Galle Fort boulder wall project abandoned as residents protest
via The Sunday Times, 11 April 2021: Proposed wall would have adverse effects to the coral reef around Galle Fort.
Tag: Unesco World Heritage
News reports and information related to Unesco World Heritage in Southeast Asia, including the Tentative List, Memory of the World and nominations to the list.
Chinese casino group eyeing development near the Plain of Jars
via Radio Free Asia,, 07 April 2021: Worth monitoring in the future - A Chinese casino company has been studying ...
Conservation of Fort Cornwallis with an eye for tourism later
via Penang Monthly, April 2021: With the plans to restore Fort Cornwallis also come plans to promote it as a ...
Call for case studies, UNESCO World Heritage Cities Forum
via Unesco World Heritage Centre, 25 March 2021: The deadline for application is 30 April 2021.
An ancient mystery in Laos has finally been solved
via Big Think, 24 March 2021: Follow up story on the recent paper about the dates of when the Plain ...
Efforts to unify management of Thang Long Imperial City accelerated
via Vietnam Plus, 15 March 2021: Moving towards better management of the Thang Long World Heritage Site.
[Course] Tourism Management at UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Readers may be interested in this online course about tourism management of World Heritage Sites. I'm not sure if it ...
[Paper] Dating the megalithic culture of laos: Radiocarbon, optically stimulated luminescence and U/Pb zircon results
via PLoS One, 10 March 2021: A exciting new paper by Shewan et al. dates the Plain of Jars to ...
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 ...
Cu Chi Tunnels site seeks UNESCO’s recognition
via Vietnam Plus, 01 March 2021: Ho Chi Minh City is seeking to list the tunnels used in the Vietnam-American ...
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