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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    June, 2016
    France, Nigeria, United States of America, China, Indonesia, Australia, Canada, Malawi, Pakistan, Nepal, Jordan, Laos, Romania, South Africa, Italy, Tanzania, Cambodia, India, Barbados

    This publication is a compilation of presentations and recommendations resulting from the Global Conference on Inland Fisheries: Freshwater, Fish and the Future, convened at FAO HQ in January 2015 and is part of an MOU signed with Michigan State University. Contents include scientific papers on inland fisheries from a global perspective that cover biological and socio-cultural assessments, drivers and governance issues. Ten steps to responsible inland fisheries are included along with recommendations for their implementation.

  2. Library Resource
    August, 2014
    Cambodia, Laos

    Environmental degradation can inflict
    serious damage on poor people because their livelihoods
    often depend on natural resource use and their living
    conditions may offer little protection from air, water, and
    soil pollution. At the same time, poverty-constrained
    options may induce the poor to deplete resources and degrade
    the environment at rates that are incompatible with
    long-term sustainability. In such cases, degraded resources

  3. Library Resource
    March, 2014
    Laos

    This report is part of a strategy to
    promotes trade competitiveness within the East Asia and
    Pacific Region. It presents an overview of the logistics
    issues facing East Asia countries and proposes a development
    agenda for them. Based on the recognition that the
    countries have basic differences in their level of
    development, extent of openness, and composition of trade,
    it begins by discussing the benefits of improved logistics.

  4. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam

    This is a draft edition of the Poverty Environment Nexus (PEN) report for Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam. The purpose of this conference edition is to present the findings from the studies that have been undertaken in each country over the last three years as well as to obtain relevant comments and feedback from the conference participants that could be included in the final edition of the report. The material presented in this report is based upon comprehensive case studies as well as national analytical work performed in each country.

  5. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Laos

    This report presents policy, market, and
    agriculture transition in the Northern Uplands of Lao
    People's Democratic Republic aims to contribute to such
    a dialogue by providing: (a) a policy-relevant typology of
    the structural characteristics and transition patterns of
    the principal small-holder agriculture systems in the
    Northern Uplands; and (b) recommendations to strengthen
    Government's facilitation of a more sustainable and

  6. Library Resource
    National Policies
    Laos, Asia, South-Eastern Asia

    The Vision of the present cross-sectoral Forestry Strategy 2020 (FS2020) establishes that by 2020, the Government of the Lao PDR envisages a sizeable, vigorous and robust forestry sector continuing in its role as one of the leading sectors advancing national socio-economic development. A sector in which scientifically-managed natural production forests generate timber and non-timber products at sustainable levels with village participation, under supervision and technical support from well-staffed, well-trained local and national government units.

  7. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Laos, Asia, South-Eastern Asia

    This Act establishes principles for the development, management and preservation of agricultural activities (defined in Part II) in Laos. "Agriculture" is intended in a broad sense and thus the Act includes provisions relating to cultivation of crops, animal husbandry, fisheries, irrigation, management and conservation of agricultural land, use of fertilizers, protection of the environment, food supply, etc. Rights and duties of persons undertaking agricultural activities are outlined in article 10.

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