This page contains a short selection of UNESCO's most relevant publications on underwater cultural heritage. For more publications, search the UNESDOC database.
Many of our publications are available in multiple languages; links to specific language editions can be found underneath the publication titles.
UNESCO Publication
Underwater cultural heritage (UCH) related legislation and programme review in the five countries in Micronesia (2018)
Safeguarding underwater cultural heritage in the Pacific (2017)
Underwater Cultural Heritage from World War I (2015)
Scientific Colloquium on Factors Impacting Underwater Cultural Heritage (2011)
Underwater Cultural Heritage in Oceania (2010)
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Information Booklet and Brochures
Brochure: What is the Underwater Cultural Heritage
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Articles
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Read more articles on the Underwater Cultural Heritage:
Note: The below works are intended to provide information and academic resources related to the Convention and underwater archeology. Any views or opinions expressed below are solely those of the respective author and do not necessarily represent those of UNESCO and its affiliates.
- Consistent: the Convention on the Protection of the Underwater
Cultural Heritage and the United Nations Convention on the Law of
the Sea - Study on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage in U.S. Waters and the 2001 Convention
- Culturally and environmentally sensitive sunken warships
- The Titanic as Underwater Cultural Heritage : Challenges to its legal International Protection
- Treasure Hunters, Sunken State Vessels and the 2001 Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage
- Underwater Cultural Heritage Law Study
- United States : Responses to the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage
- Book Review : Finishing the interrupted Voyage : Pages of the UNESCO Asia - Pacific Workshop on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage
- Legal Pluralism in the Pacific : Solomon's Islands World War II Heritage
- La definition del Patrimonio Cultural subacuatico en la Convencion UNESCO de 2001
- China: Ownership of Underwater Cultural Heritage in the Area
- China: A Comparative Analysis of the Development of the Legal Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage in China and the 2001 convention
Publications by Related Organisations
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Related Documents
- History of the 2001 Convention
EN | FR | SP - The 2001 Convention: Frequently Asked Questions
EN | FR | SP | RU | AR | CH | PT - Submerged Archaeological Sites: Commercial Exploitation Compared to Long-term Protection
EN - The Benefit of the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Growth, Tourism and Urban Development
EN - UNESCO Code of Ethics for Diving on Submerged Archaeological Sites
EN | FR | SP | RU | AR | CH - Report and Evaluation: Mission of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Body to Haiti
EN | FR
