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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Video interview with Session 2 chair Hans Van Tilburg.<br />
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    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<br /><br />]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[In 2009, responding to the effort to protect the significant natural and cultural resources within the marine environment for the benefit of present and future generations, the U.S. National Marine Protected Areas Center formed a Cultural Heritage Resources Working Group to provide expert advice on improving the conservation and management of maritime heritage resources. The resulting White Paper provided a series of recommendations to both the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Department of the Interior, including new definitions for cultural heritage, marine cultural resources, tribes, indigenous peoples, and cultural landscapes. Central to these recommendations was a strong endorsement for the Cultural Landscape Approach in the understanding and management of maritime heritage resources (or UCH). Subsequently, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationâ€™s (NOAA) Maritime Heritage Program has adopted the recommendations of this paper and is implementing a â€œmaritime cultural landscapeâ€ approach to the management of cultural resources within the National Marine Sanctuary System. Also as a part of this initiative, NOAA and the Bureau of Ocean Energy and Management (BOEM) have teamed up to support maritime cultural landscape studies of heritage resources by Native American Tribes and Native Hawaiian communities in the Pacific region. These projects on the U.S. West Coast and in the Hawaiian Islands demonstrate the necessity of adapting a broader range of recognized cultural resources and a more inclusive and participatory management and preservation process. Charismatic resources like historic shipwrecks will always provide unique information for archaeologists and historians, but we do ourselves a disservice if we focus solely on these types of properties, and neglect other perspectives and the broader nature of all types and traces of human existence that lie underwater.<br />
Participants in this session will focus on the status of these ongoing ground-breaking projects, the advantages of a broader and more inclusive approach compared to the previous cultural heritage management paradigm in the U.S., and the challenges that this creates.<br />
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    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Hans Van Tilburg]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[6/9/2014]]></dcterms:date>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Assessing Historic Properties and Cultural Resources<br />
in the Main Hawaiian Islands]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Understanding the types and locations of significant archaeological and cultural resources is essential to their protection. NOAA and the Bureau of Ocean Energy and Management (BOEM) have teamed up to support an assessment of historic properties and cultural resources in the main Hawaiian Islands. Objectives for this project include: 1) a database of verified, reported, and potential submerged cultural resources in the Hawai`i Outer Continental Shelf; 2) a database of historic properties that could be adversely impacted by alteration of the ocean viewshed; and 3) a management tool for engaging Native Hawaiian communities in identifying significant marine areas for offshore energy development planning purposes.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Hans Van Tilburg]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Dave Ball, in Van Tilburg, H., Tripati, S., Walker Vadillo, V., Fahy, B., and Kimura, J. (eds.)]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[5/13/2014]]></dcterms:date>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Characterizing Tribal Cultural Landscapes for Resource Preservation and Protection: Documenting culturally important areas - for tribes, by tribes]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Understanding locations and types of significant archaeological and cultural resources is essential to their preservation and consideration during ocean and coastal planning processes. The goal of this project is to develop a proactive approach to working with Native American communities to identify such areas of tribal significance. Information from this effort will facilitate decision-making practices that consider the importance of these locales, giving tribal communities a stronger voice during regional planning. This project is a collaborative effort among the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Tribal Facilitators, and the Tribal Historic Preservation Offices of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde in Oregon, Yurok Tribe in California, and Makah Tribe in Washington. This project uses a holistic cultural landscape approach that integrates science with historical, archaeological and traditional knowledge. The resulting tool describes methodologies and best practices for tribes to identify and communicate areas of significance; case studies from the three tribes will demonstrate how to use this tool. This effort will provide transferable, transparent and cost-effective methods for tribes to document places and resources, past and present, significant to their communities and outside agencies, thus enhancing their capability for consultation. The project will produce an approach adaptable by other tribal communities to help them record information on areas of tribal importance, and give them a stronger voice during regional planning processes. This project can help agencies and stakeholders engage with tribes prior to the proposal of activities that may impact tribal resources and areas.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Valerie Grussing]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[David Ball]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Eirik Thorsgard]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Briece Edwards, in Van Tilburg, H., Tripati, S., Walker Vadillo, V., Fahy, B., and Kimura, J. (eds.)]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[5/13/2014]]></dcterms:date>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://www.themua.org/collections/items/show/1580">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Observations on developing a maritime cultural landscape approach to managing US National Marine Sanctuaries]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Effectively managing marine protected areas requires considerable knowledge of these special places people value and to which they are sometimes strongly attached. Usually, this knowledge is limited to the present state of resources and changes observed in the recent past, which is used to inform the development of management actions to address current and emerging threats to biodiversity and underwater cultural heritage (UCH) resources. However, while acquiring this â€œsnapshotâ€ of the current status of natural and cultural resources is necessary, it is often not sufficient. Understanding the longer-term history of that site, illuminating its â€œmaritime cultural landscapeâ€ (MCL), can provide critical context to interpreting that somewhat static â€œsnapshotâ€. MCLs represent the historical imprint of human interactions with these special places, providing a deeper base of social and historical information to inform and empower stewardship of natural and UCH resources. The National Marine Sanctuary System (NMSS) sites are already managed as landscapes â€“ through ongoing implementation of ecosystem-based management (EBM) â€“ and integrating MCL approaches offers opportunities to expand and enhance our deeper understanding of how these socio-ecological systems were formed, changed over time, and how coastal communities adapted to, and influenced, these changes. Better understanding these historical interactions can offer significant insights, integrated with knowledge attained through EBM, that can inform and guide contemporary management decision making. The NMSS has developed a vision and strategy for implementing an integrated EBM/MCL approach to stewardship, and is in the process of implementing that strategy.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Bradley W. Barr, in Van Tilburg, H., Tripati, S., Walker Vadillo, V., Fahy, B., and Kimura, J. (eds.)]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[5/13/2014]]></dcterms:date>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://www.themua.org/collections/items/show/1579">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Recent Efforts in Underwater Cultural Heritage Management<br />
on the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is responsible for managing the nationâ€™s energy and mineral resources on the federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). These resources include conventional energy (oil and gas), renewable energy (wind and hydrokinetic) and sand and gravel extraction for beach restoration. As with any federal action or undertaking, an assessment of potential impacts to the environment, including cultural resources, is required to make an informed decision. The BOEM Pacific OCS Region is taking a proactive approach to cultural resources management on the OCS by funding research efforts that provide baseline information on known and potential underwater cultural resources, and by identifying best practices for incorporating information from indigenous communities in the planning process.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Dave Ball, in Van Tilburg, H., Tripati, S., Walker Vadillo, V., Fahy, B., and Kimura, J. (eds.)]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[5/13/2014]]></dcterms:date>
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