The Bokeo Nature Reserve was established by the Lao Forestry Authorities and Animo with a practical approach and no external funds. It consists of 123,000 hectares of mix-deciduous forest in a mountainous terrain ranging from 500m to 1500m in elevation.
The Bokeo Nature Reserve is rich in biodiversity, birds, insects, and mammals including populations of black gibbons, bears, tigers, and migrating populations of wild buffalo and elephants.
Animo was given in 2004 a government mandate to protect this rich asset of Northern Laos that borders the Nam Ha Protected Area.
