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OUR CONSERVATION PROGRAMME
Four Key Programmes: Forests, Freshwater, Wildlife and Circular Resilience

Our conservation programmes in Laos are implemented across four key thematic areas: Forests, Freshwater, Wildlife and Circular Resilience, as well as various cross-cutting themes and activities to ensure a fully inclusive and participatory approach.

It also includes efforts in nature-based solutions and sustainability across key priority areas and conservation sites. Each programme has its own targets and objectives, but they are all integrated and cross-cutting, ensuring a cohesive approach to conservation across the country.

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FORESTS PROGRAMME: KEY ACTIVITIES

 

  • Enhance forest governance, National Protected Areas (NPAs), and zonation

  • Strengthen forest law enforcement through community-based patrols

  • Monitor forests using Geographic Information System (GIS), remote sensing, and ground-truthing

  • Promote sustainable production of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) and strengthen value chains

  • Scale up restoration, sustainable production, and improved livelihoods through partnerships

  • Support climate resilience and adaptation for forest-dependent communities

  • Implement Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) at scale

  • Promote inclusive forest management and stakeholder engagement

  • Raise awareness and build capacity on forest conservation among local communities and stakeholders

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FRESHWATER PROGRAMME: KEY ACTIVITIES

 

  • Promote sustainable fishing practices

  • Strengthen co-management of community fisheries 

  • Enhance fisheries law enforcement

  • Monitor fish catch and species trends

  • Support climate-smart alternative livelihoods and implement Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA)

  • Establish Fish Conservation Zones (FCZs) and support community patrols

  • Promote integrated water resource protection and watershed management

  • Raise awareness and build capacity on freshwater conservation among local communities and stakeholders

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WILDLIFE PROGRAMME: KEY ACTIVITIES

 

  • ​Support protected areas (PAs), habitat management, and wildlife protection

  • Strengthen wildlife law enforcement and disrupt illegal wildlife trade (IWT)

  • Reduce demand for wild meat and raise public awareness

  • Manage human-wildlife conflicts

  • Support policy development and wildlife law revisions

  • Promote cross-border collaboration and regional coordination

  • Support CITES compliance and reporting

  • Conduct wildlife monitoring and research to inform conservation actions

  • Raise awareness and build capacity on wildlife conservation among local communities and stakeholders

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CIRCULAR RESILIENCE PROGRAMME: KEY ACTIVITIES

 

  • Reducing single-use plastics to lessen pollution and protect environmental and human health.
  • Improving waste management systems to ensure plastics and other materials are properly collected, sorted, and processed.
  • Decreasing plastic waste from the hospitality and tourism sectors in priority cities through improved practices and partnerships.
  • Reducing inappropriate waste disposal by promoting proper waste separation and increasing community awareness.
  • Increasing material recovery and recycling rates through better systems and collaboration with local partners.
  • Strengthening community-led conservation and the sustainable use of natural resources.
  • Supporting local markets for circular products, encouraging repair, reuse, and the sustainable production of nature-friendly goods.

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WWF'S GLOBAL GOALS

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To support WWF’s global goals to protect and restore nature for the benefit of people and planet, we strive to achieve:

 

  • Zero loss of natural habitats, maintain existing ecosystems, conserve, use sustainably, restore and ensure climate resilience

  • Zero extinction and stable or increasing populations of species

  • Half the footprint of consumption and production and half greenhouse gas emissions

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