Film Screening & Discussion: Losing Luang Prabang & UN World Heritage or Mekong Hydrowpower?

[RCSD Chiang Mai University]

RCSD invites you to attend a film screening & discussion "Losing Luang Prabang & UN World Heritage or Mekong Hydrowpower? on 17 December, starting at 13:15 at the 4th-floor meeting room, operations building, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University.

Introduction & film screening:

“A River Screams for Mercy: Can the Mekong be Saved?” by Tom Fawthrop, Eureka Films

Panel discussion:

“Natural and Cultural Heritage of Luang Prabang and the Role of UNESCO”, by Dr. Richard Engelhardt, former UNESCO Regional Advisor for Culture for Asia and the Pacific, and Dr. Montira Horayangura Unakul, UNESCO Regional Office

“Lower Mekong dams & Mekong ecosystem in crisis” by Emeritus Prof. Philip Hirsch, a former lecturer at the University of Sydney & RCSD affiliated scholar

“Local Voices from the Mekong” by Nopparat Lamun, Institute of Traditional Knowledge Chiang Khong Conservation Movement

The event is open to the public. Please register for the event through https://forms.gle/RpGbiuSPmCZaYeMM6