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1 Lao People's Democratic Republic. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute. Soil Survey and Land Classification Centre. 2001. An innovative approach to sustainable land management in Lao P.D.R.: Annual Progress Report (October 2000 - October 2001) Unpublished report, prepared by the Management and Soil Erosion Consortium, Vientiane, 5 November 2001. 43p.
Land management ; Data collection ; Sedimentary materials ; Watersheds ; Catchment areas ; Geology ; Climate ; Soil classification ; Land use ; Tillage ; Erosion ; Rainfall-runoff relationships ; Settlement ; Villages ; Population ; Land tenure ; Cropping systems ; Crop yield ; Livestock ; Income ; Expenditure ; Development policy / Laos / Luang Prabang / Houay Pano
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 5988 Record No: H029839)
2 Rumpel, C.; Chaplot, V.; Chabbi, A.; Largeau, C.; Valentin, Christian. 2008. Stabilisation of HF soluble and HCl resistant organic matter in sloping tropical soils under slash and burn agriculture. Geoderma, 145:347-354.
Sloping land ; Shifting cultivation ; Tropical soils ; Climatic soil types ; Erosion ; Soil profiles / Laos / Luang Prabang
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.4 G708 RUM Record No: H041554)
3 George, A.; Pierret, Alain; Boonsaner, A.; Valentin, Christian; Orange, Didier; Planchon, O. 2009. Potential and limitations of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) as a means to manage watershed services in mainland Southeast Asia. International Journal of the Commons, 3(1):16-40.
Watershed management ; Reservoirs ; Water quality ; Erosion ; Environmental management ; User charges ; Farmers ; Poverty ; Social aspects ; Economic aspects ; Highlands ; Water users ; Surveys ; Case studies ; Institutions / South East Asia / Laos / Thailand / Mae Thang Watershed / Houay Xon Watershed / Luang Prabang
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042327)
http://www.thecommonsjournal.org/index.php/ijc/article/viewPDFInterstitial/131/84
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Based on two case studies conducted at local sites in Northern Thailand and Lao PDR, the objectives of this paper are (i) to assess whether conditions for the establishment of PES at the watershed level exist in the uplands of mainland SE Asia and (ii) to examine and discuss limitations that are likely to impinge on direct transfer of the PES concept as well as the institutional adaptations and support that are required for the successful implementation of PES markets in this regional context. The study’s main findings are that: (i) acceptance of PES principles and constraints are directly related to stakeholders’ perception of their land rights irrespective of their actual rights; (ii) willingness to pay (WTP) is very low among local stakeholders, making any PES market unlikely to emerge without external support; (iii) the classical scheme for watershed services hardly applies in its original form because environmental service (ES) providers and buyers are generally the same people; (iv) where potential ES buyers feel that ES providers are better-off or wealthier than them, they do not have any WTP for ES; (v) good governance, including a strong liaising at various levels between people and the authorities is a strong prerequisite for the successful establishment of PES markets, even without direct government funding.
4 Penalba, L. M.; Elazegui, D. D.; Soukkhy, O.; Amit, M. G. C.; Lansigan, F. P.; Faderogao, F. J. F. 2014. Climate change impacts on food security and livelihoods: case studies from Lao PDR and the Philippines. In Lebel, L.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Krittasudthacheewa, C.; Daniel, R. (Eds.). Climate risks, regional integration and sustainability in the Mekong region. Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre (SIRDC); Stockholm, Sweden: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). pp.201-227.
Climate change ; Food security ; Food supply ; Living standards ; Households ; Population growth ; Agricultural production ; Rice ; Yields ; Farm income ; Farmers ; Rain ; Temperature ; Dry season ; Irrigated land ; Case studies / Southeast Asia / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Philippines / Pangasinan / Tarlac / Luang Prabang / Savannakhet
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI, e-copy SF Record No: H046918)
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5 Suhardiman, Diana; DiCarlo, J.; Keovilignavong, Oulavanh; Rigg, J.; Nicol, Alan. 2021. (Re)constructing state power and livelihoods through the Laos-China railway project. Geoforum, 124:79-88. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.06.003]
Railways ; Development projects ; Land valuation ; Compensation ; Strategies ; Central government ; Livelihoods ; Transport infrastructure ; Large scale systems ; Political aspects ; Rules ; Procedures ; Government agencies ; Villages ; Households ; Social aspects / Lao People's Democratic Republic / China / Luang Prabang / Chomphet / Naxang
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050490)
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This paper examines the governance and implementation of land compensation for the Laos-China Railway (LCR). It brings to light the central government’s strategy to use compensation rules and procedures as its means to extend its spatial power across the provinces, districts, and villages that are affected by the railway construction. We examine both the manifestations and effects of state power through the formulation and implementation of land compensation procedures. Taking Naxang village in Chomphet district, Luang Prabang province, in Laos as a case, the paper highlights: 1) how centralized compensation rules and procedures serve as a means for the central government to expand its power; 2) how power relations between central-provincial-district governments (re)shaped the actual project implementation especially pertaining to compensation valuation and payment; and 3) implications for smallholder livelihood options and strategies.
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