Wravong Phrachanh
Wravong Phrachanh has loved drawing and cartoons since she was young. Over the years, she has developed her artistic skills and continued creating and sharing her work through her page, This is WRA. Her contribution to the Herbarium of Non-Timber Forest Products of Lao PDR opened a new chapter in her creative journey. For the […]
The Bamboo & NTFP Development Association (BNDA)
For many rural communities in Houaphan Province, bamboo and non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are more than resources from the forest. They are an important part of people’s livelihoods, food, traditional knowledge, and local economy. But managing these resources sustainably requires knowledge and cooperation. Since its establishment in 2020, the Bamboo & NTFP Development Association (BNDA) […]
Community fisheries in Lao PDR : a survey of techniques and issues
The fishing techniques which can be found in Laos provide a good illustration of the principle that culture is not a static museum display but a living, evolving aspect of everyday life. In virtually every part of the country new gears are being developed or adopted and old gears are being abandoned or modified to […]
Dr Lampheuy Kaensombath
Dr Lampheuy Kaensombath is a researcher in animal nutrition and farm management who decided to invest her knowledge into achieving meaningful transformation in rural communities in Laos. She is convinced that academic knowledge achieves its true value only when translated into practical solutions that improve real life. From 2016 to 2019, she served as a […]
Sahai Coffee
Sahai Lao Coffee Roastery is a community driven initiative that empowers local farmers across Northern Laos. Sahai promotes sustainable practices by training growers in selective hand-picking and responsible processing methods. They help partner communities to master each production step while protecting their ancestral lands. In 2012, Alex Chitdara, one of the two co-founders of Sahai […]
Prof. Soulivanh Lanorsavanh
Associate Professor Soulivanh Lanorsavanh is a lecturer and the Deputy Head of the Department of Biology at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, National University of Laos (NUoL). He has dedicated his academic career to the study of plant morphology and the vascular flora of Lao PDR. His work is driven by a deep passion for […]
Preliminary checklist of Hoya (Asclepiadaceae) in the flora of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
This paper provides new data on 33 new or rare species of Hoya obtained in fieldwork mainly during 2012–2017 in eastern Indochina including Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. These data include illustrated descriptions of three species new for science, as well as illustrated records of 24 species new for the floras of the studied countries. When […]
Seven new species and seven new records of Begonia L. (Begoniaceae) in the flora of Laos
New species of Begonia L. in the flora of Laos presented in this paper were mainly found in the course of botanical surveys made in Hin Nam No National Protected Area, Nam Phouy National Protected Area, Khammouane Karst Forest, and Phou Khao Khouay National Protected Area. Additionally, herbaria presently available in Laos (HNL, FOF, NUoL, […]
New and noteworthy species of Begonia (Begoniaceae) from Vietnam and Laos
Strictly endemic species Begonia alta, B. babeana, B. crassula, B. gesneriifolia, B. minuscula, B. nahangensis, B. rigidifolia, B. rubrosetosa, B. rugosula, B. sonlaensis, and B. viscosa (Begoniaceae) are described and illustrated. Relations and morphological differences of described species from their allies are shortly discussed
An updated checklist of Begonia (Begoniaceae) in Laos, with two new species and five new records
Two new species of Begonia L. (Begoniaceae), B. laotica (sect. Parvibegonia) and B. hypoleuca (sect. Reichenheimia), from north Laos are described and illustrated. Begonia augustinei, B. dryadis, B. lancangensis, B. sizemoreae and B. sillentensis subsp. mengyangensis were newly recorded taxa in Laos. Furthermore, an updated checklist of Begonia of Laos is also compiled.
