Download or read book When "conservation" Leads to Land Degradation written by Lesterlin, G., Giordano, Mark, Keohavong, G. and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2005 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this report, we test the hypothesis that the primary factors behind the farming system changes in Ban Lak Sip lay not in the village itself but rather in the broader Laotian social, economic and political setting. The study uses an integrated approach that examines both the physical and social dimensions of land use and soil erosion in Ban Lak Sip within this broader system environment.