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First national round table
Vientiane, 12 November 2001
This first national round table for the review in Lao PDR brought together representatives from the government, professionals from protected areas, donor agencies and non-governmental organisations.
The objectives of the meeting were:
- To define lessons on the experience with protected areas and their relationship with economic development in Lao PDR; and
- To involve economic planners and protected areas managers to identify the benefits of protected areas for the various development sectors and local communities.
The meeting included the following presentations:
Overview of the protected areas review: Approaches
and objectives
Introducing the need for the review and the key issues concerning protected
areas and socio-economic development in Lao PDR.
Jeremy Carew-Reid, Director of the International Centre for Environmental
Management, Australia
Protected areas and development: The experience in Lao PDR
Mr. Soulisack Detphachanh, Deputy Director of the Division of Forest
Resource Conservation
Case study 1: Phou Khao Khouay NBCA and local development
Mr. Khamphanh Douangvilay, Deputy Head of Phou Khao Khouay NBCA
The role of protected areas in energy supply
Oudomsack Philavong, Lao National Mekong Committee Secretariat, Prime
Minister’s Office
National economic development: The contribution of protected areas
Lucy Emerton, Head, IUCN Asia Regional Environmental Economics Programme
Case study 2: Nam Et and Phou Loei NBCAs and local development
Mr. Phouvong Sisomhak, National Project Director, Nam Et-Phou Loei
Integrated Conservation and Development Project
Working group sessions provided an opportunity to identify and discuss the achievements and challenges of protected areas with respect to socioeconomic development. The conclusions of these working groups were presented at a final plenary session.
Review of protected areas and their role in socio-economic development
in the four countries of the lower Mekong River region
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