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  • Fundamentals of viable community forestry business models: Preliminary research findings

    Research from seven countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Nepal, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam) in the Asia-Pacific region shows that sustainable practices are inhere...

  • District a model for success in beating haze

    CHIANG MAI’S Mae Chaem district has gone from suffering the North’s worst haze to this year becoming one of the least-affected areas. This year there were only 30 hotspots in Ma...

  • FAOSTAT country profile - Lao Peoples Democratic Republic

    A profile of the Lao People's Democratic Republic by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Data is provided on economic indicators; food, nutrition and fo...

  • REDD+ at the crossroads: Choices and tradeoffs for 2015-2020 in Laos

    This study examines key choices and tradeoffs that confront current efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) in Laos. Drawing on key inform...

  • FLEGT Process Enforces PM Order No.15 to Improve Forest Governance and Fight Deforestation to Ensure Legal Timber Trade Agreement With EU

    A remarkable outcome has been witnessed after the Prime Minister of Lao PDR has issued the Order No. 15 On “Strengthening Strictness of Timber Harvest Management and Inspection,...

  • Overview of illegal logging in Laos and related trans-boundary trade

    A presentation giving an overview of the timber trade and illegal logging in Laos. The presentation includes main reasons for illegal logging in Laos, the scope, and timber flow...

  • Rosewood Robbery - the Case for Thailand to List Rosewood on CITES

    Illegal and unsustainable rosewood logging is the major threat to Thailand’s limited remaining forests, particularly in the northeast regions. Unprecedented demand for luxury ‘H...

  • Soil Types of Laos

    A geospatial dataset containing polygons of soil types Laos, according to FAO classifications. Attributes include: type of soil (FAO classification - full name), abbreviation. P...

  • Tree cover loss 2000-2013: Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar

    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...

  • Unusual partnerships: Lessons for landscapes and livelihoods from the Doe Mae Salong landscape, Thailand

    This paper describes the interventions undertaken in the Doe Mao Salong watershed in an effort to restore the landscape and improve the livelihoods of local communities. Interve...

  • Rethinking investments in natural resources: China's emerging role in the Mekong region

    This scoping study is part of a research project entitled Understanding China as an Actor in the Mekong Region, jointly implemented by the Heinrich Böll ...

  • Power, progress and impoverishment: Plantations, hydropower, ecological change and community transformation in Hinboun District, Lao PDR

    This report documents the contemporary ecological, social and economic transformations occurring in one village in Lao PDR’s central Khammouane province under multiple sources o...

  • Management Plan of Boung Kiat Ngong Ramsar Site,Phathomphone District, Champasak Province, Lao PDR 2013-2017

    A 2013-2017 management plan for the Beung Kiat Ngong Wetland, one of two sites in Laos recognised by the Ramsar convention. This document is based on recommendations from the Ra...

  • Impact of climate change on sediment yield in the Mekong River basin: a case study of the Nam Ou basin, Lao PDR

    This paper evaluates the impact of climate change on sediment yield in the Nam Ou basin, northern Laos. Future climate (temperature and precipitation) from four general circulat...

  • Sub-Decree No. 42 on the air pollution control and noise disturbance

    This sub-decree has a purpose to protect the environment quality and public health from air pollution and noise disturbance through monitoring, curb and mitigation activities.

  • Law on Water Resource​​ Management of the Kingdom of Cambodia

    The general purpose of this Law is to foster the effective and sustainable management of the water resources of the Kingdom of Cambodia to attain socio-economic development and ...

  • Sub-Decree No.72 on the Environmental Impact Assessment Process

    The main objectives of this sub-decree are: - To determine an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) upon every private and public project or activity, and it ...

  • Data Governance Framework

    The Data Governance Framework was prepared to determine the rights, duties and responsibilities of stakeholders in data management, by considering the environment of information...

  • Water and Sanitation

    Rationale and details of the World Health Organisation's activities in the Lao PDR.

  • Food and nutrition security atlas of Lao PDR

    In the context of a growing body of data across multiple sectors in Lao PDR, the Food and Nutrition Security Atlas was published with the aim of providing an up-to-date synthesi...

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