Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Networking for Collective Civil Society Responses to Priority and Emerging Threats to Lao Rivers

Grantee Name: Center for Water Resources Conservation and Development

Hotspot: Indo-Burma
Location: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Amount: $20,000
Dates: Apr 2014 – Dec 2014
Keywords: Awareness, Capacity building, Community-based conservation, Education, Habitat conservation and management, Networks

Foster the development of a future Lao Rivers Network by convening potential members, providing technical assistance, and building consensus between Lao civil society organizations. This will enable a collective response to the environmental and sociological threats associated with the development of hydropower and extractive industries along the rivers of Lao PDR.

Strategic Direction : 6 Engage key actors in mainstreaming biodiversity, communities and livelihoods into development planning in the priority corridors

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Networking for Collective Civil Society Responses to Priority and Emerging Threats to Lao Rivers

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