Coastal zones are historically rich with unique land/seascapes, tangible artifacts, and
intangible cultural heritage. Coastal and maritime cultural heritage (CMCH) contends with …

Archaeology is often defined as the study of the past through material culture. As we enter
the Anthropocene, however, the two parts of this definition increasingly diverge. In the …

Three Dutch naval ships, HNLMS De Ruyter, HNLMS Java and HNLMS Kortenaer, were lost
during the Battle of the Java Sea on 27 February 1942, claiming the lives of 915 sailors …

During the past five years, the sunken WWII warships in the territorial sea of Malaysia and
Indonesia have fallen victim to large-scale illegal scavenging for scrap steel and low …

The UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage 2001 came
into force in 2009, providing a much-needed international legal framework for the protection …

Akin to the activity on the high seas broadly, underwater cultural heritage below the surface
of the high seas is beyond the scope of policing of any one state. As such, the historical …

Underwater cultural heritage (UCH) is a precious part of humanity's shared history and
heritage as it provides vital evidence and information about the interaction of humans with …

Among other circumstances relevant to maritime delimitations, some States have recently
used the protection of underwater cultural heritage (uch) as grounds for advancing …

Coming into force in 2009, the UNESCO 2001 Convention on the Protection of the
Underwater Cultural Heritage has grown in reputation as the leading international …

The issue of potentially polluting wrecks is relatively unstudied in the UK despite the
potential threat presented by hundreds of shipwrecks in UK waters that contain oil …