Environmental Issues

http://www.mongabay.com/history/laos/laos-environmental_problems_and_policy.html
The main environmental issue in Laos is deforestation. Some of the problems contributing to this problem are commercial exploitation of the forest, expansion of hydroelectric facilities and agriculture. The goverment has started programs to preserve their forest, but they have had negative effects on the villagers that relly on subsustance farming.

I think that the government has to a better job of thinking out their policies. Although i think it is a good idea to try and stop deforestation, the plan they have now could go more harm than good. Some of the decrees that they have made do seems promising. The prohibition on cutting some sorts of trees sounds like a good idea but it sounds like the rules are not being inforced. Overall, Laos is moving in the right direction, but they still have work to do.