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08 October 2018 Liberia
Non-state actors in Liberia have obtained skills on how to positively engage key stakeholders, including concession companies, forest structures and Forestry Development Authority of Liberia, in the management of forests through a training in advocacy and engagement held in May 2018, in Monrovia, Liberia.
25 September 2018 Liberia
An advocacy strategy that seeks to publicize and promote changes in laws, regulations, contracts and agreements in the forestry sector in Liberia has been developed under the framework of the EU sponsored project “Strengthening the capacity of non-state actors to improve FLEGT-VPA and REDD+ processes in Western Africa”, through the NGO Collation of Liberia (NCL).
25 September 2018 Liberia
Over 60 people in forested communities in Lofa, Gbarpolu and Sinoe counties in Liberia have received training in Community Forest Monitoring (CFM). The training has empowered community members to document illegal logging activities, monitor social agreements’ implementation signed between communities and companies and resolve and mitigate potential challenges in accessing benefit from the forests-using forest monitoring tools.
24 September 2018 Ghana
Illegal artisanal and small-scale mining has destroyed fertile agricultural lands, water bodies and forests in mining communities in Ghana. This has endangered food security in the affected communities while jeopardizing biodiversity.
12 September 2018 Ghana
The Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation (NORAD) is lending support to the Ghana Government to step up the governance of its natural resources by funding two non-governmental organisations working in the forestry sector; Tropenbos Ghana and A Rocha Ghana, to generate empirical information that will feed into the creation of an Integrated Land-Use Policy.
05 September 2018 the Netherlands
This annual report highlights our achievements and work during 2017 towards realising conditions that enable climate-smart landscapes and therefore the promotion of the sustainable use of forests and trees for the benefit of local people and the global community.