Geographic Focus: Regional

Agroforestry

Author(s): tabi
Throughout the upland areas of Lao PDR, broom grass production is a source of income for many families and also a source of animal feed. Broom…
Author(s): TABI
Small-scale fisheries are very important in the northern part of Lao PDR, where rural people heavily depend upon the rivers’ fish stocks for…
Author(s): TABI
Khao Kai Noi (KKN) is specific glutinous rice varieties produced exclusively in Xiengkhouang and Houaphanh Provinces.
Author(s): TABI
In Xiengkhouang province, the “wild honey” produced by the Apis Cerena bee species is natural wild honey that has traditionally been harvested from both the wild forest and by beekeepers in the…
Author(s): TABI
ສວນສາທິດ ການປູກໜໍ່ຫຼອຍດິນ ບ້ານກໍຮິ້ ເມືອງຫົວເມືອງ ແຂວງຫົວພັນ
Author(s): TABI
The ABD curricula has been approved by the Ministry of Education and has been successfully used and ready for expansion into other district schools. It is met by enthusiasm by teachers, students and…
Author(s): TABI
ຜະລິດຕະພັນຍູກວາດ ບ້ານກໍຮິ້ງ ເມືອງຫົວເມືອງ
Author(s): TABI
ມີເປົ້າຫມາຍໃນການປູກຈິດສຳນຶກ ແລະ ສົ່ງເສີມຊາວບ້ານຄອບຄຸມໄຟໄໝ້ລາມປ່າ ໂດຍຕິດພັນກັບ ການນຳໃຊ້ຮອບວຽນຕາມການຈັດສັນທີ່ດິນກະສິກຳ ແລະ ປ່າໄມ້ ຂອງ ບ້ານ ລວມມີ 4 ບ້ານເປົ້າໝາຍຈຳນວນ 224 ຄອບຄົວ ພົນລະເມືອງທັງໝົດມີ 896…
Author(s): TABI
ຕົ້ນຊາທຳມະຊາດເປັນຊາດັ້ງເດີມ ແລະ ເປັນແຫລ່ງ ສໍາຫລັບ ຂະຫຍາຍການຜະລິດຊາ ສາມາດສ້າງເປັນຜະລິດຕະພັນເອກະລັກຂາຍເປັນລາຍຮັບໃຫ້ແກ່ຄອບຄົວໃນເຂດຊົນ ນະບົດ, ໂດຍສະເພາະເມືອງກວັນກໍ່ເປັນເມືອງທີ່ມີຕົ້ນຊາທຳມະຊາດມາໄດ້ຫລາຍຮ້ອຍ…
Author(s): TABI
Broom grass is one of the most important NTFPs in Laos. The major markets for Lao broom grass are in Vietnam, Thailand, and China although most of it is sold as raw broom grass rather than processed…

