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The indicators measure elements of SEPLS resilience that are, almost by definition, strongly interrelated. The practices and institutions that they describe can be grouped in five areas: • Landscape/seascape diversity and ecosystem protection • Biodiversity (including agricultural biodiversity) • Knowledge and innovation • Governance and social...

Owing to a high prevalence of rural poverty in Lao PDR, improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers by increasing their productivity is a high priority for the Government. Smallholder farming relies primarily on rainfall, which is prone to shortfalls and occasional droughts during the crop planting season. Reliable irrigation supplies would...

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) has been participating in the international REDD+ negotiation process under the UNFCCC since 2007 and REDD+ has become an important driver in project development in the forest sector of Lao PDR. During the period between 2008 and 2012, REDD+ finance in Lao PDR amounted to more than USD 55 million, with...