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Timber Legality Risk Assessment
The Timber Legality Risk Assessment for Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam provide an analysis of the risk of sourcing timber from areas of illegal harvesting and transport. NE...
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Rubber Boom in Luang Namtha: A Transnational Perspective
This study takes a cross-border and comparative perspective in examining Luang Namtha’s rubber boom, focusing on stakeholder relationships (between villagers, governments, and...
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Concessions and Leases in the LAO PDR: Taking Stock of Land Investments
This publication provides the first national overview of land concessions and leases in the Lao PDR. It was initiated in response to the rapid expansion of land deals and the co...
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Lao National Biosafety Frameworks
Lao National Biosafety Framework is a combination of policy, legal, administrative and technical instruments that are set in place to address safety for the environment and hu...
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Sanitary and phytosanitary measures: enhancing agro-food trade in the Lao PDR
The study examines legal and regulatory measures, border crossing procedures and institutional capacities affecting Lao agro-food exports and imports. It reviews the experiences...
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Biennial Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation 2015-2016
This Review reports on developments in the global timber sector and wood markets, with a focus on tropical timber, in 2015. It contains data on production and trade for 2012-201...
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Biotechnology Policy-Making, Regulations and Development in the ASEAN Region
- ASEAN countries are highly diversified in terms of R&D, human resources development, basic infrastructure, facilities, etc. and capacity building mechanism is urgently needed ...
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Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020: Guidelines and Specifications
FAO has been monitoring the world’s forests at 5 to 10-year intervals since 1946. The recent Global Forest Resources Assessments (FRA) have been produced every five years in an ...
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ASEAN: Regional Trends in Economic Integration, Export, Competitiveness, and Inbound Investment for Selected Industries
This report describes trends in regional integration, export competitiveness, and inbound investment for six industries within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)...
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Environmental Impact Assessments in Developing Countries: An Opportunity for Greater Environmental Security?
The first half of this Working Paper will give a background of the origins and development of environmental impact assessments. The second half of the paper will focus on enviro...
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Good Day for Rosewoods as Species Get More Protection
September 29 has proved to be a major day for forests as 183 countries at the CITES 17th Conference of the Parties (CoP17) agreed to boost protection for dalbergia rosewoods. Th...
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Red Alert: How Fraudulent Siamese Rosewood Exports from Laos and Cambodia are undermining CITES Protection
The 2013 listing of Siamese rosewood (Dalbergia cochinchinensis spp) on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) has failed to protect ...
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Forest Cover Change in Southeast Asia - The Regional Pattern
This document provides an overview of the present pattern of forest change in Southeast Asia at a regional scale. Areas of forest change were identified and approximately deline...
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Climate Change Vulnerability Mapping for South East Asia
This paper provides information on the sub-national areas (regions/districts/provinces) most vulnerable to climate change impacts in Southeast Asia. This assessment was carried ...
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Community forestry adaptation roadmap to 2020 for Lao PDR
Community-based forest management in Lao PDR lacks strong legal standing. However, the legal revision process currently underway promises increased rights for communities over...
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Main finding on development of benzoin (Styrax tonkinensis) value chain in five upland provinces of Laos
To identify the natural Benzoin distribution area (Mapping) in Laos with its yield capacity, To investigate and examine the best practise of silvicuture techniques in term of pl...
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The State of the World’s Forests 2018: Forests Pathways to Sustainable Development
The 2018 edition of The State of the World’s Forests aims to do just that, presenting new information to help recognize these interlinkages and enhance our understanding of how ...
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Forestry strategy to the year 2020 of Laos PDR
The overall objective of the Forestry Strategy 2020 is to contribute to achieve the indicative targets of the national socio-economic plans, to provide goods and ...
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Ministry of Energy and Mines: Department of Energy Business; Power Projects Laos
This website lists the existing IPP Hydropower Projects MOU's and the 20 Project Development Agreements issued by the Laos Ministry of Energy and Mines.
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Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Transport Sector Assessment, Strategy, and Road Map
This transport sector assessment, strategy, and road map (ASR) guides the formulation of Asian Development Bank (ADB) assistance to the transport sector in the Lao People’s Demo...