Lao Peoples Democratic Tender

Project ID P170559Region East asia and pacificCommitment Amount Us 50.00 millionTotal Project Cost Us 57.37 million To promote sustainable forest management improve protected area management and enhance livelihoods opportunities in selected lands capes in Lao PDR. Proposed Development Objectives To improve sustainable forest management and enhance livelihoods and tourism opportunities in selected landscapes in northern central and southern Lao PDR Key Results From PCN 15. Key results include a. Improved livelihoods opportunities for communities in forest areas b. Increased forest cover c. Improved management of conservation forests and biodiversity protection d. Reduced greenhouse gas emissions and increased carbon storage. Some interventions are addressing these challenges but tend to be fragmented spatially sectorally and financially andor small scale thus unable to generate the transformation needed. Fragmented interventions and financing can undermine service delivery and achievements of results. At the same time Lao PDR has made great strides in the past two years in revising public policy to support a greener growth framework. These gains are still fragile and to maintain them visible impact must be delivered in securing livelihoods jobs environmental benefits and resilience. A new strategic landscape platform is needed to consolidate these gains in a programmatic framework leveraging expertise and resources from the different entities while being flexible to learn and adapt. 17. There is therefore a need for Investment Project Financing IPF for the Governments long-term national Forest and Forest Resources Program which is the main platform available for coordinating interventions on landscapes and livelihoods throughout the forest estate in line with the 2019 Forest Law. The development and implementation of this operation would support the government to strengthen its platform to convene sectors stakeholders partners and projects across the forest estate leverage diverse financing sources and enhance information institutions and incentives. It would take an integrated spatially concentrated approach to investment in SFM village livelihood development conservation nature-based tourism and reduction of climate risk and emissions.