Testing assumptions : the recent history of forest cover in Nakai-Nam Theun National Protected Area, Laos

In Laos, as in much of Southeast Asia, swidden agriculture is commonly blamed as a primary driver of forest loss. The foremost policy initiative of the Lao Department of Forestry is to replace traditional swidden agriculture with other forms of rural livelihood. This has percolated down to donor-...

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Main Author: Robichaud, William G.
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/16694