414 datasets found

The forests of Lao PDR have dramatically diminished in recent decades. The main drivers of deforestation are changes in land use with forests being converted to agriculture, hyd...

The page gives update information on Lao ethnic groups known as Lao highlanders or Lao Soung. Most Lao Soung grow upland rice, maize, and opium traditionally. Major ethnic group...

Tribal Lao Tai live in the higher valleys and on the middle slopes of the mountains in northern Laos (and in adjacent areas of south-west China, north Thailand and north-west Vi...

The page gives an overview of ethnic groups in Lao PDR. It distinguished ethnic groups into three categories geographic areas: Lao Loum, Lao Soung and Lao Theung.

The page offer information on Lao ethnic group: Lao Theung. Most Lao Theung are nomadic; they commonly live in upland areas. Originated from Mon-Khmer, they practice swidden cul...

A handout that covers Lao law and treaties on women's rights and equality for ethnic groups.

A breakdown of economic inequality and resource access in Laos based on geography.

In this study, Participatory Poverty Assessment (livelihood matrix, food seasonal calendars, mobility maps, SWOT analysis and problem cause analysis) was conducted in the 12 pro...

The purpose of this research is to attempt to quantitatively confirm or refute a qualitative impression of sustainability of swidden cultivation in Nakai-Nam Theun national prot...

An archaeological account of population trends and ethnic diversity in Laos dating back thousands of years, including description of agricultural development and spread of rice ...

This study intends to contribute to a better understanding of how institutional arrangements governing ethnic minorities’ rights to access and control over land and ...

“Research on the customary law of ethnic minorities and forest policy in Vietnam” is an empirical study and policy review that contributes to the implementation of the “Action o...

Under the project "Capacity Building for the Vietnam Lawyers Association", UNDP supported the Social Policy and Environment Research Institute (SPERI) in collaboration with The ...

The present report is submitted to the Human Rights Council by the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples pursuant to her mandate under Council resolution 33/12....

The land in the amount of 895.18 hectares from forest cover 2002 was reclassified as private state land to grant to 237 families of Mel indigenous community as the collective ow...

The land in the amount of 1125,77 hectares from forest cover 2002 was reclassified as private state land to grant to 223 families of Kraol indigenous community as the collective...

SDC GEED Workshop29 – 31 July, 2014 Outline Schedule for Distribution

Paper presented during the World Bank conference on Land 2016. During revolution and national unification, Vietnamese government nationalized agricultural and forest land thro...

Huong uoc” is of the Viet (Kinh) majority people and the product of village culture. It was written in Han (Chinese), Nom (Demotic or ancient Vietnamese) or Vietnamese scripts, ...

Transcript of an interview conducted with historian Grant Evans, an anthropologist who specialized in Laos and produced numerous academic works about the country. Published in t...