Type: Special Reports

Agroforestry

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
Khao Kai Noi (KKN) is specific glutinous rice varieties produced exclusively in Xiengkhouang and Houaphanh Provinces.
Author(s): SHUICHIRO TAGANE, PHETLASY SOULADETH, MENG ZHANG & TETSUKAZU YAHARA
Two new species of Annonaceae, Monoon namkadingense and Neo-uvaria laosensis, from Nam Kading National Protected Area, Bolikhamxay Province, Central Laos, are described and illustrated. DNA barcodes…
Author(s): S.W. Gale & T. Phaxaysombath
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…
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
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…

Aquaculture

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): 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…

Crop Production and Management

Author(s): FAO
Stories from young agri-entrepreneurs
Author(s): FAO
Why is Rai important in the Lao People's Democratic Republic? Successful experiences and stories from government officials

Regional

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
Oranges contain an impressive diversity of essential nutrients including vitamins C, A and B-complex as well as minerals (Potassium and Calcium) essential for health and overall well-being The fruit…
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…
Author(s): Pankaj KUMAR1, Stephan W. GALE, Henrik Æ. PEDERSEN, Thatsaphone PHAXAYSOMBATH, Somsanith BOUAMANIVONG and Gunter A. FISCHER
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…
Author(s): Phetlasy Souladeth, Shuichiro Tagane, Meng Zhang, Norikazu Okabe, Tetsukazu Yahara
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…
Author(s): S.W. Gale & T. Phaxaysombath
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…
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): 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…
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): 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…
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