Liberia : Indicators
2010 > Logging operations > Is information on permitted logging volumes (quotas) public?
Logging operations
Once all preparations and forest management plans are completed and logging operations start, can local people find out how much timber is permitted to be extracted (for example on an annual basis from a specific area)?
Is information on permitted logging volumes (quotas) public?
The guidelines for Sustainable Forest Management requires contract holders to conduct inventories, as part of their forest management planning, that includes estimates of harvestable volumes. Information about production volume is supposed to be published in FDA annual reports (see Indicator 15.1), but these come out after the fact. The public have no way on knowing quota information before logging operations.
| Title | Guidelines for Forest Management Planning in Liberia |
| Date | 2009 |
| Source | http://www.fda.gov.lr/doc/Liberiaforestmgguidelines.pdf (2007 draft) |
| Language | English |
| Completeness | Revised and finalized in 2009, communities have no independent way of knowing if the logging company has complied with harvesting the required annual quota. The only information available comes from SGS and FDA. |
Report Card
About Us
Search
Login
