1. LIBERIA
• Community Forestry legal status
– Community rights law: new, OK…
• But (Problems):
– Lack of governmental budget
– Lack of community awareness about their rights
– Unfair collaboration between government and
international companies.
– Corrupt chiefs
– MOUs
– Overlapping (external uses on community forests)
– Conflicts
– Complex CF Management plans
– Lack of collaboration among communities

2. Liberia: Ideal CF environment
– Forestry authority have the right set of attributions
– Widespread community awareness
– Legitimate community participation
(gender, youth, etc.)
– Community forestry bodies constituted in every
community forest
– No MOUs, no overlapping, no conflicts with private
sector.
– International companies behave under CSR standards
– Confederation of community groups lobby

3. Creation of a
Community
forestry
confederation
Community
rights law
reformation
Integrate
alliances for
community
forestry
Forestry
authority has the
obligation to:
1. Moratoruim
until
Communities
got the CFMP
approved.
2. Diseminate
the law to
communities.
3. Ensure local
participation
4. Prevent and
resolve
confllicts
Community
inclusion
clearly defined
Keep simple
the
community
forest
management
plan
Raise
international
awareness to
limit the
power of
international
corporations
(CSR)
LIBERIA