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Making Forestry Fairer: A Practical Guide for Civil Society Organisations Taking Part in FLEGT VPA Negotiations
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Advocacy and promotional materials
FERN
2014
This guide is designed to help civil society organisations (CSOs) understand the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) negotiation process, explore ways to make the most of th...
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Graduation from Least Developed Country Status: The 5th National Human Development Report
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Dr. Sarthi Acharya, Dr. Sitthiroth Rasphone
2017
The 5th National Human Development Report (NHDR) examines different facets of underdevelopment in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) that classify it as a Least Deve...
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All Hydropower Potential Must be Developed: Energy Official.
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
Energy and Mines
2015
This media article argues presents the Laos PDR governments stance on hydropower projects in Laos. It cites government representatives' discussion about why Laos' hydpropower pr...
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Turning Land into Capital, Turning People into Labour: Primitive Accumulation and the Arrival of Large-Scale Economic Land Concessions in the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Ian G. Baird
2011
In recent years the government of Laos has provided many foreign investors with large-scale economic land concessions to develop plantations. These concessions have resulted in ...
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Ecotourism as an Alternative to Upland Rubber Cultivation in the Nam Ha National Protected Area, Luang Namtha
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Steven Schipani
2007
Tourism arrivals in Laos continue to rise, reaching over one million people in 2005. It seems that visitors are primarily interested in the country’s natural and cultural attrac...
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Drivers of Forest Change in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Lao PDR Country Report
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Ian Llyod Thomas
2015
The main objective of this study was to review and analyze existing information on the drivers of change currently affecting Lao forests - including both negative and positive d...
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Protected Area Governance and Equitable Access in the Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Miles Kenney-Lazar
2016
This report provides eight recommendations for implementing the concept of equitable access in the governance of protected areas, particularly in the Lao PDR. First, formalize a...
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Impacts of the Laos Log and Sawnwood Export Bans
China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Phuc Xuan To, Forest Trends, Naomi Basik, Kerstin Canby
2017
In May 2016, the Government of Lao PDR enacted a Prime Ministerial Order (PM15) which, along with other commitments, aimed to help control the country’s high deforestation rates...
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Rice: The fabric of life in Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Gorsuch, Joyce
2002
A report about the challenges and achievements of the rice sector in Laos. The report covers the challenge of establishing a reliable supply of rice in Laos, the challenges of f...
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Vulnerability assessment of climate risks in Attapeu province, Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Mekong Wetlands Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use Programme
2005
The report of a study to assess household and community vulnerability to floods in Attapeu Province, Laos. This study is one of three assessing the potential consequences of cli...
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The art of not being governed: An anarchist history of upland Southeast Asia
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Books and book chapters
James C Scott
2009
This book, essentially an “anarchist history,” is the first-ever examination of the huge literature on state-making whose author evaluates why people would deliberately and reac...
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linking-poverty-reduction-with-forest-conservation-case-studies-from-lao-pdr
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Morris, Jason, Hicks, Emily; Ingles, A. W.; Ketphanh, Sounthone
2004
This dataset has no description
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Underlying causes of deforestation in the Mekong region
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Hirsch, Philip
This paper discusses the relationship between deforestation and development, as well as causation in deforestation. The paper then describes the situation in the Mekong, focusin...
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Agrarian land-use transformation in northern Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Thongmanivong S, Phanvilay K, Fujita Y, Fox J, Faculty of...
2006
Farmers in northern Laos have been experiencing a rapid transformation from subsistence agricultural production to intensive cash crop cultivation over the last decade....
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An uncertain future: Biodiversity and livelihoods along the Mekong river in Northern Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Lazarus, Kate, Dubeau, Pierre; Bambaradeniya, Channa N. B.;...
2006
Although the upper Mekong River is internationally recognised as important for biodiversity, there is currently very little information about the status of these critical resour...
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Guide to biodiversity in the farmscapes of Lao PDR (Lao version)
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Nieman, Anne Louise, Kamp, Kevin
2009
A Lao translation of a handbook about farmscape biodiversity in Laos. The handbook is intended to provide a brief overview of the special habitats in each region of the country ...
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illegal-pesticide-trade-in-the-mekong-countries-case-of-lao-pdr
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Vázquez, Chela
2013
This dataset has no description
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Biodiversity Wild Mushrooms–Edible and Medicinal Species Local Knowledge and Use
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Ole S. Pedersen, Khamking Thammavong, FAO, UNDP, GEF
2014
Due to the rich ecological landscape and biodiversity of Lao PDR, a great number of wild mushrooms are potentially available for domestic consumption and sales. Locally, some ar...
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Letters from the Mekong : site visit to Laos’ first two mainstream dam projects, executive summary
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Viet Nam
Profiles - Geographical areas and sites
Weatherby, Courtney, Cronin, Richard
2015
Examines the current status of mitigation efforts at Laos’ Xayaburi and Don Sahong dam projects on the mainstream of the lower Mekong River. The report is based on visits to Tha...
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Laos And China Come to Terms on Loan Interest Rate For Railway Project
China, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
Roseann Gerin (translator), Radio Free Asia
2016
Archived news article on the financing of the Laos-China railway with a Chinese government loan.