Laos: 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 to update official lists 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗼𝗻-𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 (𝗡𝗧𝗙𝗣𝘀)

The European Union Delegation to Laos and the Ministry of Forestry of Laos co-hosted in November a forest policy dialogue event on wood species and forest materials.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗮𝗼𝘀' 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗼𝗻-𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 (𝗡𝗧𝗙𝗣𝘀), 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 are 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗮𝗼𝘀' 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘃𝘂𝗹𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗮𝗼𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟳𝟬% 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿.

During the event, more than 40 experts from public sector, research institutes, private sector and social organizations came together to provide academic guidance to improve the "Dong's Wood and Forestry Accounts (NTFPs)" of Lao PDR,  and to promote the sustainable use of its rich forest resources.

EU Delegation to Laos 

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