Enhancing Integrated Spatial Development Planning as an Effective Conservation Tool: Safeguarding Lao’s Last Eld’s Deer Population

Demonstrate Integrated Spatial Development Planning (ISDP) as a tool for sustainable development and biodiversity conservation in Lao PDR by strengthening capacity of local government and communities, and expanding the plan for the core area of Eld’s Deer Sanctuary across the broader landscape, securing protection of the globally threatened Eld’s deer (Rucervus eldii) and its habitat, and maintaining access to natural resources for communities.