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Contract Tree Farming and Smallholders: Drivers of Adoption in Thailand
This research aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the adoption of contract tree farming by Thai smallholders. The theoretical frameworks of economic theory, diffusion of...
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Flows of Inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) by Host Country and Source Country (in million US$)
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows record the value of cross-border transactions related to direct investment during a year which consist of equity transactions, reinvestment...
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New Challenges and Strategies in Defense of Land and Territory
What is happening with the land and natural wealth around the world, and to the people who depend on them? How are people responding to these trends, threats, and challenges?In...
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តំបន់អេកូឡូស៊ីទឹកសាបនៃមហាអនុតំបន់ទន្លេមេគង្គ៖ ថៃ ឡាវ វៀតណាម កម្ពុជា និងភូមា
ជាមធ្យមនៅទូទាំងពិភពលោក ពពួកជីវិតនៅក្នុងទឹកសាប និងជម្រករបស់ពួកវា ងាយនឹងរងគ្រោះជាងពពួកជីវិត និងជម្រកនៅលើដីគោក។ ប៉ុន្តែកិច្ចខិតខំប្រឹងប្រែងធ្វើផែនការអភិរក្សដែលមានលក្ខណៈទ្រង់ទ្រាយធំ...
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Greater Mekong Subregion hydropower dams
A dataset containing known operational and planned hydropower dams in the Greater Mekong Subregion compiled by International Rivers and published in June 2014. Dams data are...
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Turning Land into Capital, Turning People into Labour: Primitive Accumulation and the Arrival of Large-Scale Economic Land Concessions in the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
In recent years the government of Laos has provided many foreign investors with large-scale economic land concessions to develop plantations. These concessions have resulted in...
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Impacts of the Laos Log and Sawnwood Export Bans
In May 2016, the Government of Lao PDR enacted a Prime Ministerial Order (PM15) which, along with other commitments, aimed to help control the country’s high deforestation rates...
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Rice: The fabric of life in Laos
A report about the challenges and achievements of the rice sector in Laos. The report covers the challenge of establishing a reliable supply of rice in Laos, the challenges of...
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Vulnerability assessment of climate risks in Attapeu province, Lao PDR
The report of a study to assess household and community vulnerability to floods in Attapeu Province, Laos. This study is one of three assessing the potential consequences of...
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The art of not being governed: An anarchist history of upland Southeast Asia
This book, essentially an “anarchist history,” is the first-ever examination of the huge literature on state-making whose author evaluates why people would deliberately and...
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សំណុំទិន្នន័យនេះមិនមានការពិពណ៌នាទេ
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Underlying causes of deforestation in the Mekong region
This paper discusses the relationship between deforestation and development, as well as causation in deforestation. The paper then describes the situation in the Mekong,...
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An uncertain future: Biodiversity and livelihoods along the Mekong river in Northern Lao PDR
Although the upper Mekong River is internationally recognised as important for biodiversity, there is currently very little information about the status of these critical...
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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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សំណុំទិន្នន័យនេះមិនមានការពិពណ៌នាទេ
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Letters from the Mekong : site visit to Laos’ first two mainstream dam projects, executive summary
Examines the current status of mitigation efforts at Laos’ Xayaburi and Don Sahong dam projects on the mainstream of the lower Mekong River. The report is based on visits to...
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Agrosilvopastoral systems in northern Thailand and northern Laos: Minority peoples’ knowledge versus government policy
Traditional agrosilvopastoral systems have been an important component of the farming systems and livelihoods of thousands of ethnic minority people in the uplands of mainland...
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How land concessions affect places elsewhere: Telecoupling, political ecology, and large-scale plantations in southern Laos and northeastern Cambodia
This study investigates the implications of large-scale land concessions in southern Laos and northeastern Cambodia with regard to places outside of actual concession areas,...
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Xayaburi Dam: How Laos violated the 1995 Mekong Agreement
This report challenges the claim of the Laos Government that the Xayaburi Dam fully complied with the Mekong Agreement. The authors examine the language of the Mekong Agreement...
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Infrastructure Development in Lao PDR
This report aims to provide an overall situation of the infrastructure development in Lao PDR through a review of the infrastructure development process in the country. The...