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CMAS & UNESCO: Celebrating 25 Years of the 2001 Convention

A worldwide celebration of our shared underwater cultural heritage. The underwater world connects us across borders, cultures and generations. Through diving, exploration, research and education, we share a responsibility to discover, protect and pre...

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Coty Zeckua, 20 años haciendo del conocimiento y la conservación una misión bajo el agua

Ciudad de México a 23 de septiembre de 2026. Durante dos décadas, la CSDI María Clotilde "Coty" Zeckua Ramos ha construido una trayectoria vinculada al Buceo Científico que trasciende la formación de buceadores: su trabajo ha contribuido al desarroll...

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UNESCO-CMAS Underwater Cultural Heritage 25 years

In 2001 several countries and organisations signed the UNESCO convention for the protection of the underwater cultural heritage. Of course, CMAS was one of the organisations that fully supported this aim. After these 25 years it is obvious that it is...

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NKUST Hosts 2026 CoralWatch Asia Ambassador Workshop in Southern Taiwan, Bringing Together Global Participants to Advance Citizen Science, Ocean Literacy, and Coral Reef Conservation

From May 14–17, 2026, the coastal waters of Taiwan's Hengchun Peninsula hosted the 2026 CoralWatch Asia Ambassador Workshop, an international training initiative dedicated to strengthening coral reef monitoring, citizen science, and marine conservati...

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The 6th Inter-Semester Summer 2026 Scientific Diving Course

From June 8th to 24th, the 6th Inter-Semester Summer 2026 Scientific Diving Course will be held through the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC), with the endorsement of the Mexican Federation of Underwater Activities and the World Confede...

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The International Scientific Diving Colloquium

The International Scientific Diving Colloquium will be held this Friday, June 5th, at 3:00 PM (Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico time). This colloquium is part of the 6th Scientific Diving Course at UABC (Autonomous University of Baja California). It...

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The Importance of Posidonia Restoration

The restoration of Posidonia is critical because these underwater meadows provide essential ecosystem services that are vital for both marine life and humans: Climate Change Mitigation: They act as significant carbon sinks by capturing CO2 and produc...

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2026 Asia CoralWatch Ambassador Workshop

Taiwan to Host 2026 Asia CoralWatch Ambassador Workshop to Strengthen Reef Conservation. From May 14-17, 2026, the coastal waters of the Hengchun Peninsula in Pingtung County, Taiwan, will host the 2026 Asia CoralWatch Ambassador Workshop, an interna...

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Chapter 4: The Expedition

In this chapter, we'll see what it mens to be on an expedition, where everyone has an assigned task. The series: Río Mante: Deep Sea Expedition is a production by documentary filmmaker Oliver Velázquez Quijano and Bruno Espinosa de Alba, director of ...

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MANTE RIVER: EXPEDITION TO THE DEEP, CHAPTER 3: SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

In this third chapter, we'll see how the participation of divers and specialists, along with municipal authorities and residents, has contributed to sustainable tourism at the source of the Mante River, Tamaulipas. The series: Rio Mante: Expedition t...

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SERIES: MANTE RIVER: EXPEDITION TO THE DEEP, CHAPTERS 1 AND 2

Nuevo Diario brings you the premiere of its new series: Mante river: Expedition to the Deep, a production by documentary filmmaker Oliver Velázquez Quijano and Bruno Espinosa de Alba, Director of the National Commission for Underground Diving of the ...

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Río Mante: Expedition to the Deep

Nuevo Diario, in collaboration with the municipality of El Mante, Tamaulipas, will premiere the documentary series "Río Mante: Expedition to the Deep" on March 20th. This documentary is produced by Documentary filmmaker Oliver Velázquez Quijano and B...

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Cultural Heritage Protection Symposium

In collaboration with ICOMOS/ICUCH and the CMAS Scientific Committee, the Underwater Cultural Heritage Protection Symposium will be held from May 15 to 18 in Kemer/Antalya Turkey, as Weill as the CMAS workshop for the Protection of Underwater Cultura...

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The University of Córdoba will create the first international scientific diving center in Spain

The University of Córdoba (UCO) has taken the first formal steps towards the creation of its first International Center, dedicated to offering training in scientific diving. To this end, it has signed two framework agreements with the World Confedera...

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Nuevo Curso de Ciencia Ciudadana: Restaurador de Hábitats

Descubre cómo puedes contribuir a la protección y restauración de los ecosistemas marinos afectados por la pesca fantasma. Este curso, desarrollado por el Comité Científico de CMAS y Ghost Diving Spain, te enseñará las habilidades necesarias para ide...

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DORIS participatory site

The DORIS participatory site puts online information sheets on underwater animals or plants, freshwater or marine species, from mainland French and overseas waters. These very complete sheets (texts and illustrations), rigorously verified, kept regul...

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4to Coloquio Internacional de Buceo Científico

Invitad@s al 4to Coloquio Internacional de Buceo Científico con colegas y estudiantes expertos en temas de buceo científico, restauración de ecosistemas, monitoreo ecológico subacuático y genómica, todo con una visión desde el uso de esta herramienta...

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Protection of underwater cultural heritage

Editors: Hakan Öniz, Emad Khalil, Gustau Vivar. Ernesto Ottone R.Assistant Director, General of UNESCO for Culture  On behalf of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, we are delighted to present this publi...

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UNESCO 2001 Underwater Cultural Heritage Convention Summary

The UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage is an international convention adopted in 2001 with t he primary objective of protecting and promoting underwater cultural heritage and combating the extensive pillage, commercia...

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Signing a mutual cooperation agreement

On March 15th, the President of the CMAS Scientific Committee, Francisco A. Lacase, and the Director of Ghost Diving Spain, Raúl Alvares, signed a mutual cooperation agreement between both organizations in Tossa de Mar, Spain. This agreement is frame...

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