Liberia : Indicators

There is a plan to set up a National Forest Forum that would organize and facilitate stakeholder forums on forests. The process leading to establishing National Forest Forum is ongoing and commenced early 2010 with funding made available through FAO to local NGOs to facilitate establishment of county forest forums, and a Focal Point has been identified in FDA. Read more...

Several CFDCs have been organizing forums in their communities to discuss forest related issues and communities relationship with logging companies. The process leading to establishing National Forest Forum is ongoing and commenced early 2010 with funding made available through FAO to local NGOs to facilitate establishment of county forest forums. Read more...

The FDA is required under Regulation 101 - 07 on Public Participation to establish a Forest Management Stakeholder List of individuals, groups and institutions interested in forest management in Liberia. The NGO Coalition for Liberia (including SDI) requested the FDA in 2010 to set up a list, but to date it has not been established. Read more...

Section 18.5 of the NFRL requires FDA to “grant and facilitate public access to read and copy all documents and other information in its possession”. This includes reports on consultation processes. Regulation 101-07 Section 42 requires the FDA to grant public access to all Supporting Documents and Information, which include public comments generated during consultation processes as well as reports on those processes. Read more...

The National Forest Reform Law (2006) specifically provides for broad public access to forest sector information and establishes procedures for public vetting of regulations, including matter concerning documents or information under the law. Read more...

The Ten Core Regulation 102 Part Six section 61 (c) (3) states that “if the area to be committed to Commercial Use includes customarily held Forest Land, a Community Forestry Development Committee has granted prior, informed consent to the Commercial Use, in writing, on behalf of Affected Communities”. The CRL of 2009 defines customary land as “land, including forest land, owned by individuals, groups, families, or communities through longstanding rules recognized by the community. To be recognized as customary land, it is not necessary for the land to have been registered under statutory entitlements”. Read more...

Regulation 101 - 07 on Public Participation provides for public involvement in forest-related policy and rule making processes. It is the first ever forestry specific step towards fully implementing the provisions of Article 7 of the Liberian Constitution, which mandates the maximum feasible participation of the public in natural resource management.
FDA is taking steps to implement Regulation 101 – 07 on Public Participation by conducting country-wide consultations following adoption of the 10 core regulations. There are ongoing regional and national consultations on the regulations to implement the Community Rights Law (CRL) as well as the Legality Definition to be used in the VPA. Read more...