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Camps, children, chemicals, contractors & credit: field observations of labour practices in plantations & other social developments in Savannakhet and Champasak
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
R Molina, Global Association of People and the Environment (GAPE)...
2011
Report discusses the labour practices observed and changes in the target communities. It provides detailed summary descriptions of work practices and conditions that are contras...
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Lao Version of FAO’s Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT)
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
2012
FAO published its Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT) of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security in 2012. The purpos...
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After the Boom: Responding to Falling Rubber Prices in Northern Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Thoumthone Vongvisouk, Michael Dwyer
2017
This study examines responses to this price drop by Lao rubber growers and state institutions in northern Laos. It also examines the reasons that prices are what they are, given...
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a-checklist-for-the-vascular-plants-of-lao-pdr
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Newman, Mark, Ketphanh, Sounthone; Svengsuksa, Bouakhaykhone;...
2007
This dataset has no description
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Timber markets and trade between Laos and Vietnam: A commodity chain analysis of Vietnamese driven timber flow
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Forest Trends
2009
This study examines the timber trade between Laos and Vietnam, exploring power and political dynamics of the trade between the two countries. The study has adopted a commodity c...
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preparing-redd-in-viet-nam-lao-pdr-and-cambodia-designing-a-redd-compliant
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Nguyen Quang Tan, Oberndorf, Robert; Rotha, Ken Serey; Brunner,...
2010
This dataset has no description
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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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Fundamentals of viable community forestry business models: Preliminary research findings
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand
Case studies
Martin Greijmans, Ronnakorn Triraganon, & David Gritten
2014
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...
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FAOSTAT country profile - Lao Peoples Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Profiles - Geographical areas and sites
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
2015
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...
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REDD+ at the crossroads: Choices and tradeoffs for 2015-2020 in Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Michael B. Dwyer, Micah Ingalls
2015
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...
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FLEGT Process Enforces PM Order No.15 to Improve Forest Governance and Fight Deforestation to Ensure Legal Timber Trade Agreement With EU
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
FLEGT Laos
2016
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,...
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Overview of illegal logging in Laos and related trans-boundary trade
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
Smirnov, Denis
2013
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...
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Unusual partnerships: Lessons for landscapes and livelihoods from the Doe Mae Salong landscape, Thailand
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Rattanasorn, Tawatchai, Fisher, Bob; Kugel, Carolin
2012
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...
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Rethinking investments in natural resources: China's emerging role in the Mekong region
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Jeff Rutherford, Kate Lazarus and Shawn Kelley
2008
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 ...
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Power, progress and impoverishment: Plantations, hydropower, ecological change and community transformation in Hinboun District, Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Keith Barney, Faculty of Forestry, National University of Laos;...
2007
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...
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Management Plan of Boung Kiat Ngong Ramsar Site,Phathomphone District, Champasak Province, Lao PDR 2013-2017
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
IUCN
2012
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...
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Impact of climate change on sediment yield in the Mekong River basin: a case study of the Nam Ou basin, Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Shrestha, B., Babel, M. S.; Maskey, S.; van Griensven, A.;...
2013
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...
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Water and Sanitation
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
World Health Organisation
Rationale and details of the World Health Organisation's activities in the Lao PDR.
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Food and nutrition security atlas of Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
World Food Programme (WFP), Federal Ministry for Economic...
2013
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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Building a sustainable future for the Mekong
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
H.E. Hor Namhong, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign...
2015
A joint statement affirming the importance of sound environmental management in the Mekong region, by representatives of the Governments of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, th...