Geographic Focus: Lao PDR

Agroforestry

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): tabi
• 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…
Author(s): tabi
Village forestry: Being connected to many NTFPs, village forestry needs support for conservation, management, and marketing of products. • Mushrooms: Wild mushrooms are lucrative but need support for…
Author(s): tabi
• 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…
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
Khao Kai Noi (KKN) is specific glutinous rice varieties produced exclusively in Xiengkhouang and Houaphanh Provinces.
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
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
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…
Author(s): TABI
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…

Training Manuals, Tool Kits and Handbooks

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): 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): ຄະນະຮັບຜິດຊອບການສ້າງຫຼັກສູດທ້ອງຖິ່ນ, ພະແນກສຶກສາທິການ ແລະກິລາແຂວງຊຽງຂວາງ.
    ຫຼັກສູດເປັນບ່ອນອີງໃຫ້ແກ່ຄູ ແລະ ຜູ້ບໍລິຫານການສຶກສາຂັ້ນຕ່າງໆເພື່ອຕິດຕາມການຮຽນ-ການສອນແຕ່ລະວິຊາຂອງແຕ່ລະຂັ້ນຢ່າງຖືກຕ້ອງ. ຫຼັກສູດທ້ອງຖິ່ນສະບັບນີ້ໄດ້ຖືກສ້າງຂື້ນໂດຍການຮ່ວມມືຈາກຫຼາຍພາກສ່ວນເຊັ່ນ:…
Author(s): ຄະນະຮັບຜິດຊອບການສ້າງຫຼັກສູດທ້ອງຖິ່ນ, ພະແນກສຶກສາທິການ ແລະກິລາແຂວງຊຽງຂວາງ.
    ຫຼັກສູດເປັນບ່ອນອີງໃຫ້ແກ່ຄູ ແລະ ຜູ້ບໍລິຫານການສຶກສາຂັ້ນຕ່າງໆເພື່ອຕິດຕາມການຮຽນ-ການສອນແຕ່ລະວິຊາຂອງແຕ່ລະຂັ້ນຢ່າງຖືກຕ້ອງ. ຫຼັກສູດທ້ອງຖິ່ນສະບັບນີ້ໄດ້ຖືກສ້າງຂື້ນໂດຍການຮ່ວມມືຈາກຫຼາຍພາກສ່ວນເຊັ່ນ:…
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…
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…
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