Geographic Focus: Regional
Ecosystem Services
The ABD Curricula has been approved by the Ministry of Education and has been successfully used and ready for expansion into other district schools. It is met by enthusiasm by teachers, students and…
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…
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…
Entrepreneurship
Stories from young agri-entrepreneurs
Why is Rai important in the Lao People's Democratic Republic?
Successful experiences and stories from government officials
ເຄື່ອງປ່າຂອງດົງ ແມ່ນໝາຍເຖິງທຸກພາກສ່ວນຂອງພືດ-ຕົ້ນໄມ້ທີ່ເກີດຂຶ້ນຕາມປ່າທໍາມະຊາດ ຫຼືດ້ວຍການປູກ; ປະກອບມີເຫງົ້າ, ລໍາຕົ້ນ, ເຄືອ, ຫົວ, ຮາກ, ຕາ, ໜໍ່, ໃບ, ດອກ, ໝາກ, ເມັດ ຫຼືແກ່ນ, ເປືອກ, ຢາງ, ນໍ້າມັນ, ເຫັດ,…
ພາບລວມການຈັດຕັ້ງປະຕິບັດ ແລະ ຜົນສໍາເລັດໂຄງການພັດທະນາລະບົບນິເວດຊີວະນານາພັນເຂດພູດອຍແຕ່ 2009-2020
Water hyacinths is a rapidly growing and wide spreading weed in water which obstructs water transport, drainage, and causes waterlogging. Therefore, utilization of water hyacinth as materials for…
• 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…
Special Reports
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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