Nam Poui National Protected Area, located in Xayaburi Province, is one of the largest national protected areas in Lao PDR. The area comprises mostly mountainous areas, generally between 400 metres to 2,000 metres above sea level, which support evergreen, mixed deciduous and upper dry dipterocarp forests. It is one of the top five national protected areas of the country that support high biodiversity. It has various habitat types that are particularly important for supporting wide-ranging, large mammal species and some bird species