Liberia: EU, FAO Sponsor Training For Community Forest Committees In Buchanan
The National Union of Community Forestry Development Committees (NUCFDC) on Saturday, June 22, concluded a five-day capacity building training for Community Forestry Development Committee members of several counties.Front Africa Online , 25 June 2019
Liberia, Timber, community forest, Training Palm oil production, good or bad for Africa?
Unsustainable palm oil industry practices—the result of large-scale land acquisitions across Africa's tropical belt—have resulted in a number of social and environmental concerns.Africasacountry, 24 June 2019
Liberia, Palm Oil, african palm oil Liberia, Ghana, EU-NSA Project Share Perspectives
The European Union Non-State Actors (EU-NSA) Project teams in Ghana have concluded a meeting and shared perspectives on project implementation with emphasis on progress, lesson learned and way forward in the two countries.Front Africa Online , 19 June 2019
Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Ghana, Timber, VPA, FLEGT, EU-NSA Cocoa and palm oil scheme launched in Liberia
Solidaridad Liberia and the Embassy of the Netherland in Monrovia have launched a Cocoa Rehabilitation & Intensification Programme (CORIP) and Sustainable West Africa Oil Palm Programme (SWAPP) aimed at improving their production by local farmers.APA-Monrovia News, 15 June 2019
Liberia, Palm Oil, Sustainable West Africa Oil Palm Programme , SWAPP The Nature of Social Justice Advocacy and Local Resistance to Land Concession in Liberia: Impact on Land Governance system, Customary Land Rights and State Response
One of the decisive moments in social justice advocacies for land rights in the recent history of Liberia came in 2011, when rural communities, wrote a letter of complaint against the Sime Darby Plantation Company to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). The communities letter of complaint essentially cited violations of land rights, accompanied by disruptions to the socio-economic and cultural life of the local communities, and failure by the company to abide by the principle of Free, Prior, Informed, Consent (FPIC).The Front Page Africa Online, 10 June 2019
Liberia, Palm Oil, FPIC, RSPO Sawacajuah community rejects forest management body
Community members in Sawacajuah, Sinoe County under the banner Community Assembly (CA) express vote of no confidence in the entire leadership of their Community Forest Management Body (CFMB). A total of 18 out of 28 members unanimously voted to dissolve the CFMB.The New Dawn , 30 May 2019
Liberia, Timber, Liberia Liberia: Solidaridad-Liberia Installs Oil Palm Advisory Committee
Solidaridad-Liberia recently installed an advisory committee on an oil palm intervention program. The program, funded by the Dutch Embassy in Ghana, is expected to be launched in June, this year.All Africa , 27 May 2019
Liberia, Netherlands, Palm Oil, The Netherlands Liberia: Government Drafts Guidelines for Free, Prior Informed Consent
The government of Liberia and major stakeholders in the forestland sector are developing guidelines for rural communities to accept and reject concessions targeted for their lands, a move advocates are hailing would curb land grab and strengthen the relationship between concessionaires and locals.Front Page Africa , 21 May 2019
Liberia, Timber, community forest The struggle for land security in Liberia is just beginning
This year's Goldman Environmental Prize winner says the battle for land rights in Liberia is just getting underway.Thomson Reuters Foundation , 17 May 2019
Liberia, Palm Oil, Palm oil Liberia: Solidaridad Launches West African Oil Palm Program
Solidaridad West Africa has launched a 3,821, 619 euros Sustainable West Africa Oil Palm Program (SWAPP) in Liberia as part of promoting sustainable oil palm and improving food security in Liberia., 16 May 2019
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