Valuing Lao Landscapes [electronic resource] : A Province, District, and Household Level Analysis of Natural Capital in Khammouane Province.

Author/Creator:

World Bank Group.

Other Title:

World Bank other research.

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2020.

Series:

Other Environmental Study.
World Bank e-Library
Other Environmental Study

Format/Description:

Government document
Book

Local subjects:

Biodiversity
Ecosystems and Natural Habitats
Ecotourism
Environment
Environmental Protection
Natural Resources Management
Sustainable Land Management
Tourism and Ecotourism
Water Resource Management
Water Resources Management

Summary:

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.

Contributor:

World Bank Group.

Publisher Number:

10.1596/34070

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Online:

Connect to full text
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/2551238

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