CIVIBADemocracy and Civic Practices

Project

Sekong Community Forests and Fish Protection Zones

Xekong (Lamam) · South · Laos

Commons and belongingCivic food2022

A programme of the Japanese NGO JVC with villages in Sekong, which map their boundaries by GPS, write their own rules and mark out community forests, with patrols that include women, and fish protection zones. It began in 2022 in ten villages and in 2025 moved on to another 18. When the province moved a boundary and one village's forest ended up in its neighbours', mediation led to shared management. Everything published comes from JVC and its funders, and the legal standing of the rules is unclear.

Led by
The villages, with the Japanese NGO Japan International Volunteer Center (JVC), co-funded by the Japanese NGO Earth Tree; a 2025 memorandum with the local administration and legal training with LIWG
Status
Active
Participation
Co-governed
Visitable
No, it is a programme
Website
www.ngo-jvc.net/activity/laos.html ↗
Contact
No public contact on record
Last reviewed
1 October 2026

Verification

Partially verified

This place has at least one source on record and awaits a second one for contrast. Full verification will arrive in the review phase of the atlas.

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  • Partial one source on record
  • Unverified starting knowledge, sources pending

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