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Farmers’ Responses to Drivers of Forest Cover Change: The Case of Mae Chaem District, Thailand
Empirical forest transition (shift from deforestation to reforestation) literature has historically struggled to establish a single universally-accepted forest transition “theo...
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Increasing Pressure for Land - Implications for Rural Livelihoods in Developing Countries: The Case of Cambodia
This study aims to (1) analyse the early impacts of ELCs on indigenous people in the project area of Welt hunger hilfe, (2) analyse the context and the p...
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The use of NTFPs from wildlife villages and Ban Houayhuan Noi district, Nongoing district, Luangprabang province
The use of NTFPs from wildlife villages and Ban Houayhuan Noi district, Nongoing district, Luangprabang province
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Export Competitiveness of the Cambodian Rubber Sector Relative to Other Greater Mekong Subregion Suppliers a simple descriptive analysis
The development of the Cambodian rubber industry during the past two years has been noticeably positive due to the substantial and continuous rise in prices of natural rubber. I...
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Impacts of 25 years of groundwater extraction on subsidence in the Mekong delta, Vietnam
Many major river deltas in the world are subsiding and consequently become increasingly vulnerable to flooding and storm surges, salinization and permanent inundation. For the M...
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The Recognition of Customary Tenure in Vietnam
This thematic study explores the possibilities for strengthening the recognition of customary tenure in Vietnam. It begins with an overview of customary tenure in Vietnam, parti...
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Lao PDR investment climate assessment 2014: Policy uncertainty in the midst of a natural resources boom
The World Bank undertakes periodic Investment Climate Assessments in order to provide policymakers with a better understanding of how the private sector is performing and where ...
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Education 2030: Incheon Declaration and Framework for Action for the Implementation of SDG 4
UNESCO together with UNICEF, the World Bank, UNFPA, UNDP, UN Women and UNHCR organized the World Education Forum 2015 in Incheon, Republic of Korea, from 19 – 22 May 2015, hoste...
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Together We Deliver: 50 Stories of ADB's Partnerships in Asia and the Pacific
Over the 50 years since the Asian Development Bank (ADB) was founded, it has supported thousands of projects and programs that have benefited millions of people across Asia and...
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Who will bear the cost of REDD+? Evidence from subnational REDD+ initiatives
While REDD+ has increasingly been accepted in United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations and regional and voluntary markets for carbon offsets, ...
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Shifting Cultivation in Laos: Transitions in Policy and Perspective
This report addresses the complex issue of shifting cultivation, which was brought up at the 2011 Round Table Implementation Meeting between the Lao government and international...
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Guide to biodiversity in the farmscapes of Lao PDR (Lao version)
A Lao translation of a handbook about farmscape biodiversity in Laos. The handbook is intended to provide a brief overview of the special habitats in each region of the country ...
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Building up land concession inventories: The case of Lao PDR
The national inventory of land purchases and leases in Lao PDR is unique in providing comprehensive in-depth analysis of the extent and impacts of large scale land acquisitions ...
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Hungry for Land: Small farmers feed the world with less than a quarter of all farmland
Governments and international agencies frequently boast that small farmers control the largest share of the world's agricultural land. Inaugurating 2014 as the International Yea...
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The use of wild-type forestry products in Huaylek and hounnoy village Luangprabang Province
To provide technical training and practical training to project staff and regular staff
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Forest-Land Commons in Laos in the Twenty-First Century: Agrarian Capitalism and the Non-Commodified Subsistence Guarantee
Over the last two decades, a broad alliance of domestic and international actors in the Lao PDR have devised policy interventions on the issue of strengthening customary tenure....
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Conflict of land titles are created
Traditional customs of the people are reliable and continue to carry on until now. Some of them are not in line with the laws of the state, and the implementation of the relevan...
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Key Themes in Land Governance: Synopses of Research, Policy and Action in the Mekong Region
The Mekong region is marked by particular kinds of historical and contemporary land uses, social relations around land, interactions within and across national borders, and patt...
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Law No. 33/2013/QH13 of the National Assembly: Law on natural disaster prevention and control
This Law provides natural disaster prevention and control activities; rights and obligations of agencies, organizations, households and individuals engaged in natural disaster...
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Decree on the Establishment of Foreign Correspondents' Office in Lao PDR No. 97 / PM, 22 March 2007
This decree specifies the principle of movement, the scope of the establishment of the bureau and the appointment of the Honorable Consular Officer