Creating Poverty in Laos: The Asian Development Bank and Industrial Tree Plantations

Creating Poverty in Laos: The Asian Development Bank and Industrial Tree Plantations.
A World Rainforest Movement briefing paper
By Chris Lang and Bruce Shoemaker.
April 2006

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Contents:

· Background: Forests and Rural Communities in Laos
· The Failure of the ADB’s First Plantation Project in Laos
· The ADB’s New Plantations Project in Laos: Repeating the Same
Mistakes?
BOX: The impacts of industrial tree plantations are being increasingly felt by rural communities. Eyewitness reports describe some of these impacts.
· Conclusion

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