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Hydropower-induced displacement and resettlement in the Lao PDR
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) is one of the poorest countries in South East Asia. Yet it has great potential for hydropower development, and the Government of Laos...
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Does commercialization of a non-timber forest product reduce ecological impact? A case study of the Critically EndangeredAquilaria crassna in LaoPDR
The diameter distribution is certainly affected by harvesting. Experienced harvesters will tend to fell all trees encountered with DBH.50 cm as well as fruit-bearing trees...
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Decree on environment impact assessment 2010
Environmental impact assessment (EIA) means studying, surveying, researching- analysing and estimating of possible positive and negative impacts on the environment and society,...
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Recommendations from the Department of Forestry on the establishment of economic and technical aspects of forest plantation and forestry products.
Recommendations from the Department of Forestry on the establishment of economic and technical aspects of forest plantation and forestry products.
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Comments on the suspension of consideration and approval of new investment projects for exploration and mineral exploration, rubber
Comments on the suspension of consideration and approval of new investment projects for exploration and mineral exploration, rubber
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Laos regulatory impact assessment (RIA) 2013
To address this requires better consideration of the purpose, impacts and compliance/enforcement costs of regulations.
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n the main land of Southeast Asia, deforestation is a major constraint of environmental change, and the changing of Land-Use and Land-Cover always influence by the government...
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Lao PDR investment and access to land and natural resources: challenges in promoting sustainable development
Land, labor and capital are the three key factors of production in any country. Lao People‟s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), is a Low Income Country (LIC), whose...
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Integrated rodent management in outbreak-prone upland rice growing areas of Northern Laos 2015
There were serious outbreaks in the uplands in the wet seasons of 2008 and 2009 that led to un-bearable conditions for rural families (World Food Programme, 2009). Houaphanh...
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Wild food collection and nutrition under commercial agriculture expansion in agriculture-forest landscapes 2016
Nutritional outcomes for rural inhabitants are determined not simply by food production in a landscape or even household incomes, but are highly influenced by access to and...
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Report on Economic, Social and Environmental Costs and Benefits of Investments in Savannakhet Province January 2011
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Enhancing key elements of the value chain for plantation grown wood in Lao PDR policy brief on legal barriers and legality issues for smallholder plantation owners and their wood
This project makes the following recommendations to address issues with respect to regulatory barriers through the smallholder plantation value chain: Streamlining the process...
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The rubber phenomenon in Northern Laos
The aim of this thesis is to understand and explain the gendered everyday lives in the village of HatNyao in Northern Laos in relation to rubber cultiva-tion. By using an...
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Land deal in Lao: First insights from a new nationwide initiative to assessment in land May 2015
Even though land acquisitions for tree plantations, agricultural commodities and mineral extraction contribute to gross national revenue, such investments also have negative...
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Forest management improvement conserves biodiversity and strengthens livelihoods in Lao communities
Over the last months, USAID LEAF has been supporting rural villages in Laos in planning to reforest areas that have been subject to extensive deforestation as a result of...
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Update on SSWG and Lao Census of Agricultural (LCA) 2017
2016 accomplishments: Review of International Treaties and biodiversity and PDR’ Commitments and Opportunities (June). Presentation and Discussion of “Use in PDR Opportunities...
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A study of women’s time utilization in relation to the market economy in Khammouane Province, Lao PDR. 19 November 2005
In economic studies of time allocation in developing countries the distinction between work inside and outside the home has been interpreted literally with the rather...
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Pro poor policy recommendation to combat risks in smallholder organic production in the Hadxayfong District of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic 2016
Organic vegetables are one priority of the Lao government in achieveing food security and commodity. In addition, organic vegetable production is an important...
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The socio-geography of mining and hydro in Lao PDR
This note was prepared by Nina Fenton and Magnus Lindelow. The GIS analysis was provided by Andreas Heinimann and Ian Thomas, of the Swiss National...
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Plant and animal species in Prey Lang
This data consist of information about species of plants and animals living in Prey Lang forest according to Biodiversity Assessment of Prey Lang published in 2015. Those...