Pha Khao Lao Contributors
Current Contributors
Currently, we are covering our expenses with financial contributions from IFAD, via the Government of Lao PDR, and from the Wyss Academy for Nature. The IFAD funds are tied to our contributions in the frame of the Agriculture for Nutrition (Phase II) project, which was launched early 2024.
Wyss Academy for Nature
International Fund for Agricultural Development
Aquatic Foods for Healthy People and Planet
Former Contributors
Pha Khao Lao is an offspring of the The Agrobiodiversity Initiative (TABI), which was funded from 2009 to 2019 by the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC). In 2020, after the closure of TABI, SDC availed an additional funding to develop the Pha Khao Lao platform and bring it to maturity.
Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation
Credits & Acknowledgements
Illustrations
The six illustrations on the main pages of this website have been created by Manilla Chounlamountri, also known as The Vientianist. Manilla also modernized the Pha Khao Lao logo and Lao font while preserving its original style.
The illustration of “multifunctional landscape” (About – What is Agrobiodiversity) was created by XYZ.
Photographs
In the species descriptions (Discover – Species Database), we often rely on photographs availed on websites such as iNaturalist or GBIF. The authors of these photographs are acknowledged at the end of each species description, in the “References” section. Other photographs on this website were authored by (in alphabetical order):
Albrecht Ehrensperger: Butterfly and tea harvester (Discover Page); Beekeeper, pile of books, note taker, and video artist (About – Get Involved)
Bouavone Thipphavanh: Portrait of Duangkhae (About – Get Involved)
Chris Flint: Rice harvesters (About – What is Agrobiodiversity)
Duangkhae Keonoy: Portrait of Bouavone (About – Get involved)
XYZ: Lady with mushrooms (Home)
XYZ: Books (Discover)
XYZ: Landscape (About – About Pha Khao Lao)
Website
The Pha Khao Lao team wishes to acknowledge the great work and admirable flexibility and patience of our IT consultant Jipsa De Groot of CRE8.
