UNESCO World Heritage site

UNESCO Calls for Heritage Assessment for Lao Hydropower Dam

December 23, 2020

Hydropower vs Heritage: Will Laos Lose Luang Prabang?

By Tom Fawthrop

Another Mekong dam project threatens to cost the former royal capital its UNESCO World Heritage status.

March 20, 2020

Cooperating to Save Laos’ Plain of Jars

By Kamonrat Chayamarit

With disaster management efforts just now underway, the Plain of Jars is an important example of safeguarding World Heritage.

September 26, 2016

The Trouble With Temple Restoration in Myanmar

By Luke Hunt

The country is only beginning to reexamine how it preserves its ancient temples.

July 02, 2016

Pakistan’s Vanishing History

By Daud Khattak

Pakistan's 2,000-year-old historical treasures are under threat from religious extremists and smugglers.

June 29, 2014

Australia’s Bid to Delist UN Protected Forest Rejected

By Jarni Blakkarly

UNESCO takes just 7 minutes to dismiss Australia’s bid to open up forest to logging.

May 05, 2014

Vietnam: The Ha Long Bay Alliance

By Katie Jacobs

A new initiative takes on environmental issues at one of Vietnam’s most renowned travel destinations.

November 26, 2013

Lumbini Discovery: Time to Push Back the Buddha’s Birthday?

Buddhism’s central figure may have lived more than a century earlier than previously thought.

August 16, 2013

Esala Perahera: Elephants, Revelry and Buddha’s Stolen Tooth

In Sri Lanka, one of the world’s oldest and liveliest festivals is underway.

June 24, 2013

Taj Mahal: A Mughal Memorial to Love

India’s most iconic building continues to dazzle the world and is recognized as one of its new seven wonders.

June 17, 2013

Mahendraparvata: Archaeologists Find 1200-Year-Old Lost City Near Angkor Wat

Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient city in the Cambodian jungle.

August 04, 2010

Listed, UNESCO-Style

21 new World Heritage Sites have just been named. And Asia is definitely in the spotlight.

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