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"We are feeling safe about our land now" GIZ Land Program Laos: Assessing the contribution to changes in land use, investments in land and perceived tenure security

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2017
Land Conflicts
Land & Investments
land dispute resolution
land investments
land transfers
For the past decade, GIZ has supported participatory land use planning, land registration and land titling as a vehicle for sustainable rural development in Lao PDR. Following a number of predecessor programmes, the current Land Program (including Land Management and Decentralized Planning (LMDP) and Enhanced Land Tenure Security (ELTeS) projects) is active in the provinces of Luang Namtha, Sayabouri, Huaphan and Khammouane. This impact study focussed on some of the intermediary and longer-term changes that GIZ’s work in the land sector has been aiming to bring about in Laos.
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A Blooming Trade: Illegal trade of ornamental orchids in mainland Southeast Asia (Thailand, Lao PDR, Myanmar)

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2015
Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, South-Eastern Asia
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
forestry
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Good Practice

Laos: Investment Project Monitoring - Lao Version

Institutional & promotional materials
December, 2021
Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Laos
Land & Investments
land administration
land governance
rural development
food security
public participation
land acquisitions
responsible investment
land stakeholders
capacity development
farmers
The Global Programme 'Responsible Land Policy' (GPRLP) is part of the Special Initiative 'One World, No Hunger' of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), which aims to reduce extreme poverty and hunger.
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Industry Position Paper: Sustainable Development of the Lao Tea Sector (in Lao)

Policy Papers & Briefs
July, 2016
China, Laos
agricultural land management
farming systems
sustainable development
sustainable land management
The Lao tea sector is small in the global context but has significant potential to grow and further contribute to the local economies of tea production areas in the north and south of Lao PDR. This Industry Position Paper, developed by Earth Systems in consultation with leading tea industry stakeholders, outlines key challenges and opportunities for the sustainable development of the sector.
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Lao Version of FAO’s Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT)

Manuals & Guidelines
January, 2017
Laos, Global
VGGT
land governance
sustainable development
land policies
FAO published its Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT) of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security in 2012. The purpose of these guidelines is to serve as reference and to provide guidance to improve the governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forest with the overarching goal of achieving food security for all and to support the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security. The guidelines were translated into Lao and published in 2013.
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Lao Version of FAO’s Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT)

Reports & Research
December, 2012
Laos, Global
Forest Tenure
Land & Food Security
VGGT
food security
FAO published its Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT) of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security in 2012. The purpose of these guidelines is to serve as reference and to provide guidance to improve the governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forest with the overarching goal of achieving food security for all and to support the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security.
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Promoting Responsible Governance of Investments in Land (RGIL) in Laos

Lao Version

Institutional & promotional materials
May, 2021
Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Laos
Land & Investments
VGGT
land administration
land documentation
land governance
sustainable land use
land economics
land investments
responsible investment
land rights
land conflicts
The “Responsible Governance of Investments in Land” (RGIL) project in Lao PDR fosters investment quality promotion to ensure that agriculture and forestry investments in land are productive, contribute to sustainable land management and respect the rights and needs of local populations.
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Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (Lao version)

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
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VGGT
land governance
land tenure
The guidelines are the first comprehensive, global instrument on tenure and its administration to be prepared through intergovernmental negotiations.

The guidelines set out principles and internationally accepted standards of responsible practices for the use and control of land, fisheries and forests. They provide guidance for improving the policy, legal and organizational frameworks that regulate tenure rights; for