National Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 and Action Plan to 2010. Country/Territory Lao, People's Dem. Rep. Document type Date 2004 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Environment gen., Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Sustainable development Sustainable use Biodiversity Education Agricultural development Equity Policy/planning Indigenous peoples Business/industry/corporations Monitoring Poverty Ownership Access and benefit-sharing PIC-prior informed consent Geographical area Asia, ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, Landlocked Developing Countries, Least Developed Countries, South-Eastern Asia Entry into force notes 2004-2020 Abstract The LAO PDR National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan to 2020 is a cross-sectoral policy, whose overall goal is to protect biodiversity resources and to ensure their sustainable use, and to maintain the country's diverse biodiversity as key to poverty alleviation and protect the current asset base of the poor as support to the implementation of the government's priority programmes. Full text English Website www.cbd.int