Rural Development and wildlife conservation in Laos

Lao-Luxembourg Rural Development Project in Bolikhamxay province sponsors wildlife exhibition and helps with community training work conducted through the “Wildlife Conservation Society” (NGO).



Bolikhan Integrated Rural Development Project (LAO/014) recently provided remote operating camera-traps, assorted support equipment & villager allowances to create a greater awareness of the wildlife resources on which the adjoining communities depend.

Read about the WCS project and view the excellent wildlife photos shot with camera traps at : http://programs.wcs.org/laoswildlifephotoexhibition

(provided by Tony Taucher, CTA)

Sending money home: Worldwide remittance flows to developing countries

150 million migrants worldwide sent more than US$300 billion to their families in developing countries during 2006.
Remittances, the portion of migrant workers’ earnings sent home to their families, have been a critical means of financial support for generations. For the most part, these flows have historically been “hidden in plain view”, often uncounted and even ignored. All that is changing. As the scale of migration increases, the corresponding growth in remittances is gaining widespread attention. Read more...

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