The Last Days of Beautiful Luang Prabang: UNESCO experts insist that a huge dam would destroy the “authenticity and integrity” of the World Heritage Site in Laos.

27 March 2023
The Diplomat
Hydropower dams / Tourism
Laos' Luang Prabang dam reaches key development stage / national heritage

Construction has just started on a huge dam just 25 kilometers upstream from the heritage town, and only four kilometers from the revered Buddhist shrines hidden inside the Pak Ou caves.

Satellite information from the Stimson Center’s Mekong Dam Monitor proved that these warnings have been ignored, and serious construction of the Luang Prabang Hydropower Project (LPHP) coffer dam has commenced.

The serenity of the riverside has been shattered by the din, dust, and disruption of dam construction.

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 Tom Fawthrop

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