Lao PDR

PROFOR CO-HOSTS WORKSHOP ON IMPROVING GOVERNANCE IN MEKONG REGION

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November 24-25, 2009 Hanoi, Vietnam

On November 24-25, 2009, PROFOR, the World Bank, and the European Forestry Institute's East Asia Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Program co-hosted a workshop on Improving FLEG in the Mekong Region (Vietnam, Lao PDR, Cambodia and Thailand) in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Poverty-Forests Linkages Toolkit

Activity Type: 
Activities Related to Forest Livelihoods

CHALLENGE

An estimated 1.2 billion people rely on forests for some part of their livelihoods. However, the importance of forests is often overlooked in national development processes such as poverty reduction strategies due to inadequate evidence documenting how forests sustain the poor.

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