Community Rights and Corporate Governance

The NGO Coalition of Liberia, representing over 25 civil society organizations in the forest and natural resource sector, has petitioned His Excellency President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., to defer the endorsement and signing of Liberia’s Draft Carbon Market Policy. 

The Coalition acknowledges the Government’s efforts on climate action but raises concerns about limited stakeholder consultation, particularly the insufficient inclusion of forest-dependent communities and civil society actors in the validation process. 

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. 

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.

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.