Forest Strategy to the Year 2020 of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

The Forest Strategy to the Year 2020 (FS 2020) of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic is the official document guiding development of the forestry sector in accordance with national socio-economic development plans and environmental conservation measures. It is the foundation for formulation of annual and medium-term forestry related work plans of both the Government and cooperation programs and projects. Owing to socio-economic development dynamics and environmental condition changes, FS 2020 will be regularly reviewed and updated accordingly. 

The objectives of the FS 2020 are:

• To define and agree on a set of policy and institutional arrangements
• To allocate relevant roles and responsibilities among the main stakeholders to achieve sector objectives and targets through implementation of the chosen strategies, policies and actions

More directly, the strategy provides guidelines to strengthen the management within the forestry sector so those sector objectives are efficiently achieved. In doing so, further objectives of FS 2020 are to attract and focus donor support, and to provide a framework for the coordination of donor activities.