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| Caribbean Meeting on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, Port Royal, Jamaica, 10-11 May, 2011
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The Caribbean Meeting on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage took place in Port Royal, Jamaica, on 10-11 May 2011, jointly organised by the UNESCO Offices in Kingston and Havana. The event counted with the participation of experts from 13 Member States in the region (Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Grenada, Guyana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Jamaica, the host country), who discussed the importance and pertinence of the 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, in order to promote its ratification and raise awareness of the existence of this heritage and of the urgent need to create legal frameworks for its protection.
At the first work session, underwater archaeologist Tatiana Villegas, from the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean, gave a lecture on the 2001 Convention. The specialist made a detailed analysis of this legal instrument and stressed its importance for the Caribbean region which, despite its vast underwater cultural heritage, mostly lacks the experts or the national systems required for its safeguarding. The UNESCO Regional Office representative also coordinated the workshop "Capacity Building, Awareness Raising and Tourism".
As a result of the development of the diving industry and the technological advances in devices for the detection and exploration of the ocean floor, this heritage, protected for centuries by its own environment, is now easily accessible to sport divers, fishermen and treasure hunting companies. Additionally, the lack of legal protection systems and qualified personnel further endangers this heritage, thus the importance of promoting the ratification of the 2001 Convention, which will enable the implementation of a sustainable protection scheme.
Until the present, 37 UNESCO Member States have submitted their ratification instruments for the Convention, 14 of them from Latin America and the Caribbean, including the Caribbean small island states of Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago.
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Text of the 2001 ConventionThe Caribbean Meeting on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage took place in Port Royal, Jamaica, on 10-11 May 2011, jointly organised by the UNESCO Offices in Kingston and Havana. The event counted with the participation of experts from 13 Member States in the region (Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Grenada, Guyana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Jamaica, the host country), who discussed the importance and pertinence of the 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, in order to promote its ratification and raise awareness of the existence of this heritage and of the urgent need to create legal frameworks for its protection.
At the first work session, underwater archaeologist Tatiana Villegas, from the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean, gave a lecture on the 2001 Convention. The specialist made a detailed analysis of this legal instrument and stressed its importance for the Caribbean region which, despite its vast underwater cultural heritage, mostly lacks the experts or the national systems required for its safeguarding. The UNESCO Regional Office representative also coordinated the workshop "Capacity Building, Awareness Raising and Tourism".
As a result of the development of the diving industry and the technological advances in devices for the detection and exploration of the ocean floor, this heritage, protected for centuries by its own environment, is now easily accessible to sport divers, fishermen and treasure hunting companies. Additionally, the lack of legal protection systems and qualified personnel further endangers this heritage, thus the importance of promoting the ratification of the 2001 Convention, which will enable the implementation of a sustainable protection scheme.
Until the present, 37 UNESCO Member States have submitted their ratification instruments for the Convention, 14 of them from Latin America and the Caribbean, including the Caribbean small island states of Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago.
More information
Text of the 2001 ConventionThe Caribbean Meeting on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage took place in Port Royal, Jamaica, on 10-11 May 2011, jointly organised by the UNESCO Offices in Kingston and Havana. The event counted with the participation of experts from 13 Member States in the region (Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Grenada, Guyana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Jamaica, the host country), who discussed the importance and pertinence of the 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, in order to promote its ratification and raise awareness of the existence of this heritage and of the urgent need to create legal frameworks for its protection.
At the first work session, underwater archaeologist Tatiana Villegas, from the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean, gave a lecture on the 2001 Convention. The specialist made a detailed analysis of this legal instrument and stressed its importance for the Caribbean region which, despite its vast underwater cultural heritage, mostly lacks the experts or the national systems required for its safeguarding. The UNESCO Regional Office representative also coordinated the workshop "Capacity Building, Awareness Raising and Tourism".
As a result of the development of the diving industry and the technological advances in devices for the detection and exploration of the ocean floor, this heritage, protected for centuries by its own environment, is now easily accessible to sport divers, fishermen and treasure hunting companies. Additionally, the lack of legal protection systems and qualified personnel further endangers this heritage, thus the importance of promoting the ratification of the 2001 Convention, which will enable the implementation of a sustainable protection scheme.
Until the present, 37 UNESCO Member States have submitted their ratification instruments for the Convention, 14 of them from Latin America and the Caribbean, including the Caribbean small island states of Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago.
More information
Text of the 2001 Convention
At the first work session, underwater archaeologist Tatiana Villegas, from the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean, gave a lecture on the 2001 Convention. The specialist made a detailed analysis of this legal instrument and stressed its importance for the Caribbean region which, despite its vast underwater cultural heritage, mostly lacks the experts or the national systems required for its safeguarding. The UNESCO Regional Office representative also coordinated the workshop "Capacity Building, Awareness Raising and Tourism".
As a result of the development of the diving industry and the technological advances in devices for the detection and exploration of the ocean floor, this heritage, protected for centuries by its own environment, is now easily accessible to sport divers, fishermen and treasure hunting companies. Additionally, the lack of legal protection systems and qualified personnel further endangers this heritage, thus the importance of promoting the ratification of the 2001 Convention, which will enable the implementation of a sustainable protection scheme.
Until the present, 37 UNESCO Member States have submitted their ratification instruments for the Convention, 14 of them from Latin America and the Caribbean, including the Caribbean small island states of Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago.
More information
Text of the 2001 Convention |
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