Sustainable Forest Management (SFM): the SFM program focuses on empowering local populations to participate in decision making about forests, campaigning against illegal logging, and supporting community-based forest management. Overall objective is to increase benefits from forest use. Projects are:
- Community Forestry Cluster
- Ensuring a Seat at the Table
- Making the Forest Sector Transparent
Community Forestry Cluster project aims to empower communities through organizing, information and experience sharing, and training to pursue their rights in the forest sector. The project works to strengthen local-level advocacy to address the marginalization of local populations and to promote equitable sharing of benefits from forest exploitation. Ensuring a Seat at the Table aims to enhance communities and NGOs participation in the development of a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) between Liberia and the European Union (EU). The project supports direct community representation and full participation in the VPA discussions at the national level. It also works with other NGOs to broaden and enhance civil society participation in the process. The overall goal of the VPA is to reduce illegal logging in Liberia. Making the Forest Sector Transparent contributes to improving forest governance and equity in re-distribution of revenue from logging and other commercial uses of forests. The objective is to secure government accountability through active civil society engagement. It supports initiatives and actions aimed at securing community rights and livelihoods.