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Cambodia northwest irrigation sector project
The Northwest Irrigation Sector Project (NWISP) is designed to help reduce poverty in the poor and neglected rural areas of northwest Cambodia by developing irrigated agricultur...
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Community Fisheries Organizations of Cambodia
This publication pulls together the most important insights generated from fieldwork conducted between 2012 and 2015 concerning this particular community empowerment model, the ...
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Summary of economic, social and environmental impact assessments from industrial timber projects in Lao PDR
Summary of economic, social and environmental impact assessments from industrial timber projects in Lao PDR
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Financial protection analysis in eight countries in the WHO South-East Asia Region
The study was made to document the financial protection status of eight countries of the South-East Asian region and to investigate the main components of out-of-pocket expendi...
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Management Plan of Braleay Meas community fishery
This community fishery management plan outlines the general situation, demographics, and socio-economic status of the community fishery, resources available in community fishery...
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Impacts of changes to the population age structure on Vietnam’s economy and policy recommendations
This executive summary provides key updated information and fndings related to the impacts on Vietnam’s economy of changes in the population age structure, and a number of polic...
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Land and Forest Allocation in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Comparison of Case Studies from Community-Based Natural Resource Management Research
The key objectives of the workshop were:To learn from the experience of other countries how they have dealt with the question of state, private and community ownership over land...
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Power, progress and impoverishment: Plantations, hydropower, ecological change and community transformation in Hinboun District, Lao PDR
This report documents the contemporary ecological, social and economic transformations occurring in one village in Lao PDR’s central Khammouane province under multiple sources o...
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Myanmar’s Nascent Environmental Governance System: Challenges and Opportunities
This is one of the articles of Natural Resources & Environment (NR&E) which is a quarterly magazine of practical, informative articles for practitioners. NR&E is published by th...
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Enhancing sustainable development of diverse agriculture in Lao PDR
This volume presents a descriptive and quantitative analysis of the current secondary crop agriculture and development constraints and options. This study focuses on policy reco...
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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 cli...
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From Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals: Laying the base for 2030
This report is designed to provide technical support to the Lao PDR in localizing, monitoring, and reporting on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is the product of...
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Local Initiatives to link farmers to markets in upland Laos
Throughout Laos, local government and aid-supported rural development projects are promoting schemes to increase rural production. Only a few organizations have tried to tackle ...
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Environmental Compliance and Enforcement in Thailand: Rapid Assessment
Rapid urbanization and industrial growth have had significant impacts on Thailand’s natural environment. According to the State of the Environment for 2002 developed by the Roya...
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Lao PDR country technical note on indigenous peoples' issues
General report on the state of ethnic minority groups in Laos, with a focus on Lao Soung and Lao Theung
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Assessment of tillage erosion rates on steep slopes in northern Laos
In most tropical areas, the increasing weed pressure resulting from the intensification of upland farming requires farmers to dedicate more labour to weeding (Nye and Greenland,...
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The struggle over Lao PDR’s forests: New opportunities for improved forest governance?
The forests of Lao PDR have dramatically diminished in recent decades. The main drivers of deforestation are changes in land use with forests being converted to agriculture, hyd...
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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 resour...
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Unusual partnerships: Lessons for landscapes and livelihoods from the Doe Mae Salong landscape, Thailand
This paper describes the interventions undertaken in the Doe Mao Salong watershed in an effort to restore the landscape and improve the livelihoods of local communities. Interve...
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Development Finance for the 8th National Socio-Economic Development Plan and the Sustainable Development Goals in Lao PDR: A Development Finance and Aid Assessment
This Development Finance and Aid Assessment (DFAA) was commissioned by the Ministry of Planning and Investment, with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UND...