Geographic Focus: Regional
Agroforestry
ພາບລວມການຈັດຕັ້ງປະຕິບັດ ແລະ ຜົນສໍາເລັດໂຄງການພັດທະນາລະບົບນິເວດຊີວະນານາພັນເຂດພູດອຍແຕ່ 2009-2020
The Lao uplands have long been recognized for their rich agro-biodiversity. Home to globally important species of animals, plants, and micro-organisms, this agro-biodiversity is the legacy of the…
ຊີວະນາໆພັນກະສິກຳຂອງລາວ ມີທ່າແຮງເພື່ອຍົກລະດັບເສດຖະກິດທ້ອງຖິ່ນ ໂດຍຜ່່ານການປັບປຸງຊີວິດການເປັນຢູ່ຂອງຄອບຄົວຊາວພູດອຍ ແລະ ພ້ອມນັ້ນ ກໍເປັນການສ້າງຊື່ສຽງໃນເວທີສາກົນ ກ່ຽວກັບ…
Farmers are often blamed for destroying tropical forests, especially in the Lao PDR. Converting shifting cultivation into cash crop-based agriculture is recurrently presented as the solution merging…
Melientha is an evergreen forest tree, up to 10 m high, with young leaves much favored in various Lao dishes. Unfortunately, the Melientha trees are unsustainably harvested, where parts or whole…
Burgeoning regional demand for wood and wood products, accompanied by supportive legal and regulatory changes, offers opportunities for private sector investment in a modern plantations-based forest…
• Traditional medicines: Support for conservation in key habitats, community agreements on management and harvesting, processing and equitable markets is needed.
• Fish-rice cultivation: This is an…
• Beekeeping: A huge potential for Lao honey exists if marketing, quality control and expansion of beekeeping can be achieved.
• Native bananas: Local bananas have a diversity of value-added…
Benzoin Laos (Styrax tonkinensis), is known in Laos as the “Ton Yarn”. It is a deciduous fast-growing tree that can reach 15–20 meters in height and a diameter of 30 cm or more found in upland…
Bamboo is an important biodiversity resource and is often perceived as the most economically important NTFP of Lao PDR. It is imperative for the livelihoods of rural communities (cash income, food…
Special Reports
In 2014, IUCN carried out a vulnerability assessment of the impacts of climate change on the Ramsar site at Beung Kiat Ngong in southern Lao PDR. This follows earlier vulnerability assessments that…
Herbarium material collected in 2009–2013 in Cambodia and Laos provides 240 new localities for 156 orchid species (from 73 genera). Among them, 13 and 45 species respectively are new for the flora of…
A checklist is presented of the orchid flora of Laos, enumerating 485 species in 108 genera. An estimate is given of the expected size of the orchid flora of Laos. Notes on habitat, global and local…
Up till now a detailed survey of fish marketing in Nam Houm and Nam Souang Reservoirs is yet to be implemented. Few data and information on fish marketing have been collected. It is necessary to…
Training Manuals, Tool Kits and Handbooks
Laos is a part of Indo-Burma Biodiversity hotspot that is known as one of the Earth's 34 threatened biodiversity hotspots. The Mekong River Basin in Laos is topographically characterized in having a…
Lao PDR is endowed with biodiversity and rattan and bamboo species that have played an important role in generating income for the rural communities. It was estimated that rattan and bamboo can…
ຂັ້ນຕອນພື້ນຖານງ່າຍໆທີ່ຄວນຮູ້ກ່ຽວກັບພືດເຊັ່ນວ່າ: ວິທີການປູກ, ບົວລະບັດຮັກສາ ແລະ ສະພາບແວດລ້ອມແບບໃດທີ່ພວກມັນສາມາດຈະເລີນເຕີບໂຕໄດ້ ເພາະວ່າໃນທຳມະຊາດທຸກຢ່າງແມ່ນເຊື່ອມໂຍງກັນໝົດ.…
ສະໜອງຫຍ້າອາຫານສັດໃຫ້ສັດໃຫຍ່ຂອງທ່ານໄດ້ກິນ ຈະຊ່ວຍປັບປຸງສຸຂຂະພາບຂອງສັດທີ່ດີ ແລະ ເຮັດໃຫ້ສັດໃຫຍ່ໄວ. ຖ້າທ່ານປ່ອຍສັດໄວ້ໃນສວນຫຍ້າ, ທ່ານບໍ່ຈຳເປັນຕ້ອງກັງວົນວ່າສັດຈະໄປທຳລາຍພືດຜົນຂອງຄົນອື່ນ. ສະດວກຕໍ່ການຕິດຕາມ…
This Country Gender Assessment (CGA) was commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in October 2017 as a way to gauge Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s…
This manual introduces participatory approaches in implementation P-FALUPAM at
village cluster and village levels, which divide into five steps including office work and
fieldwork. The first step is…
This practical guide has been developed for development practitioners and those wishing to develop such value chains. It provides “key methods” based on the analysis of the experiences derived from…
A new species of the rhacophorid frog genus Theloderma is described from the forested shoreline of the Nam Lik Reservoir, Vientiane Province, Laos. The new species differs from its congeners by…
The global trade inamphibians iswidespread, involves hundreds of species, andhas been implicated in amphibian population declines. Thepet trade is the primary driver for populationdeclines inone…
ໃນແຂວງຜົົ້ງສາລີ, ການປູກຫມາກແຫນ່ງມີມາຕັ້ງແຕ່ຍູກປີ 1980. ເຊິີ່ງແບ່ງເປັນສາມສາຍພັນຫລັກ, ຫມາກແຫນ່ງກວາງຕຸງ, ຫມາກແຫນ່ງປາກຊ່ອງ ແລະ ຫມາກແຫນ່ງປ່າ. ປະມານ 17,942 ຄົວເຮືອນ (50% ຂອງທັງຫມົດ)…
ມາດຕະຖານກະສິກຳອິນຊີ ສຳລັບເຂົ້າຂອງ ສປປ ລາວ ໄດ້ສ້າງຂຶ້ນເພື່ອຜັນຂະຫຍາຍຍຸດທະສາດພັດທະນາວຽກງານປູກຝັກ 2025 ແລະ ວິໄສທັດ 2030, ໂດຍສະເພາະວຽກງານການກະສິກຳສະອາດໄດ້ເນັ້ນໃສ່ກະສິກຳທີ່ດີ ແລະ ກະສິກຳອິນຊີ.…
The small rhacophorid frog Philautus abditus is geographically restricted to central Vietnam and adjacent Cambodia. Our fieldwork in northern Laos resulted in the discovery of a Philautus species…
Almost nothing is known on the ecology and natural history of Tylototriton (Knobby Newts) in Laos. Here, a population of the newly described T. podichthys was intensively studied in a 55,800 sq.m. …
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) is a rugged, mountainous, landlocked country, with relatively weak infrastructure. As such, the country faces numerous challenges in achieving…
In 2014, IUCN carried out a vulnerability assessment of the impacts of climate change on the Ramsar site at Beung Kiat Ngong in southern Lao PDR. This follows earlier vulnerability assessments that…
As part of biodiversity in the GMS, fungi, and more specifically, mushrooms play a special role. Micro-and small enterprise development is widely recognized as important in many developing countries…