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The Oceans Discovery Foundation has a mission to accomplish,
a mission to leave our children and our children’s children with an ocean environment filled with hope.
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International experts, television executives, ocean explorers, corporate sponsors and private citizens who are concerned about our planets marine environment and the ongoing destruction of our cultural heritage underwater, have established the Ocean Discovery Foundation (ODF).
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Equipped with cutting-edge technologies, a crew of scientists, divers and filmmakers are sailing on a large catamaran in support of the Foundation’s efforts to scientifically explore, document and preserve irreplaceable natural and historical marine resources. During that mission the Foundation will document a selection of the most important underwater heritage sites in the world. Through the use of film and television programming produced on board the catamaran during her sailing adventures, the Ocean Discovery Foundation will engage in an extensive, world-wide public outreach program in order to create more awareness for the preservation of our precious natural and historical marine resources. |
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The project will include the development of cultural soft adventure tours to archaeological marine sites as well as provide an opportunity to test newly developed underwater equipment - ie. Mini-subs, ROV’s, dive gear, cameras and other u/w technologies. |
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The overall Aim of the Oceans Discovery Foundation is:
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To protect and preserve cultural heritage sites worldwide and to encourage public understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of our common marine heritage so as to leave it unimpaired for future generations
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To develop and implement a world-wide Public Outreach Program to properly educate the public about the significance of preserving our common underwater cultural heritage
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To preserve, enhance, and restore our world’s natural ocean environment
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Founding members are:
Paul Calverley, Television Producer, CEO ODA
Don Weiss, Vice President of Lucent Technologies & Owner of “Catbird”
Sylvia Krueger, Tourism Expert, Photographer
Rick Haupt, Filmmaker, Arctic Explorer, Ecologist & Author
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As an International Foundation the Oceans Discovery Foundation is committed to:
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Building greater awareness on the effects of human activities on our marine environments
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Helping to develop and support protected marine parks in an effort to preserve the historical remains of our shared marine heritage
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Developing and promoting special cultural adventure tours to selected historical sites and marine parks
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Creating a teaching facility/academy for underwater filming and photography
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Working hand in hand with UNESCO and ICOMOS/ICUCH, Governments, institutes and other organizations according to the Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage and the Charter on the Protection and Management of Underwater Cultural Heritage
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Developing and testing of newest underwater technologies to preserve, enhance, and restore some of the world’s natural and historical ocean resources
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United Nations Educational and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
7, place de Fontenoy
75352 Paris 07 SP
France
Phone: (33) 145-68 10 00
Fax: (33) 145-67 16 90
E-Mail: ci@unesco.org
Website: www.unesco.org
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International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
International Committee on Underwater Cultural Heritage (ICUCH)
International Secretariat
49-51, rue de la Federation
F-75015 Paris – France
Phone: (33) 145-67 67 70
Fax: (33) 145-66 06 22
E-Mail: secretariat@icomos.org
Website: www.icomos.org
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E-Mail: oceansdiscovery@web.de
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“Let’s make sure that these ships finish their journey...
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….so they will be able deliver their cargo of knowledge for future generations”
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