Forests and forestry
Forest products
Govt announces 268-hectare botanical conservation area
The government has announced the establishment of the Huaynhang forestry conservation area in Dongmakkhai village, Xaythany district, Vientiane, with the aim of creating a protected forest area free from encroachment.A ceremony to officially announce the 268-hectare Dongmakkhai Botanical Garden took place in the village on ...
Vientiane Times
Govt targets young people in tree planting programme
President Bounnhang Vorachit, along with high ranking officials and children, yesterday planted tree saplings in support of the government’s goal to highlight the importance of forestry protection among young people. Trees were planted at the new Young Pioneers Palace and Youth Museum in Dongmakkhai village, ...
Vientiane Times
Thousand of sawmills closed, hundreds of wrongdoers penalised: PM
Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith told the National Assembly (NA) yesterday that 1,545 small-scale wood processing plants and businesses that had been operating illegally had been shut down nationwide. Some 702 people were found to be involved in the illegal operation of the plants and businesses ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Attapeu police seize 2 tonnes of illegally harvested timber
Attapeu provincial police on Monday stopped a bus driven by a Vietnamese national passing through the Phoukeua international checkpoint into Vietnam, and confiscated a large amount of illegally harvested timber that was hidden inside the bus.More ...
Vientiane Times
Govt demonstrates commitment to greening of Laos
Officials from the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism on Friday gathered to plant trees at the National Museum in Vientiane to mark National Arbour Day.The ministry is planting trees in support of the resolution adopted by the 10th Party Congress to create more green ...
Sangkhomsay Bubphanouvong
200 saplings planted in Saravan welcoming Arbour Day
Last weekends, Saravan Provincial Department of Agro-Forestry along with District offices of Agro-Forestry have been on-site for planting trees in National Protected Area of Phouphasouk, Saravan.More ...
KPL
Khammouane province eyes to plant 1.836 hectares of trees on the upcoming Arbour Day
(KPL) On the Arbour Day 2018, Khammouane plans to grow trees in the total area of 1.836 hectares across the province, of which 25.66 hectares of state land are arranged for 12,145 tree saplings.More ...
KPL
Sapling fair marks start of Arbour Day activities
High-ranking officials and local people yesterday gathered for the opening of a sapling fair at the That Luang esplanade where trees, saplings and ornamental plants are being exhibited and sold to the public.More ...
Vientiane Times
GIZ Affirms Support For Securing World Heritage Status For Hin Nam No
(KPL) GIZ has affirmed to support and cooperate with the Department of Heritage, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, to secure UNESCO’s world heritage status for Hin Nam No National Protected Area.More ...
KPL
Illegal logging found in Savannakhet as to Prime Minister’s Decree No15
Over the last two years, Savannakhet authorities has discovered a number of illegal logging cases which infringed the laws and regulations on governance of timbers and logging entrepreneurship. Provincial forest inspection authorities have investigated 279 cases violating Lao Forestry Law and Wildlife and Aquatic Law ...
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