Bio-diversity

Because, the community`s forest (protected forest including scared forest) is highly important for the target beneficiaries borth in terms of health - collecting herbs as medicine - and households` economic improvement - collecting NTFPs for cash, the project therefore promote the medicine plants as the entry point for the conservation. Major activities are: 1. Improve existing community land and forest allocation map 2. Re-establish community protected area use and management regulations 3. Put up the map in the village and signs to indicate the protected forest 4. Study visit on community-based NTFPs use and management 5. Sharing and networking lesson learnt for the policy makers 6. Village saving and credit scheme set up 7. Livestock producer groups establishment 8. Plants inventory - publish book with picture and description of plants that available within community protected area with its social and economic value

Lao Peoples Democratic Republic