Topic: Forest Management

Regional

Author(s): Olivier Ducourtieux, Phoui Visonnavong and Julien Rossard
Farmers are often blamed for destroying tropical forests, especially in the Lao PDR. Converting shifting cultivation into cash crop-based agriculture is recurrently presented as the solution merging…
Author(s): Keooudone Souvannakhoummane, Silvio Fici, Soulivanh Lanorsavanh, Jeong Ho Park, Ho Sang Kang, Chaloun Bounithiphonh
Capparis macrantha Souvannakhoummane, Fici & Lanorsavanh sp. nov., a new shrub species characterized by erect or ascending habit, stipular thorns, large lanceolate-elliptic leaves and large…
Author(s): PAFO, LPB and FAO, Laos
Melientha is an evergreen forest tree, up to 10 m high, with young leaves much favored in various Lao dishes. Unfortunately, the Melientha trees are unsustainably harvested, where parts or whole…
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
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…
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
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
ມີເປົ້າຫມາຍໃນການປູກຈິດສຳນຶກ ແລະ ສົ່ງເສີມຊາວບ້ານຄອບຄຸມໄຟໄໝ້ລາມປ່າ ໂດຍຕິດພັນກັບ ການນຳໃຊ້ຮອບວຽນຕາມການຈັດສັນທີ່ດິນກະສິກຳ ແລະ ປ່າໄມ້ ຂອງ ບ້ານ ລວມມີ 4 ບ້ານເປົ້າໝາຍຈຳນວນ 224 ຄອບຄົວ ພົນລະເມືອງທັງໝົດມີ 896…
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