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(2 Feb 2024)
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Luang Prabang Dam, Laos - 28 January 2024
1. Luang Prabang Dam 25 kilometers (15 miles) from Luang Prabang upstream on Mekong River
HEADLINE TEXT: Laos Dam Threatens World Heritage Site

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Luang Prabang, Laos - 29 January 2024
2. Various of Luang Prabang and Mekong River from Phousi Hill
ANNOTATION: The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Luang Prabang in Laos attracts tourists from around the world.

3. Various of tourists taking photos on Phousi Hill
4. Close of Mekong
ANNOTATION: Visitors are drawn to the pristine landscape of the city, which sits on the confluence of the Mekong and the Nam Khan rivers.

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Luang Prabang Dam, Laos - 28 January 2024
5. Various of dam construction
ANNOTATION: But just 25 kilometers upstream on the Mekong, a dam construction site has prompted concerns that it could result in the city losing its UNESCO status.

6. Various of dam construction site
ANNOTATION: The Luang Prabang Dam is a multibillion-dollar project, part of the Laos government’s ambitious plans to build dams along the Mekong.

7. Wide of vehicles carrying rocks

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Chiang Mai, Thailand - 23 January 2024
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Philip Hirsch, professor emeritus of human geography at Sydney University:
"There are several hundred kilometers of still free flowing river, which will cease to be the case if the Luang Prabang Dam, or rather, when the Luang Prabang Dam is completed."

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Mekong River between Luang Prabang Dam and Luang Prabang, Laos - 28 January 2024
9. Various of people fishing in river
ANNOTATION: Once completed, the project is expected to displace more than 500 families and impact 20 villages.

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Luang Prabang, Laos - 28 January 2024
7. Mid of Som Phone, 38-year-old tour boat operator and Luang Prabang resident looking out over Mekong River in Luang Prabang

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Som Phone, tour boat operator:
“It’s a very high river. And after the dam, people change. (They) have to go high in the mountain because (the) river (is) very high.”

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Mekong River between Luang Prabang Dam and Luang Prabang, Laos - 28 January 2024
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9. Wide of fisherman and boat on river
10. Village on river

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Luang Prabang, Laos - 28 January 2024
11. Various of tour boats on Mekong River
ANNOTATION: A boat journey to Luang Prabang is a popular way to travel for locals and tourists alike.


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Washington D.C., United States - 24 January 2024
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12. SOUNDBITE (English) Brian Eyler, director of the Washington-based Stimson Center’s Southeast Asia Program and its Energy, Water and Sustainability Program:
"That dam will ruin that experience. Instead of being greeted by, you know, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, you’ll be greeted by a dam, a big, ugly concrete structure."

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Luang Prabang Dam, Laos - 28 January 2024
14. Various of dam construction
ANNOTATION: The issue of the dam will be discussed by UNESCO in July during its meetings in New Delhi, but construction continues in the meantime.
STORYLINE:
The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Luang Prabang in Laos attracts tourists from around the world.

Visitors are drawn to the pristine landscape of the city, which sits on the confluence of the Mekong and the Nam Khan rivers.

But just 25 kilometers upstream on the Mekong, a dam construction site has prompted concerns that it could result in the city losing its UNESCO status.




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