Underwater Cultural Heritage
New Release: Threats to Our Ocean Heritage – Deep Sea Mining
The First Comprehensive Look at What We Stand to Lose Beneath the Waves The race to mine the deep seabed has begun. But as international attention turns to this emerging …
The Lighthouses of Maine
Steadfast, serene, immovable, the sameYear after year, through all the silent night -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Lighthouses have their own enduring attraction. For those who come from the sea, it is …
New Manifesto Warns of Catastrophic Damage to Coastal Communities and Marine Life from Polluting War Wrecks
Global coalition of experts calls for international finance task force to fund urgent intervention PRESS RELEASE from Lloyd’s Register FoundationFor immediate release: 12 June 2025 LONDON, UK – Nearly 80 …
Three Threats, Three Books
The Ocean Foundation has a new project that aims to bring awareness about the threats of bottom trawling, potentially polluting wrecks (PPWs) and deep seabed mining (DSM) to Underwater Cultural …
Underwater Cultural Heritage at the International Seabed Authority (ISA)
The Ocean Foundation (TOF) has been involved with the conversation on Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) since the beginning — TOF’s expertise on physical UCH …
Dive into Underwater Cultural Heritage
What is Underwater Cultural Heritage? UNESCO defines underwater cultural heritage (UCH) as all traces of human existence of a cultural, historical or archaeological nature which, for at least 100 years, …
Potentially Polluting Wrecks: First Steps Towards Remediation
Our Ocean Heritage is expansive. It includes physical objects on the seafloor like shipwrecks and submerged coastal settlements, and also non-physical connections to the sea, including Indigenous and local customs …
CLOSED: Request for Proposal: Project Manager to Lead Work on Potentially Polluting Wrecks
The Ocean Foundation (TOF) is seeking a Project Manager to lead work on Potentially Polluting Wrecks (PPW).
