Since the early 1990s, a Land Use Planning and Land Allocation (LUP/LA) Programme has been implemented throughout Laos in order to increase land tenure security, to stabilize shifting cultivation, increase forest cover and to avoid the negative impacts of deforestation as to protect the environme...
Bouahom, B.
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Bourgoin, J.
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Lestrelin, Guillaume
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Castella, J.C.
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[Monitoring participatory land use planning for better impact on landscapes and livelihoods: case studies in Nambor, Sobchia and Pakhok villages, Phonxay district, Luang Prabang province]
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Monitoring participatory land use planning for better impact on landscapes and livelihoods: case studies in Nambor, Sobchia and Pakhok villages, Phonxay district, Luang Prabang province
The spatial patterns of NTFPs collection was investigated in four villages (Muongmuay, Vangmat, Bouammi and Phadeng) of Viengkham district in Luang Prabang Province. The survey aimed at characterizing different NTFPs collection practices across (i) a gradient of accessibility, population pressure...
Thephavanh, M.
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Ponkphady, S.
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Boucard, A.
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Boissiere, M.
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Castella, J.C.
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Basuki, I.
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Mouaxeng-Cha, K.
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Vongmany, O.
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[Spatial changes in the use of Non Timber Forest Products in four villages of Viengkham District, Luang Prabang Province, Lao PDR]
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Spatial changes in the use of Non Timber Forest Products in four villages of Viengkham District, Luang Prabang Province, Lao PDR
This study on the use of Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in the Nam Khan Watershed was conducted through household surveys and focus group discussions in three villages selected along a gradient of integration to market, and diversity of livelihood systems: Houayyen and Tinpha villages in Xien...
Nanthavong, K.
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Cherief, M.
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Keophoxay, Anousith
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Castella, J.C.
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[Management of Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) across the Nam Khan Watershed]
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Management of Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) across the Nam Khan Watershed
The paper investigates the changes in management and trade of non timber forest products (NTFP) in northern uplands of Laos and how they are related to agricultural production from both landscape and livelihoods perspectives. Surveys were conducted in Luang Prabang province with multiple groups o...
Castella, J.C.
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Thephavanh, M.
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Vongkhamsao, V.
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Mouaxeng-Cha, K.
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Phonphakdy, S.
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Fitriana, Y.R.
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Kongay, K.
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Phaipasith, S.
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Ferrand, J.
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Manivanh, V.
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Pfund, J.L.
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[Evolving relations between agriculture and forest in Viengkham District, Luang Prabang Province]
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Evolving relations between agriculture and forest in Viengkham District, Luang Prabang Province
In a time of transition from subsistence to commercial agriculture, small farming households need to be better organized in order to match the market demand in terms of product volume and quality. However, spontaneous initiatives are often discouraged by the lack of proper support in terms of cre...
Castella, J.C.
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Bouahom, B.
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Keophoxay, Anousith
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Douangsavanh, L.
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[Managing the transition from farmers’ groups to agricultural cooperatives in Lao PDR]
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Managing the transition from farmers’ groups to agricultural cooperatives in Lao PDR
Conservation agriculture is a new technique in Northern Lao PDR. This study on the patterns of diffusion and adoption of Conservation Agriculture was conducted in twenty villages of three districts in Xieng khouang province, covering four agro-ecological zones: Pek, northern Kham, Kham basin and ...
Nanthavong, K.
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Keophoxay, Anousith
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Khambanseuang, C.
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Jobard, E.
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Lestrelin, Guillaume
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Castella, J.C.
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[Patterns of diffusion and adoption of Conservation Agriculture: Case studies in Pek, Kham and Nonghet district, Xieng Khouang province, Lao PDR]
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Patterns of diffusion and adoption of Conservation Agriculture: Case studies in Pek, Kham and Nonghet district, Xieng Khouang province, Lao PDR
Bamboos have often been viewed as inferior products, labeled as the "poor man's timber". Development groups have proposed bamboo production as an opportunity for increasing the wealth of the low-income groups. This paper is a study of the household economy of 200 bamboo farmers in eight township ...
Ruiz Perez, M.
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Zhong, M.
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Belcher, B.
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Xie, C.
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Fu Maoyi
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Xie, J.
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[The role of bamboo plantations in rural development: the case of Anji County, Zhejiang, China]
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The role of bamboo plantations in rural development: the case of Anji County, Zhejiang, China
Cunningham, T.
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German, L.
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Chikakula, M.
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Paumgarten, F.
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Barr, C.
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Obidzinski, K.
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Yatich, Thomas
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Koning, R.G. de
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Purnomo, H.
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Puntodewo, A.
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[Toward a strategy for sustainable trade and management of forest products and services in the COMESA region]
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Toward a strategy for sustainable trade and management of forest products and services in the COMESA region
This thesis aims at improving the understanding of the economic, environmental and social inter-relationships inherent in development processes. This study specifically deals with the problems and efforts involved in the use of rain forests of the Bolivian Amazon. The core issues addressed in the...
Bojanic Helbingen, A.J.
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[Balance is beautiful: assessing sustainable development in the rain forests of the Bolivian Amazon]
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Balance is beautiful: assessing sustainable development in the rain forests of the Bolivian Amazon
Does human population growth threaten the environment, or does it guarantee we will safeguard it? Is economic growth the key ecological problem, or is it in fact the solution? What will be the leading force to save the planet: civil society, government, or private enterprise? This book shows that...