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Community Rights and Corporate Governance

WERWONA Celebrates one-year robust advocacy; Vows to Enhance Women’s Rights in Western Liberia and Beyond

Tue, 12/05/2023 - 12:00
Participants at the Celebration Ceremony in Tubmanburg, Bomi County

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.

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Women in Western Liberia Demand Greater Participation in Land and Natural Resources Management

Wed, 12/06/2023 - 12:00
Members of Western Region Women Network Association (WERWONA)

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

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MOPP and PACs Strengthening Relationship Following SDI’s Intervention

Mon, 07/31/2023 - 12:00
Maryland Oil Palm Plantation (MOPP)

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.

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Assessing the Social and Environmental Impacts of Maryland Oil Palm Plantations (MOPP) and SIFCA’s Operations on local Communities in Maryland County

Fri, 02/10/2023 - 12:00
Polluted creek within MOPP plantation
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BROKEN PROMISES! SDI AND MILIEUDEFENSIE PROBE FINDS GOLDEN VEROLEUM GUILTY OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN LIBERIA

Thu, 08/12/2021 - 12:00
Wilfred Gray-Johnson-SDI Executive Director

A report done by the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) and its partner, the Netherland based Milieudefensie has found Oil palm giant Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) in gross violations of obligations and commitments from the Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) that were signed in 2014 with affected communities while it continues with massive deforestation in Liberia. 

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Land Valuation Briefer

Tue, 04/30/2019 - 12:00

The Community Rights and Cooperate Governance Program (CR&CGP) of SustainableDevelopment Institute (SDI) is using a land valuation tool developed by Namati. It supportscustomary communities and forest dependent peoples to clearly understand the value of their landand guide them to make informed decision during land negotiations with companies or investors.The exercise also makes customary communities more cohesive and resilient in the managementand governance of their lands and natural resources.

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Regional Dialogue on Oil Palm Development in West Africa - Conclusions

Thu, 11/28/2019 - 12:00

We, the delegates, from Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia and our partners from UK attending the Regional Dialogue on Oil Palm Development in West Africa from November 27th and 28th 2019, engaged in experience sharing on community rights, and the role of stakeholders in the context of oil palm plantation development and came to the following conclusions:

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TIMBY Factsheet Vol.1 October 2019

Thu, 10/31/2019 - 12:00

Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO) runs the Palm Bay Estate palm oil concession in District #4 of Grand Bassa County. This concession falls under a 2008 agreement between its subsidiary Libinco (formerly Libinc Palm Oil Inc) and the Republic of Liberia. EPO has an approved Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for 13,962 hectares. Thousands of hectares of palm oil have been rehabilitated or newly planted (since 2014) as part of what the company termed ‘phase 1’ of 8370 hectares. Gmenee village sits right in that new planting area.

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The Struggle Between the Powerful and the People

Wed, 06/26/2019 - 12:00

In November 2018, the Sustainable D e v e l o p m e n t I n s t i t u t e ( S D I ) commissioned field-based research on p r i v a t e l y o w n e d m o n o c u l t u r e plantations across Bomi County, Liberia. The study sought to identify and provide a broader understanding on the nature and implications of privately owned land holdings on the livelihood/food sovereignty of local communities in view of the expansion of Sime Darby's plantation activities. The research is aligned with promoting SDI's approach on community righ

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High Risk in the Rainforest

Thu, 07/05/2018 - 12:00

In August 2010, Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) signed an agricultural concession agreement with the Gov- ernment of Liberia covering 350,000 hectares, or approximately 2.3 percent of the country’s land mass. The land indicated in the concession agreement is densely forested, rich in biodiversity and customari- ly owned and used by rural communities as the source of their food and water, livelihoods and culture.

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