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Unfpa Lao People’s Democratic Republic United Nations Population Fund

The project has worked with over 100,000 people today, largely from ethnic minorities, in more than 650 forest villages. Livelihood support and casual employment in forest restoration have reduced the deforestation price and saved an estimated 1.eight million tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions. Work on management plans for state production forests and third-celebration certification of wood solutions has helped to modernize the sector and to build the new Forestry Law of 2019. Complementing this, the Second Lao Atmosphere and Social Project has strengthened environmental management policy and capacity, updating the country’s Environmental and Social Effect Assessment Decree, and the Atmosphere...