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Devolution of forest-related rights: Comparative analyses of six developing countries
The objectives of this study were to 1) analyse the contents and extent of forest-related rights that can be devolved to the local level according to the prevailing legal fram...
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Handbook on agro-ecosystems analysis and agro-ecological zoning: A tool for district land use planning
The agriculture sector in Lao PDR is under going rapid transformation from subsistence to commercialization. This is in line with the 6th Five Year Plan of the Government of La...
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Water-related changes and vulnerabilities in the Xe Bang Fai Basin 2016
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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Lao land concessions, development for the people?
In May 2007 Laos’ Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh announced a moratorium on the granting of new land concessions in order to give government time to rev...
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Progress Report on Forest Research Activities in 2005-2006
Research in 2005-2006 In addition to improving technology, the area of research on the farmers will also become a popular integrated demonstration
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Technical booklet 7 demonstrating agricultural land use practices in the uplands, September 2001
Agricultural Land Use Plans” are prepared with families who have been allocated parcels of agricultural land in the “village agricultural zone” with the aim of i...
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Indigenous Peoples’ and land: Comparing communal land titling and its implications in Cambodia and Laos
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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Principle of Action for Gender
Men and women are given equal opportunities in training to develop skills in development work.
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Progress report in Lao PDR 2015 (2016)
2015 was not only an important year globally, it was also a special one for Lao PDR, which celebrated 40 years of peace and stability since the establishment of the Republic...
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baseline-report-beung-kiat-ngong-wetlands-pathoumphone-district-champassak-province-lao-pdr
The Beung Kiat Ngong Wetlands complex is made up of a number of important wetland types, including swamps, lakes, peatlands and marshes. The edge of the wetland is forested, and...
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Draft background document ientiane, Lao PDR, 27th November 2015.
Lao PDR has political stability, with security, peace and an orderly society. The economy has been growing steadily main taining GDP growth of at least 7.5% ...
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Neends and potental for rural youth development in Lao PDR 2006.
This report reflects the findings of a study looking at how rural youth, and thus rural communities, are missing out on development opportunities more readily available to urban...
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The resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the interpretation of the terms of fees, land levy fees and land tax
The resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the interpretation of the terms of fees, land levy fees and land tax
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Concessions and leases in the Lao PDR: Taking stock of land investments 2012
The State Land Leases and Concessions Inventory represents a globally unique and extremely valuable database, especially in the Lao PDR where commercial pressure on land ...
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Quantitative Indicators for Common Property Tenure Security
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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Plan of action for disaster risk reduction and management in Agriculture (2014―2016) 2014
Based on the high commitment to promote the shift towards proactive disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM), MAF has initiated an interactive DRRM consultation process i...
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Land information coordination strategy Vientiane, Lao PDR, 22 December 2006 Professor Don
The purpose of this Executive Summary is, like the Framework Report, to bebrief inorder to encourage a wide audience to read the document and comprehensive enough ...
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Workshop program: Sustainability of Natural Rubber in the 21st Century Current Status and Future Outlook
Natural rubber (NR) plays a crucial role in the land-use of SE-Asia
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Moving from extensive shifting cultivation to rotational agriculture and natural forests in Northern Laos
Our study showed that driven by land and economic policies of the government, the spatial and functional segregation between agriculture and forest is increasing rapidly in our ...
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Decree No. 32 / PM of the Prime Minister on Forest Management, Inspection and Forestry
Decree No. 32 / PM of the Prime Minister on Forest Management, Inspection and Forestry