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On the Verge

GHN Report: Urbanization, Tourism Among the Threats to Laos’ Plain of Jars

February 23, 2012

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Dotting the landscape of Xieng Khouang Plateau in Laos are thousands of megalithic jars — part of an archaeological landscape aptly named the Plain of Jars.  The structures, carved mainly from sandstone, granite or limestone, have been associated with the funerary customs of ancient inhabitants who occupied the area during the Iron Age (500 BCE - 500 CE).

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Tags: Asia, Global Heritage Network, Laos, Lia Genovese, Plain of Jars, Southeast Asia, UNESCO, Urbanization, War and Conflict

 

 

Success Stories

GHF, Partners, Community Work Together to Ensure Wat Phu’s Vast Potential

September 07, 2011

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In southern Laos, tucked between the base of mount Phu Kao and the banks of the Mekong River, sits a stunning complex of 1,000-year-old monuments known as Wat Phu (temple-mountain). Dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, it is part of the Champasak cultural landscape, a remarkably well-preserved planned landscape designed to express the Hindu vision of the relationship between nature and humanity, using an axis from mountaintop to riverbank to lay out a geometric pattern of temples, shrines and waterworks spanning some 10 kilometers.

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Tags: Asia, Laos, Southeast Asia, UNESCO, Wat Phu

 

 

Across the Wire

Cultural Heritage Could Provide Needed Economic Diversity for Least Developed Countries

May 10, 2011

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In 1971, the United Nations began using the term “Least Developed Country (LDC)” to refer to countries with the lowest indicators of socioeconomic development and the lowest Human Development Index ratings. Since then, a mere three countries—the Maldives, Botswana and Cape Verde—have “graduated” from the classification, while 48 remain.

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Tags: Africa, Asia, Banteay Chhmar, Cambodia, Haiti, Millennium Development Goals, Laos, Least Developed Countries, Sans-Souci Palace, Southeast Asia, UNESCO, Wat Phu

 

 

GHF IN THE NEWS

GHF to Host Seminar on Global Heritage Conservation and Sustainable Development

May 03, 2011

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On Wednesday, May 11th, in New York City, GHF will host “Seminar on Global Heritage Conservation and Sustainable Development.”

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Tags: Asia, Chavin de Huantar, Event, GHN, Global Heritage Network, ICOMOS, Iraq, Laos, Middle East, My Son, Peru, Saving Our Vanishing Heritage, Southeast Asia, South America, Turkey, Ur, Wat Phu

 

 

SUCCESS STORIES

As Wat Phu Celebrates 10 Years of UNESCO Status, GHF Work Benefits Local Community

March 07, 2011

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Last month, Wat Phu, a ruined Khmer temple complex in one of southern Laos’ poorest regions, celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its inscription onto UNESCO’s World Heritage list.

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Tags: Global Heritage Fund (GHF), UNESCO, Wat Phu, Laos, Khmer