Sustainable Forestry for Rural Development Project
Project/Juridiction proponent
Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
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Project/Juridiction Partners
Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
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Department of Forestry | ND | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Public |
Government of Finland | ND | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Public |
The World Bank | ND | Lao People's Democratic Republic | International organization |
Project characteristics
- ID-RECCO ID572
- Project status 2022Ended
- Project nameSustainable Forestry for Rural Development Project
- Secondary nameSUFORD
- CountryLao People's Democratic Republic
- Last IDRECCO update year2020
- Size (in hectare)ND
- Start yearND
- End year2012
- Duration8
- Project descriptionThe Development Objective of the project is to achieve the sustainable management of natural production forests to alleviate rural poverty. SUFORD provides support to forest policy formulation and reform, forest land classification and demarcation of natural production forests, investments in improving the management of production forests and village development on the ground, and broad technical advice, training, and capacity building. With respect to REDD+, the SUFORD project: 1. Facilitates intersectoral coordination and cooperation for equitable benefit sharing for local communities 2. Strengthens the impacts of PSFM through continued operational support to field implementation, improvements in forest management quality through better internal control and capacity building, and independent certification 3. Facilitates improved consultation with ethnic groups 4. Develops and implements a program on forest and wildlife law enforcement 5. Supports a REDD+ demonstration site in the Dong Sithuane Production Forest Area.
- Objective 1development, social development
- Objective 2participatory forest management
- Objective 3influence national policy
- Deforestation driversND
- Type of forestND
- Project activityREDD
- Project TypeREDD
- Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activityNA
- Multiple locations?Non
- Jurisdiction level 1Provinces : Khamuane, Savannakhet, Salavan and Champasak
- Jurisdiction level 2ND
Carbon accounting
- Crediting periodND
- Period to calculate annual carbon credits
- Annual carbon credits
- Total carbon creditsND
- Leakage is expected?ND
- Carbon pools includedND
- Gasses includedND
- Reference period start yearND
- Reference period end yearND
- Carbon standard 1none
Carbon certification
- Carbon standard 1 ProgressND
- Carbon standard 1 Publication dateND
- Carbon standard 1 WeblinksND
- Carbon standard 1 Expiry dateND
- Carbon standard 2none
- Carbon standard 2 ProgressND
- Carbon standard 2 Publication dateND
- Carbon standard 2 WeblinksND
- Carbon standard 2 Expiry dateND
- Carbon standard 3none
- Carbon standard 3 ProgressND
- Carbon standard 3 Publication dateND
- Carbon standard 3 WeblinksND
- Carbon standard 3 Expiry dateND
- Source of informationhttp://theredddesk.org/countries/initiatives/redd-demonstration-site-dong-sithuane-production-forest-area; http://www.forestcarbonasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/FINAL-Annual-review-of-REDD+-activities-in-Lao-PDR-2011.pdf
Community level intervention
- Any monetary benefits?ND
- Monetary benefit typeND
- Monetary benefit detailND
- Provides employment?ND
- Are there non-cash benefits?Yes
- Economic activities - typeND
- Is there tenure clarification?ND
- Is there environmental education?ND
- Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?ND
- Is there forest enhancement?ND
- Is there community infrastracture improvement?ND
- Is there other community benefits?ND