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Law on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control
This Law legislates on natural disaster prevention and control activities; the rights and obligations of those engaged in natural disaster prevention and control activities; and...
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Lao PDR’s Ramsar sites, Xe Champhone and Beung Kiat Ngong wetlands, learn from each other
This is an archived press release from the IUCN discussing a capacity development program sharing knowledge about wetland conservation management and conflict resolution for the...
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Fishbase: List of Freshwater Fishes reported from Lao (People's Democratic Republic) (landlocked)
FishBase is a global biodiversity information system on fishes. Its initial goal to provide key facts on population dynamics for 200 major commercial species has now grown to ha...
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An introduction to the fisheries of the Lao PDR
The report is about an introduction to the fisheries in Laos where capture fisheries and aquaculture relies upon water resource ecosystems mainly consisting of rivers and stream...
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Assessing Groundwater Quality by Using Information Thematic Map: Case Study in Phong Dien District, Can Tho City
This research was conducted to evaluating the quality of groundwater and building the geographic information system, building maps of groundwater quality Phong Dien area of Can ...
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Rescaling and Reordering Nature–Society Relations: The Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Dam and Laos–Thailand Electricity Networks
This article seeks to interrogate these links, showing how the hydrological flows of the XBF River are now transformed by regional power grids that are heavily shaped by fluctua...
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Prakas No 364 on establishment of management fishery area in Koh Rung and Koh Rung Samloem islands
This Prakas aims at establishing management fishery area in Koh Rung and Koh Rung Samloem islands located in Sangkat Koh Rung, Krong Preah Sihanouk, Preah Sihanouk province to p...
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Strengthening the voice of the community for informed choices - Land use and land use changes in Central Vietnam
Oxfam and its local partners have observed the development of a number of agro-forestry enterprises in some project areas. Oxfam shares some community experiences in central pro...
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Wetland Priority Sites in Lao PDR - the top five priority sites
This presentation discusses Wetland Priority Sites in LAO PDR and prepared for: Climate Change Impact and Vulnerability Assessment for the Wetlands of the Lower Mekong Basin f...
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Environmental and Social Management Framework: Protected Area And Wildlife Project
This Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) has been prepared for the Protected Area and Wildlife Project (PAW). The project aims to strengthen the management syst...
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Review of the National Protected Area System of Lao PDR
This review presents the report on the National Protected Area System of Lao PDR. It provides current status of legal, policy and institutional frameworks, biodiversity signific...
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Economic, social and environmental impacts of investments in mining
This issues brief series is developed by the Poverty‐ Environment Initiative of Lao PDR to address poverty and environment issues in the current development and national plann...
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Organic by default: Myth or Reality? Evidence from the Lao PDR
This presentation presents Organic Agriculture in Lao PDR and discusses important and positive changes to the farming & marketing practices of smallholder rice farmers as well a...
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Logistics Capacity Assessment: Lao People's Democratic Republic
The Logistics Capacity Assessment (LCA) is a long-standing tool of WFP Logistics. Since 2008, it has provided an important source of information related to the logistics infrast...
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Energy sector in the Greater Mekong Subregion (evaluation of Asian Development Bank assistance)
This report presents the findings, lessons, and recommendations of an independent assessment of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) assistance to the energy sector in the Greater...
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Hydrological, environmental and socio-economic modelling tools for the Lower Mekong Basin impact assessment: EIA 3D Model Manual, Draft
A draft training manual on the EIA 3D Model software system, a 3D model based on rectangular grid representation. This software accommodates meteorological, hydrological, topogr...
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Dam EIAs enable “river grabbing” (Mae Khan Dam project)
An article about the proposed Mae Khan Dam project in Thailand. The article outlines the opposition from the villagers of Mae Khanil-Tai, and describes how opposing dam projects...
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Final environmental impact assessment, Lao Greater Mekong Subregion Nam Ngum 3 Hydropower Project
Final environmental impact assessment of the Nam Ngum 3 Hydropower Project. The report describes the project and the physical, biological and socio-cultural environment. The rep...
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Urbanization projection 2010-2030
UN HABITAT projections for percentage of urbanization of populations across the Lower Mekong. It shows urban population level at 2010, and projected additional urban population ...
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SDG index and dashboards: Lao PDR and neighbours
Global report of SDG index and dashboards of progress towards the SDGs. Regional report on Laos, China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.