Geographic Focus: Lao PDR
Agro-ecology
The aim of this study is to find out the appropriate method using 0.1%, 0.5% and 1% of five different solutions to reduce the total bacteria and Salmonella spp in fresh vegetables. Five different…
ໝາກແໜູ່ງ ແມ່ນເຄືື່ອງປ່າຂອງດົງຊະນິດໜື່ງທີື່ມີຄຸນຄູ່າ ແລະ ເປັນປະໂຫຍດຕ ໍ່ສັງຄົມມະນຸດເຮົາ ໂດຍໄດ້ນໍາໃຊ້ເຂົ້າ ໃນວົງການການແພດ ເພືື່ອປະກອບເປັນສູ່ວນປະສົມຂອງອາຫານ ແລະ ຢາສະໝຸນໄພເຂົື້າໃນການຮັກສາ ໂລກໄພ ໄຂ້ເຈັບ…
ການຜະລິດກະສິກຳ ແລະ ປ່າໄມ້ເປັນສິນຄ້າ ແມ່ນໜິ່ງແຜນງານບູລິສິດທີ່ສຳຄັນຂອງກະຊວງກະສິກຳ ແລະ ປ່າໄມ້ ໃນການພັດທະນາເສດຖະກິດຊົນນະບົດ ໃຫ້ຂະຫຍາຍຕົວຢ່າງໜັ້ງທ່ຽງ ແລະ ປັບປຸງຄູນນະພາບຊີວິດ ຂອງປະຊາຊົນ…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
Agroforestry
Terrestrial malacofauna in Laos is expected to comprise a large number of species because the country has a large variety of suitable habitats for snail colonization and diversification. The genus…
Special Reports
A new species belonging to the terrestrial orchid genus Nervilia is described from Kasi District, Vientiane Province, northern Laos. Referable to the widespread and species-rich N. adolphi / punctata…
Herbarium material collected in 2013–2015 in Cambodia and Laos provides 298 new localities for 167 orchid species (from 57 genera). Almost all reported locations are new on the territory of studied…
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…
In an effort to preserve traditional medicine knowledge and to uncover information about disease patterns and treatment in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), linguistic experts have scanned…
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…
This handbook has been developed to promote responsible agricultural investment for all investors who wish to invest in agriculture with responsibility towards the relevant policies and laws. To…
The following nine new additions to the orchid flora of Laos PDR are reported based on surveys in the country conducted during the period 2012–2017: Bulbophyllum alcicorne, B. meson, Coelogyne…
Accurately delimiting species and their geographic ranges are imperative for conservation, especially in areas experiencing rapid habitat loss. Southeast Asia currently has one of the highest rates…
A new species of "fanged frog" in the genus Limnonectes resembling L. kohchangae (Smith, 1922) from southeastern Thailand and southwestern Cambodia is described from upper elevations of the Bolaven…
ຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອຊຸມຊົນໃຫ້ມີການດຳລົງຊີວິດທີ່ດີຂຶ້ນໃນໄລຍະຍາວ 2017-2021 ເລື່ອງເລົ່າກ່ຽວກັບ ຊຸມຊົນຂອງ ທ້າວວັນນາ
ດອກເຜິ້ງເປັນພືດຕະກຸນໜື່ງຈັດເຂົ້າໃນກຸ່ມຂອງພືດໃບລ້ຽງດ່ຽວ, ແຕ່ດອກເຜິ້ງທັງ ໝົດແມ່ນຈັດຢູ່ໃນຕະກຸນເຜິ້ງ ທີ່ມີຊື່ວິທະຍາສາດວ່າ Orchidaceae, ລວມໃນນີ້ ມີເຖີງ 763 ສະກຸນ, ຈຳນວນ 28,000 ຊະນິດ. ນອກນັ້ນນັກພືດສວນ…
ໝາກແໜູ່ງ ແມ່ນເຄືື່ອງປ່າຂອງດົງຊະນິດໜື່ງທີື່ມີຄຸນຄູ່າ ແລະ ເປັນປະໂຫຍດຕ ໍ່ສັງຄົມມະນຸດເຮົາ ໂດຍໄດ້ນໍາໃຊ້ເຂົ້າ ໃນວົງການການແພດ ເພືື່ອປະກອບເປັນສູ່ວນປະສົມຂອງອາຫານ ແລະ ຢາສະໝຸນໄພເຂົື້າໃນການຮັກສາ ໂລກໄພ ໄຂ້ເຈັບ…
ການຜະລິດກະສິກຳ ແລະ ປ່າໄມ້ເປັນສິນຄ້າ ແມ່ນໜິ່ງແຜນງານບູລິສິດທີ່ສຳຄັນຂອງກະຊວງກະສິກຳ ແລະ ປ່າໄມ້ ໃນການພັດທະນາເສດຖະກິດຊົນນະບົດ ໃຫ້ຂະຫຍາຍຕົວຢ່າງໜັ້ງທ່ຽງ ແລະ ປັບປຸງຄູນນະພາບຊີວິດ ຂອງປະຊາຊົນ…
A new species of Acanthaceae, Strobilanthes namkadingensis Soulad. & Tagane from Nam Kading National Protected Area, Bolikhamxay Province, central Laos, is described and illustrated. It is…
A new species belonging to the terrestrial orchid genus Nervilia is described from Kasi District, Vientiane Province, northern Laos. Referable to the widespread and species-rich N. adolphi / punctata…
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,…