People gather to harvest the rich green fields along the road from Taunggyi to Hsi Hseng. None of them, however, are wearing the usual indigo tunics and multi-colour turbans of Pa-O people, who predominate in this area of southern Shan State.
“They are soldiers and their families from military…
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22 September 2022
On 15-16 September, the second National Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Responsible Agriculture and Forestry Investment took place in Vientiane. Building on the success of a first Dialogue in 2021, this year’s event convened various stakeholders from the sector with the aim to review the progress of…
05 July 2022
LANDac International Conference 2022 Session Summary
This panel was conceptualised around the current era of guidelines and certification as tools for resolving problems arising from weak regulation of agribusiness investments. Some of these tools include international frameworks, voluntary…
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12 July 2024
The webinar “Pathways to Customary Land & Forest Rights in the Mekong” took place on July 2nd, 2024. This was the second webinar in the series ‘State of Land in the Mekong region’ which aims to highlight the evolving environment of land governance in this dynamic region, including Cambodia, Lao…
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Au cours des neuf dernières années, le projet de soutien à la mise en œuvre des Directives volontaires sur la gouvernance responsable des régimes fonciers applicables aux terres, aux pêches et aux forêts (VGGT) a aidé les pays à prendre des engagements politiques en faveur de l'éradication de la…
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