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Land acquisition, investment, and development in the Lao coffee sector: successes and failures
Looking at the coffee sector in Laos, the authors of this article explore dimensions of the land grab debate that have not yet been sufficiently examined. Coffee concessionaires...
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Building the politics machine: tools for ‘resolving’ the global land grab
Article examines tools for 'resolving' global land grabs through study in Laos. Looks at property formalization and the connection between specific land grabs and larger develop...
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Large-Scale Land Acquisitions for Agricultural Development in Myanmar: A Review of Past and Current Processes
The objective of this study is to provide a synthesis of historical and contemporary processes of large-scale land acquisition for agricultural development in Myanmar. It relies...
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Contribution of Open Data to the Protection of Indigenous People’s Livelihood, Land Security and Natural Resource Sustainability
The overall objective of this paper is to follow up on the research that aims to understand how indigenous communities’statistics have been widely used in development projects i...
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Using Open Data and Digital Mapping to Aggregate Evidence for Identifying and Protecting Indigenous Peoples’ Lands and Resources in Cambodia
This paper examines the threats posed to the lands and resources of indigenous peoples in Cambodia, and the difficult process of obtaining communal land titles. It explores the ...
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Manual on implementation of order 01 dated 07 May, 2012 on measures strengthening and increasing effectiveness of ELC management
This manual compiled 12 law documents which are related to the implementation of government on strengthening and increasing effectiveness of management of ...
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The Grand Theft of Dey Krahorm
The Grand Theft of Dey Krahorm, one of chapters in a Land Research Action Network publication on Land Struggles, tells the story of Dey Krahorm’s vital struggle to keep their co...
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On stony ground: A look into social land concessions
LICADHO looks into "Land Allocation for Social and Economic Development (LASED)", a $13 million project which is supported by the World Bank and Deutsche Ges...
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Governing land for women and men
A technical guide to support the achievement of responsible gender-equitable governance of land tenure
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Turning land into capital a review of recent research on land concessions for investment in Lao PDR part 1 of 2 – Existing literature
A land concession is the limited conceding of a land-based right (or rights) by the state to an investor in order to lower the investor’s assumed risk to a level that will permi...
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Decree on the organization and operation of the Ministry of agriculture and forestry, 262/2012
Decree on the organization and operation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
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Investment and access to land and natural resources: Challenges in promoting sustainable development
land concessions have accumulated their fair share of criticisms and challenges
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Exploring local leadership in Lao-based INGOs
The aim of this study is to understand how local leadership development is operationalised in the INGO sector in the social context of Laos. Until recently, leadership has been ...
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Rescaling and Reordering Nature–Society Relations: The Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Dam and Laos–Thailand Electricity Networks 2015
This article may be used for research, teaching, and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, redistribution, reselling, loan, sub-licensing, systemat...
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Decree on the determination of 29 national forest areas in 8 provinces
Decree on the determination of 29 national forest areas in 8 provinces
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National biodiversity strategy to 2020 and action plan to 2010
Maintain the diverse biodiversity as one key to poverty alleviation and protect the current asset base of the poor
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Diagnostic study of the agricultural and agribusiness sectors
lthough agriculture remains the dominant sector of the Lao PDR national economy, investments in the sector from all sources (donor and Government) have ave...
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A landscape approach to co-designing climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies with farming communities
Climate change adaptation; Landscape approach; Laos
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Food security and livelifood improvement through sustainable agriculture and community based natural resource management
Purpose to set up Community Forestry is to protect rights on land/forest and to protect precious spieces
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Montane paddy rice: Development and effects on food security and livelihood activities of highland lao farmers
The focus of this study is on the smaller areas (<1 to 10 ha) that are being developed by farmers into paddy land. The objectives of the study were to understand 1) why farmers ...