Case study on orchid exports from the Lao PDR: Recommendations for using the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora to increase sustainable orchid trade.
This report is a product of the project “Piloting CITES Implementation in Lao PDR: Strengthening Institutions through Case Studies”. Supported by the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC), this initiative was carried out by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and partners, including the National University of Laos and TRAFFIC, in 2007-2008.The initiative provided […]
Systematics of the Lao torrent frog, Amolops cremnobatus Inger & Kottelat, 1998 (Anura: Ranidae), with descriptions of four new species
The Lao torrent frog Amolops cremnobatus Inger & Kottelat, 1998 was recently hypothesized, based on mitochondrial DNA, to consist of more than a single species across its range in Laos and flanking regions of Vietnam and Thailand. We tested this hypothesis using mitochondrial DNA, nuclear DNA, and quantitative and qualitative morphological data from adults and […]
A field guide natural wonders of plant at Phoubia, Nnouvong District, Xaysomboun Province
ພູເບ້ຍເປັນພູທີ່ສູງສຸດຂອງ ສປປ ລາວ ໃນລະດັບຄວາມສູງ 2.820 ແມັດ, ມີທີ່ຕັ້ງຝນເມື່ອງອານຸວົງ, ແຂວງໄຊສົມບູນ, ເຊິ່ງປົກຄຸມດ້ວຍປ່າໄມ້ທີ່ມີຄຸນຄ່າທາງດ້ານເສດຖະກິດ ແລະ ຊີວະນາໆພັນທີ່ອຸດົມສົມບູນ ເປັນເອກະລັກ ແລະ ມະຫັດສະຈັນ, ນອກຈາກນັ້ນຍັງເປັນບ່ອນຢູ່ອາໄສຂອງສັດປ່າຫຼາຍຊະນິດ ເຊັ່ນ: ໝີ, ເໝືອຍ, ເຍືອງ, ໝູປ່າ, ກວາງ, ຟານ, ທະນີ, ລີງ, ຂາແດງ ແລະ ອື່ນໆ. ພູເບ້ຍມີຄວາມເໝາະສົມໃນການພັດທະນາໃຫ້ເປັນແຫຼ່ງທ່ອງທ່ຽວທຳມະຊາດທີ່ສາມາດສ້າງກິດຈະກຳທ່ອງທ່ຽວໄດ້ຢ່າງຫຼາກຫຼາຍຮູບແບບ. ບໍລິເສັດກຸ່ມຄຳໄພຊະນະ ຈຶ່ງໄດ້ສຶກສາຄວາມເປັນໄປໄດ້ໃນການພັດທະນາພູເບ້ຍ ໃຫ້ເປັນແຫຼ່ງທ່ອງທ່ຽວຕາມໂຄງການ “phubia paradise” ນັບແຕ່ປີ 2018 ເປັນຕົ້ນມາ.
ບັນຊີລາຍຊື່ພືດທີ່ມີທໍ່ລຳລຽງຂອງ ສປປ ລາວ (A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Lao PDR version 1.0)
ປື້ມບັນຊີລາຍຊື່ພືດຂອງສປປລາວເຫຼັ້ມນີ້ໄດ້ລວບລວມລາຍຊື່ພືດຂອງລາວທີ່ໄດ້ ປັບປຸງ ແລະ ໄດ້ບັນທຶກໄວ້ໃນເວບໄຊດ໌ຂອງສວນພຶກສາສາດເອດິນເບີກ (https://padme.rbge.org.uk/laos/list) ເຖິງ 2021, ພ້ອມທັງມີການເພີ່ມບັນດາລາຍຊື່ຊະນິດພືດຂອງ ລາວ ທີ່ຜ່ານການພັນລະນາ ແລະ ຈັດພິມ ໂດຍນັກຄົ້ນຄວ້າຂອງນັກພຶກສາສາດຂອງລາວ ແລະ ຕ່າງປະເທດ ໄດ້ພິມອອກໃນວາລະສານທາງວິທະຍາສາດພາຍໃຕ້ການສະໜັບສະໜູນຂອງໂຄງ ການສ້າງຄວາມເຂັ້ມແຂງທາງດ້ານການຄົ້ນຄວ້າວິທະຍາສາດຂອງຄະນະວິທະຍາສາດທຳ ມະຊາດ, ມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລແຫ່ງຊາດ ທີ່ມີການພົວພັນກັບການອະນຸລັກຊີວະນາໆພັນ ແລະ ການປົກປັກຮັກສາສິ່ງແວດລ້ອມ (PICE / LAN 2).
WILDLIFE IN LAO PDR-1999 STATUS REPORT
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Rediscovery of Biswamoyopterus (Mammalia: Rodentia: Sciuridae: Pteromyini) in Asia, with the description of a new species from Lao PDR
A new species of the flying squirrel genus Biswamoyopterus is described from Lao PDR. It is based on a single specimen collected from a local food market at Ban Thongnami, Pak Kading District, Bolikhamxai Province. The new taxon shows close affinities to Biswamoyopterus biswasi, which is only known from the holotype collected in 1981, 1250 […]
Begonia lamxayiana Souvann. (Begoniaceae): a new species from Lao PDR
Begonia lamxayiana Souvann. is described and illustrated.
Review of the genus Plocoglottis (Orchidaceae) in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
The genus Plocoglottis is represented in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam by three species. Plocoglottis bokorensis is known from several localities scattered within these three countries. Plocoglottis javanica and P. quadrifolia are presently found each in two localities in Southern Vietnam, being widely distributed in the Malesian region. The latter species is reported here for Cambodia, […]
Akaniaceae, a new family record for Laos
A collection from Phou Chom Voy Provincial Protected Area, Bolikhamxai, represents the first records for the family Akaniaceae as well as the genus Bretschneidera and the species Bretschneidera sinensis in Laos. Here we report the new and extended distributional range. A detailed description and photographs are provided for easy identification.
Cymbilabia sourioudongii (Orchidaceae), a new species from Lao PDR
Cymbilabia sourioudongii, a new species of epiphytic orchid is described and illustrated from Phou Khao Khouay National Protected Area of Laos PDR. Keywords: Illegal orchid trade, New species, Phou Khao Khouay National Protected Area, Vandopsis.
