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Livelihood Development for Sustainable Forest Governance in Northern Laos

The Livelihood Development for Sustainable Forest Governance in Laos is being implemented by the REDD+ Division, Department of Forestry, and Ministry of Agriculture.

It comprises comprehensive and strategic objectives of meeting increasing forest cover, which has declined 12% since the mid-1960s. The key strategies executed are (1) National Forestry Strategy to increase national forest coverage and sustainable forest management, and (2) The Poverty Reduction Strategy to improve rural people’s livelihood in rural areas. The initiative serves as a model for integrated and sustainable development by addressing the complex interplay between forest protection, rural livelihoods, and climate change mitigation in the entire region. Read more...

Priority Sector

Environment

4303

Oct-2022 to Feb-2024

Outputs and Activities

Mainstreaming REDD+ activities into action plans and implementation strategies.

1 Support Institutional restructuring for REDD+ in Laos
2 Strengthening the implementation of Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in Laos
3 Improving institutional and staff capacity on REDD+

Livelihood improvement and mitigation of agricultural drivers of deforestation

4 Identify capacity gaps of the institutions and technical staff at the provincial and district levels
5 Provide agricultural extension training to technical staff at the provincial and district levels
6 Provide funding for the development of permanent agriculture in the lowland area
7 Establish the village development fund

Implementation of climate change mitigation activities

8 Develop village forest management regulations and enforcement
9 Investment in forest restoration in identified degraded land
10 Awareness to local people of the importance of sustainable village forest management for their future livelihoods and generations

Achievements

1.Organized stakeholder workshop on REDD+ implementation with the topics: 1. The definition of REDD+ and why REDD+ implementation in Laos, 2. The projects that are implementing on REDD+ (F-REDD, I-GFLL, GFLL) 3. Carbon credit and forest carbon markets (FAO)

2.Disseminated to a larger stakeholder of National Climate Change Strategy of Laos to 2030, Progress update on National REDD+ and REDD+ Strategy, Progress update on NDC 2021-2023, Group discussion on 4 main sectors to contribute on NDC namely: A) Change of Forestland and Forest Sector; B) Energy Sector (Renewal Energy, Energy Saving, and Transportation; C) Agriculture Sector; and D) Waste Sector

3.Completed survey of the targeted areas in the Houophan and and Xayyabouly provinces for development fund in the lowland area identified intervention (water resorvoir for irrigation)

4.Facilitated fifty households of the near forest villages to increase their income

5.Improved forest regulation through community participation process

6.Identified degraded land area and suitable trees for forest restoration

Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Planning and Investment

Project Implementing Agency

Contact Person: Mr. Veosavanh Saysavanh

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Sustainable Forestry In Laos

26-Mar-2024

The government of Laos believes that one of the big reasons forests are being cut down is because people are clearing land for farming, especially using a method called shifting cultivation. They wanted to make sure that...

Livelihood Development for Sustainable Forest Governance in Northern Laos

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Outputs and Activities

Mainstreaming REDD+ activities into action plans and implementation strategies.

Livelihood improvement and mitigation of agricultural drivers of deforestation

Implementation of climate change mitigation activities

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Achievements

Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Planning and Investment

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Sustainable Forestry In Laos

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