Geographic Focus: Regional

Agroforestry

Author(s): TABI
Norloy is a bamboo shoot that comes from a specifi c bamboo species only found in a few northern provinces in dispersed locations. While known locally for it’s special eating qualities, it is…
Author(s): TABI
ຊາພູສັນກຳເນີດຢູ່ໃນປ່າດົງທີ່ມີຄວາມອຸດົມສົມບູນໄປດ້ວຍຊີວະນາໆພັນທຳມະຊາດ, ມີຄວາມສູງຈາກໜ້ານ້ຳທະເລສະເລ່ຍ 1,800 ແມັດ, ມີລົດຊາດກິ່ນຫອມທີ່ຖືກໃຈຜູ້ບໍລິໂພກທັງພາຍໃນ ແລະ ຕ່າງປະເທດ
Author(s): TABI
Fish Conservations Zones (FCZs) on rivers and streams in Houaphanh Province have been a successful strategy employed by local communities to ensure abundant and diverse fi sh populations. FCZs lead…
Author(s): TABI
ເຫັດຫວາຍ ແລະ ເຫັດກໍ່ແດງເປັນເຫັດທຳມະຊາດທີ່ມີຄຸນຄ່າດ້ານໂພຊະນາການ ແລະ ສ້າງລາຍຮັບທີ່ດີໃຫ້ແກ່ຊາວບ້ານ
Author(s): TABI
Fish cultivation in rice fields is a local practice of farmers in Xiengkuang Province.  Fish in rice fields is an important source of fish as well as rice.  Fish also play a role in controlling pest…
Author(s): TABI
ສົ່ງເສີມ-ພັດທະນາການລ້ຽງເຜິ້ງໂກນທຳມະຊາດທີ່ເປັນພື້ນຖານພູມປັນຍາທ້ອງຖິ່ນໃຫ້ຢູ່ຄູ່ກັບປະຊາຊົນຕະຫຼອດໄປສູນຮຽນຮູ້ເຕັກນິກ ແລະ ປຸງແຕ່ງຜະລິດຕະພັນນ້ຳເຜິ້ງມີຢູ່ 2 ແຂວງຄື: ສູນບ້ານໂພນສະຫວັນໄຊ ເມືອງແປກ ສູນບ້ານແລທອງ…
Author(s): TABI
ປ້າຍທີ່ຕິດຕັ້ງທີ່ ສູນພັດທະນາກະສິກຳຄັງເພາະ ເມືອງຄູນ ແຂວງຊຽງຂວາງ
Author(s): TABI
ເຫັດທຳມະຊາດແມ່ນ ຜະລິດຕະພັນເຄື່ອງປ່າຂອງດົງຈາກທຳມະຊາດ ມີສັບພະຄຸນ ບຳລຸງສຸຂະພາບ, ເປັນຢາອາຍຸວັດທະນະ ແລະ ເປັນອາຫານມີໂພຊະການຈາກ ທຳມະຊາດທີ່ ປະຊາຊົນໃນທ້ອງຖິ່ນຫາກິນໄດ້ງ່າຍຕາມລະດູການ,  ພ້ອມທັງ…
Author(s): TABI
ຊາ ມີຄວາມສຳຄັນຫຼາຍດ້ານຕໍ່ຮ່າງກາຍ, ການດື່ມຊາຈະຊ່ວຍໃນການດູດຊຶມເຮັດໃຫ້ມີຄວາມສະຫງົບ, ມີສະຕິ, ປັບປຸງຄວາມຊົງຈຳ, ຫຼຸດຜ່ອນຄວາມສ່ຽງຕໍ່ການເປັນພະຍາດຫົວໃຈ ແລະ ຊ່ວຍໃນການຍ່ອຍອາຫານ ແລະ…
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…

