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The 10th Forest Sub-Sector Working Group (FSSWG) was held on February 12th, 2016 at the Department of Forestry. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Vongdeuane Vongsiharath, Director General of MONRE-DFRM and co-chaired by Ms. Saeda Makimoto, Senior Representative of JICA Laos Office. A total of 60 people from government agencies, universities, research institutes and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) participated in the meeting.

A variety of topics were shared and discussed, starting with the MONRE Strategy towards 2025, other topics included Forest Cover Assessment 2015 which surveyed the national forest cover rate, economic evaluation study of Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPs), Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Biodiversity Conservation Corridors (BCC) project for the purpose of biodiversity conservation, and so forth. The Terms of References (TORs) of FSSWG and the Village Forest Working Group were also introduced and the meeting confirmed the approval process.

A variety of topics were presented