Financing of Archaeological Research and Conservation
States are required to arrange public, either on local, regional or national level, financial support for archaeological research. In addition, and that is important, the actor, either public or private, who is responsible for the concerning development project, has the obligation to alloacte funding of any necessary related archaeological activities, such as rescue excavations (Art. 6, para. ii). This means, that public or private development plans should provide funds in the budget for archaeological survey work and full recording and publication of the findings in the same way that provision is made for environmental impact studies (Art. 6, para. ii b).
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