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Title: Laos's forests under threat
Post by Lao Lan Xang on 2^nd Jun, 2011 at 11:03pm

Nation's forests under threat
http://www.vientianetimes.org.la/FreeContent/free_Nation.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrr4-HuVdF8

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by Lao Lan Xang on 2^nd Jun, 2011 at 11:05pm

Vietnam furniture exported is $3 billion a year business, and 90% of the wood are from Laos. Some of Laos and Vietnam military are in logging business.
:o >:(

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by LaoCowboy on 3^rd Jun, 2011 at 3:24am

'The Lao government has signed international treaties on addressing climate change, maintaining biodiversity, desert reduction and reducing greenhouse gases caused by deforestation and degradation'

They are trying. What percentage of that $3 billion go to Laos?

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by JACKSPADE on 3^rd Jun, 2011 at 4:38am

Let me see. Laos is a land lock country. Due to endless logging, the forest and animal habitat are being destroyed. The increase of dams ruined the fish habitat and also causing heartache on peoples livelihood. Casinos were built, and then having it run by thugs. I wonder what's going to happen to the country in the long term.

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by Lao Lan Xang on 3^rd Jun, 2011 at 6:50am

Nobody know for sure. There's no freedom of press. I think most of the profits go to the middle man, businessmen, the rich and powerful.
:(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrr4-HuVdF8

PEACE wrote on 3^rd Jun, 2011 at 3:24am:

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by Lao Lan Xang on 3^rd Jun, 2011 at 3:25pm

That doesn't sound good at all. I supported Laos economic development. government is trying to plant more tree to replace old one.
:o

OMD wrote on 3^rd Jun, 2011 at 4:38am:

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by LaoCowboy on 4^th Jun, 2011 at 3:48am

Laos is still in the baby stage of all developments in comparison to developed or developing countries worldwide. These are just short lived hiccups in the evolution in Laos and these are lessons that can be learn from what is right or wrong for the country.

llX wrote on 3^rd Jun, 2011 at 3:25pm:

That doesn't sound good at all. I supported Laos economic development. government is trying to plant more tree to replace old one.
:o

OMD wrote on 3^rd Jun, 2011 at 4:38am:

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by Lao USA on 4^th Jun, 2011 at 3:54am

Agreed Laocowboy. We have to learn from our past mistake and move forward. Government is also trying to plan more tree.
:)

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by LaoCowboy on 4^th Jun, 2011 at 4:14am

Development in Laos forces people in the rural areas to migrate to the cities to get jobs and less and less number of people from these rural areas will practice self-sufficient living.

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by Lao USA on 4^th Jun, 2011 at 4:33am

Development is good, but corruption is a problem in one party system country."Absolute power corrupt."
;)

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by LaoCowboy on 5^th Jun, 2011 at 3:19am

Should get better with time because the UN and the rest of the world is watching.

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by BlastSweep on 5^th Jun, 2011 at 3:43am

Thats a pretty old video, and I remember reading legislation being passed to preserve the forests. Whether or not it is strictly being enforced or not is one thing, but at least the government recognizes the issue.

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by Lao LXE on 5^th Jun, 2011 at 7:33am

The vdo is old. Agreed at least government recognized the problem and is doing something about it.
;)

BlastSweep wrote on 5^th Jun, 2011 at 3:43am:

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by WantLaosToBeIndependence on 11^th Jun, 2011 at 4:38am

There is no tree in Laos. whatever you have seen its just a bushes. All the Old big tree were gone. Nothing lelf.

I been there, I saw it all. Most of our ppl are poor. Those ppl used to find the food in the jungle can't do that no more. There is no jungles in Laos.

UXO are still there. That is only things there to remember.

Thanks to American and Vietcong were fighting and Buck Lao have to paid the price for they sorry assss.

Its never called Laos War, Its called Vietnam War. We were too stupid to get involved in some one else war, that how stupid we were and are.

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by ThereIsLifeAfterABrokenHeart on 12^th Jun, 2011 at 3:11am

:( :( :( :(. You are making me more depress.

