Ban Yang (Laos)

When they arrived, they saw this region had immense forested mountain, fertile land, abundant water source in the Huoi Sieu stream, and was convenient for living and farming.

In November 2016, Luang Prabang district authority and Office of Agriculture and Forestry (DAFO) with the support of SPERI and CCFD legitimized the traditional territory of about 5,300 hectares for Ban Yang.

To preserve the traditional religious beliefs, since the establishment, Ban Yang has formed and maintained the unwritten rules to regulate people's behavior to the spirit forests [4] of the community.

Economy of the village is mainly subsistent, which heavily depends on traditional slash-burn agriculture,[6][7] growing sorghum, Luang Prabang upland rice, sesame and maize, raising cows and buffalos, and collecting forest products.

Depending on the need for foods, availability of labor forces and natural resources capital, that each family would decide whether more or fewer pieces of land be included this method of traditional agriculture.