Ban Mano Pond Committee
Luang Prabang · North · Laos
Luang Prabang has a network of urban ponds being filled in or polluted in a city without sewers: according to Gret, there were 183 in 1999 and 120 remain. In Ban Mano, the WISE project used a serious game with residents and set up a mixed committee of residents, pond owners and public bodies to manage them, something rare in Laos. Only the implementer and funders report on it, and it is unknown whether the committee continues after the project ended in June 2026.
- Led by
- Gret (a French NGO) with the municipality and the heritage office; funded by AFD, the Loire-Brittany Water Agency, the Centre-Val de Loire region and the EDF Foundation
- Status
- Unknown
- Participation
- Co-governed
- Visitable
- No, it is a neighbourhood committee
- Website
- gret.org/projet/proteger-et-rehabiliter-les-mares-urbaines-de-luang-prabang ↗
- Contact
- No public contact on record
- Last reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Verification
Partially verified
This place has at least one source on record and awaits a second one for contrast. Full verification will arrive in the review phase of the atlas.
- Verified two sources including a primary one, or first-hand knowledge of the place
- Partial one source on record
- Unverified starting knowledge, sources pending
Sources
- Ficha del proyecto de protección y rehabilitación de los estanques urbanos de Luang Prabang ↗ · primary source · consulted on 1 October 2026 · Gret
- Artículo del Gret sobre la gestión compartida de los estanques urbanos (2020) ↗ · primary source · consulted on 1 October 2026 · Gret
- Página de la región sobre su cooperación con Luang Prabang ↗ · primary source · consulted on 1 October 2026 · Región Centre-Val de Loire