A landlocked country of 7 million between the Mekong River and Annamite Cordillera, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR or Laos) has the lowest population density in Southeast Asia. Officially, over 81% of land is classified as forest, and only 6.5% is arable land.
14 March 2023
Lao villagers worry that compensation for Pak Beng Dam will be too low
13 February 2023
Questions mount over the Xayaburi Dam’s changes to water and sediment flows as the river swallows farmers’ land.
5 October 2022
They were arbitrarily detained for three months for protesting against a new military camp in their village. Main photo: Lao soldiers and villagers are shown in a disputed area in Vientiane's Naxaithong district, March 25, 2022. The Lao military arbitrarily detained five land dispute protesters for…
Value: $15,281,096.00
Donors: Government of Belgium
Value: $540,000.00
Donors: International Fund for Agricultural Development
Value: $5,525,000.00
Donors: International Fund for Agricultural Development
Value: $7,605,000.00
Donors: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Finland)
Value: $620,000.00
Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
11 July 2023
In the wake of global climate action, large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) for renewable energy and carbon offset projects will increase the pressure on land. In addition, deforestation-free value chains that are also intended to reduce carbon emissions will require changes in the conduct of LSLAs…
Over the past nine years, the project on Supporting Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT)has helped countries make political commitments towards the eradication of hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition, with the…
