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Community Forest Governance in Liberia
… an overview of the process
Dominic KwemeOrganizational Development & Governance Advisor
PROSPER, TetraTech ARD/CJPSDecember 12, 2013
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People Rules and Organizations Supporting the Protection of Ecosystem Resources (PROSPER)
• 3 field offices• 10 sites in Nimba & Grand Bassa
Counties• 16 clan groups• 151+ villages• ~100,000 hectares• Outreach and awareness
– Education– Supporting rule of law
• Forest management– Implementing law– Capacity building of
responsible institutions• Economic development
– Livelihood initiatives
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BACKGROUND CONTEXT: FORESTRY LEGAL FRAMEWORK
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The National Forestry Reform Law (2006)
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Shall classify all lands
Specify areas for the 3Cs: • Commercial• Conservation• Community Forestry• Any other…
Requirement for a National Forest Management Strategy (NFRL §§4.4a-g)
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COMMUNITY FORESTS
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The NFRL and the Community Rights Law of 2009
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Community Forestry: The governance and management of Forest Resources in designated areas by communities for commercial and non-commercial purposes to further their livelihoods and development. NFRL §1.3
Intent of the NFRL & CRL• Empower communities to engage in sustainable forest
management: prior informed consent
Objectives of the CRL• Define community and FDA rights and responsibilities of
ownership, management, use and benefits• Establish informed representation• Ownership rights to the forest resources
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FMC, TSC v. CFMA: the role of communities
FMC & TSC• Communities are “affected” but
do not own the resources• Concessions manage the
forest• Communities automatically
receive a portion of land rental fees and production fees
• Communities sign Social Agreements with concessionaires
CFMA• Communities own the
resources• Communities manage the
forest• Communities have the right to
negotiate for up to 55% of revenues
• Communities sign contracts with contractors
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Authorized Community Forestry
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A nine step process…
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A nine step process…
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A nine step process…
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A nine step process…
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A nine step process…
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How long does this take????
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Step 8: Development of governance structures
• Election in community for CA• Selection of Executive Committee• Appointment of CFMB
• Extensive outreach & awareness
• Stakeholder meeting to develop criteria for CA representation
• Outreach on elections
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Capacity Building
• Leadership training• Conflict
management• Financial
management• Negotiations skills• Inventory
techniques• GPS training
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Challenges
• Laws don’t translate into practice• Good laws need political will,
training and capacity building to implement
• FDA Capacity – Technical support for boundary
demarcation, mapping, management planning
– Training Requirements– Limited staff
• CRL Procedural difficulties– CFMB registration
• Not explicitly covered by VPA
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Participation
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Thank you….
The PROSPER team thanks you for your support. Please contact the following persons or any PROSPER team member:
• Dominic Kweme, Organizational Development and Governance Advisor [email protected]
• Stephen Reid, Chief of Party [email protected]
• Vaneska Litz, DCOP/CF & Land Tenure Lead [email protected]