Publications

The Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) and other implementing partners have made significant progress in the implementation of the project titled: “Community-Based Forestry and Protected Area Management (CBFM): Boosting Biodiversity Conservation and Improving Livelihoods of Forest-Fringe/Forest-Dependent Communities and Groups in Liberia.”

Members of the Western Region Women Network Association (WERWONA) Tuesday, December 5, 2023, celebrated one year of robust advocacy since their establishment by the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) under the Green Livelihoods Alliance (GLA 2.0) Forest for a just future program.

Women in western Liberia under the banner 'Western Region Women Network Association' (WERWONA) demand greater participation in land and natural resources management. 

As the saying goes that an informed mind is an enlightened mind, which is exactly what the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) and Foundation for Community Initiatives (FCI) have done for citizens in the Gbi Forest Communities about the carbon market and the Blue Carbon deal.

The government of Liberia is currently at an advanced stage of agreement with a United Arab Emirates-based (UAE) firm for carbon offset development. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was entered into on March 25, 2023.

Maryland Oil Palm Plantation (MOPP) and Project Affected Communities (PACs) are now strengthening their relationship following persistent interventions from the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI).

With funding support from the Green Livelihoods Alliance (GLA 2.0) Forest for a Just Future Program (FfJF), the SDI and Milieudefensie conducted a research on the operations of MOPP in 2022.

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.

As part of efforts in documenting reasons for low women participation in Community Forest Management Body (CFMBs), the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) and Foundation for Community Initiatives (FCI) on March 9-13, 2023 paid an assessment visit to Gheegbah#1 Authorized Forest Community in Grand Bassa District#2. 

The assessment was to understand why women's representation is low in CFMBs leadership and to identify ways to increase their participation in decision-making. 

The Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) through its Forest Governance Program (FGP) Monday, on March 13, 2023, welcomed a delegation from Siemenpuu Foundation based in Finland.

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.