Citizens of project communities of the Liberia Forest Sector Project (LFSP) in southeastern Liberia have overwhelmingly extolled the Liberian Government and civil society organizations for implementing the project.
Central Monweh, Gbarsaw, and Dorbor in Rivercess County Authorized Community Forest have benefited from intensive training on the usage of the TIMBY app to monitor, protect and report on illegal occurrences in the forest.
As part of efforts in documenting reasons for low women participation in Community Forest Management Body (CFMBs), the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) and Foundation for Community Initiatives (FCI) on March 9-13, 2023 paid an assessment visit to Gheegbah#1 Authorized Forest Community in Grand Bassa District#2.
The assessment was to understand why women's representation is low in CFMBs leadership and to identify ways to increase their participation in decision-making.
The Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) through its Forest Governance Program (FGP) Monday, on March 13, 2023, welcomed a delegation from Siemenpuu Foundation based in Finland.
International Land and Forest Tenure Facility (TF) and Liberian partners officially launched a three-year project in Liberia on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. The project is phase II of the TF support to Liberia and is titled: Keeping the Promise, expanding and strengthening community land and forest governance for a sustainable future. It was launched at a local hotel in Monrovia.
Amsterdam, Duazon, Washington, February 23, 2023: Golden Agri-Resources (GAR), one of the world’s largest palm oil producers, has withdrawn from the High Carbon Stock Approach Group, (HCSA Group).
Amsterdam and Duazon: Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) Liberia and Milieudefensie expose the ongoing social and environmental harms in Maryland Oil Palm Plantation (MOPP) in Liberia.
SDI takes interns and volunteers to support specific projects. Interns have held both short and long-term positions and have provided assistance across a broad range of programme activities such as carrying out research, community outreach and mobilisation, policy development and advocacy campaigns.