A., et al. (2019): La Red de Patrimonio del Decenio del Océano: Integrando el Patrimonio Cultural en el Decenio de las Naciones Unidas de las Ciencias Oceánicas 2021-2030. Journal of Maritime Archaeology 14.2: 153-165.
Lubchenco J, Gaines SD (2019): A new narrative for the ocean. Science 364 (6444): 911.
Curating Tomorrow (2019): Museums and the Sustainable Development Goals
UNESCO Press release (17 May 2019): An Ocean Science Decade to meet the needs of all
Firth, A., (2018): Managing Shipwrecks. Honor Frost Foundation, London.
Willems, W.J.H. & H.P.J. van Schaik (2015): Water & Heritage. Material, conceptual and spiritual connections. ICOMOS Netherlands.
Rick, Torben C. (In Press): Coastal Archaeology and Historical Ecology for a Changing Planet. Journal of Anthropological Research.