Lao PDR’s ER program addresses the drivers and underlying causes of deforestation and forest degradation through provincial-level activities in six northern provinces. Working across key land-use sectors, the program is providing a strong, strategic, and scalable foundation to promote sustainable agriculture practices, forest management, conservation, and rehabilitation. The program’s programmatic approach combines priority policy actions; improvements in forest management practices and measures to reduce pressure from the agriculture sector, including through integrated spatial planning; and sustainable livelihood development. The program’s benefit-sharing arrangements encourage the participation of local communities, ethnic minority groups, and other stakeholders and provide incentives for greener and more resilient landscape management.