2020-11-10
Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, the National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS) learning session was held online, connecting Laos and Japan. A total of 46 participants from the FIPD (Forest Inventory Planning Division), REDD+ division, DCC (Department of Climate Change) and other agencies joined the two-day session on 10-11 November.
The session shared information about the progress of REDD + in Lao PDR, contents of the NFMS Roadmap, contents and issues related to the NFMS web-portal[1], and the implementation of the PDMS and challenges thereto.
According to participants, the session was useful since, in addition to the lectures, there were many chances to deepen understanding through questions and discussions. Some F-REDD counterparts facilitated the session by supplementing the explanations by the Japanese experts for other Lao participants.