Costa Rica has plenty of natural treasures, most at plain sight, but the country also has its share of underwater treasures, and these are the ones that the country is striving to protect with the help of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Heritage. “Underwater cultural heritage means all traces of human existence having a cultural, historical or archaeological character which has been partially or totally under water, periodically or continuously for at least 100 years”, explains the UNESCO Convention in Article 1. Shipwrecks, sunken ruins, and underwater caves are included as part of what would be...
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