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In September 2010, Beung Kiat Ngong Wetland, in Champassak Province, was formally recognized by the Ramsar convention as holding important value for conservation. It is one of...

Report on training of non-timber forest products market

The Prime Minister's remarks on countertervention and suppression of illegal logging and trading of wood

Guidance on logging management

Successful plantation program for wood fibre, rubber and high quality, hardwood are underpinned by strong program of R&D

Farming system is strongly influenced by the external rural environment, including policies and institutions, markets and information linkages (FAO and World Bank, 2001: 9)....

In Sangthong, an approved management plan for the village forest was already in place, providing information about the forest land, and defining sustainable harvest levels

One conclusion that remains from Ankarfjärd and Kegl (1998) is that the handling of fire needs to be controlled in a better way by some tappers. The concentration of affected...

To report to members about the involvement of Lao CSO FLEGT committees in the process, To have consultation with Lao CSO FLEGT members on the activities of the network in FLEGT,...

Notification of banning harvesting and storage of tree

Decree on the adoption and promulgation of the forestry strategy of Lao PDR

The comparative and competitive advantages of investing in Laos, as outlined by the DDFI, are: Political, economic and financial stability; Abundant water resources, rich...

Since the best coffee land is already being farmed by the smallholders, some of the land allocated to the companies by the government is invariably already under cultivation.

Forest-based climate change mitigation approaches aim to reduce human-induced greenhouse gas emissions and to increase the levels of stored and sequestrated carbon sinks....

Government advisory on planting registration

Use of forest resources according to customary rights

Although rubber is produced successfully in some marginal environment–as many hardy clones have been developed – there are also numerous reports of failures associated with...

Meeting regional and global demands for rubber: A key to poverty alleviation in Lao PDR 2008

The evidence from the study villages indicates a sharp con-tradiction between the government’s policy of rice intensifi-cation and the trajectories being pursued by rice-growing...

The purpose of this brief report is to gather, review and analyze the current 1 legislation relevant to collective property, to make suggestions for modifications to the...