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Deal #8047 Version #82121

Lao PDR
Created at
2020-06-30
Last update
2020-07-06
Last full update
2022-08-17

Land area

Intended size
35 000 ha
Size under contract (leased or purchased area)
  • [current] 4000.0 ha
Size in operation (production)
  • [2012] 700.0 ha
  • [current] 3000.0 ha
Comment on land area
(source: UNDP 2011 P.49; Stora Enso Annual Report 2019; WRM 2014)

Intention of investment

Intention of investment
  • [current] Timber plantation for wood and fiber (4000.0 ha)
Comment on intention of investment
Agroforestry model. Food and cash crops grown by the farmers in the spaces between the eucalypt trees fully belong to them (UNDP 2011).

Nature of the deal

Nature of the deal
Lease
Comment on nature of the deal
SEL does not own any land in Laos, instead the company rent the land from the villages on a 50 years contract (source: Edberg 2015)

Negotiation status

Negotiation status
  • [current] Concluded (Contract signed)
Comment on negotiation status
year in which the contract was signed is not known. Pilot phase of the project began in 2005 (source: UNDP 2011).

Implementation status

Implementation status
  • [2005-01-01] Startup phase (no production)
  • [2012, current] In operation (production)
Comment on implementation status
(source: UNDP 2011)

Contract farming

Contract farming
No
Comment on contract farming
Food and cash crops grown by the farmers in the spaces between the eucalypt trees fully belong to them. [UNDP, P55]