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checkpoints-how-powerful-interest-groups-continue-to-undermine-forest-governance-in-laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Environmental Investigation Agency
2012
This dataset has no description
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Tree cover loss 2000-2013: Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
July 8, 2015
Source: Global Forest Watch / Hansen, M. C., P. V. Potapov, R. Moore, M....
A dataset describing forest loss during the period 2000–2013, defined as a stand-replacement disturbance, or a change from a forest to non-forest state. Encoded as either 1 (los...
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International Protection for Siam Rosewood Begins
Thailand
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Environmental Investigation Society
2013
As international UN trade restrictions on endangered Siam rosewood (Dalbergia cochinchinensis) came into effect (June 12, 2013), the London-based Environmental Investigation Age...
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Navigating the Border: An Analysis of the China-Myanmar Timber Trade
China, Myanmar
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Fredrich Kahrl, Horst Weyerhaeuser, Su Yufang
2004
In addition to socio-economic pressures, the combination of insufficient regulation in China and political instability in northern Myanmar has exacted a high ecological price. T...
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Forest Cover Change in Southeast Asia - The Regional Pattern
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
H-J. Stibig, F. Stolle, R. Dennis, C. Feldkötter
2007
This document provides an overview of the present pattern of forest change in Southeast Asia at a regional scale. Areas of forest change were identified and approximately deline...
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Timber Trade and Wood Flow–Study – Myanmar
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Mr. Tuukka Castrén (Indufor Oy), Mr. Myint Kyu Pe (Myanmar Timber...
1999
The current study on wood demand and supply, and forest industries in the Union of Myanmar is a part of the Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management in Remote Greater Meko...
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Grounding global forest economies: resource governance and commodity power in rural Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Keith D. Barney, York University
2011
A dissertation by Keith D. Barney for Graduate Program in Geography at York University documenting commodity production and state power shaping the forest and paper sector in ru...
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How Forestry Contributes to SDGs
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Advocacy and promotional materials
CIFOR
2014
Forests and forestry make an important contribution across nearly every aspect of sustainable development. We’ve compiled a set of examples from evidence on the role of forests
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FLEGT Global
Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Advocacy and promotional materials
FLEGT.org
Countries around the world are acting to combat illegal logging and foster good forest governance. In this section of FLEGT.org you will find information about the approaches th...
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Who will bear the cost of REDD+? Evidence from subnational REDD+ initiatives
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Luttrell C, Sills E, Aryani R, Ekaputri AD and Evnike MF
2016
While REDD+ has increasingly been accepted in United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations and regional and voluntary markets for carbon offsets, ...
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Baseline study 2, LAO PDR: Overview of forest governance, markets and trade
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
European Forest Institute – FLEGT Asia Regional Office, Keith...
2011
Key problem areas for Lao forest management include unsustainable harvesting levels associated with large infrastructure and mega -project forest conversions, illegal and over-q...
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No success like failure: Policy versus reality in the Lao forestry sector
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Benjamin Hodgdon
2007
Benjamin Hodgdon chronicles the experience of an NGO-supported project recently discontinued by the Lao government to highlight the ongoing serious problems plaguing Laos’ produ...
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Forestry sector development report for 2006/07 (draft)
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
ກະຊວງກະສິກຳ ແລະ ປ່າໄມ້
2007
The 2006/07 forestry sector development report is prepared for the 1st Stakeholder Consultation on Implementation of the Forestry Strategy 2020 in November 2007. It aims to prov...
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Restrictions for business people
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
It is a legal document that deals with prohibitions of forest business people.
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Does commercialization of a non-timber forest product reduce ecological impact? A case study of the Critically EndangeredAquilaria crassna in LaoPDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Anders Jensen and Henrik Meilby, University of Copenhagen, Danish...
2008
The diameter distribution is certainly affected by harvesting. Experienced harvesters will tend to fell all trees encountered with DBH.50 cm as well as fruit-bearing trees becau...
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Enhancing key elements of the value chain for plantation grown wood in Lao PDR policy brief on legal barriers and legality issues for smallholder plantation owners and their wood
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Hilary Smith and Kaisone Phengsopha, Australian Centre for...
2014
This project makes the following recommendations to address issues with respect to regulatory barriers through the smallholder plantation value chain: Streamlining the process f...
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Bamboo project evaluation 2015
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
San José , Costa Rica
2015
Four value chains are developed: Handicraft products for domestic market and export, using different species of bamboo.Slats and sticks for export to Vietnam. Fresh kh...
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Notification of Forestry and Forestry Development Fund No. 1659 / Km, dated 21/09/2005
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
2005
the reason is that making the forest resource has been organized according to the plan
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Policy brief "Pro-poor policy analysis on cattle productivity and links to industry in Lao PDR"
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Dr.AlounPhonvisayDr.BounlertVanhnalatMs.PhonevilaySinavong,...
98% of the total cattle from smallholder farmer, approximate 207,000 farm household 38% of household had cattle
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Laos: Planting for the future
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Sean Foley
2009
The annexes of a report commissioned by the Lao Land Issues Working Group to map the principles and process for preparing an environmental and social Code of Practice (CoP) for ...