Factors influencing the increase of forest cover in Luang Prabang Province, Northern Laos

Figures & data

Table 1. List of data.

Data categories	Sources
Agricultural and forestry sector
Land allocation (family)	SCSO (1994–2005)
Area of tree plantation (ha)	DOF (1994–2010)
Area of upland rice cultivation (ha)	Agricultural Statistical Yearbook (1980–2010)
Area of maize cultivation (ha)	Agricultural Statistical Yearbook (1980–2010)
Socio-economic sector
Rural population growth	LSC (1992–2013)
GDP per capital(US$)	Statistical Yearbook (2000–2010)
Agricultural sector growth (%)	Provincial Statistic Center (2000–2010)
Industrial sector growth (%)	Provincial Statistic Center (2000–2010)
Service sector growth (%)	Provincial Statistic Center (2000–2010)
Rate of poverty reduction	Rural Development Committee (1992–2013)

Table 2. Trends in total and rural population in Luang Prabang Province from 1997 to 2010.

Year	Total population (no. of individuals)	Rural population (no. of individuals)	Rural population (% of total population)
1997	395,968	357,163	89.1
2005	407,039	330,374	81.2
2010	419,268	272,105	64.9

Source: LSB 1997, 2005, 2011.

Figure 1. Upland rice cultivation in Luang Prabang Province from 1980 to 2010.

Table 3. Results of one-way ANOVA of mean value (± standard deviation) of seven data categories between Huaphanh Province and Luang Prabang Province.

Data categories	Huaphanh	Luang Prabang	df	F	p
GDP (US$)	244.91 ± 78.28	550.45 ± 219.61	1	18.891	<0.001
Rural population (%)	87.67 ± 1.59	78.44 ± 6.83	1	19.065	<0.001
Rural poverty (%)	46.90 ± 3.05	28.01 ± 5.40	1	101.970	<0.001
Tree plantation (ha)	2848.64 ± 1129.18	7762.27 ± 7169.86	1	5.041	=0.036
Upland rice (%)	51.79 ± 3.89	60.70 ± 7.86	1	11.335	=0.003
Land allocation (family)	22.41 ± 7.37	55.38 ± 6.90	1	117.425	<0.001
Maize (ha)	11700.18 ± 10322.23	10933.73 ± 9015.59	1	0.034	=0.855

Lao Statistic Bureau (LSB). 1997. Country report on population census 1995. Vientiane Capital: National Statistic Bureau.

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Lao Statistic Bureau (LSB). 2005. Country report on population census 1995 and 2005. Vientiane Capital: National Statistic Bureau.

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Lao Statistic Bureau (LSB). 2011. Statistic year book 2010. Vientiane Capital: National Statistic Bureau.

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