Geographic Focus: Lao PDR

Aquaculture

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
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
ວັງສະຫງວນ ເປັນແຫຼ່ງຜະລິດ ແລະ ສະຫນອງອາຫານໃຫ້ແກ່ປະຊາຊົນບັນດາເຜົ່າ ດັ່ງນັ້ນ, ໃນແຕ່ລະະບ້ານ ທີ່ຕັ້ງຢູ່ລຽບແມ່ນ້ຳ ສາຍຕ່າງໆ ຈຶ່ງໄດ້ພ້ອມກັນສ້າງຕັ້ງວັງສະຫງວນອະນຸລັກປາທຳມະຊາດ ເພື່ອເປັນແຫຼ່ງເພາະພັນປາຊະນິດຕ່າງໆ…
Author(s): TABI
ປ້າຍທີ່ຕິດຕັ້ງສະແດງໃຫ້ຂອບເຂດ ແລະ ເນື້ອທີ່ວັງສະຫງວນປີ 2017 ແລະ ປັບປຸງໃໝ່ປີ 2019
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ຈາກການສຳລວດຄວາມຫຼາກຫຼາຍຂອງຊະນິດປາ ຢູ່ 4 ສາຍນໍ້າຄື: ສາຍນໍ້າມັດ (ເມືອງຄຳ ແລະ ໜອງແຮດ), ສາຍນ້ຳຄາວ (ເມືອງຄຳ ແລະ ພູກູດ) ສາຍນ້ຳຄານ ແລະ ນ້ຳງື່ມ (ພູກູດ) ໃນແຂວງຊຽງຂວາງ ໃນຊ່ວງເດືອນກຸມພາ ປີ 2018. ຈາກການສຳລວດ ແລະ…
Author(s): Keooudone Souvannakhoummane
Introduction: To understand the scale of impacts of FCZs, TABI facilitated a PRA exercise in Ban Phieng Mon in Xiengkhouang Province on May 29, 2019 using a small group discussion. TABI began…
Author(s): Keooudone Souvannakhoummane
Fish Conservations Zones on rivers and streams in Luang Prabang province have been a successful strategy employed by local communities to ensure abundant and diverse fish populations.  FCZs lead to…
Author(s): MAURICE KOTTELAT
Rhyacoschistura, new genus, belongs to a group of genera (Physoschistura, Mustura, Pteronemacheilus, Petruichthys) characterised by the modified branched pectoral-fin rays of males, with a very thick…
Author(s): Jennifer A. Sheridan and Bryan L. Stuart
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…
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…

Research Article

Author(s): Phongphayboun PHONEPASEUTH, Phetlasy SOULADETH, Keooudone SOUVANNAKHOUMMANE, Thyraphon VONGTH AVONE, Shuichiro TAGANE
Two new species of Sonerila Roxb. (Melastomataceae), S. erectifolia Phonep., Soulad. & Tagane sp. nov. from southern Laos, and S. souvannii Phonep. & Soulad. sp. nov. from central Laos, are…
Author(s): P. Souladeth, S. Tagane, Y. Suyama, N. Ishii, A. Nagahama, K. Souvannakhoummane
Impatiens subfalcata Soulad. & Tagane, a new species of Balsaminaceae from southern Laos, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similar to Impatiens attopeuensis and I…
Author(s): Kaito Yamazaki, Shuichiro Tagane, Phetlasy Souladeth, Junko Miyamoto.
A new variety, Justicia vagabunda Benoist var. laxiflora K. Yamaz. & Tagane (Acanthaceae), discovered during botanical surveys in Bolaven Plateau, southern Laos, is described and illustrated.…
Author(s): In Chun Hwang, Myung-Ok Moon, Somchanh Bounphanmy, Narae Yoon, Byung-Yun Sun.
Fieldwork in Lao PDR during 2007-2008 resulted in the discovery of 15 unrecorded fern species among the flora of Lao PDR. All have been identified in other countries in southeastern Asia, as well as…
Author(s): Oudomphone Insisiengmay, Thomas Haevermans, Mark F. Newman.
Neotypes are designated for five names in Kaempferia (Zingiberaceae) from Lao PDR, namely K. attapeuensis Picheans. & Koonterm, K. champasakensis Picheans. & Koonterm, K. gigantiphylla…
Author(s): Thyraphon Vongthavone, Shuichiro Tagane, Phongphayboun Phonepaseuth, Keooudone Souvannakhoummane, Phetlasy Souladeth
Twelve pteridophytes from six families are reported from the Bolaven Plateau, southern Laos, as new records to the flora of Laos. For each species, voucher specimens, photographs and additional…
Author(s): Shuichiro Tagane, Phetlasy Souladeth, Ai Nagahama, Yoshihisa Suyama, Naohiro Ishii, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Tetsukazu Yahara.
Twenty-five plant taxa in 14 families are newly recorded for the flora of Laos. The genus Sarcopyramis (Melastomataceae) is new to the country. For each taxon, voucher specimens, the general…
Author(s): Oudomphone Insisiengmay, Thomas Haevermans, Mark F. Newman.
Neotypes are designated for five names in Kaempferia (Zingiberaceae) from Lao PDR, namely K. attapeuensis Picheans. & Koonterm, K. champasakensis Picheans. & Koonterm, K. gigantiphylla…
Author(s): SOMPHOUTHONE PHIMMACHAK, ANCHALEE AOWPHOL, BRYAN L. STUART
The salamandrid genus Tylototriton is poorly known in Laos, with one described species and unverified reports of two others. We undertook new fieldwork and obtained samples of Tylototriton at six…
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The Lao newt (Laotriton laoensis) is a recently described species currently known only from northern Laos. Little is known about the species, but it is threatened as a result of overharvesting. We…
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