Luang Prabang Dam a threat to World Heritage?
via Bangkok Post, 29 June 2021: An editorial in the Bangkok Post on the dam project near Luang Prabang and ...
Tag: Mekong (river)
Major river that runs through Yunnan, Myanmr, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam.
A visit to Chiang Saen museum and archaeological sites
Sights around the Lanna city of Chiang Saen near the Golden Triangle, including the national museum and other archaeological sites.
UNESCO Requests New Impact Assessment for Luang Prabang Dam
via Radio Free Asia, 01 March 2021: Concerns about the dam near Luang Prabang have been brewing for some time ...
Soldier’s remains found in 1970s-era shipwreck
via Phnom Penh Post, 15 February 2021: A shipwreck from the 1970s is found in the Mekong River, along with ...
Hydropower vs Heritage: Will Laos Lose Luang Prabang?
via The Diplomat, 23 December 2020: Alarm is raised (again) over Laos' plan to construct a dam on the Mekong, ...
[Talk] Are Good Laws Enough to Protect National Treasures? The impact of legislations on cultural objects in the Mekong region
Readers in Thailand may be interested in this talk next week by Etienne Clément at the Siam Society.
[Talk] Luang Prabang on the Mekong – Heritage Be Dammed
Readers in Bangkok may be interested in this talk at the Siam Society next week on the dam construction near ...
Luang Prabang Threatened by Proposed Dam
via Asia Sentinel, 30 June 2020: Scientists warn that a dam proposed north of Luang Prabang may threaten the Unesco ...
[Resource] Historical Ecology of the Mekong in a set of 5 diachronic maps
via Zenodo, 29 June 2020: Sharing this great Open Access resource by my good friend Veronica Walker Vadillo and her ...
Wreck of the 1881 steamship “FRANCIS GARNIER”
via Medium.com, 20 Feb 2019: A shipwreck in the gulf of Thailand is identified as the Francis Garnier, part of ...
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