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After the Boom: Responding to Falling Rubber Prices in Northern Laos
This study examines responses to this price drop by Lao rubber growers and state institutions in northern Laos. It also examines the reasons that prices are what they are, given...
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a-checklist-for-the-vascular-plants-of-lao-pdr
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Timber markets and trade between Laos and Vietnam: A commodity chain analysis of Vietnamese driven timber flow
This study examines the timber trade between Laos and Vietnam, exploring power and political dynamics of the trade between the two countries. The study has adopted a commodity c...
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preparing-redd-in-viet-nam-lao-pdr-and-cambodia-designing-a-redd-compliant
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checkpoints-how-powerful-interest-groups-continue-to-undermine-forest-governance-in-laos
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Fundamentals of viable community forestry business models: Preliminary research findings
Research from seven countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Nepal, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam) in the Asia-Pacific region shows that sustainable practices are inhere...
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District a model for success in beating haze
CHIANG MAI’S Mae Chaem district has gone from suffering the North’s worst haze to this year becoming one of the least-affected areas. This year there were only 30 hotspots in Ma...
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FAOSTAT country profile - Lao Peoples Democratic Republic
A profile of the Lao People's Democratic Republic by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Data is provided on economic indicators; food, nutrition and fo...
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REDD+ at the crossroads: Choices and tradeoffs for 2015-2020 in Laos
This study examines key choices and tradeoffs that confront current efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) in Laos. Drawing on key inform...
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FLEGT Process Enforces PM Order No.15 to Improve Forest Governance and Fight Deforestation to Ensure Legal Timber Trade Agreement With EU
A remarkable outcome has been witnessed after the Prime Minister of Lao PDR has issued the Order No. 15 On “Strengthening Strictness of Timber Harvest Management and Inspection,...
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Overview of illegal logging in Laos and related trans-boundary trade
A presentation giving an overview of the timber trade and illegal logging in Laos. The presentation includes main reasons for illegal logging in Laos, the scope, and timber flow...
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Rosewood Robbery - the Case for Thailand to List Rosewood on CITES
Illegal and unsustainable rosewood logging is the major threat to Thailand’s limited remaining forests, particularly in the northeast regions. Unprecedented demand for luxury ‘H...
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Soil Types of Laos
A geospatial dataset containing polygons of soil types Laos, according to FAO classifications. Attributes include: type of soil (FAO classification - full name), abbreviation. P...
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Tree cover loss 2000-2013: Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar
A dataset describing forest loss during the period 2000–2013, defined as a stand-replacement disturbance, or a change from a forest to non-forest state. Encoded as either 1 (los...
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Unusual partnerships: Lessons for landscapes and livelihoods from the Doe Mae Salong landscape, Thailand
This paper describes the interventions undertaken in the Doe Mao Salong watershed in an effort to restore the landscape and improve the livelihoods of local communities. Interve...
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Rethinking investments in natural resources: China's emerging role in the Mekong region
This scoping study is part of a research project entitled Understanding China as an Actor in the Mekong Region, jointly implemented by the Heinrich Böll ...
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Power, progress and impoverishment: Plantations, hydropower, ecological change and community transformation in Hinboun District, Lao PDR
This report documents the contemporary ecological, social and economic transformations occurring in one village in Lao PDR’s central Khammouane province under multiple sources o...
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Management Plan of Boung Kiat Ngong Ramsar Site,Phathomphone District, Champasak Province, Lao PDR 2013-2017
A 2013-2017 management plan for the Beung Kiat Ngong Wetland, one of two sites in Laos recognised by the Ramsar convention. This document is based on recommendations from the Ra...
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Impact of climate change on sediment yield in the Mekong River basin: a case study of the Nam Ou basin, Lao PDR
This paper evaluates the impact of climate change on sediment yield in the Nam Ou basin, northern Laos. Future climate (temperature and precipitation) from four general circulat...
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Sub-Decree No. 42 on the air pollution control and noise disturbance
This sub-decree has a purpose to protect the environment quality and public health from air pollution and noise disturbance through monitoring, curb and mitigation activities.