Community Land Protection | Sustainable Development Institute

Publication date

Mon, 04/10/2023 - 12:00

Citizens of project communities of the Liberia Forest Sector Project (LFSP) in southeastern Liberia have overwhelmingly extolled the Liberian Government and civil society organizations for implementing the project.

Read more about Communities Appreciate Liberia Forest Sector Project for Promoting Inclusive Land Governance through Land Formalization Activities

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Tue, 03/21/2023 - 12:00

Participants Group Photo after the project lunch

International Land and Forest Tenure Facility (TF) and Liberian partners officially launched a three-year project in Liberia on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. The project is phase II of the TF support to Liberia and is titled: Keeping the Promise, expanding and strengthening community land and forest governance for a sustainable future. It was launched at a local hotel in Monrovia.

Read more about Tenure Facility and Liberian Partners Launched 3-Year Project to Improve Land and Forest Governance in Communities

Publication date

Wed, 09/07/2022 - 12:00

Yarpah’s Town Vocational Training Center (now used by the Elementary Division of the Yarpah’s Town Public School), FMC-B, Rivercess County

Read more about Report on the Activities of the National Benefit Sharing Trust Board (May 2018-June 2022)

Publication date

Sun, 03/15/2020 - 12:00

Women Representative Presenting Sketch Map during their Participatory Mapping

The Land Rights Law of 2018 provides for the recognition, protection, and registration of community land rights. One of the requirements to registering community land is for communities to agree on and identify the community land space, resources, and boundaries to determine the scope of the community's customary land (see a sample map below in figure 1). For this reason, there is an urgent need to build the most affordable and accessible systems for mapping community lands and natural resources.

Read more about Community Sketch Map Making Guide

Publication date

Wed, 06/10/2020 - 12:00

Abstract: After the end of Liberia’s civil war in 2003, the country embarked upon the reform of its forest and land legislation. This culminated in the adoption of the 2009 Community Rights Law with Respect to Forest Lands and the 2018 Land Rights Act, which NGOs and donors have described as being amongst the most progressive laws in sub-Saharan Africa with regard to the recognition of customary land tenure.

Read more about A New Era of Customary Property Rights? – Liberia’s Land and Forest Legislation in Light of the Indigenous Right to Self-Determination

Publication date

Thu, 03/14/2019 - 12:00

Peace building efforts by Liberian legislators and their international partners have recognized the significance of forest governance in sustaining peace over the past 15 years. But whereas last year's Land Rights Law1(LRL) was heralded as an improvement also for community forest governance, some provisions of the new law may become problematic for community forestry when implemented.

Read more about SDI Briefing Paper 07: Practical Potential Conflict and Implementation Challenges for the CRL and the LRL

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Thu, 03/14/2019 - 12:00

The passage, in September 2018, of the Land Rights Law (LRL) in Liberia was a critical moment in the country's long and tortuous path to legislative reforms in the land and natural resource sector. The LRL secures the rights of over 3 million Liberians to own and manage their land, particularly those in rural areas that have been historically marginalized and denied formal legal recognition of their customary land and resources.