Type: Special Reports

Forest Management

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): L.V. Averyanov
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…
Author(s): L. V. Averyanov, Khang Sinh Nguyen, T. V. Maisak, E. L. Konstantinov, Tien Hiep Nguyen, Somchanh Bounphanmy
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…
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): MAF
ໃນເຂດອາຊີຕາເວນອອກສ່ຽງໃຕ້ສປປລາວ ແມ່ນຫນຶ່ງໃນບໍ່ຫຼາຍປະເທດທີ່ມີຊື່ສຽງທາງດ້ານຄວາມອຸດົມສົມບູນ ຂອງ ຊັບພະຍາກອນປ່າໄມ້ ແລະ ສັດປ່ານາໆພັນ. ຄວາມລືຊື່ດັ່ງກ່າວນັ້ນອາດເປັນພຽງແຕ່ຕໍານານ ຖ້າຫາກວ່າພວກເຮົາບໍ່ເລີ່ມ…
Author(s): The World Band and Korea Green growth Trust Fund
The biodiversity endowment is crucial to the Lao economy, as the goods and ecosystem services it provides are essential to reduce poverty, secure livelihoods, and drive a greener economic growth…

Watershed Management

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): Peter John Meynell, Oudomxay Thongsavath, Khamphat Xeuasing, Vilavong Vannalath and Raphaël Glémet
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…

Marketing / Value Chains

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…
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