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Rattan Diversity and Sustainable Management in Lao PDR

 

Key Facts

FUNDING SCHEME ICON
FUNDING SCHEME
Main Project
VALUE ICON
VALUE
£142,771
WHERE ICON
WHERE
Laos

Summary

To develop a national rattan collection, an identification manual and establish experiments to determine the potential for sustainable management.
 
Status Completed
Reference 60-46
Round 5
Start 01/10/1997
End 31/03/2001

Project Leader


Project Partners
Dept of Forestry - Lao


Regions
East Asia

Countries
Laos

Project Outputs
training for 2 Laotians in rattan identification; training in extension methods for participatory inventory of non-timber forest products and ecological surveys; 5 field plots in Nakai-Nam Protected Area; guide to the rattans; Lao National Rattan collection enhanced and duplicates lodged at other institutions; MSc; scientific papers; management plan; identification guide; computer database.


Documents:
Download: Final Report - 06-046 FR - 18/11/2010