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Defining and assessing the effectiveness of civil society networks working on forest governance issues in Africa and Asia: Special Report
This report is based on the results of a 2021 study conducted by the Centre for International Development and Training (CIDT) of the University of Wolverhampton, the Field Legal...
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Key Themes in Land Governance: Synopses of Research, Policy and Action in the Mekong Region
The Mekong region is marked by particular kinds of historical and contemporary land uses, social relations around land, interactions within and across national borders, and patt...
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Order On Strengthening Strictness of Timber Harvest Management and Inspection, Timber Transport and Business
In order to strengthen the implementation of forest management, timber business, timber harvest, timber processing and timber trade with strictly respect to laws and regulations...
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Laos Forestry Law (2019)
This law determines the principles, regulations and measures on management, preservation, development, utilization and inspection of forest and forestland, promotion of regenera...
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Guide on Responsible Agriculture and Forestry Investment in Lao PDR
This guide studied and compiled relevant Lao investment principles, regulations, and laws; investment principles from ASEAN and the international level; and Chinese government g...
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Contract farming in Laos: Responding to a rising agricultural trend
This discussion note explores common practices of contract farming (CF) in Laos, which have rapidly expanded for export crops across many provinces since the early 2000s. The an...
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Forest Category in Lao PDR, 2016
Forest Category in Lao PDR, 2016 including national protected areas, national protection forests, and national production forests.
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Decree No. 207 On ethnic group affairs (2020)
This decree sets out the principles, regulations, and measures on the management of ethnic affairs.
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What is the Forest Cover of Lao PDR? Understanding forest area figures
This leaflet identifies how the selection of forest definition affect efforts towards achieving the government’s 70 percent forest cover target. What figures for forest area sho...
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On Investment Approval and Land Management Mechanism For Leasing or Concession to Cultivate Crops
This instruction is to implement the Law on Investment Promotion and the Decree of the Prime Minister on controlled businesses and concession activities in Lao PDR, ...
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A Political Economy of Environmental Impact Assessment in the Mekong Region
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a central process in sustainable development to reduce and mitigate anticipated impacts of development projects. Every national governme...
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Planned resettlement, unexpected migrations and cultural trauma in Laos
Though not officially considered a 'policy' by the Lao government, resettlement of ethnic minorities has become a central feature of the rural development strategy in Laos. Over...
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Challenges and Opportunities of Recognizing and Protecting Customary Tenure Systems in the Lao People's Democratic Republic
This policy brief was developed in order to enable a meaningful engagement and policy dialogue with government institutions and other relevant stakeholders about challenges and ...
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Lao Population and Housing Census 2015
This dataset contains detailed and disaggregated information on demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the country’s population and households at village, district an...
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COVID-19 outbreak prevention, control and response measures in VTE Capital (19-30 September 2021)
the Vientiane Mayor thus issues the order on the COVID-19 outbreak prevention, control, and response measures in VTE Capital within the period of 19 -30 Sept 2021.
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Higher Education Institutions in Laos
This dataset shows the 11 public and private higher education institutions in Laos.
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Securing Land Rights of Smallholder Farmers The Secure Access to Land and Resources (SALaR) Project Experience in Laos, the Philippines, and Uganda
The Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) is considered as one of the pilot land management platforms that has been initiatively developed as capacity building and tool development ...
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Decree on the promulgation of the amended land law, 2019
This decree divides into 15 sessions and consists of 188 articles. This law sets out the principles, regulations, measures on the management, monitoring of land works aiming to ...
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Announcement on suspend and review the forest land use certificates approval to individuals, entities or organizations in the area of conservation forest, protection forest, and production forest
This notice is issued to strengthen the forest land governance and ensure the effectiveness of law implementation of relevant government sectors. Previously, there are many peop...
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Registering property indicator, 2020
Four of Laos' property indicators from the World Bank Doing Business report, 2020 (page 26-27). Collated for the Laos Land page: https://laos.opendevelopmentmekong.net/topics/la...