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Flora of Nam Kading National Protected Area V: Two new species of Camellia (Theaceae), C. namkadingensis and C. rosacea

Two new species of Camellia (Theaceae), C. namkadingensis and C. rosacea, from Nam Kading National Protected Area, Central Laos, are described. Illustrations, DNA barcodes for rbcL and matK and IUCN c…

Phetlasy Souladeth, Shuchito Tagane & Tetsukazu Yahara

published in 2019, language

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Monograph on Benzoin

Lao PDR is the major producer of Siam or Lao benzoin, a balsamic resin obtained from the yan tree (Styrax tonkinensis), which is native to Southeast Asia. Annual production of Siam benzoin, one of the…

Masakazu Kashio, Dennis V. Johnson

published in 2018, English language

Edible and Medicinal Wild Mushrooms in Lao PDR.

Due to the rich ecological landscape and biodiversity of Lao PDR, a great number of wild mushrooms are available for consumption and sales. Many mushrooms are known for their good taste and nutritious…

Ole S. Pedersen

published in 2018, English language

Local Chicken Market Value-Chain Analysis

This report covers a survey of market supply and demand for chicken meat and eggs in Xieng Khouang Province (XKH), Lao PDR. This includes a value-chain analysis of the five different varieties of nat…

Matt Ratter

published in 2018, English language

Annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs from Laos (Mollusca, Gastropoda)

The land area of Laos is composed of a large variety of undisturbed habitats, such as high mountainous areas, huge limestone karsts and the lower Mekong Basin. Therefore, Laos is expected to have a hi…

Khamla Inkhavilay, Chirasak Sutcharit, Ueangfa Bantaowong, Ratmanee Chanabun, Warut Siriwut, Ruttapon Srisonchai, Arthit Pholyotha, Parin Jirapatrasilp, Somsak Panha

published in 2019, English language

Case Study Fish Conservation Zone, Ban Phieng Mon, Nong Hed District, Xiengkhouang “Initial insights” (copy)

Introduction: To understand the scale of impacts of FCZs, TABI facilitated a PRA exercise in Ban Phieng Mon in Xiengkhouang Province on May 29, 2019 using a small group discussion. TABI began supporti…

Keooudone Souvannakhoummane

published in 2020, English language

TABI Activities per Province 2009-2020 (copy)

TABI Activities per Province 2009-2020…

Keooudone Souvannakhoummane

published in 2020, English language

TABI AGROBIODIVERSITY MODEL (copy)

More than 1,000 species identified in associated selected habitats.Land use planning is implemented in almost 1,000,000 ha in 315 villages in 13 provinces.ABD importance promoted to more than …

K. Souvannakhoummane, M. F. Newman, S. Lanorsavanh, P. Suksathan

published in 2020, English language

Capparis macrantha sp. nov. (Capparaceae, Brassicales), a new shrub species from a deciduous forest of the Nam Kading National Protected Area (central Lao PDR) (copy)

Capparis macrantha Souvannakhoummane, Fici & Lanorsavanh sp. nov., a new shrub species characterized by erect or ascending habit, stipular thorns, large lanceolate-elliptic leaves and large fl ow…

Keooudone Souvannakhoummane, Silvio Fici, Soulivanh Lanorsavanh, Jeong Ho Park, Ho Sang Kang, Chaloun Bounithiphonh

published in 2020, English language

Cash crops in the uplands: th cardamom experience (copy)

Farmers are often blamed for destroying tropical forests, especially in the Lao PDR. Converting shifting cultivation into cash crop-based agriculture is recurrently presented as the solution merging f…

Olivier Ducourtieux, Phoui Visonnavong and Julien Rossard

published in 2020, English language

Rapid Assessment of Food Security and Agriculture in Lao PDR (copy)

While there have been just 19 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) to date in Lao PDR, the country – as with other countries around the world – has been affected by secondary soc…

World Food Programme Lao PDR

published in 2020, English language

LIVING LANDSCAPES Embracing Agro-Biodiversity in Northern Laos (copy)

The Lao uplands have long been recognized for their rich agro-biodiversity. Home to globally important species of animals, plants, and micro-organisms, this agro-biodiversity is the legacy of the upla…

Andrea Rodericks

published in 2020, English language

Estimating the global trade in Southeast Asian newts

The global trade inamphibians iswidespread, involves hundreds of species, andhas been implicated in amphibian population declines. Thepet trade is the primary driver for populationdeclines inone South…

Jodi J.L. Rowley, Chris R. Shepherd, Bryan L. Stuart, Truong Q. Nguyen, Huy D. Hoang,Timothy P. Cutajar, Guinevere O.U. Wogan, Sompouthone Phimmachak

published in 2016, English language

A new small-sized Theloderma (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Laos.

A new species of the rhacophorid frog genus Theloderma is described from the forested shoreline of the Nam Lik Reservoir, Vientiane Province, Laos. The new species differs from its congeners by having…

Niane Sivongxay, Monekham Davankham, Somphouthone Phimmachak , Keochay Phoumixay, Bryan L Stuart

published in 2016, English language

A new Philautus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from northern Laos allied to P. abditusInger, Orlov & Darevsky, 1999

The small rhacophorid frog Philautus abditus is geographically restricted to central Vietnam and adjacent Cambodia. Our fieldwork in northern Laos resulted in the discovery of a Philautus species that…

Stuart, Bryan L., Somphouthone Phimmachak, Sengvilay Seateun & Jennifer A. Sheridan.

published in 2015, English language

A New Species in the Tylototriton asperrimus Group (Caudata: Salamandridae) from Central Laos

A new species in the morphologically conservative Tylototriton asperrimus group is described from Khammouan Province, Laos. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA confirms its placement …

Stuart, B.L., Phimmachak, S., Sivongxay, N. & Robichaud, W.G.

published in 2010, English language

A new Philautus (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) from northern Laos

A new Philautus is described from Phou Dendin National Biodiversity Conservation Area in northern Laos. Philautus petilus sp. nov. is most remarkable by having a very slender, elongate habitus. Other …

Bryan L Stuart and Harold Heatwole

published in 2004, English language

Ecology and Natural History of the Knobby Newt Tylototriton podichthys (Caudata: Salamandridae) in Laos

Almost nothing is known on the ecology and natural history of Tylototriton (Knobby Newts) in Laos. Here, a population of the newly described T. podichthys was intensively studied in a 55,800 m2 area…

Somphouthone Phimmachak, Bryan L. Stuart and Anchalee Aowphol.

published in 2015, English language

A new Limnonectes (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from southern Laos

A new species of “fanged frog” in the genus Limnonectes resembling L. kohchangae (Smith, 1922) from southeastern Thailand and southwestern Cambodia is described from upper elevations of the Bolaven Pl…

Somphouthone Phimmachak, Niane Sivongxay, Sengvilay Seateun, Siriporn Yodthong, Attapol Rujirawan, Thy Neang, Anchalee Aowphol, Bryan L Stuart

published in 2018, English language

Predicting Environmental Suitability for a Rare and Threatened Species (Lao Newt, Laotriton laoensis) Using Validated Species Distribution Models

The Lao newt (Laotriton laoensis) is a recently described species currently known only from northern Laos. Little is known about the species, but it is threatened as a result of overharvesting. We int…

Amanda

published in 2021, English language

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