Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Former Liberian President Joins SDI and Others in Speaking Against the European Union’s Proposed Cancellation of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf- Former President of Liberia

Duarzon, Margibi, Liberia/05/09/2025: Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf joined ranks with various Liberian civil society organizations, including the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) and other international organizations, on Friday, Ma

Celebrating International Women’s Day: SDI Calls for Concerted Efforts in Empowering Women in Land and Natural Resource Governance

Celebrating International Women’s Day @ SDI

Duarzon, Margibi County/03/07/2025: On March 8, 2025, International Women’s Day (IWD), the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) calls for concerted commitment to empowering women in land and natural resource governance. 

SDI and Other CSOs Call on the European Commission to Review Unilateral Termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement

African Civil Society Organizations members from Liberia, Cameroun, Ghana, and the Republic of Congo

Monrovia, Liberia - 02/05/2025: The Sustainable Development Institute (SDI), along with three other African Civil Society Organizations from Cameroun, Ghana, and the Republic of Congo, in collaboration with Fern is requesting our respective governments to

On Cusp of Climate Negotiations, European Union (EU) to Axe Successful Forest Trade Treaties with African Nations

Despite challenging context of poverty, climate change, rising debt and a Europe distracted by conflicts elsewhere, Cameroon and Liberia taking heroic steps to protect their forests and share forest benefits with local communities

MONROVIA, LIBERIA (7 November 2024): As the international COP29 climate talks begin in Baku, Azerbaijan next week, the European Union has suddenly decided to cut its support for forest trade treaties – called Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT)

CLDMCs Recount Positive Impacts of the Land Rights Act Six Years into Its Implementation …. As They Join Effort at Regional Level to Protect their Customary Lands

Officials of the SRNCLDMC along with LLA official

People of the southeastern region of Liberia comprising of [Grand Gedeh, RiverGee, Sinoe, RiverCess, Grand Kru and Maryland counties] like other counties across Liberia, struggled with the unclear boundaries and rights surrounding their ancestral lands prior to the passage of t

Subscribe to