Conservation and environmental news from Laos

19 Sep 2008
Global Forest and Trade Network Workshop
The first Global Forest and Trade Network-Laos (GFTN-Laos) workshop was held in Vientiane on September 16th by the Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry and WWF.
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08 Jun 2008
World environment day - better early than wet
This year, World Environment Day is scheduled on 5 June but teachers and students from WWF’s pilot Green Club Project came together in, Champassak Province, Lao PDR for an early celebration before the end of school term. » Read more

08 Jun 2008
Reducing deforestation: Lao PDR and carbon trading
A new opportunity has developed for Lao PDR to be involved in the international carbon trading market. Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) was recently endorsed at the Conference of Parties 13th  of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bali to provide incentives for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation by providing finances for the sustainable development of forests and biodiversity conservation. » Read more

02 Apr 2008
WWF participates in Third Greater Mekong Subregion Summit
WWF participated in the Third Greater Mekong Subregion summit in Vientiane, Lao PDR from 30 to 31 March, 2008, where Heads of State from Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam charted the region’s economic development and integration over the years ahead. » Read more

24 Feb 2008
WWF-US Vice-President visits wetland project

WWF-US Senior Vice-President Tom Dillon, made time out of a busy schedule of engagements in the region to visit That Luang marsh on the outskirts of Vientiane in Lao PDR.

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22 Feb 2008
When plantations threaten forests, better planning needed
A recent surge of large-scale land concessions for plantation agriculture is creating environmental and social problems across the Dry Forests and Greater Annamites areas of Cambodia and Lao PDR. Expanding production of rubber, sugar, and bio-fuel crops, such as jatropha, is accelerating deforestation, fragmenting corridors for wildlife, encroaching into protected areas, and creating conflicts with communities.
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21 Feb 2008
Economic growth: another big threat to the environment
Tom Dillon, WWF-US senior vice-president gave a speech concerning the impacts economic development has on the environment at the second Environment Minister’s Meeting (EMM). The meeting was held January 2008 in Vientiane, Lao PDR with the participation of ministers of the environments from the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) to review the region's environmental progress over the past three years.
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28 Sep 2007
New reserves in Vietnam provide lifeline for endangered wild ox
Twenty years after its discovery in the forested mountains of Vietnam, local authorities here have agreed to establish two new nature reserves to protect the saola, a primitive member of the Bovidae family, from hunting and habitat destruction.
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10 Jun 2007
Rare aquatic turtles still found on the Xe Kong River in Lao PDR
A rare species of soft-shelled turtle recently rediscovered in Cambodia is still well known to local people living in Lao PDR’s Xe Kong River Basin.
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30 May 2007
Fish Conservation Zones support local livelihoods and aquatic biodiversity
Since December 2006, the WWF Community Fisheries Project (ComFish) has been implementing activities with government partners in Lao PDR to support community fisheries management. A key element to strengthen the food security of local livelihoods and aquatic biodiversity conservation is the establishment of fish conservation zones (FCZ). In recent months, ten new FCZs have been officially announced in two provinces of Lao PDR.
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