The document discusses the role of maritime spatial planning in protecting underwater cultural heritage in Finland's Kymenlaakso region, highlighting the need to account for prehistorical sites and shipwrecks in planning. It emphasizes the importance of consulting the national board of antiquities for construction activities in areas with maritime historical values. Overall, it advocates for careful consideration of marine history in land and sea use activities.

1. W 2/4 The role of the maritime
spatial planning to safeguard the
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Case study in Finland
underwater cultural heritage
Frank Hering
Regional Council of Kymenlaakso

2. Regional land use plan for the Sea,
Kymenlaakso Region (MSP equivalent)

3. Prehistorical sites and ship wreks

4. Kotka in 1789 ja 1790

5. Sea battle area designation (drafting)

6. Final planning solution

7. Planning instructions
- The Ruotsinsalmi -sea battle area (and marine history values
connected to this area) have to be taken into account in detail
planning precedures.
- Features and values of the marine history have to be
considered in land / sea use activities
- The shipwreck environment as a whole may not be disturbed
- For any construction activity in this sea area, the National
Board of Antiquities has to be consulted and detailed
inventories have to be carried out.

8. Case study in Finland
Regional land use plan for the Sea, Kymenlaakso Region (MSP equivalent)