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This platform consolidates knowledge on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP), a far reaching topic whose importance for a sustainable future is highlighted by it's long ...

Over the past few decades, there has been a growing concern that chemicals, while essential in modern life and the economy, can cause significant adverse impacts on human health...

Post-harvest losses account for a majority of the food loss sustained in developing countries across Asia and the Pacific region. Between 15 and 50 percent of fruits and vegetab...

One of the foreseen outputs of the “First Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting on the 10YFP” (7-8 November 2013, Bangkok, Thailand) was the development of a Roadmap for the 10YFP imple...

Looking beyond the current take-make-dispose extractive industrial model, a circular economy aims to redefine growth, focusing on positive society-wide benefits. It entails grad...

UNCTAD’s work on the circular economy started in 2015 with a collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation on resource-circularity potentials in large economies like India a...

This chapter shows that in recent years, in particular since the implementation of the SWITCH-Asia Regional and NPSC, SCP has become increasingly integrated into Asia’s public g...

About Introduction The IUCN Species Programme working with the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) has been assessing the conservation status of species, subspecies, variet...

An overview of the Millennium Development Goals and the associated indicators for each goal.

Review of forestry and forestry-based economic activities in Laos, with statistics.

An overview of protected areas and biodiversity initiatives in Laos, including potential obstacles to implementation and success.

An outline of the REDD+ project in Laos, specifically evaluating the readiness of the Luang Prabang province for its implementation.

The provincial level strategy for protecting biodiversity and handling related economic issues for the Xieng Khouang province.

An overview of the implementation of SDG15: Life on Land in LAos.

Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) has been experiencing significant forest depletion since the 1980s, but there is little evidence to demonstrate the major causes and under...

This report aims to document the current economic status of biodiversity in Lao PDR, and to use this information to identify needs for the use of incentives, financing mechanism...

UN primer on the goals and targets for SDG15: Life on Land, and an update on its progress in a global context.

A government document outlining practices for handling land concessions and forced relocation in regards to international investment projects.

The aim of this thesis has been to explore and systematize the factors and influences, gendered perspectives, and interrelationships in educational equality in Lao PDR with comp...

A breakdown of economic inequality and resource access in Laos based on geography.