Climate Adaptation in Wetland Areas in Lao PDR (CAWA)

Objective Achievement 

 

Achieved   

  • Community-based Adaptation & Disaster Risk Management in Lao PDR based on a Landscape-, Ecosystem- & Nature-based approach 
  • Innovative Partnerships - Local Community & District - Provincial agencies well capable to deliver Integrated Multi-Sectoral CCA – DRM – NRM, based on Local Action & Practical Low-Cost Interventions

Results  

  • Reduced Community Climate Change & Disaster Risk 
  • Increased Food Security, Livelihood Resilience & Local Incomes 
  • Increased Wetland Site Protection, Ecosystem Function & Fish Biodiversity / Productivity 
  • Raised Local Capacities at Maximum Cost Efficiency with Minimum External Input (National or Foreign) 
  • CCA – DRM – NRM Approach to Floodplain – Wetland – Fishery Management ready for Regional Up-Scaling under Food Security & Rural Development Programs 

 

Physical Achievement 

 

Investments & Interventions 

  • 541 Village-level Investments / Interventions implemented to support Natural Resource Management, Livelihoods & Food Security (see table below)
  • Villages covered: 95 villages in Xe Champhone (3 districts) & 14 villages in Beung Kiat Ngong (1 district) 

Participants & Beneficiaries  

  • On-farm & within wetland livelihood interventions: 10,426 persons (36% women)  
  • Off-farm livelihood interventions: 2,467 persons (46% women)
  • Beneficiaries (from fish conservation zones alone): 13,829 families  

Protected & Managed Sites   

  • Area of wetlands under effective indirect management: 85,960 ha 
  • Wetland reserves created: 4 reserves in Xe Champhone - 1,335 ha  
  • Fish conservation zones created or supported: 48 FCZ - 591 ha 
  • Forest restoration: 218 ha  
  • Wetland clearing & invasive species control: 45 ha