Training Manuals, Tool Kits and Handbooks

Author(s): ພະແນກມາດຕະຖານ
ມາດຕະຖານກະສິກຳອິນຊີ ສຳລັບເຂົ້າຂອງ ສປປ ລາວ ໄດ້ສ້າງຂຶ້ນເພື່ອຜັນຂະຫຍາຍຍຸດທະສາດພັດທະນາວຽກງານປູກຝັກ 2025 ແລະ ວິໄສທັດ 2030, ໂດຍສະເພາະວຽກງານການກະສິກຳສະອາດໄດ້ເນັ້ນໃສ່ກະສິກຳທີ່ດີ ແລະ ກະສິກຳອິນຊີ.…
Author(s): Yupa Hanboonsong and Patrick B. Durst
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…
Author(s): Peter E Mortimer Jianchu Xu Samantha C Karunarathna Kevin D Hyde
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…
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): 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): Mark Newman, Sounthone Ketphanh, Bouakhaykhone Svengsuksa, Philip Thomas, Khamphone Sengdala, Vichith Lamxay and Kate Armstrong
The checklist includes 4,850 species of native, introduced, cultivated and naturalized vascular plants (see Table 3). Of these, 3,688 are supported by at least one of the 9,500 specimens in the…
Author(s): K.G. Hortle, S.J. Booth and T.A.M. Visser
The fishery of the Mekong River is one of the largest and most significant in the world, and most of the production is based on migratory river fishes. An earlier report provided an overview of the…
Author(s): Ian G. Baird
The Mekong River and her tributaries in China, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR or Laos) are the life-blood for millions of people. Southern Lao …
Author(s): Praxaysombath, B., K. Utsugi, K. Phongsa, M. Nammanivong, V. Vannachak, K. Phommachan, T. Phommavong, V. Photthana, V. Duangthasy and S. Latsamy.
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…

Conference and Workshop Proceedings

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ເມືອງສຳພັນ ຕັ້ງຢູ່ທາງທິດຕາເວັນອອກສ່ຽງໃຕ້ ຂອງແຂວງຜົ້ງສາລີ ຫ່າງຈາກເທດສະບານແຂວງ ປະມານ 197 Km (ທາງປາກປອກ),  ມີຊາຍແດນຕິດກັບ 5 ເມືອງຄື: ເມືອງຜົ້ງສາລີ, ບຸນໃຕ້, ເມືອງຂວາ, ເມືອງໃໝ່ ແລະ ເມືອງແຢ ແຫ່ງ ສສ ຫວຽດນາມ…
Author(s): Mark Newman, Sounthone Ketphanh, Bouakhaykhone Svengsuksa, Philip Thomas, Khamphone Sengdala, Vichith Lamxay and Kate Armstrong
The checklist includes 4,850 species of native, introduced, cultivated and naturalized vascular plants (see Table 3). Of these, 3,688 are supported by at least one of the 9,500 specimens in the…
Author(s): Aloun Phonvisay
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…
Author(s): Stuart, B.L. and Bain, R.H.
Three new species of frogs allied to Rana megatympanum are described from Laos and Vietnam. One new species is from the Bolaven Plateau of southern Laos, a second is from central Laos and adjacent…
Author(s): Bryan L. Stuart, Nikolai L. Orlov and Tanya Chan-ard
A new frog species of the family Ranidae is described from 44 specimens from the mountainsof southern Laos and central Vietnam.
Author(s): K.G. Hortle, S.J. Booth and T.A.M. Visser
The fishery of the Mekong River is one of the largest and most significant in the world, and most of the production is based on migratory river fishes. An earlier report provided an overview of the…
Author(s): Alexandre Teynie, Patrick David, Annemarie Ohler and Khamphay Luanglath
Investigations of herpetological biodiversity were conducted at two adjacent localities of southern Laos. Our surveys focused on the Boloven Highlands and the adjacent lowland area of the Xepian…
Author(s): Bryan L Stuart and Harold Heatwole
A new Philautus is described from Phou Dendin National Biodiversity Conservation Area in northern Laos. Philautus petilus sp. nov. is most remarkable by having a very slender, elongated habitus.
Author(s): Ian G. Baird
The Mekong River and her tributaries in China, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR or Laos) are the life-blood for millions of people. Southern Lao …
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