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A small limestone outcrop is located on part of Tanzania’s coastline on the island of Kilwa Kisiwani (now a World Heritage Site). Local folklore depicts this as an Arab dhow, turned to rock following prayers offered by the local residents, fearful…

Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) from World War II is extensive throughout the Asia/Pacific Region. It encompasses numerous warships from many Nations, thousands of merchant ships commissioned to support the war effort, and also many other types of…

Tuna fishing in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is currently a sustainable and profitable fishing industry
and part of the leading world tuna fishing industry in the western Pacific.
This paper will outline how the FSM got to this position…

The United States of America (U.S.) Navy’s Construction Battalion called ‘Seabees’ were born in January 1942 from the demand for a unique set of both engineering and combat skills: “We Build, We Fight”. The Seabees were instrumental in the…

Of all the United Nation member states, the Federated States of Micronesia’s (FSM) total land area is one of the smallest (191st out of 193 UN member states), yet the length of its coastline connecting its 607 islands ranks 21st in the world -…

Traditional hunting and gathering ways of life have existed as the main mode of subsistence for humans since
long and continue to be with some indigenous communities despite the onslaught of urbanization. Arunachal
Pradesh, the North-easternmost…

As intensified anthropogenic activities and altered global climate systems impose cumulative pressures on marine
biodiversity, their potential to provide tangible and intangible benefits to people and the planet might decrease, causing
degrading…

The paper as part of Session 4, Underwater Cultural Heritage of World War II in the Asia-Pacific Region:
Discoveries, Opportunities & Challenges, provides an overview of some of the recent high-profile, deep-water
World War II shipwreck discoveries…