Co-organized by RECOFTC, Lao PDR National Assembly members, government representatives, civil society groups and international organizations gathered to review and reflect on the current status of forest tenure in Lao PDR and chart pathways towards implementing forest tenure reforms at the National Workshop on Forest Tenure and Policies in Lao PDR in Vientiane. Resource persons from China, Nepal, Brazil and Vietnam were invited to share best practices from national reform processes, and participants identified paths to addressing thematic technical and institutional challenges to legislating and implementing future forest policy.