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Resolution of the National Assembly of the Lao People's Democratic Republic on the adoption of the Law on Environmental Protection No. 02/99 / SRS, 3/4/1999

Decree of Prime Minister No. 38 / PM dated 21 February 2005 on Forest Development and Forest Resources Development Fund

Thailand is a country of 67 million peoplea which, despite challenges, has had sustained economic growth since the late 1980’s.b After many years of progress Thailand has...

Rich in wildlife, Southeast Asia includes at least six of the world’s 25 “biodiversity hotspots” – the areas of the world that contain an exceptional concentration of species,...

This Mekong River in the Economy (MRitE) report is intended to reframe the debate around development and water resources management. The focus of the report is to reduce the...

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...

A government-provided overview of the major sources of hydropower in Laos.

UN Millennium Development Goals (Goal 7) Fact Sheet

Understanding the normative environment is required to understand the nature of disputes and conflict in a given context. The process of analysing disputes and conflicts...

Building on recent debates related to environment change an knowledge production, this paper examines the social construction and political outcomes of the current official...

The key objectives of the workshop were:To learn from the experience of other countries how they have dealt with the question of state, private and community ownership over land...

There are several dimensions of resource competition and actual or potential resource conflict in the NamNgum Watershed. Most immediately for manycommunities, competition...

Analyzes a foreign investment into a Lao hydro power project, and its impact on local population. Provides recommendations on conducting environmental impact studies and...

Assessment of Phaxay District in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, including biophysical information, socio-economic, demographic and administrative data collected for the purpose of...

The 2014 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states that the loss of life and economic assets from flooding represent a major climate-related risk in...

In recent years there have been significant changes in how the category of ‘Indigenous Peoples’ has become conceptualised in Cambodia. Indeed, in 1993, neither Indigenous...

Secure access to natural resources through systems of common property forms the basis for the livelihoods of many of the world’s poor.

Natural rubber (NR) plays a crucial role in the land-use of SE-Asia

The purpose of this standard is to provide the minimum requirements for Social Impact Assessment as part of the Environmental Assessment process for Electricity Project in Lao PDR.

This is the first country-wide food security study undertaken in the Lao PDR. Its purpose is to provide WFP and its partners with a good understanding of the nature...