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Large Marine Ecosystems: Status and Trends
Recognizing the value of large marine ecosystems (LMEs) and other transboundary water systems (open ocean, groundwater aquifers, lakes and reservoirs, and river basins), their c...
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The World Bank in Lao PDR: Overview
The webpage provides an overview of the state of social development in Lao PDR.
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The Provincial Forest Sector Guideline focuses on controlling timber harvesting to reduce the damage
To comply with the laws and regulations of the above mentioned government as well as increase the amount of material and increase income for society, business operators and the...
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Overlooked and Undermined: Communities Affected by Jade Mining Operations in Myanmar, and the Responsibilities of Companies Providing Machinery
Since early 2000s, the dramatically increased use of heavy mining machinery in Myanmar has enabled the extraction of minerals at an unprecedented speed. Impacts on local communi...
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Turning land into capital a review of recent research on land concessions for investment in Lao PDR part 1 of 2 – Existing literature
A land concession is the limited conceding of a land-based right (or rights) by the state to an investor in order to lower the investor’s assumed risk to a level that will permi...
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Analysis of Cambodia’s Preparedness for the Implementation of Cambodia's Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges, Opportunities and Financing
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), envisioned, on top of all, to slash world poverty by half, will end this December 2015. The post MDGs development agenda termed the Sust...
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Access to land title in Cambodia: A study of Systematic Land Registration in three Cambodian provinces and the Capital
The primary focus of the research was to identify when and how exclusions and other barriers are preventing people from accessing Systematic Land Registration (SLR), and how thi...
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An impact assessment of farmers's acceptability of farming systems research activities in Namo District, Oudomxay Province, Lao PDR
In the study areas project and non-project villages upland rice, maize and vegetables remain the major practice. The rubber is the most favored crop of farmers due to high deman...
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Timber Legality Assurance System of Cambodia
Presentation slides emphasizing the importance of having laws, regulations and clear policy as stated in the NFP in cooperation with EU to develop FLEGT-VPA
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Sub_decree No. 180 on the identification of community of Ream National Park in Ream commune, Prey Nob district, Preah Sihanouk province
This Sub-decree aims to identify a community in Ream National Park which consists of 193.604 hectares of land in Ream commune, Prey Nob district, Preah Sihanouk province as a ma...
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Sub_decree No. 153 on the identification of community of Snoul Wildlife Sanctuary in Pir Thnu commune, Snuol district, Kratie province
This Sub-decree aims to identify a community in Snoul Wildlife Sanctually which consists of 2,251 hectares of land in Snoul Wildlife Sanctually in Pir Thnu commune, Snuol distri...
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Clean water supply coverage in Phnom Penh and the surrounding area
The dataset shows about the coverage of clean water supplied by Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) in Phnom Penh and the surrounding areas for the current situation and t...
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HARVESTING HAPPINESS Is agriculture extension contributing to well‐being and happiness of poor people in communities of Houn district, Oudomxay province, Laos? March 2008
In order to ensure that all Lao people have a better living standard and to achieve international development agenda, the Government of Laos has adopted economic growth strateg...
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The Indigenous World 2024
The Indigenous World is the unique result of a collaborative effort between Indigenous and non-indigenous activists and scholars who voluntarily document and report on the situa...
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From land grab to agrarian transition? Hybrid trajectories of accumulation and environmental change on the Cambodia–Vietnam border
This paper explores the divergent processes of agrarian transition in Cambodia and Vietnam and the ways in which they intersect through flows across the border, arguing that it ...
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Building a sustainable future for the Mekong
A joint statement affirming the importance of sound environmental management in the Mekong region, by representatives of the Governments of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, th...
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Civil society’s role and contributions towards good government and poverty reduction in the Lao PDR 2015
Around the world, there is wide recognition that societal, economic and environmental problems cannot be solved by governments acting on their own, and meanwhile there is a grow...
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Se Kong- Se San and Nam Theun River Basins Hydropower Study
This document is the Appendix part of the final report study of Se Kong-Se San Nam Theun River Basins Hydropower. This document provides more detail information of Lower Se San ...
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Integrating wetland ecosystem values into urban planning: The case of That Luang Marsh, Vientiane Lao PDR
Integrating Wetland Ecosystem Values into Urban Planning: The Case of That Luang Marsh, is a joint study conducted by IUCN, WWF, the Lao National Mekong Committee, and the Scien...
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Critical factors affecting the desertification in Pa Deng, adjoining area of Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand
The aim of this study is to discuss and analyze key factors that affect the desertification in Pa Deng Sub-district, Thailand, in order to assess the desertification risk of the...