The Environmental Protection Fund,  abbreviated in Lao as "EPF", is a government fund created to mobilize and mobilize domestic and foreign funds in various forms aimed at raising funds to contribute to the management of natural resources and to protect the environment effectively and sustainably.

Principles of management and use of funds of EPF

The management and use of EPF funds shall be in accordance with the following principles:

1. Centralized and unified in accordance with the state budget system;

2. Targeted, economical and effective;

3. All revenues and expenditures must go through the accounting system of the National Treasury, accounting in accordance with the basic principles and rules of state accounting;

4. To be flexible, agile, fair and transparent, to ensure expenditures in accordance with the annual plan;

5. Regular inspections and inspections in accordance with laws and regulations.

EPF capital reserve

The EPF's capital reserve mechanism is divided into six types:

1. Funding for policy and environmental empowerment ; 

2. Funding for biodiversity conservation, including forestry and community development ;

3. Environmental funding, including pollution control ;

4. Funds for sustainable water resources management ;

5. Sustainable land management capital ;

6. Climate change funding.