Laos: Support from WCS, AFD to help communities to conserve largest wetland in Savannakhet

Vientiane, Feb 15 (Vientiane Times/ANN): Representatives from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and its partners recently monitored the progress of the Ecosystem Conservation through Integrated Landscape Management (ECILL) at Savannakhet province’s Xe Champhone Wetland Complex.

On February 3-5, the national director of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Julie Gabet-Ouahioune accompanied by Volasith Sivongdao, Deputy Director of Savannakhet Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Office (PAFO), and Mrs Manoly Sisavanh, Deputy Director of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) visited Savannakhet’s Xe Champhone Wetland Complex to monitor the progress of the European Union (EU) and AFD financed for (ECILL)” Project in Laos.