I was so disappointed arriving in Laos, there are many new roads mainly dirt which the locals use the opportunity to grab land, burn forest and claim it as theirs. I can’t blame the people because you always need to find a way to feed your family. One of the pledges of the Copenhagen Accord, see below, is for Developed countries to pledge 100 billion dollars a year by 2020 to address the needs of developing countries. This is also a similar issue for Northern Thailand, Burma, South China and Cambodia.
One point of the accord that is specifically applicable to Laos:
Recognises "the crucial role of reducing emission from deforestation and forest degradation and the need to enhance removals of greenhouse gas emission by forests", and the need to establish a mechanism to enable the mobilization of financial resources from developed countries to help achieve this.
The air pollution, natural beauty and tourist destinations are diminishing so quickly I would not recommend anyone visit Laos, relative to other countries. The Copenhagen Accord implementation to assist and fund the setup of National departments to manage and protect the forests and provide a assistance to the local people can’t happen quick enough.
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