From experience and observations, community forestry practice in Liberia has not been adequately informed about genuine community forest management and as a result it is performing poorly. However, given that Liberia’s forest...
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The Civil Society Independent Forest Monitoring (CS-IFM) team in Liberia have produced a colourful short booklet to assist in explaining how VPAs work, the key terms and processes, and the contribution communities can make to...
Exploring credibility gaps in Voluntary Partnership Agreements: A review of independent forest monitoring initiatives and lessons to learn identifies several ways in which civil society and community participation could improve...
It is too easy for community forests to be co-opted by logging companies and local elites for narrowly commercial and unsustainable ends. After decades of industrial logging and forest mismanagement, the Liberian government has...
This brief compares two Community Forestry Management Agreements (CFMAs) in Liberia – one supported by the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and one supported by the USAID-funded Land Rights and Community Forestry Project...
The Liberia Roadmap for engagement with Civil Society includes: An analysis of the civil society arena An assessment of the EU – CSO engagement in the country Priorities for EU engagement and corresponding actions A dashboard to...
The Civil Society-led Independent Forest Monitors of the NGO Coalition of Liberia assessed the management and governance of Cubic Meter Fees paid directly to communities by logging companies in Liberia. In the past, communities...
In this public summary of the Roadmap for engagement with civil society in Liberia you will find brief updates on recent developments as well as lessons learned from past engagemtn with civil societh in Liberia.
The EU Roadmap for engagement with civil society in Liberia includes: Part I - Brief analysis of the context and past EU engagement Part II - EU Strategy and Action plan to engage with CSOs Part III - Follow up of the process and...
Liberia Roadmap for EU engagement with Civil Society