World Bank funds environmental protection projects
The Environment Protection Fund and the World Bank recently provided funding for the second phase of four environmental and social protection sub-projects in Laos at a cost of more than US$4 million. The first sub-project named Capacity Building for Pollution Control, Waste and Hazardous Chemicals Management will cost US$699,773. The project has been signed off by the Executive Director of the Environment Protection Fund under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Mr Khampadith Khammounheuang, and Deputy Director General of the Pollution Control Department, Dr Phengkhamla Phonvisai. The second sub-project, named Institutional strengthening on air and noise quality monitoring and the improvement of resources efficiency and transfer appropriate technology for waste management in SMEs aims to build capacity in the natural resources and environment sector to analyse weather quality at a cost of US$829,000.
