After Liberia's civil war, the new government faced the challenge of recovering forest resources exploited by a dictator. With significant forest cover, Liberia's case involved cancelling logging concessions to understand resource management better. The government introduced reforms, including the National Forestry Reform Law, focusing on sustainable practices involving community input. Supported by international organizations, these efforts aimed for improved governance and transparency in the forest sector, leading to systems that trace timber sources, benefiting both the environment and local communities.
It is sad when a ruthless military dictator funds his government by destroying ecologically important rainforest, logging tropical trees and displacing and robbing the people who live in and depend on the forests.
My government cancelled all of these concessions and implemented a moratorium to better understand what we were harvesting and where it came from.
The reform process was supported by the UN, the World Bank and the European Union, aiming to improve Liberia's forest governance, promote sustainable management, enhance transparency in the sector and secure the future of its vast forest resources.
Today, the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) runs systems that track timber harvesting, locating the geographic source and species of every piece of wood exported from Liberia.
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