Lao PDR Enhancing Access to Benefits while Lowering Carbon Emissions - P180627

The Lao PDR has historically been the most heavily forested country in Southeast Asia, and the forest sector remains important to the national and especially rural economy. Much of Lao PDR's rural population remain dependent on nearby forests for their daily subsistence as crucial resources. Despite the importance of the forestry sector for the country's economy and people's livelihoods significant deforestation and forest degradation has taken place...

* The project abstract is drawn from the PAD, SAR or PGD and may not accurately reflect the project's current nature

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