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Agriculture, value added (% of GDP)
World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files. Agriculture corresponds to ISI divisions 1-5 and includes forestry, hunting, and fishing, as well as...
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Freshwater withdrawals as a share of internal resources, 2014
Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals from agriculture, industry and municipal/domestic uses. Withdrawals can exceed 100% of total renewable resources...
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What is Ocean Acidification?
Archived definition of ocean acidification from US National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration
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Women in Fisheries in Asia
This paper begins with a review of the cultural and political background of selected Asian countries (Bangladesh,Cambodia, Kuwait, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, the Lao PDR,...
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Lao PDR’s Ramsar sites, Xe Champhone and Beung Kiat Ngong wetlands, learn from each other
This is an archived press release from the IUCN discussing a capacity development program sharing knowledge about wetland conservation management and conflict resolution for the...
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Fishbase: List of Freshwater Fishes reported from Lao (People's Democratic Republic) (landlocked)
FishBase is a global biodiversity information system on fishes. Its initial goal to provide key facts on population dynamics for 200 major commercial species has now grown to...
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An introduction to the fisheries of the Lao PDR
The report is about an introduction to the fisheries in Laos where capture fisheries and aquaculture relies upon water resource ecosystems mainly consisting of rivers and...
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Rescaling and Reordering Nature–Society Relations: The Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Dam and Laos–Thailand Electricity Networks
This article seeks to interrogate these links, showing how the hydrological flows of the XBF River are now transformed by regional power grids that are heavily shaped by...
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Wetland Priority Sites in Lao PDR - the top five priority sites
This presentation discusses Wetland Priority Sites in LAO PDR and prepared for: Climate Change Impact and Vulnerability Assessment for the Wetlands of the Lower Mekong Basin for...
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Environmental and Social Management Framework: Protected Area And Wildlife Project
This Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) has been prepared for the Protected Area and Wildlife Project (PAW). The project aims to strengthen the management...
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Review of the National Protected Area System of Lao PDR
This review presents the report on the National Protected Area System of Lao PDR. It provides current status of legal, policy and institutional frameworks, biodiversity...
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Economic, social and environmental impacts of investments in mining
This issues brief series is developed by the Poverty‐ Environment Initiative of Lao PDR to address poverty and environment issues in the current development and national...
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Organic by default: Myth or Reality? Evidence from the Lao PDR
This presentation presents Organic Agriculture in Lao PDR and discusses important and positive changes to the farming & marketing practices of smallholder rice farmers as...
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Logistics Capacity Assessment: Lao People's Democratic Republic
The Logistics Capacity Assessment (LCA) is a long-standing tool of WFP Logistics. Since 2008, it has provided an important source of information related to the logistics...
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Energy sector in the Greater Mekong Subregion (evaluation of Asian Development Bank assistance)
This report presents the findings, lessons, and recommendations of an independent assessment of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) assistance to the energy sector in the Greater...
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Hydrological, environmental and socio-economic modelling tools for the Lower Mekong Basin impact assessment: EIA 3D Model Manual, Draft
A draft training manual on the EIA 3D Model software system, a 3D model based on rectangular grid representation. This software accommodates meteorological, hydrological,...
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Dam EIAs enable “river grabbing” (Mae Khan Dam project)
An article about the proposed Mae Khan Dam project in Thailand. The article outlines the opposition from the villagers of Mae Khanil-Tai, and describes how opposing dam projects...
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Final environmental impact assessment, Lao Greater Mekong Subregion Nam Ngum 3 Hydropower Project
Final environmental impact assessment of the Nam Ngum 3 Hydropower Project. The report describes the project and the physical, biological and socio-cultural environment. The...
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Urbanization projection 2010-2030
UN HABITAT projections for percentage of urbanization of populations across the Lower Mekong. It shows urban population level at 2010, and projected additional urban population...
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SDG index and dashboards: Lao PDR and neighbours
Global report of SDG index and dashboards of progress towards the SDGs. Regional report on Laos, China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.