Have you registered to the upcoming @aippnet's webinar sessions? Join us in #voicingindigenous rights through this #AIPPwebinar happening on 5-7 August 2020. All six registration links are up in this webpage. Register now!
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#OpendevLaos is looking for a National Coordinator. If you are Laotian and want to be part of dynamic team apply now
details: https://t.co/HZYLgu6SyU
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The Thai-owned Xayabouri #dam began operations on Tuesday, as the first of 5 major #hydropower projects planned for the #Mekong river. Read more: https://t.co/xxafCsZjJR
Photo: CK Power
Last week was the 25th anniversary of @MAGsaveslives operating in #Laos to clear unexploded ordinance. Read more about Laos' #UXO challenge and efforts to combat it on #OpenDevLaos --> https://t.co/SkDcqkWExO
Boten #SEZ in northern #Laos is expecting investment of $10+ billion USD. The special economic zone in the small border town is expected to be complete in 10-15 years with 300,000 people working and living on-site. Read more: https://t.co/Qhrruy0fEB
(Photo by Asia News Network)
The #Lao gov has arrested a woman accused of breaking the anti-Lao PDR propaganda law for criticizing the gov's response to floods in southern Laos on Facebook. She is currently detained in provincial prison. Read more: https://t.co/PdtyNqb0ZT (photo by citizen journalist)
#Floods in the south of #Laos have resulted in two people dead and two missing. 54,000 households across six provinces have been affected so far. Read more on @asianewsnetwork --> https://t.co/qPKVX0xVoK
The UN Rapporteur on #Poverty & #HumanRights recently released his final findings following his visit to #Laos. The Lao government responded to what it calls his "misleading report" on KPL: https://t.co/by0C7zPetB
#Laos was just elevated from a Tier 3 country to the Tier 2 Watch List in the @StateDept's annual #TraffickinginPersons report. Read the report on #OpenDevLaos to learn more about ongoing efforts and challenges to combat human trafficking (see pg. 285): https://t.co/LkmFXOGyad
In 1990, #Laos had 14,400 tourists. In 2018, there were over 4 million. Read more in the "Statistical Report on #Tourism in Laos, 2018", just uploaded to #OpenDevLaos --> https://t.co/s0QL6Fc2SE
Recently added to #ODL: "Land-use change in a telecoupled world: the relevance and applicability of the telecoupling framework in the case of #banana plantation expansion in Laos." Read it here --> https://t.co/Wd52c4jA46
#Laos just promulgated a Law on #Railways, governing sustainability, compensation, resettlement & other aspects of railway development. Very relevant given the #BeltandRoad-sponsored high-speed rail being constructed right now. Read the Lao version here: https://t.co/zR1Ytk2ruF
New resource from @Ian_G_Baird uploaded on #OpenDevLaos -- "Changes in Understandings of #Land in Laos: From State Sovereignty to Capital Mobilization." Read more here --> https://t.co/5K8I8JgP1O
#Laos has 50 officially recognized #ethnicgroups, and a complicated history with some ethnic minority people. Read more on ODL: https://t.co/ObMw30tvti