Beung Kiat Ngong Wetland and Ban Kiet Ngong
Pathoumphone (Champasak) · South · Laos
Commons and belongingCivic food2009 / 2010
Some 7,400 people from 20 villages live off the Beung Kiat Ngong wetland, where a 2010 district regulation sets zones, assigns conservation pools to villages and shares out patrolling. Ban Kiet Ngong also runs village tourism with elephants. Tensions: IUCN writes that the tourism is "ostensibly" organised by the community; a private ecolodge holds a 50-year concession; the district's elephants fell from about 90 to 15, with animal welfare concerns. No dated sources after 2014.
- Led by
- The village of Ban Kiet Ngong and the eight core wetland villages, with the district and support from IUCN, WWF and the Asian Development Bank
- Status
- Unknown
- Participation
- Co-governed
- Visitable
- No, it is co-management among villages; village tourism is not confirmed to continue
- Contact
- No public contact on record
- Last reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Verification
Verified
This place is backed by at least one primary and one secondary source, reviewed within the last twelve months. The sources appear below with their consultation dates.
- Verified two sources including a primary one, or first-hand knowledge of the place
- Partial one source on record
- Unverified starting knowledge, sources pending
Sources
- Ficha de Kiet Ngong en el portal oficial de ecoturismo ↗ · primary source · consulted on 1 October 2026 · Ecotourism Laos (Lao National Tourism Administration)
- Informe de línea de base del humedal de Beung Kiat Ngong (junio de 2011) ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 October 2026 · IUCN
- Folleto de la UICN sobre el humedal de Beung Kiat Ngong (hacia 2012) ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 October 2026 · IUCN
- Beung Kiat Ngong Wetlands ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 October 2026 · Wikipedia