Because the country has opened up and more job opportunities in the city, the majority of folks living in the jungle will move to the metropolis and there will be no more self-sufficient living in the future.

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by Lao Lan Xang on 13^th Jun, 2011 at 3:14pm

There's pro and con. Hopefully thing get better and better in Laos.
;)

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by Laosnow on 13^th Jun, 2011 at 4:30pm

Want Laos To Be Independence wrote on 11^th Jun, 2011 at 4:38am:

There is no tree in Laos. whatever you have seen its just a bushes. All the Old big tree were gone. Nothing lelf.
I been there, I saw it all.

That statement is just plain silly! Maybe you were in Saudi Arabia and mistook it for Laos.

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by RainbowIntheRose on 13^th Jun, 2011 at 8:39pm

I thought he was talking about the Sahara Desert.

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by WantLaosToBeIndependence on 14^th Jun, 2011 at 4:24am

I was roaming in the jungle for 4yrs(1978-82), compare to present day there is NOTHING LEFT. I used been there and I knew what am I talking about.

What those who didn't known the past and know only the present, it hard to compare.

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by DontStopBelievin on 15^th Jun, 2011 at 3:06am

However, that was 30 years ago. I am sure population increase led to overusage of land/trees and over killing of animals when praticing a self-sufficent lifestyle in the Jungle. I roamed the Jungle before and I am 100% sure that same Jungle area is not the same anymore and I am definite the animal abundancy is not there as well.

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by Lao Lan Xang on 18^th Jun, 2011 at 11:07pm

Its man vs nature. As population grow people used more natural resource.
;)

PEACE wrote on 15^th Jun, 2011 at 3:06am:

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by Searching4TheRainbowInTheRose on 19^th Jun, 2011 at 12:59pm

This is why the country needs to get away from self-sufficient living 8-).

llX wrote on 18^th Jun, 2011 at 11:07pm:

Its man vs nature. As population grow people used more natural resource.
;)

PEACE wrote on 15^th Jun, 2011 at 3:06am:

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by JACKSPADE on 19^th Jun, 2011 at 7:15pm

Want Laos To Be Independence wrote on 14^th Jun, 2011 at 4:24am:

I agree with you on this. Currently, even with the government planting trees and other life, it's not enough compare to how much they are destroying. Trees usually take 10-20 years to grow (still not a full length), it's not like some flower. It makes me wonder too, what the country would look like in 15 years.

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by Lao Lan Xang on 20^th Jun, 2011 at 4:32am

Agreed. People has to do whatever to make a living and feed their family. Another problem is only 4-5% of land in Laos is suitable for agricultural production, most are mountainous but good for hydropower.
;)

PEACE wrote on 19^th Jun, 2011 at 12:59pm:

This is why the country needs to get away from self-sufficient living 8-).

llX wrote on 18^th Jun, 2011 at 11:07pm:

Its man vs nature. As population grow people used more natural resource.
;)

PEACE wrote on 15^th Jun, 2011 at 3:06am:

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by Searching4TheRainbowInTheRose on 20^th Jun, 2011 at 1:27pm

Deforestation practice in Laos will cease (or lessen) to exist in the near future because the country has to comply or go along with the UN's and world's idealogy on anti-global warming mentality/ecosystem/wildlife preservaton. Agree replanted trees will take many years to grow to full-length.

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by Lan Xang on 23^rd Jun, 2011 at 3:10pm

Deforestation and corruption also go hand in hand.
:(

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by Searching4TheRainbowInTheRose on 24^th Jun, 2011 at 2:51am

We have to be optimistic or maybe I am just a king of wishful thinking :(.

Title: Re: Laos's forests under threat
Post by Lan Xang on 27^th Jun, 2011 at 9:43pm

We can cross our finger and hope for the best. The fact is Laos natural resource is being exploit. Most of the timber is export to Vietnam to supported their $3 billion a year furniture business. Government trying to plan more tree.
;)

PEACE wrote on 24^th Jun, 2011 at 2:51am:

We have to be optimistic or maybe I am just a king of wishful thinking :(.