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Protected areas in Laos include:


National parks

* Dong Hua Sao National Park (99.8 km2 reported area; 1004 km2 GIS-calculated area) * Hin Namno National Park (941.21 km2) * Nakai-Nam Theun National Park (4277 km2) * Nam Et-Phou Louey National Park, (4107.1 km2 reported area; 4828 km2 GIS-calculated area) * Phou Khao Khouay National Park (191.94 km2) * Xe Pian National Park (258.63 km2 reported area; 2578 km2 GIS-calculated area)


National biodiversity conservation areas
(national protected areas)

* Dong Ampham National Biodiversity Conservation Area, 20,000 ha * Dong Phou Vieng * Eld's Deer Sanctuary * Kounxe Nongma * Laving Lavern *
Nam Ha Nam Ha National Protected Area is a National Biodiversity Conservation Areas, national protected area in Luang Namtha Province in northern Laos. This mostly forested park is home to a variety of ethnic groups and diverse animal and plant species. ...
National Biodiversity Conservation Area (2224 km2) * Nam Kading National Biodiversity Conservation Area, 169,000 ha * Nam Kan, 77,500 ha * Nam Phouy (Nam Poui) National Biodiversity Conservation Area * Nam Xam National Biodiversity Conservation Area, 70,000 ha * Phou Daen Din * Phou Hi Phi * Phou Hin Poun (Phou Hinpoun or Khammouane Limestone) * Phou Pha Nang * Phou Sabot Phoungchong * Phou Xang He National Biodiversity Conservation Area, 109,900 acre * Phou Xieng Thong (Phou Xiang Thong) National Biodiversity Conservation Area, 120,000 ha * Xe Bang Nouan (Xe Bang Nouane) National Biodiversity Conservation Area, 150,000 ha * Xe Xap National Biodiversity Conservation Area, 133,500 ha * Yodnammo-Phousamsoum National Biodiversity Conservation Area


Other protected areas

* Bokeo Nature Reserve * Buddha Park * Houei Nhang Conservation Area * Phou-Chomvoy Provincial Protected Area * Tor 10 Provincial Protected Area * Xekhampo-Boloven Plateau Hunting Reserve


International designations


ASEAN Heritage Parks

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Nam Ha Nam Ha National Protected Area is a National Biodiversity Conservation Areas, national protected area in Luang Namtha Province in northern Laos. This mostly forested park is home to a variety of ethnic groups and diverse animal and plant species. ...
* Nam Poui (proposed) * Phou Xieng Thong (proposed)


Ramsar sites (Wetlands of International Importance)

{{main, Ramsar site * Beung Kiat Ngong Wetlands * Xe Champhone Wetlands


See also

*
Geography of Laos Laos is a landlocked country in mainland Southeast Asia. It covers approximately 236,800 square kilometers and is surrounded by Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Thailand, and Vietnam. About 70% of its geographic area is made up of mountain ranges, hi ...
* Conservation in Laos * Fauna of Laos *
Flora of Laos The wildlife of Laos encompasses the animals and plants found in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, a landlocked country in southeastern Asia. Part of the country is mountainous and much of it is still clad in tropical broadleaf forest. It has ...
* Wildlife of Laos


Source

* UNEP-WCMC (2023)
Protected Area Profile for Lao People's Democratic Republic
from the World Database on Protected Areas. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
Laos Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...