Resumo Financeiro
Most of the funding for REDD+ and related forestry programs in Laos comes and will come from bilateral and multilateral sources for specific projects. Major donors and pledged amounts for REDD-related activities include multilateral development banks’ Forest Investment Program (USD 30 million), JICA (USD 16 million), Government of Japan (USD 4.75 million), BMZ-GIZ/KfW (USD 19.4 million), the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (up to USD 3.6 million), USAID (part of the regional USD 20 million), SUFORD (USD 25.3 million), FAO (USD 40,000), Norad and Government of Norway (USD 2.6 million), World Bank/IDA for new production forest project (TBD), BMU for a new project to be implemented by SNV (TBD), and the FIP Dedicated Grant Mechanism (TBD). At the national level Laos has a Forest and Forest Resource Development Fund for delineation and management of the three forest categories (Protection, Conservation and Production), law enforcement and other planned activities that contribute to reducing deforestation and forest degradation. A number of other sub-national activities by NGOs, international organizations and the private sector are funded through a variety of sources including government and private donor agencies and private investors.se