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Protected Area Governance and Equitable Access in the Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Miles Kenney-Lazar
2016
This report provides eight recommendations for implementing the concept of equitable access in the governance of protected areas, particularly in the Lao PDR. First, formalize a...
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From Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals: Laying the base for 2030
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
UN in the Lao PDR
2017
This report is designed to provide technical support to the Lao PDR in localizing, monitoring, and reporting on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is the product of...
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Climate Smart Agriculture in Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
SNV
2014
Lao PDR is highly vulnerable to climate related incidents such as floods and droughts. SNV is working to increase rice farmers’ productivity by increasing their resilience to ...
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The gender and equity implications of land-related investments on land access and labour and income-generating opportunities
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Case studies
Elizabeth Daley, Mokoro Ltd., Martha Osorio, Clara Mi Young Park,...
2013
A case study researched and published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on gender and equity implications of land related investments on selected agricultural inves...
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Power Surge: The Impacts of Rapid Dam Development in Laos - An International Rivers Report
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
International Rivers
2008
This report presents the challenges that hydropower development poses to rural livelihoods and fragile ecosystems, and details the specific impacts caused by Lao dam projects. I...
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Camps, children, chemicals, contractors & credit: field observations of labour practices in plantations & other social developments in Savannakhet and Champasak
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
R Molina, Global Association of People and the Environment (GAPE)...
2011
Report discusses the labour practices observed and changes in the target communities. It provides detailed summary descriptions of work practices and conditions that are contras...
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Lao Version of FAO’s Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT)
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
2012
FAO published its Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT) of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security in 2012. The purpos...
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After the Boom: Responding to Falling Rubber Prices in Northern Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Thoumthone Vongvisouk, Michael Dwyer
2017
This study examines responses to this price drop by Lao rubber growers and state institutions in northern Laos. It also examines the reasons that prices are what they are, given...
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REDD+ at the crossroads: Choices and tradeoffs for 2015-2020 in Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Michael B. Dwyer, Micah Ingalls
2015
This study examines key choices and tradeoffs that confront current efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) in Laos. Drawing on key inform...
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FLEGT Process Enforces PM Order No.15 to Improve Forest Governance and Fight Deforestation to Ensure Legal Timber Trade Agreement With EU
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
FLEGT Laos
2016
A remarkable outcome has been witnessed after the Prime Minister of Lao PDR has issued the Order No. 15 On “Strengthening Strictness of Timber Harvest Management and Inspection,...
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Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Transport Sector Assessment, Strategy, and Road Map
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
ADB
2012
This transport sector assessment, strategy, and road map (ASR) guides the formulation of Asian Development Bank (ADB) assistance to the transport sector in the Lao People’s Demo...
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Power projects in Lao PDR (table showing development status)
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Profiles - Geographical areas and sites
Laos Ministry of Energy and Mines
2015
A set of tables showing the development status of power projects in Laos. The document includes projects developed before 2000, those operational, under construction, at the pla...
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The legal framework of state land leases and concessions in the Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Dominik Wellmann, Integrated Rural Development in Poverty Regions...
2012
Discussion paper on the legal framework of state land leases and concessions in Lao PDR. This paper summarizes the relevant laws and regulations and indicate contradictions in t...
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Lao PDR: Sanitation, Drinking Water, and Hygiene Status Overview
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
GLAAS, UN Water
2014
This overview provides information about sanitation, drinking-water and hygiene status in Laos.
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Study on communal land registration in Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Katrin Seidel, Khamla Phanvilay, Bounlath Vorachit, Lau Mua,...
2007
Field visits to over twenty villages in five different provinces of the Lao PDR have shown that across all ethnic groups, communities use and manage communal lands. Types of lan...
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Potential for Development of River Run-Off Turbines in Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
WEnergy Global Pte Ltd, WEnergy Global Pte Ltd
2017
This PSD Study presents possibilities for the deployment of the above Dutch power generation technologies and sets the stage for a results-oriented approach that aims at install...
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Land acquisition, investment, and development in the Lao coffee sector: successes and failures
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Oliver Schönweger, Centre for Development and Environment,...
2015
Looking at the coffee sector in Laos, the authors of this article explore dimensions of the land grab debate that have not yet been sufficiently examined. Coffee concessionaires...
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Grounding global forest economies: resource governance and commodity power in rural Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Keith D. Barney, York University
2011
A dissertation by Keith D. Barney for Graduate Program in Geography at York University documenting commodity production and state power shaping the forest and paper sector in ru...
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Forest investment program, Laos investment plan
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Laos. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Department of Forestry
2011
This report highlights Laos investment in forest management and opportunities for REDD+. The report discusses the forest sector in Laos and summarises the Laos REDD+ programme. ...
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Forest Conversion in Lao PDR: Implications and Impacts of Expanding Land Investments
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Issue and policy briefs
Forest Trends
2014
This policy brief examines the institutional and legal framework surrounding forest conversion in Lao PDR, giving special consideration to the social, environmental, and legal i...