Land and Forest Tenure in Laos: Baseline Overview 2016 with Options for Community Participation in Forest Management

This review describes seven sets of processes that influence this context, and therefore shape land and forest tenure in contemporary Laos. These include:
1. Macro-scale forest management,
2. Village-scale zoning and land-use planning,
3. Large-scale investment and infrastructure,
4. Individual land titling,
5. Smallholder cash cropping and contract farming,
6. Community-oriented forestry including but not limited to REDD+, and
7. Community-scale land titling and other forms of tenure recognition.