C ONTENTS P REFACE ............................................................................................................................................ ii Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................iii List of acronyms and abbreviations ............................................................................................. vii ABP Agro-Biodiversity Project ................................................................................................. vii PART 1.
AN UPDATE ON BIODIVERSITY STATUS, TRENDS, AND THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY ................................................................................................................................ 1 Chapter 1: Introduction ................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 Lao PDR Country Profile ................................................................................................. 2 1.2 Importance of biodiversity in Lao PDR ................................................................................ 3 Chapter 2:
Trends of biodiversity in Lao PDR ............................................................................... 8 2.1 Changes in Forest Areas ........................................................................................................ 8 2.2 Changes in National Protected Areas System ..................................................................... 11 2.3 Status of wetlands ................................................................................................................ 13 Chapter 3: Main threats or pressures to Biodiversity in the Lao PDR .......................................... 15 3.1.
Direct drivers to biodiversity loss ...................................................................................... 16 3.2. Indirect drivers to biodiversity loss .................................................................................... 21 PART 2. THE NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN, ITS IMPLEMENTATION, AND THE MAINSTREAMING OF BIODIVERSITY ............................ 24 Chapter 4: NBSAP Implementation status.................................................................................... 25 The National Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 and Action Plan to 2010 ......................................
25 Summary of Implementation per Objective .............................................................................. 25 Overall assessment .................................................................................................................... 31 Chapter 5: Mainstreaming Biodiversity ........................................................................................ 34 The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment ............................................................... 34 The Natural Resource Management and Environment Sector Working Group – .....................
35 National Planning ...................................................................................................................... 36 PART 3. PROGRESS TOWARDS AICHI BIODIVERSITY TARGETS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TARGETS OF THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS 37 x