An Overview on Forest Management in Lao PDR

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1 An Overview on Forest Management in Lao PDR

2 Total 23,680,000 (100%) Forest and other Land Use Types Land Use Types Dense Forests Potential Forest Other Land Use Types 9,544,000 (40%) 8,272,000 (35%) 5,864,000 (25%) Forest & other Land Use Type

3 Forest Resources Assessment Every 10 years Forest cover change assessment (1982, 1992, 2002, 2010) Deforestation was about 100,000 ha/year. Forest Cover assessment 2010 is 40.3% (FRA 2010/ FAO Lao Forest cover was 65%).

4 Forest Categories 3 Forest Categories 16 M. ha o Protection Forest 8,2 o Conservation Forest 4,7 o Production Forest 3.1 Other Forest Areas 2.56 M. ha: o Village Forests 1.56 o Industrial Tree Plantations 0.50 o Smallholder Woodlots <0.50 Forest Management Authority: o MoNRE: Protection & Conservation Forest Areas o MAF: Production Forest Areas, Plantation, Village Forest

5 Governmental Organizational Structure for Forestry in Lao PDR MoNRE MAF DFRM DOF DOFI AD PCD PFTHMD FIPD REDD PFPID VFNMD FTCD AD : Administration Division PCD: Planning & Cooperation Division PFTHMD: Production Forest and Timber Harvest Management Division FIPD : Forest Inventory and Planning Division REDD: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation Office PFPID: Promotion of Forest Plantation and Investment Division VFNMD: Village Forestry & Non Timber Forest Product Management Division FTCD: Forest Technical Criteria Development Division PAFO DAFO VFO

6 Forestry Strategy 2020 Overall Objective: Participatory Sustainable Forest Management & Poverty Eradication Programmes and Actions included: Land use planning, monitoring Strong Forest Legal Framework Sustainable Forest Management Capacity Building Tree Plantation Development Biodiversity Conservation Protection Forests and Watershed Management

7 Forestry Policy Increase of forest cover 70% in 2020: o maintaining and improving quality of existing forest areas by naturally regenerating up to 6 million ha o plantation development in allocated degraded forest lands up to 500,000 ha Participatory sustainable forest management approaches (generate a sustainable stream of forest products for domestic socio-economic development and livelihood improvement of rural people, and international cooperation: REDD+, PES,.) To preserve existing biodiversity and conserve environment (water, soil, climate) through forest law enforcement and governance

8 Lao PDR s Forest Sector Development Partners Donor Amount Project Implementation Framework World Bank s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Japan Grant Aid Assistance Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Japanese Ministry of Environment Grant German Development Cooperation (GTZ) German Development Bank (KfW) USD 200,000 USD 5 million Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP) development Forest Resource Information Management Center March-October 2010 Supports Readiness Preparation Supports readiness and implementation USD 4 million PA REDD Supports readiness and implementation USD 1 million USD 2.75 million ( 2 million) USD 5.5 million ( 4 million) Study on forest cover and biomass change Climate Protection through Avoided Deforestation Climate Protection through Avoided Deforestation Biomass estimates for an area Technical Component Financial Component

9 Lao PDR s Forest Sector Development Partners Donor Amount Project Framework Implementation MFA-Finland World Bank USD 9 million USD 11 million Sustainable Forestry and Rural Development additional Financing , technical assistance implementation Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) Japan Grant Aid Assistance JICA and SIDA WB FIP MFA Finland USD 1.8 million USD 1 million Forest Strategy Implementation Program Forest Strategy Implementation Program USD 10 million Forest conservation - Provision of equipment and software USD SIDA JICA TBC USD 19 million USD 12.8 million USD 14.5 million Forest Strategy Capacity Development Project (FSCAP) Scaling Up Participatory Sustainable Forest Management , Technical assistance to the forest strategy Implementation of the forest strategy Support to management of protection forests JICA SIDA

10 Overall Challenges Conversion of forest area to other land uses (agriculture plantation, commercial tree plantation, resettlement, industry forest plantation infrastructure construction, mining and other socio- economic development) Unclear resource and land tenure Coordination among sectors Law enforcement and governance Human and financial support

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