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Income options for the poorest of the poor: the case of cardamom in northern Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Choocharoen, Chalathon, Antonia Schneider, Andreas Neef, and...
2013
This study examines the potential of cardamom for poverty alleviation and sustainable rural development under conditions of increased resource scarcity in the uplands of norther...
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An annotated checklist of the Orchidaceae of Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Schuiteman, André, Pierre Bonnet, Bouakhaykhone Svengsuksa, and...
2008
A checklist is presented of the orchid flora of Laos, enumerating 485 species in 108 genera. An estimate is given of theexpected size of the orchid flora of Laos. Notes ...
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Lao Forest Honey Market Study
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Emmanuelle Andaya
2017
The study focuses on the potential market for forest honey, whether from natural hives or boxes placed in the forest by villagers. Research is done mainly in Vientiane and in Xi...
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USAID Mekong ARCC Climate Change Impact and Adaptation Study on Protected Areas: Non-Timber Forest Products and Crop Wild Relatives
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
ICEM
2014
This non-timber forest products (NTFP) and crop wild relatives (CWRs) sector vulnerability report provides a comparative analysis of the vulnerability of a few selected NTFPs an...
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Lao PDRs Forest Reference Emission Level and Forest Reference Level for REDD+ Results Payment under the UNFCCC
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Department of Forestry
2018
This official paper of Lao government is the submission to be used as the national forest reference emission level and/or forest reference level or, as an interim measure, subna...
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Assessing Forest Governance in Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Issue and policy briefs
RECOFTC - The Center for People and Forests
2018
Lao PDR is facing numerous challenges as well as opportunities regarding the governance of its forests. This is particularly important considering the countrys high levels of fo...
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PM Announces Continued Suspension of Mining Concessions
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
The Laotian Times
This news article informs the extended moratorium of mining business in Laos.
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The Trading of Agro-forest Products and Commodities in the Northern Mountainous Region of Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Yokoyama S.
2010
The purpose of this study is to clarify the trade flow of agro-forest products and commodities by analyzing commercial activities and private traders in a mountainous region. Th...
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Shifting Cultivation in Laos: Transitions in Policy and Perspective
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Miles Kenney-Lazar
2013
This report addresses the complex issue of shifting cultivation, which was brought up at the 2011 Round Table Implementation Meeting between the Lao government and international...
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Forest cover and land-use changes in Lao PDR according to the National Forest Reconnaissance Survey
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Vongdeuane Vongsiharath
2011
It is planned to assess forest cover and land use from 2002 to 2012, which will reveal the current change of land use throughout the country. But it can be assumed that the area...
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Protecting and Restoring Forests: A Story of Large Commitments yet Limited Progress
Montenegro
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Ingrid Schulte, Charlotte Streck, Stephanie Roe
2019
In September 2014, a broad coalition of governments, companies, civil society, and indigenous peoples’ organizations endorsed the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF). Driven ...
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An Assessment in Monitoring Options and Capacity Building Needs in Houaphanh Province
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Mortenson, Leif, Halperin, James
2012
This report discusses options for identifying and developing forest monitoring methodologies that can estimate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from forest degradation. This is...
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Partnerships and Opportunities for a New Green Forest Economy in Lao PDR : Sustaining Forest Landscapes and Livelihoods
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
World Bank Group
2019
Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) has a comparative advantage in natural capital, which has fueled economic growth averaging around 8 percent per annum since 2000. The ...
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Legally and Illegally Logged Out: The Status of Myanmar's Timber Sector and Options for Reform
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Thorsten Treue, University of Copenhagen, Oliver...
2016
Myanmar has been endowed with extensive areas of some of the most valuable timber bearing forests in the world. But in Myanmar’s recent history they have been more of a curse ...
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Land and Forest Governance in the Naga Village Republic
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Jack Jenkins Hill, Julia Fogerite, Athong Makury, LCG, RRtIP
2018
This report is based on a research project on the Naga customary land tenure system, conducted by Resource Rights for The Indigenous Peoples (RRtIP) in collaboration with Land C...
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Land Use and Land Cover Changes during the Second Indochina War and Their Long-Term Impact on a Hilly Area in Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Nakatsuji Susumu
2019
Armed conflicts create drastic socioeconomic shocks that lead to land use and land cover changes in ways that are not yet well understood. Several studies have used satellite im...
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Forestry in Thailand
Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Dr. Chaiyasit Liengsiri, Dr. Jesada Luangjame
2009
In 1985, the National Forest Policy was established in order to manage and develop the forest resources for sustainability and in conformity with the development of other natura...
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The Laos-EU Voluntary Partnership Agreement: Laos civil society takes stock
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Issue and policy briefs
Richard Hackman, Khong Chanthongphet
2019
This briefing outlines Civil Societys involvement in the EU-Laos Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA). It explains how thei...
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Implementation Completion Report (ICR) Review, VN - Forest Sector Development Project (P066051)
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Houqi Hong, J. W. van Holst, Pellekaan, Christopher David Nelson
2012
Review the results of the Forest Sector Development Project (P066051) in Vietnam, including: Project data; Project dbjectives and components: component 1 - institutional develop...
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Where Are the Poor and Where Are the Trees? Targeting of poverty reduction and forest conservation in Vietnam
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Daniel Müller, Michael Epprecht, William D. Sunderlin
2006
This paper highlights the spatial linkages of forest quality with poverty incidence and poverty density in Vietnam. Most of the Vietnamese poor live in densely populated river d...