Lao PDR Forest Note : Toward Sustainable Forest Landscapes for Green Growth, Jobs, and Resilience

World Bank

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: FOREST MANAGEMENT;    GREEN GROWTH;    NATIONAL PROTECTED AREA;    NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;    CLIMATE CHANGE;   

RP-ID  :  150496

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Natural capital in Lao PDR is a majorsource of wealth for the country and becomes even morestrategic in times of economic stress. While forest productsdirectly benefit vulnerable rural communities, ecosystemservices from forests support key economic sectors such asenergy, agriculture, industry, and tourism. Forests anddownstream industries also offer important job andlivelihood opportunities in rural areas in Lao PDR that canbe expanded. This country forest note provides an upstreamanalysis of the status of forests as well as investments andpolicies relevant to the forest sector in the Lao People’sDemographic Republic. The analysis looks at forests in aprogrammatic and cross-sectoral manner to strategicallyposition the World Bank Group to support the country indelivering on forest-relevant interventions.