Submitted by
sousaj
on Sat, 11/05/2022 - 09:40
General Information
Resolution
49165
IUCN Constituent
Headquarters
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered
Geographic scope
Global
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations
Major Projects Foundation member of Australia Committee IUCN
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description and results/achievements of activities:
We have been in contact with US Coast Guard, Researchers and other institutions related with Shipwrecks
Status
On-going
Activity
Fundraising
Description and results/achievements of activities:
IUCN with the support of Major Project Foundation is actively searching for funding, MPF was already given a grant from the Australian Government to start some activities in the Pacific region
Status
On-going
Describe any challenges encountered in implementing this Resolution and the measures taken
This is a sensitive issue, US deals with it in a very low profile way. The costs of chemical salvage are very high, as an average 2-6 Million USD per boat, for thousands of boats the cost is really high.We are addressing sunken vessels not from the perspective of chemical salvage but livelihoods and biodiversity loss
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Description
Issues Brief and media communications platform
III. Additional Information
Upload document
Sunkenlegacies_factsheet_052022.pdf
(1.42 MB)
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat