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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...

This Decree provides for forest protection and development plannings and plans; allocation of forests, lease of forests, recovery of forests, conversion of forest use purposes,...

These presentation slides are categorized under the theme of enhancing key elements of the value chain for plantation grown wood in Lao PDR

This paper discusses the possibilities, progress, and the advantages of a genetically modified rubber tree. Researchers have already identified the genes that would provide...

Teak (Tectona grandis) is one of the exotic forest species that has been planted in Malaysia. Teak skeletoniser, Paliga damastesalis, causes minor to considerable damage to teak...

Since Lao PDR has become a party of the Convention on Biological Diversity on September 20, 1996 and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on November 1, 2004. The Lao government...

This report contains new information from field investigations carried out by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)and its partner Telapak. It exposes how the rapid...

Forest dependent communities use forests for a range of timber and non-timber products, for sale and subsistence use. Their formal and informal use of forests means that they...

This report provides detail on the complexity of Myanmar's timber trade. The report describes the geographic origin of timber, the movement of the timber within the country and...

A masters thesis attempting to determine whether the Vietnamese borderland with Laos and Cambodia is deforesting (reducing its forests) or reforesting (increasing its forests)....

Vietnam confidently proclaims that it is capable of supplying most of its timber demand itself, but reports by NGOs claim that Vietnam has met its timber needs largely by...

These guidelines prepared by ASEAN include definitions, fundamentals, and guidelines for both legal and sustainable timber as well as a list of references used to prepare the...

This brief summarizes village case studies that demonstrate how Vietnam’s domestic illegal logging could be curtailed. The authors argue that illegal logging will only be...