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Rapid trade and environment assessment (RTEA)
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Tom Callander, Latsamay Sylavon, IISD, Sabrina Shaw, Aaron...
2007
Lao PDR is characterized by an abundance of natural resources and a small population of 5.6 million, the vast majority of whom live in rural areas and are dependent on subsiste...
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Environmental impacts of trade liberalization in the silk handicrafts sector of the Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Somphong Soulivanh
2007
The key environmental concern related to this sector is wastewater. Wastewater discharge does not currently have a significant environmental impact due to the small size of th...
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Marketing and domestication of NTFPs in north Phonsali three districts July 2005
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Mr. Seng Hkum N Hkum, Mr. Mao dee, UNODC,PFU
2005
The impacts of project introduced agriculture and livestock development activities become visible in terms of increasing in paddy areas, decreasing in shifting rice cultivation ...
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Land management in Lao 2012 ASIA Land forum
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Dr. Palikone Thalongsengchanh (PhD in Geography), Land and...
2012
Securing Land Rights in rural areas as a basis for increased economic productivity and land tenure security •to do the Land registration soon •Land use planning / land zonin...
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Hydropower-induced displacement and resettlement in the Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Claudio O. Delang and Matthew Toro
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 Lao...
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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
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Anders Jensen and Henrik Meilby, University of Copenhagen, Danish...
2008
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 becau...
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Decree on environment impact assessment 2010
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
prime minister's office
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.
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Issue and policy briefs
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)
2010
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
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Issue and policy briefs
Prime Minister's Office
2012
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
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Sani Ismail – Project Leader Peter McKenna – Team Leader
2013
To address this requires better consideration of the purpose, impacts and compliance/enforcement costs of regulations.
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impact-of-land-use-report-eng
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Daovorn THONGPHANH1 Shigejiro YOSHIDA2 Nobuya MIZOUE2 and Tsuyoshi KAJISA2
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 po...
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Lao PDR investment and access to land and natural resources: challenges in promoting sustainable development
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
the World Bank Group
2010
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 mos...
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Integrated rodent management in outbreak-prone upland rice growing areas of Northern Laos 2015
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Thomas J € akel , Khamsao Mouaxengcha, Ute Nuber, Bounneuang...
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 pr...
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Wild food collection and nutrition under commercial agriculture expansion in agriculture-forest landscapes 2016
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Rikke Brandt Broegaard ,LauraVangRasmussen ,NeilDawson, Ole Mertz...
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 cont...
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Report on Economic, Social and Environmental Costs and Benefits of Investments in Savannakhet Province January 2011
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
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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
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Hilary Smith and Kaisone Phengsopha, Australian Centre for...
2014
This project makes the following recommendations to address issues with respect to regulatory barriers through the smallholder plantation value chain: Streamlining the process f...
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The rubber phenomenon in Northern Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Anna-Klara Lindeborg
2011
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
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Cornelia Hett 1 , Vong Nanhthavong 1 , Thatheva Saphangthong 2 ,...
2015
Even though land acquisitions for tree plantations, agricultural commodities and mineral extraction contribute to gross national revenue, such investments also have negative eff...
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Forest management improvement conserves biodiversity and strengthens livelihoods in Lao communities
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
USAID
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 loc...
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Update on SSWG and Lao Census of Agricultural (LCA) 2017
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Mr. Savanh Hanephom Mr. Andrew Bartlet Mr. Saysamone Phothisat,...
2016 accomplishments: Review of International Treaties and biodiversity and PDR’ Commitments and Opportunities (June). Presentation and Discussion of “Use in PDR Opportunit...