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Thailand's Second National Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Thailand submitted its initial national communication (INC) to the UNFCCC in 2000. The second national communication (SNC) is being prepared using the UNFCCC reporting guideline...
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Forest Cover Change in Southeast Asia - The Regional Pattern
This document provides an overview of the present pattern of forest change in Southeast Asia at a regional scale. Areas of forest change were identified and approximately deline...
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Rapid socio-economic and hydrological assessment of Prey Lang forest
Rapid socio-economic and hydrological assessment of Prey Lang forest identifies the three principle components of focus: socio-economics, hydrology and the Prey Lang forest. The...
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Contract Farming Facilitation Training Course Material
The Northern Uplands Development Programme (NUDP), i s implemented by the Department of Planning, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and has received a Grant fr...
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Poverty ‐ Environment Initiative (PEI) Lao PDR Issues Brief 01‐2012: Ecosystem services and poverty alleviation: A case study of land use in Oudomxay province
The purpose of the briefs is to provide evidence‐based information and practical policy options to support transformation of the Lao economy towards a sustainable pro ‐ poor dev...
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Greater mekong subregion twenty-five years of partnership
This publication, Greater Mekong Subregion: Twenty-five Years of Partnership, highlights the GMS Program’s successful use of economic corridors and focus on priority sectors t...
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Statistical Yearbook of Vietnam (2005-2017)
Statistical Yearbook of Vietnam includes: Foreword; Administrative Unit and Climate; Population and Employment; National Account and State budget; Investment; Enterprise; Agric...
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Land concessions, land tenure, and livelihood change: Plantation development in Attapeu province, southern Laos
This paper seeks to add to the growing literature on land concessions by examining a recent, high-level concession as a means of understanding three aspects related to concessio...
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Land use rights before and after concession concessions in 2008 and 2010 of Ban Tuem Lien and Ban Tong Lung commune, Tao Hai district, Lao PDR.
Land use rights before and after concession concessions in 2008 and 2010 of Ban Tuem Lien and Ban Tong Lung commune, Tao Hai district, Lao PDR.
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Thailand towards sustainable management of marine and coastal habits
Universal call upon concert actions regarding ocean-related sustainable development have been requested to be applied and implemented at all levels form local and national to re...
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Baseline Study 5, Thailand: Overview of Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade
The data used for this report was collected by Kevin Woods and based on literature reviews as well as semistructured interviews with RFD officials, academics in Thai universitie...
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Goal 11-Cities Will Play an Important Role in Achieving the SDGs
A vision for cities has never been more important than it is today. More than half of the world’s inhabitants live in cities and this migration trend is expected to continue. By...
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Illegal logging and related trade the response in Lao PDR
Illegal logging is a global problem that is both a result of and a contributing factor to poor forest governance. It undermines efforts to manage forests sustainable and equitab...
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Viet Nam: Hydro-Economic Framework for Assessing Water Sector Challenges
Vietnam is experiencing increasing variability in water availability across regions and seasons. Mitigating against the impacts of such changes requires a thorough assessment of...
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‘More Valuable than Gold’: Thailand’s Fight to Save the Siamese Rosewood
Dalbergia cochinchinensis, otherwise known as Thailand Rosewood or Siamese Rosewood, is an ancient hardwood found in the countries of the Mekong region, namely Thailand, Cambodi...
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Economic and environmental assessments of industrial plantation projects in Laos
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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At the Supply Edge: Thailand’s Forest Policies, Plantation Sector, and Commodity Export Links with China
This study on Thailand’s forestry sector was commissioned by CIFOR and Forest Trends as part of a wider effort to address an information gap regarding Asia’s forestry and planta...
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Voluntarism and Regional Integration: ASEANs 20 Years of Cooperation on Human Trafficking
What does ASEANs twenty-year cooperation on human trafficking say about regional integration? This paper assesses ASEANs capacity to solve the regions long-lasting human traffic...
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Fishbase: List of Freshwater Fishes reported from Lao (People's Democratic Republic) (landlocked)
FishBase is a global biodiversity information system on fishes. Its initial goal to provide key facts on population dynamics for 200 major commercial species has now grown to ha...
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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 ...