2022 long-term missions in Lao PDR

After almost three years of travel restrictions in Lao PDR, Olivier Ribolzi (IRD GET), Henri Robain (IRD iEES Paris), and Laurie Boithias (CNAP GET) could go to both Vientiane and Luang Prabang for a 2-month stay funded by IRD. With Norbert Silvera (IRD iEES Paris), their work there was mostly focused on the processing and validation of the critical zone observatory datasets and on the preparation of the ANR DinBuam and AFD SWAN projects starting early 2023. Hot moment for the observatory was the signature of the Hosting Agreement between IRD and the Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Office in Luang Prabang, in the presence of the IRD President and CEO Valérie Verdier.