Lao PDR

Total Population	6,689,300 in 2014
Rural Population	4,177,401 in 2014	62% (based on 2005 census)
Total area	23,680,000 ha
Total land area (excluding inland water)	23,080,000 ha
Total forest area	13,500,000 ha in 2010	58% of total land area
Total forest cover	9,550,000 ha in 2010	41% of total land
		60% total forest area
Production Forest	3,100,000 ha	23% of total forest area
		13% of total land area
Protection forest	6,900,000 ha (proposed area)	51% of total forest area
Conservation forest	3,600,000 ha (proposed area)	25% of total forest area
Unclassified forest area	2,300,000 ha	14% of total forest area
Forest area with official CF agreements	Unknown
Carbon stocks	1,098.38 mmt
Forest cover change	-34,650 ha (-0.36%) per year 2002-2010
Community forestry policies and programmes	Participatory sustainable forest management Village forestry Collaborative forest management Traditional forest management Community-based forest management for ecotourism Smallholder plantations and industrial plantations
Climate Change mitigation and adaptation policies and programmes	National Strategy on Climate Change (2010) Partner country for UN-REDD and FCPF Climate Protection Through Avoided Deforestation (CliPAD) project

Sources: FAO 2015d, Lao PDR Country Report; Lao PDR's Second National Communication to the UNFCCC; Department of Environment, 2013; and forest cover based on the 2002 Forest Cover Assessment, presented at the 2nd ASFN Learning Group Workshop, Thailand, Feburary 2013.