National Biodiversity Conservation Areas
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A National Biodiversity Conservation Area is an environmentally protected area in Laos
. There are all together 21 different NBCAs in Laos, protecting 29,775 square kilometers. Another 10 NBCAs have been proposed, many of them being treated by authorities as though they were already officially protected.
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
. There are all together 21 different NBCAs in Laos, protecting 29,775 square kilometers. Another 10 NBCAs have been proposed, many of them being treated by authorities as though they were already officially protected.
List of NBCAs
- Dong Ampham
- Dong Hua Sao
- Dong Phou Vieng
- Hin Nam Nor
- Nakai Nam Theun - adjacent to NT2 hydropower project
- Nam Et
- Nam Ha (East)
- Nam Kading
- Nam Kan
- Nam Phoun (Poui)
- Nam Xam
- Phou Den Din
- Phou Hin Poun
- Phou Khao Khouay
- Phou Loeuy
- Phou Phanang
- Phou Xiang He
- Phou Xiang Thong
- Xe Bang Nouan
- Xe Piane
- Xe Sap