Environment and natural resources

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) Last week, Officials from Xamneua Agriculture and Forestry office, Provincial Department of Industry and Trade, Provincial Department of Finance and relevant entities have destroyed wildlife products which were seized from illegal imports.More ...

(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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

Authorities in charge have announced an ambitious plan to plant trees on 27,000 hectares this year in an attempt to increase forest cover and mark the annual National Arbour Day, which falls on June 1.More ...

Waste run-off from upstream factories may be responsible for the recent deaths of over 40 cows in a village in Laos, local villagers and a government official say.More ...

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 ...

Savannakhet province authorities have ordered a paper factory in Xepon district to stop conducting tests until construction is complete, with its operations suspected of causing river pollution. The Chinese-owned factory, claimed to be the third largest of its type in the world, test ran equipment ...