Climate Change and Underwater Cultural Heritage. Utilizing international law to empower communities to protect their coastal sacred sites and sea-level rise

Sacred sites in the Arctic are under threat from a number of external factors. In addition to land uses such as mining, climate change poses a major threat. Already today, climate change is leading to the melting of permafrost, coastal erosion and sea-level rise. While parts of the European Arctic c...

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Published in:Nordicum-Mediterraneum
Main Author: Stefan Kirchner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The University of Akureyri 2022-04-01
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Online Access:https://nome.unak.is/wordpress/volume-17-no-3-2022/long-abstract-editor-review/climate-change-and-underwater-cultural-heritage-utilizing-international-law-to-empower-communities-to-protect-their-coastal-sacred-sites-and-sea-level-rise/