Shows all known dams in the Mekong Basin (commissioned, under construction and planned) as at May 2013. 'Unknown' dams are mainly dams and reservoirs constructed for use in irrigation and water supply, the names of which are current unknown. Data sources: Citation of the data sources contributing to the location of the dams in this map may be found at www.mekong .waterandfood.org/archive/2648
Shows all commissioned, under construction and planned dams in the Mekong Basin as at May 2013.
Shows all known commissioned, under construction and planned dams in the Mekong River Basin as at May 2013.
Shows all known commissioned, under construction and planned dams in the Mekong River Basin as at May 2013.
This short video examines an initiative by Earth Systems to develop a tea sector dialogue platform that brings together key stakeholders in the value chain to jointly examine challenges and opportunities for the development of a more equitable and sustainable tea sector in Laos. The video highlights the outcomes and lessons from a tea stakeholder workshop held in Phongsaly province, northern Laos, in July 2016.
A fascinating and educational journey of a Laotian who was instrumental in developing the first Lao language "Village Rights" guidebook on land and natural resources.
Laos remains one of the poorest countries in Asia and least developed in Southeast Asia, eighty per cent of Laos public investment programs are funded by foreign aid. We work with villages along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, which was bombed more heavily than any location on earth during the U.S.'s "Secret War" on Laos during the Vietnam War
Watch this BBC Earth Report about Laos PDR.
A large share of the world's rural population depends on using land to feed themselves. Commercial agriculture and forestry investments are placing growing pressure on land as a resource. Especially when state capacities to steer and monitor land-based investments are low, this can lead to increasing pressure on natural resources, land-use conflicts and in the worst cases to forced expropriation and displacement. These factors can have a negative impact on livelihood and food security in rural areas, particularly when land rights are insecure.
An introduction into the work we do to assist disadvantaged communities in Laos and Cambodia.
We have 3 core Programs of development work: Healthy Villages & Local Leadership/ Land & Livelihoods/ Child Protection and Empowerment.
Please visit our website for more information: https://villagefocus.org/index
Village Focus helps families in rural villages in Laos and Cambodia. Dependent on the natural abundance of the wilderness around them for all things, they are often victims of profiteering in many forms. Images from Pajujeun, Pajudon, Ta-oy, Saneung and Phorbeuy villages in Laos, and Siem Reap province, Battambang and Mondulkiri provinces in Cambodia. Scenes of bomb craters, Typhoon Ketsana's destruction, a sacred forest reserve, water and sanitation projects, and food cultivation.
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