%A Prashantha Bandula Mandawala
%T Protection of the underwater cultural heritage of Sri Lanka through international cooperation
%X Paper presented during the ICLAFI – ICUCH Symposium, 29th June – 1st July 2017, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Amersfoort, The Netherlands

This paper presents a historic survey of the legal protection of underwater cultural heritage in Sri Lanka with a focus on inter-disciplinarity and international cooperation as productive tools.
%K Underwater cultural heritage
%K Historic surveys
%K Legal framework
%K national legislations
%K laws
%K Protection of underwater cultural heritage
%K Underwater archaeology
%K Maritime sanctuaries
%K Shipwrecks
%K Museums
%K Cultural administrations
%K Cultural policies
%K workshops
%K international cooperation
%K Sri Lanka
%P 50-80
%B The UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage: how do we make it work?
%D 2017
%C Amersfoort, The Netherlands
%I Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands
%L icomos2191