Practitioner's Insights
When Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meet in Glasgow next month for the COP26 conference, much...
Notes from the Field
Gender equality is one of the policy priorities for the government of Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR). The government integrated gender...
Talk of the Forest
In 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world, Mardha Tillah travelled to Bangkok for a workshop on gender leadership. At that time, she was...
Notes from the Field
Building partnerships among forest communities, the private sector and the government in Lao PDR is challenging work. Witnessing the fruit of that...
Perspectives
Chantha Ouanthavongsi, director of the Association for Preservation of Environment and Development of Community, immediately applied her new data...
Notes from the Field
Saraswati Aryal’s parents were never disappointed that they did not have a son. Despite the patriarchal nature of Nepali society, they were happy...
Talk of the Forest
Sisavath Chanhthaleuxai has witnessed an evolution in the relationship between the Lao People's Democratic Republic government and civil society...
Talk of the Forest
For workers in the small sawmills or furniture factories of Lao PDR, conditions can be far from fair. The company that employs you could suddenly...
Special Report
Imagine waking up one day and being told you no longer have a right to live in the village where you, your parents and even your grandparents were...