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Pollution creek in MOPP plantation

Assessing the Social and Environmental Impacts of Maryland Oil Palm Plantations (MOPP) and SIFCA’s Operations on local Communities in Maryland County

Investigations

SDI GIS Officer Leaves Liberia to Pursue Advanced Certificate in Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation in the Netherlands

SDI Investigations

SDI News Letter (Vol. 1 No. 2 Edition: April - July, 2022)

Report on the Activities of the National Benefit Sharing Trust Board (May 2018-June 2022)-compressed

Report on the Activities of the National Benefit Sharing Trust Board (May 2018-June 2022)

Wed, 09/07/2022 - 12:00
Yarpah’s Town Vocational Training Center (now used by the Elementary Division of the Yarpah’s Town Public School), FMC-B, Rivercess County
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SDI_2022 Forest Community Case Study-Gibi

Fri, 04/08/2022 - 12:00
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Community Sketch Map Making Guide

Sun, 03/15/2020 - 12:00
Women Representative Presenting Sketch Map during their Participatory Mapping

The Land Rights Law of 2018 provides for the recognition, protection, and registration of community land rights. One of the requirements to registering community land is for communities to agree on and identify the community land space, resources, and boundaries to determine the scope of the community's customary land (see a sample map below in figure 1). For this reason, there is an urgent need to build the most affordable and accessible systems for mapping community lands and natural resources.

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Illegally dismissed Community Members receive compensation from palm oil company Golden Veroleum Liberia

Mon, 10/25/2021 - 12:00
One of the community member who was  illegally dismissed by GVL.

Monrovia, Amsterdam, 25 October 2021 – On Wednesday 20th October, sixteen victims of wrongful dismissal received over Thirty Five Thousand (35,000 USD) in financial compensation.

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BROKEN PROMISES! SDI AND MILIEUDEFENSIE PROBE FINDS GOLDEN VEROLEUM GUILTY OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN LIBERIA

Thu, 08/12/2021 - 12:00
Wilfred Gray-Johnson-SDI Executive Director

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. 

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SDI GETS NEW HEAD

Tue, 06/08/2021 - 12:00
SDI-New Executive Director ( Wilfred Gray-Johnson)

Monrovia, Liberia, June 2, 2021: The campaigner group Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) Liberia has recruited Wilfred Gray-Johnson as its new Executive Director following a meticulous and competitive exercise.

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A New Era of Customary Property Rights? – Liberia’s Land and Forest Legislation in Light of the Indigenous Right to Self-Determination

Wed, 06/10/2020 - 12:00

Abstract: After the end of Liberia’s civil war in 2003, the country embarked upon the reform of its forest and land legislation. This culminated in the adoption of the 2009 Community Rights Law with Respect to Forest Lands and the 2018 Land Rights Act, which NGOs and donors have described as being amongst the most progressive laws in sub-Saharan Africa with regard to the recognition of customary land tenure.

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Land Valuation Briefer

Tue, 04/30/2019 - 12:00

The Community Rights and Cooperate Governance Program (CR&CGP) of SustainableDevelopment Institute (SDI) is using a land valuation tool developed by Namati. It supportscustomary communities and forest dependent peoples to clearly understand the value of their landand guide them to make informed decision during land negotiations with companies or investors.The exercise also makes customary communities more cohesive and resilient in the managementand governance of their lands and natural resources.

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