This page contains a selection of the most relevant UNESCO publications on underwater cultural heritage. For a more complete bibliography, please consult the UNESDOC database.
UNESCO's publications on underwater cultural heritage
03 March 2023
Underwater cultural heritage in the...
19 November 2021
Underwater cultural heritage (UCH)...
19 November 2021
Report on underwater cultural heritage...
10 March 2021
The UNESCO training manual for the...
05 January 2015
Underwater Cultural Heritage and Small...
15 July 2013
Training Manual for the UNESCO...
- Report on underwater cultural heritage education and training in the Arab Region (2021)
- The UNESCO training manual for the protection of the underwater cultural heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean (2021)
- Underwater cultural heritage (UCH) related legislation and programme review in the five countries in Micronesia (2018)
- Safeguarding underwater cultural heritage in the Pacific: report on good practice in the protection and management of World War II-related underwater cultural heritage (2017)
- Teacher Manual: Heritage for Peace and Reconciliation (2015)
- Underwater Cultural Heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean (2015)
- Underwater Cultural Heritage from World War I (2015)
- Underwater Cultural Heritage and Small Island Developing States (2014)
- Manual for Activities Directed at Underwater Cultural Heritage (2013)
- Training Manual on the Protection and Management of Underwater Cultural Heritage (2012)
- Scientific Colloquium on Factors Impacting Underwater Cultural Heritage (2011)
- International Meeting on the Protection, Presentation and Valorisation of Underwater Cultural Heritage (2011)
- Underwater Cultural Heritage in Oceania (2010)
- Museum International: Underwater Cultural Heritage (2008)
- Underwater Cultural Heritage: Latin America and the Caribbean (2003)
- Underwater Archaeology and Coastal Management: Focus on Alexandria (2000)
Information Booklets, Documents and Brochures
- Information Kit on the 2001 Convention EN | FR | ES | AR
- Brochure on the 2001 Convention EN | FR | ES
- Brochure on the Diver Code of Ethics (UK / US)
- Brochure: Heritage for Peace and Reconciliation
- UNESCO Code of Ethics for Diving on Submerged Archaeological Sites EN | FR | ES | AR | RU | ZH
- History of the making of the Convention (2010)
- Submerged Archaeological Sites: Commercial Exploitation Compared to Long-term Protection
- The Benefit of the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Growth, Tourism and Urban Development (2013)
Articles
- Culture and Development from the protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage perspective (2012, in UNESCO's Culture & Development magazine)
- Underwater Cultural Heritage: Humanity's Legacy (in Excelencias Magazine, by UNESCO Havana office) (in Spanish)
- Maritime Mysteries: Diving for Clues (2010, in UNESCO VOICES)
- Submerged Memory (2009, the UNESCO Courier)
- Of shipwrecks, lost worlds and grave robbers (2009, UNESCO - A World of Science)
- Underwater Heritage: a Treasure Trove to Protect (1997, UNESCO Sources)
- Archaeology Under Water (1987, the UNESCO Courier)
More articles about underwater cultural heritage
The following works provide information and academic resources related to the Convention and underwater archaeology. The opinions expressed below are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of UNESCO and its partners.
- Historic Wreck Salvage : an International Perspective
- 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 affiliated organizations
- Conservation of Underwater Archaeological Finds: Manual (Second Edition, 2014, by the International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar)
- Conservation of Underwater Archaeological Finds: Manual (First Edition, 2011, by the International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar)
- Underwater Cultural Heritage at Risk: Managing Natural and Human Impacts (2008, by ICOMOS)