Govt, UNDP agree project to conserve Savannakhet’s ecosystems
The government of Laos has just signed a new UNDP programme funded by the Global Environment Facility, which is set to conserve and manage forests in five districts of Savannakhet province, over the next six years. Dry dipterocarp forests are under pressure as large areas have been converted into farmland to plant cash crops, and other activities such as logging, hunting and harvesting of non-timber forest products all contribute to the degradation of this environment. Savannakhet province, however, has managed to retain large areas of this forest type.
