IUCN Laos

Baseline report : Beung Kiat Ngong Wetlands, Pathoumphone District, Champassak Province, Lao PDR

2011
This report provides an overview of existing data about the wetlands, including its ecology, biodiversity, socio-economic values, management and threats. The bulk of the information presented in this report was gathered from project reports from key organizations working in the wetlands and surrounding areas over the past decade or so, as well as from documents prepared for the site’s nomination when Lao PDR joined the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance in 2010.

Preparing REDD in Viet Nam, Lao PDR and Cambodia : designing a REDD-compliant benefit distribution system

2010 Mather, Robert |

Although the rules regarding REDD have not been set, it is already clear that the extent to which an individual country will be able to attract international investment and REDD payments will depend to a considerable extent on its ability to put in place a system that rewards forest managers who are changing their behaviour to reduce deforestation and degradation.

Guide to biodiversity in the farmscapes of Lao PDR (Lao version)

2009 Nieman, Anne Louise | Kamp, Kevin |

Guide to biodiversity in the farmscapes of Lao PDR

2009 Nieman, Anne Louise | Kamp, Kevin |

The IUCN programme in Lao PDR

1998

A checklist for the vascular plants of Lao PDR

2007 Newman, Mark | Ketphanh, Sounthone | Svengsuksa, Bouakhaykhone | Thomas, Philip | Sengdala, Khamphone | Lamxay, Vichith | Armstrong, Kate |

Over 40% of the primary forest in Lao PDR remains but this is under increasing pressure. Floristic diversity is poorly known and botanical work almost non-existent. This checklist is the outcome of a programme aimed at training some 30 Laotians participants in tropical taxonomy through field work and herbarium base work. One of the outputs of this project is this checklist which has more than 4800 species from 232 families.

An uncertain future : biodiversity and livelihoods along the Mekong river in Northern Lao PDR

2006 Bambaradeniya, Channa N. B. | Dubeau, Pierre | Friend, Richard | Lazarus, Kate | Sylavong, Latsamay |

The Lao People's Democratic Republic lies at the heart the Mekong River basin. It has an abundance of natural resources including water, wetlands, forests and biodiversity. Managing these rich resources in a sustainable manner is essential to the efforts to meet its development objectives of reducing poverty while promoting economic growth.

Community fisheries in Lao PDR : a survey of techniques and issues

1997 Claridge, Gordon | Thanongsi Sorangkhoun | Baird, Ian (Ian G.) | Sisomphone, Hansai |
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