Management Plan of Boung Kiat Ngong Ramsar Site,Phathomphone District, Champasak Province, Lao PDR 2013-2017

A 2013-2017 management plan for the Beung Kiat Ngong Wetland, one of two sites in Laos recognised by the Ramsar convention. This document is based on recommendations from the Ramsar Secretariat and various relevant resolutions (e.g Resolution VIII.14). The document describes the Ramsar site and proposes long term objectives. It then details specific actions required to achieve the management plan objectives of protecting biodiversity and ecosystems, improving livelihoods and food security, and enforcing and organising governance at the site level. This document follows up on the profile of Beung Kiat Ngong Wetland and the baseline of the Beung Kiat Ngong Ramsar site published by IUCN in 2011.