Trees of Laos and Vietnam: a field guide to 100 economically or ecologically important species
This field guide to 100 economically or ecologically important tree species from Laos and Vietnam enables the user to identify the included taxa with user-friendly keys. It includes scientific names, botanical descriptions of families, genera, and species. Specific information on distribution, habitat, ecology, and uses has been compiled. All specimens examined have been listed.
Most Significant Change Stories
Most Significant Change is a qualitative research methodology that involves project stakeholders in deciding what changes are worth recording as “stories”. MSC stories are meant to illustrate, not quantify outcomes and impacts. These stories help “bring to life” the quantitative data and help TABI project managers and donors understand how changes resulting from the P-FALUPAM […]
Melientha Cultivation – Farmer Guide
Melientha is an evergreen forest tree, up to 10 m high, with young leaves much favored in various Lao dishes. Unfortunately, the Melientha trees are unsustainably harvested, where parts or whole trees are cut down, seriously threatening the species.
Concept Notes BENZOIN PRODUCTION (YARN)
Benzoin Laos (Styrax tonkinensis), is known in Laos as the “Ton Yarn”. It is a deciduous fast-growing tree that can reach 15–20 meters in height and a diameter of 30 cm or more found in upland fallow systems 800-1,600 meters above sea level. Approximately 250 villages in three northern provinces of Laos (Phongsaly, Louang Prabang […]
Fish-rice cultivation in Houaphanh Province
This is an age-old practice in Asia and parts of Laos. Increases in fish production can be made via the adoption of practices used in other countries in Asia, and can be combined with IPM practices in rice to improve overall rice production.
Distribution and Ecology of Some Important River Fish Species of the Mekong River Basin
The fishery of the Mekong River is one of the largest and most significant in the world, and most of the production is based on migratory river fishes. An earlier report provided an overview of the general patterns of fish migrations and their significance for management. This complementary report provides more detailed information on 40 […]
Community-based management of natural bamboo forests
This practical guide has been developed for development practitioners and those wishing to develop such value chains. It provides “key methods” based on the analysis of the experiences derived from developing the bamboo sector in Houaphan Province, a mountainous province situated in the northeast of Laos. These lessons learned and experiences, cumulated since 2010, has […]
Systematics, Ecology and Management of Rattans in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, The Biological Bases of Sustainable Use
Rattans are spiny, climbing palms in the subfamily Calamoideae. There are over 550 different species of rattan belonging to 12 genera distributed throughout the Old World tropics (Dransfield et al. 2008). Rattan palms are used for a variety of subsistence purposes, e.g. cordages, basketry, food, medicine, and thatch, and the flexible stem, or canes, form […]
Mushrooms for Trees and People: A field guide to useful mushrooms of the Mekong region
As part of biodiversity in the GMS, fungi, and more specifically, mushrooms play a special role. Micro-and small enterprise development is widely recognized as important in many developing countries. Yet when it comes to people earning money from non-timber forest products (NTFP’s), several studies of commercially traded NTFP’s in Asia, Africa or Latin America have […]
