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USAID Mekong ARCC Climate Change Impact and Adaptation Study on Protected Areas: Non-Timber Forest Products and Crop Wild Relatives
This non-timber forest products (NTFP) and crop wild relatives (CWRs) sector vulnerability report provides a comparative analysis of the vulnerability of a few selected NTFPs an...
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Lao PDRs Forest Reference Emission Level and Forest Reference Level for REDD+ Results Payment under the UNFCCC
This official paper of Lao government is the submission to be used as the national forest reference emission level and/or forest reference level or, as an interim measure, subna...
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Lao PDR: Climate and Health Country Profile 2015
The profiles provide a snapshot of information about the current and future impacts of climate change on human health, current policy responses in Lao PDR. They also highlight t...
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2018 Cluster Munition Remnants Report for Lao PDR
The national mine action programme in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) made solid progress in 2017, particularly in formalising procedures and plans for the nation...
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2017 Cluster Munition Remnants Report for Lao PDR
The report offers the information on UXO demining in Laos. In 2016, analysis of data in the Information Management System for Mine Action (IMSMA) database revealed many errors ...
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Lao People's Democratic Republic's Constitution of 1991 with Amendments through 2003
This Constitution is the constitution of the people’s democratic regime in our country. It recognises the great achievements of our people in the course of their struggles for ...
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Law on Environmental Protection, 2012 (Lao PDR)
The Environmental Protection Law defines principles, regulations and measures related to environmental management, monitoring of protection, control, preservation and rehabilita...
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Decree on the Protection Forest
This Decree defines the principles, the procedures, and the measures on the management, the protection and conversation, the development, and the sustainable use of the protecti...
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Decree of the President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic On the Promulgation of the Property Law
“Property” [in respect of any asset] means the total and definite right of the State, collectives, individuals, and private persons and entities over such asset in terms of poss...
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Approval and Promulgation of the Policy on Sustainable Hydropower Development in Lao PDR
This policy aims at providing policy guidance and reference to the agencies responsible for overseeing the implementation of investment projects in the hydropower sector as well...
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Solid Waste Management in Laos
This presentation gives a profile of solid waste and management in Laos.
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Love Laos, Keep it Clean.
The web page give an overview of solid waste and waste management in Lao PDR.
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Constitution of Lao People's Democratic Republic's (Amended 2015)
The 2015 Constitution (Amended) was published in the Official Gazette (open access) on 4 February 2016. It is currently available in the Lao language only. The 2015 Constitution...
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Law on electricity
The Law on Electricity determines the principles, rules and measures on the organization, operation, management and inspection of electrical activities for the high effectivenes...
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Education and Sports Sector Development Plan (2016-2020)
This Education Sector Development Plan (ESDP) for 2016-2020 draws on the achievements, challenges and lessons learned from the Education Sector Development Plan 2011-2015. Based...
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Environmental Protection Law
The Environmental Protection Law specifies necessary principles, regulations and measures for managing, monitoring, restoring1 and protecting the environment in order to protect...
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Decree On Sustainable Management Of Production Forest Areas No. 59/2002 [Lao PDR]
This Decree covers the identification, establishment, management and use of Production Forest Areas (PFA) and the key principles for monitoring the implementation of sustainable...
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Wildlife and Aquatic Law (2007)
The Wildlife and Aquatic law determines principles, regulations and measures on wildlife and aquatic life in nature to promote the sustainable regeneration and utilization of wi...
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Laos - Country partnership framework for the period FY2017-FY2021
This document presents the World Bank Group (WBG) Country Partnership Framework (CPF) with the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) for FY 2017-2021. The WBG CPF aims at su...
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Assessing Forest Governance in Lao PDR
Lao PDR is facing numerous challenges as well as opportunities regarding the governance of its forests. This is particularly important considering the countrys high levels of fo...