CIVIBADemocracy and Civic Practices

Project

Khong Fisheries Co-management

Khong (Champasak) · South · Laos

Commons and belongingCivic food1993

From 1993 to 1998, 63 villages in Si Phan Don approved their own fishing regulations in assembly, with 68 conservation zones in deep pools of the Mekong. Signed by the district, they became "village law", with one principle: a village may only forbid outsiders what it forbids itself. Lao fish conservation zones began here, but the Don Sahong dam closed a channel residents saw as vital for fish and catches fell; there are no data after 2019.

Led by
The villages of Khong district with the district agriculture office and the province; support from a fisheries and dolphin project (1993), the Italian NGO CESVI with European funds (from 1997) and WWF
Status
Unknown
Participation
Co-governed
Visitable
No, they are village regulations
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

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