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Analysis of Project 41924 - 014 : Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Project , Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
International river , Mekong watch
2014
Analyzes a foreign investment into a Lao hydro power project, and its impact on local population. Provides recommendations on conducting environmental impact studies and engagin...
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Agro-ecological assessment of Phonxay District, Luang Phrabang Province, Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Nilsson, E., Svensson, A-K
2005
Assessment of Phaxay District in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, including biophysical information, socio-economic, demographic and administrative data collected for the purpose of crea...
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Water-related changes and vulnerabilities in the Xe Bang Fai Basin 2016
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
The 2014 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states that the loss of life and economic assets from flooding represent a major climate-related risk in ...
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Indigenous Peoples’ and land: Comparing communal land titling and its implications in Cambodia and Laos
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Ian G. Baird, Department of Geography
In recent years there have been significant changes in how the category of ‘Indigenous Peoples’ has become conceptualised in Cambodia. Indeed, in 1993, neither Indigenous ...
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Quantitative Indicators for Common Property Tenure Security
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
ILC Secretariat
2010
Secure access to natural resources through systems of common property forms the basis for the livelihoods of many of the world’s poor.
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Workshop program: Sustainability of Natural Rubber in the 21st Century Current Status and Future Outlook
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Green Rubber Project, Organisation: NUOL
2011
Natural rubber (NR) plays a crucial role in the land-use of SE-Asia
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Environmental management standard for electricty project.
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts Department of Electricity
2003
The purpose of this standard is to provide the minimum requirements for Social Impact Assessment as part of the Environmental Assessment process for Electricity Project in Lao PDR.
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Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA)
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Strengthening Emergency Needs Assessment Capacity ( S E N A C )
2006
This is the first country-wide food security study undertaken in the Lao PDR. Its purpose is to provide WFP and its partners with a good understanding of the nature a...
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Undermining lives in laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Rod Habinson, Friends of the earth international
2003
This mining project is an example of unsustainable development that would generate severe negative and irreversible social and environment impact, The world bank IFC and the Aus...
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Linking agriculture, natural resource management and nutrition experiences from Lao PDR 2015
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
LANN, Welt Hunger Hilfe
2015
Improved food availability and access •More and more different food items produced •More different food items collected from forests Improved Food consumption: •Higher Diet...
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About a river: Profling the Nam Ou 2016
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
IFC, Australian aid, MONRE
2016
Close to 75 % of people in the three Nam Ou River Basin provinces in rural areas. on average 15% of the rural people int he Nam Ou River Basin o not have road access. Phongsaly ...
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Forestry legality compendium as a tool for timber legality development and supply chain control for production forest
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Case studies
ກະຊວງກະສິກຳ ແລະ ປ່າໄມ້
2016
• A comprehensive resource on legal information about forest and timber. • Identifying gaps, conflicts and areas that may need to be addressed - need to identify priorities.
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Notification of banning harvesting and storage of tree
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Issue and policy briefs
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)
2010
Notification of banning harvesting and storage of tree
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Use of forest resources according to customary rights
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Issue and policy briefs
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)
1996
Use of forest resources according to customary rights
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Economic and environmental assessments of industrial plantation projects in Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Research Center and Information on land, Natural Resources....
2009
Lao PDR has become the main strategic area in which foreign investors invest more. And the rate of concessions of foreign investors since the year 200 has increased rapidly.
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Rapid trade and environment assessment (RTEA)
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Tom Callander, Latsamay Sylavon, IISD, Sabrina Shaw, Aaron...
2007
Lao PDR is characterized by an abundance of natural resources and a small population of 5.6 million, the vast majority of whom live in rural areas and are dependent on subsiste...
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The socio-geography of mining and hydro in Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Nina Fenton and Magnus Lindelow
This note was prepared by Nina Fenton and Magnus Lindelow. The GIS analysis was provided by Andreas Heinimann and Ian Thomas, of the Swiss National C...
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Hydropower compensation and changing nature-society relations in Laos July 13 2015
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
W. Nathan Green and Ian G. Baird
2015
In this context, the government has pursued extensive land reforms through the prohibition of swidden agriculture (often inappropriately referred to as ‘slash and burn’ cultiva...
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Natural resource goverance
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Patti Moore, Xuemei Zhang, Ronnakorn Triraganon, UCN, RECOFTC and SNV.
In urban areas, the state’s water suppliers are private companies. On the plains where the state’s major agricultural production is concentrated, irrigation water supply is ...
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Agriculture, ecosystems and environment: Long-term soil carbon loss and accumulation in a catchment following the conversion of forest to arable land in northern Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Sylvain Huon a , ∗ , Anneke de Rouw b , Philippe Bonté c , Henri...
2013
agriculture is encroaching rapidly on tropical mountain due to demographic and economic pressure that accelerate deforestation. such disruption cause soil loss along catchment ...