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Rule 14 specifically refers to the evaluation of:
• the significance of the site and the underwater cultural heritage concerned;
• the vulnerability of the heritage to damage by the proposed project;
• the vulnerability of its surrounding natural environment to damage by the proposed project;
• the potential to obtain data that would meet the project objectives.
The advantage of standard
approaches
In view of a proposed project, preliminary work may concentrate on specific points, but ideally it should adopt a form that is very comparable to the assessment of other sites in the region. When assessments and evaluations always follow the same logic, they are easier to understand and to use as the basis for decisions. This is important for comparison and for the purposes of inventory and management. Therefore, the adoption of a common assessment format is desirable, especially within one and the same project area. Arguably, the advantage of stan- dard approaches also applies to a whole region or even worldwide.
© Ships of Discovery.
Dr. Margaret Leshikar-Denton carefully mapping in a fire coral- encrusted carronade from the US Navy Brig Chippewa, wrecked in 1816 in the Turks & Caicos Islands, British Overseas Territories, United Kingdom.
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Preliminary work
