Beng and Pakbeng district, Oudomxay province located in Northern part of Laos. In particular this area has been affecting from climate change like floods, droughts, and land slide in pass few decades, which is these two districts is along Beng river. Many rivers? streams lines flow is like blood of people to use for living and agriculture activities. Currently, the challenge in protection water and forest are more serious in management of natural resources sustainability. The exploitation and encroachment of forest are heavily by people from inside and outsides of communities by cutting and burning forest, catching, and hunting wildlife for all seasons. These things are harmful forest, wildlife, and water resources, and it possible to lose endangered species. Second, is lack of the participation from community like young people in natural resources conservation and protection. There is no participate from youth to protect their resources because of inequality of gender and cultural

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barriers especially in ethnic group. Third, there is a limited access to social services especially employment for youth people and lack of community development intervention in rural area. As a result, all those things have been affected to community and lead to poverty. The project aims to address the issues by increasing capacity and participation of community youth in personal development and community for climate change adaptation and conservation of natural resources and environment.

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