RECOFTC Lao PDR
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With a long-term, landscape-based and inclusive approach to supporting local communities, RECOFTC Lao PDR has been laying the groundwork and enhancing the capacity for community forestry in the country since 1998.

Working with government, civil society, community and other stakeholders, we help strengthen the implementation of sustainable landscape management in Lao PDR. Our work helps communities secure land and resource rights, address deforestation, find alternative livelihoods and foster gender equality.

Nam Poui landscape in Lao PDR
Securing Lao PDR's threatened Nam Poui landscape and the well-being of its people

Nam Poui is one of the world's most culturally and ecologically rich landscapes, with 191,200 hectares of forests and the Nam Poui National Biodiversity Conservation Area

Projects from Lao PDR
Enable project - Lao PDR
Project status
Ongoing project

Enhancing Access to Benefits while Lowering Emissions (EnABLE)

EnABLE strengthens the capacity of government agencies, civil society and local communities to support sustainable livelihoods, equitable land use and...

Location:
Lao PDR
Duration:
01 August 2025 - 30 April 2028
Donors:
World Bank
Two women in a forested area, examining a handheld device with a carabiner, surrounded by foliage.
Project status
Ongoing project

Youth as guardians of the forests

This project aims to create a new generation of forest guardians in Cambodia and Lao PDR.

Location:
Cambodia
Lao PDR
Duration:
19 August 2024 - 31 August 2026
Donors:
UNODC
survey_bokeo_lao
Project status
Ongoing project

Transformative land investment

This project aims to enhance land and ecosystem health while promoting equitable and gender-transformative improvements in food and tenure security...

Location:
Lao PDR
Myanmar
Duration:
01 February 2022 - 30 June 2025
Donors:
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
A group of people standing in a forested area, surrounded by trees.
Project status
Ongoing project

The Mekong Regional Land Governance (Phase III)

This is a collaborative initiative aimed at improving land and forest resource governance in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Viet Nam. 

Location:
Cambodia
Lao PDR
Myanmar
Viet Nam
Duration:
02 November 2023 - 30 September 2025
Donors:
Land Equity International
survey_bokeo_lao
Project status
Past project

Supporting Indigenous Peoples and local communities in Lao PDR and Viet Nam to advance their rights through jurisdictional forest carbon initiatives

This project aims to enhance the engagement and recognition of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in Southeast Asian jurisdictional REDD+...

Location:
Lao PDR
Viet Nam
Duration:
01 February 2024 - 28 February 2025
Donors:
Re:wild
A logging site with stacks of cut timber and tractors in the background.
Project status
Ongoing project

Strengthening capacity to combat transnational organized crime related to illegal logging

This project aims to enhance the institutional capacity of the Department of Forest Inspection and provincial and district forestry inspection offices...

Location:
Lao PDR
Duration:
07 March 2024 - 31 December 2025
Donors:
U.S. Forest Service
A group photo comprising RECOFTC main office and RECOFTC Lao PDR colleagues with community-based enterprise group members in Houythong village, Lao PDR.
Project status
Past project

Participatory natural resources management in Asia

This initiative aims to promote sustainable forest management and enhance the livelihoods of forest-dependent communities by developing and...

Location:
Lao PDR
Duration:
26 September 2022 - 30 September 2024
Donors:
U.S. Forest Service International Program
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Project status
Past project

Greater Mekong Subregion climate change and environmental sustainability programme

This project enhances community participation in sustainable governance of Nam Poui National Protected Area.

Location:
Lao PDR
Duration:
01 March 2023 - 30 September 2024
Donors:
WWF