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What is SCP?
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
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?
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...
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Roadmap for the 10YFP implementation in Asia and the Pacific 2014-2015
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...
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Circular Economy Overview
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...
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Circular Economy
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...
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Regional Policy Trends for Strengthening the Inclusion of Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) in Public Governance
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...
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
About Introduction The IUCN Species Programme working with the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) has been assessing the conservation status of species, subspecies,...
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Millennium Development Goals Indicators
An overview of the Millennium Development Goals and the associated indicators for each goal.
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The REDD Desk Statistics: Laos
Review of forestry and forestry-based economic activities in Laos, with statistics.
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ຊີວະນາໆພັນ ແລະ ປ່າສະຫງວນໃນ ສປປ ລາວ
ເວົ້າເຖິງພາບລວມຂອງການລິເລີ່ມວຽກງານປ່າສະຫງວນ ແລະ ຊີວະນາໆພັນໃນລາວ ລວມທັງອຸປະສັກຕ່າງໆໃນການຈັດຕັ້ງປະຕິບັດ ແລະ ຄວາມສຳເລັດ.
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Lao PDR Sustainable Forest Management and REDD+ Support Project
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
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
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 (PDR) has been experiencing significant forest depletion since the 1980s, but there is little evidence to demonstrate the major causes and...
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Lao PDR Biodiversity: Economic Assessment
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...
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Sustainable Development Goal 15: Life on Land
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
A government document outlining practices for handling land concessions and forced relocation in regards to international investment projects.
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Educational Disparities of Ethnic Minorities in Lao PDR with Comparative Cases from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand
The aim of this thesis has been to explore and systematize the factors and influences, gendered perspectives, and interrelationships in educational equality in Lao PDR with...
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The geography of poverty and inequality in the Lao PDR
A breakdown of economic inequality and resource access in Laos based on geography.