Publication: Valuing Lao Landscapes: A Province, District, and Household Level Analysis of Natural Capital in Khammouane Province
Date
2020-06-27
ISSN
Published
2020-06-27
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Natural capital is the largest form of
wealth in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Yet, natural
capital is being depleted, posing a significant challenge to
achieving poverty reduction and sustainable development
objectives. The World Bank has long promoted natural capital
accounting (NCA) and regularly provides estimates of the
value of natural capital in terms of a nation’s wealth, with
wealth being the total value of human, produced, and natural
capital. Khammounane Province, natural capital is even more
important, with significant total value from the forest
landscape for timber, nature-based tourism, food, fuel, and
watershed protection services. This report on the natural
capital of Lao PDR landscapes, in particular Khammouane
Province, was produced as part of advisory services
initiated to support Lao PDR’s ongoing transformation toward
economic growth that is sustainable, clean, green,
resilient, and inclusive.
Citation
“World Bank. 2020. Valuing Lao Landscapes; Valuing Lao Landscapes : A Province, District, and Household Level Analysis of Natural Capital in Khammouane Province. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/34070 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”