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Balancing the returns to catchment management: The economic value of conserving natural forests in Sekong, Lao PDR

A study on the economic returns of conserving forests in Sekong, Laos. The study explores the costs to Laos if natural forest regeneration (NFR) schemes were not undertaken. The study aims to determine the benefits from naturally regenerated forests. The report consists of five parts. The first provides a brief background of the study of Sekong province, including forest resources. The second part discusses the objectives of the study. The third presents the economic framework and methodologies used for estimating the various economic values being measured for Sekong forests. The fourth details the results of the study and provides estimates of the various economic value components. Finally, the fifth draws broad conclusions and recommendations from the study results.

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စာတမ်းအမျိုးအစား Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
စာရွက်စာတမ်း၏ ဘာသာစကား
  • အင်္ဂလိပ်ဘာသာစကား
ခေါင်းစဉ်များ
  • Forest policy and administration
  • Forest protection
  • Forest protection support
  • Protected forests
  • Regenerated forest
ပထဝီဧရိယာ (spatial range)
  • လာအိုပြည်သူ့ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ
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ရယူခြင်းနှင့် အသုံးပြုခြင်း အကန့်အသတ်များ

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IUCN Ecosystems and Livelihoods Group Asia 53 Horton Place, Colombo SRI LANKA. Email: iucn@iucnsl.org IUCN Water & Nature Initiative Gland, SWITZERLAND Email: waterandnature@iucn.org

ရေးသားသူ (တစ်ဦးချင်း) Rosales, Rina Maria P.
ပူးတွဲရေးသားသူ (တစ်ဦးချင်းစီ) Kallesoe, Mikkel. F.; Gerrard, Pauline; Muangchanh, Phokhin; Phomtavong, Sombounmy; Khamsomphou, Somphao
ထုတ်ဝေသည့်နေရာ Colombo, Sri Lanka
ထုတ်ဝေသူ IUCN; The World Conservation Union
ထုတ်ဝေသည့်ရက်စွဲ 2005
တင်ခဲ့သည့်ရက်စွဲ ဇွန် 11, 2015, 08:38 (UTC)
ပြန်လည်ပြင်ဆင်သည့်ရက်စွဲ နိုဝင်ဘာ 15, 2018, 13:43 (UTC)