Divers from Southeast Asia are currently in Thailand undergoing training by Unesco to preserve underwater cultural treasures.
photo credit: ben.ramirez
Treasures of the deep gain protection
Bangkok Post, 23 November 2009
About 18 metres below the sea off Rayong province, 15 divers from seven countries are exploring a wooden shipwreck.
The exploration is part of Unesco’s six-week training on underwater cultural heritage preservation.
The divers are from Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
They have been picked for an underwater heritage protection programme organised by the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) and the Fine Arts Department’s Underwater Archaeology Division (UAD) which runs from Oct 26 to Dec 6.
