‘Floating temple’ in Samut Prakan defies coastal erosion

8 April 2019
Bangkok Post
Climate change
coastal erosion / eroding coastline / Samut Prakan

SAMUT PRAKAN: As sea waters slowly rose around his temple and his neighbours fled inland, Thai abbot Somnuek Atipanyo refused to budge and is today a symbol of the fight to restore the country’s fast-eroding coastlines.

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