A new initiative to empower local communities and promote sustainable land investments was launched through a memorandum of understanding signed on 6...

1 June 2024 marked the 44th celebration of National Arbor Day in Lao PDR. In Bokeo Province, RECOFTC Lao PDR participated in national planting...

Local villagers from around Nam Poui National Protected Area discussed with Agriculture and Forestry Office at the provincial and district level for...

An initiative to expand recognition of local communities’ customary tenure rights across the northern provinces of the Lao People’s Democratic...

Opposing interests and competition over land and resources is driving forest conversion in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Government and...

Gender champions from Lao PDR met in the country’s capital to attend a three-day training session on gender in the forestry sector. The workshop was...

The certification process was supported by RECOFTC in Lao PDR under its FLOURISH project. FLOURISH is one of the main projects supporting the...

From 9-12 July, RECOFTC organized a training workshop under the EU-funded Voices for Mekong Forests Project (V4MF) on free, prior and informed...

The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) in cooperation with the Department of Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, is continuing to...