On 18 to 19 November, the French Nationwide Analysis Institute for Sustainable Growth (IRD) held a gathering in Luang Prabang, Laos, with native and French companions to debate ecosystem sustainability and the One Well being method. The occasion featured discussions on key points akin to land use, water sources, and biodiversity, with individuals together with scientists, officers, and donors.
New analysis and coaching heart for Southeast Asian professionals and college students specialised in meals questions of safety and water-related well being dangers, the SMART observatory (Sustainable Mountain Agroecosystems Analysis and Coaching station) in Ban Lak Sip has been inaugurated by native authorities, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Laos, French Ambassador to Laos and IRD Consultant in Laos.
Siv-Leng Chhuor described the SMART observatory “as an emblem of cooperation, and shared information, bridging generations within the pursuit of a sustainable future.”
The station will contribute to the devise of environmentally and socially sustainable growth options in remoted mountainous areas of northern Laos, as a continuation of M-TROPICS observatory.
As a part of the institute’s eightieth anniversary celebration, a cocktail reception has been held on the French Institute in Luang Prabang, with opening speeches by the French Ambassador to Laos, the Director of the French Institute in Luang Prabang and IRD consultant in Laos.
The night featured photograph exhibitions and scientific brief movie screenings on well being anthropology, waste administration on the size of the Vientiane landfill and publicity of waste pickers to well being dangers.