National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2016 - 2025.

Lao’s National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) is the country’s response to its commitment under the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD). The NBSAP is the second of its kind and provides broad recommendations to contribute to global, and achieve national, biodiversity targets leading up to 2025. The NBSAP is a multi-sectoral strategy and plan with national coverage to be implemented in 2016-2025. The goal of the NBSAP is to enhance the role of biodiversity as a national heritage and as a substantial contributor to poverty alleviation, as well as sustainable and resilient economic growth. The NBSAP is also aligned with the following global goals for biodiversity: institutionalize innovative multi stakeholder efforts to arrest the degradation and enhance conservation of ecosystems and biodiversity resources therein; provide clear and enforceable guidance for the sustainable use of biodiversity resources to support poverty alleviation and sustainable economic growth; and establish practical mechanisms for ensuring fair and equitable sharing of benefits from the use of biodiversity resources. The NBSAP will seek to include biodiversity resources as source of food for nutrition and primary health programs.