For over a year, The Gibbon Experience has demonstrated that forest conservation can be achieved by a local team and not rely on handouts from other nations.
At present, Lao National Parks have no forest guards for day-to-day protection. Only the forest guards in the Bokeo Nature Reserve receive a salary; fully funded by The Gibbon Experience. They work 24 hrs a day and presently monitor 25% of the 123,000 hectare reserve.
