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Indigenous knowledge and customary law in natural resource management: Experiences in Yunnan, China and Haruku, Indonesia
Lands and territories inhabited by most indigenous peoples across the globe are rich in natural resources. Through generations of experimentation and as custodians, the...
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Asean Climate change REDD+ and Indigenous Peoples
The term Indigenous Peoples is increasingly used by peoples in the ASEAN region who thus far have been called “hill tribes”, “native people” or “ethnic minorities”, and the...
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គំរាមកំហែងដីធ្លី គឺជាការគំរាមកំហែងជីវិត៖ ស្ថានភាពសិទ្ធិមនុស្សនៃជនជាតិដើមនៅប្រទេសកម្ពុជា
របាយការណ៍ស្តីពីស្ថានភាពសិទ្ធិមនុស្សជនជាតិដើមនៅប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ត្រូវបានរៀបចំដោយមានការចូលរួមចំណែកពីអ្នកការពារសិទ្ធិមនុស្សនិងអង្គការមិនមែនរដ្ឋាភិបាលសិទ្ធិមនុស្សជនជាតិដើម នៅក្នុងប្រទេ...
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Struggles of indigenous women against destructive mining
Laos, South-central Laos, Savannakhet Province, Vilabouly District: Ethnic minority women affected by the Sepon Gold and Copper Mining Project
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AIPP Annual Report 2013: A YEAR OF ADVANCEMENT AND EXPANSION
AIPP has taken major steps forward in 2013 in strengthening the organization and in advancing the rights of indigenous women. As a result of the adoption of the AIPP Gender...
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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...
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គម្រោងបែងចែកដីសម្រាប់ការអភិវឌ្ឍសង្គម និងសេដ្ឋកិច្ចជំហាន៣ (LASED III)
គម្រោងបែងចែកដីសម្រាប់ការអភិវឌ្ឍសង្គម និងសេដ្ឋកិច្ចជំហាន៣ (LASED III) នឹងបន្តការគាំទ្រសម្បទានដីសង្គមកិច្ច នៅថ្នាក់ឃុំ របស់រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលកម្ពុជា ដែលគម្រោ...
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Land tenure data in Thailand
This article reviews land tenure Systems and land tenure data in Thailand in order to illustrate the importance of such information for policy-making. The article also discusses...
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Displacement and Dispossession: Forced Migration and Land Rights
This report, Displacement and Dispossession: Forced Migration and Land Rights in Burma focuses on land confiscation by Government forces, responsible for Burma’s most acute...
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Concessions and leases in the Lao PDR: taking stock of land investments
This report presents the first nationwide analysis of land concessions and leases in the Lao PDR. The project is a joint effort between the Ministry of Natural Resources and...
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Land grabs and labour: Vietnamese workers on rubber plantations in southern Laos
Since the early 2000s the Lao government has dramatically increased the number of large-scale land concessions issued for agribusinesses. While studies have documented the...
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The territorial politics of land use planning in Laos
This paper examines land use planning processes in Laos, particularly how they are shaped and reshaped by key actors interests and strategies across scales and how they are...
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Making Possibilities out of the Impossible: Rural Migrant Workers Backdoor Economies and the Pitfall in Lao PDR
In recent years, rural Lao society has witnessed a fast transition away from traditional land-based livelihood. This tendency is shaped by a collusion between neoliberal Lao...
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The Geography of Security: Coercion, Comparative Advantage and Population Management Work in Contemporary Laos
In early 1988, Laoss Council of Ministers issued an instruction to the nations ministries, state committees, mass organizations, provinces and municipalities. Titled stepping up...
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Alternatives to Land Grabbing: Smallholder Engagement in Commodity Booms in Southeast Asia
Given the widespread smallholder impulse to engage in commodity booms in Southeast Asia and the potential for this engagement to offer a more inclusive development pathway than...
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Changes in Understandings of Land in Laos: From State Sovereignty to Capital Mobilization
My discussion with Mrs Khamtanh is relevant for thinking about how peoples conceptualizations of land have changed in Laos, not only between non-communist and communist periods,...
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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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Annual Country Reviews 2018-19 [Mekong Land Research Forum]
The Annual Country Reviews reflect upon current land issues in the Mekong Region, and has been produced for researchers, practitioners and policy advocates operating in the...
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Turning Land into Capital for Whom? Crises and Alternatives of Land Commodification in Laos
On August 3rd, 2017, the Central Committee of the Lao Peoples Revolutionary Party (hereafter, the Party) the only legally permitted political party and the dominant political...
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Introduction to Special Issue on "Land Governance in Laos"
In recent years there has been considerable controversy in the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (Lao PDR or Laos) regarding decisions by the government to issue long-term land...