Laos reforestation

The Lao Front for National Construction says it is committed to be the main force in the effort to reduce poverty among the nation’s ethnic tribes. And to do so, it will help in the relocation of highlanders to lower areas, and providing them with new ways of livelihood, which will help in the abolition of slash and burn agriculture.

The LFNC hopes that will effectively help to stop the destruction of Laos' forests, which had shrunk from over 70% of Laos' total area in the pre-revolutionary era to around 40% now, as a result of widespread logging and slash and burn agriculture.

Listen to our Laos Today report for more details in Lao.