Land and Forest Allocation in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Comparison of Case Studies from Community-Based Natural Resource Management Research

The key objectives of the workshop were:To learn from the experience of other countries how they have dealt with the question of state, private and community ownership over land and forest resources;To distill lessons from international experience relevant to the ongoing land and forest policy revision process unfolding in Lao PDR; and To create a deeper understanding of land and forest tenure issues amongst a broad segment of policy-makers and other stakeholders of Lao PDR.