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Making the Case: Effective Public Participation is Good for Business in the Mekong Region
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Issue and policy briefs
USAID, Pact
2017
This report attempts to fill this gap by sharing conversations with company representatives with business in one or more Mekong country (Cambodia, Laos PDR, Myanmar, Thailand ...
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ASEAN Community Vision 2025
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
Advocacy and promotional materials
ASEAN
2015
Document that charts the ASEAN Community Vision 2025.
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What is SCP?
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Archived web content
The One Planet Network
2018
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 ...
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ASEAN Cooperation on Chemicals and Waste
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Archived web content
ASEAN
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...
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What is food loss and food waste?
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Archived web content
Save Food Asia-Pacific
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...
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Roadmap for the 10YFP implementation in Asia and the Pacific 2014-2015
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
10YFP Secretariat
2015
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...
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Circular Economy Overview
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Archived web content
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...
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Circular Economy
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Archived web content
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
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...
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Regional Policy Trends for Strengthening the Inclusion of Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) in Public Governance
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Books and book chapters
S. Castro-Hallgren
2017
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...
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
IUCN
2018
About Introduction The IUCN Species Programme working with the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) has been assessing the conservation status of species, subspecies, variet...
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Millennium Development Goals Indicators
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
United Nations Development Organization
2008
An overview of the Millennium Development Goals and the associated indicators for each goal.
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The REDD Desk Statistics: Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
The REDD Desk
2013
Review of forestry and forestry-based economic activities in Laos, with statistics.
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Biodiversity and Protected Areas Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Clarke, J.
2000
An overview of protected areas and biodiversity initiatives in Laos, including potential obstacles to implementation and success.
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Lao PDR Sustainable Forest Management and REDD+ Support Project
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of...
2015
An outline of the REDD+ project in Laos, specifically evaluating the readiness of the Luang Prabang province for its implementation.
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Provincial Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan Xieng Khouang Province
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Issue and policy briefs
Provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment
2013
The provincial level strategy for protecting biodiversity and handling related economic issues for the Xieng Khouang province.
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Lao PDR, SDG15: Life on Land
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
UNDP
2018
An overview of the implementation of SDG15: Life on Land in LAos.
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Forest Cover Changes in Lao Tropical Forests: Physical and Socio-Economic Factors are the Most Important Drivers
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Chittana Phompila, Megan Lewis, Bertram Ostendorf, Kenneth Clarke
2017
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...
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Lao PDR Biodiversity: Economic Assessment
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Somvang Bouttavong, Lucy Emerton, Lamphoukeo Kettavong, Sounh...
2002
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...
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Sustainable Development Goal 15: Life on Land
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
United Nations
2017
UN primer on the goals and targets for SDG15: Life on Land, and an update on its progress in a global context.
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Compensation and Resettlement Policy Framework
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Guidelines, instruction manuals, handbooks
Lao PDR, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
2017
A government document outlining practices for handling land concessions and forced relocation in regards to international investment projects.