ABSTRACT
Losses of biodiversity in Laos are happening in areas where sustainable rotational farming in mountainous landscapes has been practiced for generations. From 2012, the curriculum began to focus on the problems and importance of biodiversity and in 2014 the curriculum was further revised via a collaborative effort with the teachers, written in a more formal publication and printed. A five-school event for Phoukoud District promoting agrobiodiversity (ABD) was held in 2016 at the provincial level. Each school presented their own innovative ideas in terms of curriculum and student art performances related to promoting preservation of ABD. The Agro-Biodiversity Initiative, funded by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, initiated its work in 2009, focusing on the conservation and promotion of ABD in the highlands of three northern provinces in Laos. It does this via a thoughtful process of working closely together with communities and governmental bodies to identify important biodiversity issues in agricultural landscapes.