Training Manuals, Tool Kits and Handbooks

Author(s): Pha tad ke Botanical Garden
ສປປ ລາວ ເວົ້າລວມແລ້ວ ເປັນປະເທດທີ່ມີຊັບພະຍາກອນທໍາມະຊາດອຸດົມສົມບູນ ແລະ ຄຸນນະພາບສິ່ງແວດລ້ອມຍັງດີຢູ່ ທຽບໃສ່ປະເທດອ້ອມຂ້າງ ຊຶ່ງເປັນທ່າແຮງອັນສໍາ ຄັນໃນການພັດທະນາເສດຖະກິດ-ສັງຄົມຂອງປະເທດ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ…
Author(s): World Food Programme Lao PDR
While there have been just 19 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) to date in Lao PDR, the country – as with other countries around the world – has been affected by secondary…
Author(s): EU
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…
Author(s): Keooudone Souvannakhoummane
ດອກເຜິ້ງເປັນພືດຕະກຸນໜື່ງຈັດເຂົ້າໃນກຸ່ມຂອງພືດໃບລ້ຽງດ່ຽວ, ແຕ່ດອກເຜິ້ງທັງ ໝົດແມ່ນຈັດຢູ່ໃນຕະກຸນເຜິ້ງ ທີ່ມີຊື່ວິທະຍາສາດວ່າ Orchidaceae, ລວມໃນນີ້  ມີເຖີງ 763 ສະກຸນ, ຈຳນວນ 28,000 ຊະນິດ. ນອກນັ້ນນັກພືດສວນ…
Author(s): ສີມອນ ວົງຄຳຮໍ່ ແລະ ພຸດທະວົງ ສີໂຄດ
ການຜະລິດກະສິກຳ ແລະ ປ່າໄມ້ເປັນສິນຄ້າ ແມ່ນໜິ່ງແຜນງານບູລິສິດທີ່ສຳຄັນຂອງກະຊວງກະສິກຳ ແລະ ປ່າໄມ້ ໃນການພັດທະນາເສດຖະກິດຊົນນະບົດ ໃຫ້ຂະຫຍາຍຕົວຢ່າງໜັ້ງທ່ຽງ ແລະ  ປັບປຸງຄູນນະພາບຊີວິດ ຂອງປະຊາຊົນ…
Author(s): Lee, You Mi et al.
Hye-Yong Jin, Tai-Hyeon Ahn, Hai-Joo Lee, Jeong Hwa Song, Chung Hee Lee, Young Jae Kim, Jung Won Yoon, Ho Sang Kang, Hyo Cheng, Jeong Ho Park, Miin Bang, Boungthong Bouahom, Chanhsamone Phongoudome,…
Author(s): Maria s. Vorontsova, Lynn G. Clark, John Dransfield, Rafael Govaerts, William J. Baker
This book contains a global checklist of all known species of bamboos and rattans. It is an authoritative source of information on accepted species of bamboos and  rattans, the correct names that…
Author(s): ສຸວັນທອງ ໄຊຍາລາດ
ໝາກ​ແໜ່ງ​ແມ່ນພືດເຄື່ອງປ່າຂອງດົງຊະນິດ​ໜຶ່ງ​ ທີ່​ປະຊາຊົນຊາວແຂວງ ຜົ້ງສາລີ​ໄດ້ຮູ້ຈັກກັນມາເປັນເວລາຫຼາຍ​ກວ່າ 3 ທົດ​ສະ​ວັດ. ໄດ້ມີການປູກ ແລະ​ຄຸ້ມ​ຄອງນຳໃຊ້ຢ່າງກ້ວາງຂວາງ​ໃນ​ທົ່ວ​ແຂວງ ​ຊຶ່ງແຕ່ລະປີໄດ້ເກັບໝາກແໜ່ງ…
Author(s): Herthor Porbounmixaithor, Phong Huynh, Ang Herchuechang, Bounyasit Saengmany, Sara Melki
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…
Author(s): ທິບພະວົງ ບຸບຜາ ແລະ ສົມຈິດ ຄໍາພິຍົມ
ໃນແຂວງຜົົ້ງສາລີ, ການປູກຫມາກແຫນ່ງມີມາຕັ້ງແຕ່ຍູກປີ 1980. ເຊິີ່ງແບ່ງເປັນສາມສາຍພັນຫລັກ, ຫມາກແຫນ່ງກວາງຕຸງ, ຫມາກແຫນ່ງປາກຊ່ອງ ແລະ ຫມາກແຫນ່ງປ່າ. ປະມານ 17,942 ຄົວເຮືອນ (50% ຂອງທັງຫມົດ)…
Author(s): Leonid V. Averyanov, Tien Hiep Nguyen, Khang Nguyen Sinh, The Van Pham, Vichith Lamxay, Somchanh Bounphanmy, Shengvilai Lorphengsy, Loc Ke Phan, Soulivanh Lanorsavanh and Khamfa Chantthavongsa
Gymnosperm plant species form a small relictual group of higher plants, representing the most sensitive ancient elements of modern tropical floras. Gymnosperms are highly vulnerable to numerous…
Author(s): Charles M. Peters and Andrew Henderson
Rattans are spiny, climbing palms in the subfamily Calamoideae. There are over 550 different species of rattan belonging to 12 genera distributed  throughout the Old World tropics (Dransfield et al.…
Author(s): Andrea Swei, Jodi J. L. Rowley, Dennis Rödder, Mae L. L. Diesmos, Arvin C. Diesmos, Cheryl J. Briggs, Rafe Brown, Trung Tien Cao, Tina L. Cheng, Rebecca A. Chong, Ben Han, Jean-Marc Hero, Huy Duc Hoang, Mirza D. Kusrini, Duong Thi Thuy Le, Jimmy A. McGuir
Prevalence and distribution of chytridiomycosis throughout Asia News from the herpetological community September 2011 Vol. 98 FrogLog FrogLog Vol. 98 | September 2011 | 33 The fungal disease,…
Author(s): Bryan L. Stuart, Jodi J. L. Rowley, Somphouthone Phimmachak, Anchalee Aowphol, Niane Sivongxay
The recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders” (31 October, p. 630), A. Martel et al. warned that a newly discovered pathogenic chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium…
Author(s): L.V. Averyanov
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…
Author(s): Singkham Phonvisay
In Lao PDR, fisheries are an integral part of the lives of rural people, providing a major part of their animal protein and micro-nutrient intakes, as well as being an important source  of secondary…
Author(s): Bethany G. Elkington, Phaivanh Phiapalath, Kongmany Sydara, Vongtakoune Somsamouth, Nichole I. Goodsmith and D. Doel Soejarto
A field survey was launched to identify medicinal plants growing in the Khiat Ngong wetlands and surrounding forested areas of Pathoumphone District, Champasak Province in southern Laos. In this area…
Author(s): Jodi J. L. Rowley, Bryan L. Stuart, Stephen J. Richards, Somphothone Phimmachak and Niane Sivongxay
e describe a new species of megophryid frog in the genus Leptolalax from southern Laos. Leptolalax aereus sp.
Author(s): Stuart, B.L., Phimmachak, S., Sivongxay, N. & Robichaud, W.G.
We describe a new species of megophryid frog in the genus Leptolalax from southern Laos. Leptolalax aereus sp.
Author(s): Andre´ Schuiteman, Pierre Bonnet, Bouakhaykhone Svengsuksa and Daniel Barthe´le´my
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…
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