The Forestry Development Authority (FDA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),and the Ministry of Labor (MoL) embarked on a weeklong joint inspection exercise in Yarwin Mehnsonner Community Forest. The Community Forest Management Area (CFMA) is located in Nimba County and operated by the West Water Group Liberia Incorporated (WWG). The inspection...
FDA, EPA and MoL inspection at Geblo community forest
VPA-SU2 supported a 9-day joint inspection at Geblo Logging Company FMC Area I in Sinoe County from 7th to 15th of March 2022. The field inspections aimed towards following up with the mock inspection exercises supported by VPASU2 in February 2020. These inspections focused significantly on coaching of field staff of the...
Joint inspection at Gbi Community Forest
The VPA Support Unit-2 program continues to support efforts geared toward sustainable management of the Liberian forest. Between January 31 and February 05, 2022, the VPA-SU2 facilitated a forest inspection involving the Ministry of Labour (MoL), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Forestry Development Authority (FDA). The joint inspection...
Joint inspection at Sewacajua
In continuation to the sustainable management of the Liberian Forest and ensuring legality in all aspects of forest operations, the VPASU2 supported a 9-day joint inspection at the area of the Sewacajua Community Forest Management Agreement (CFMA) from 21st of February to 1st of March 2022. The inspections primarily intended...
Joint inspection at Sehzuplay
The Liberian Code of Forest Harvesting Practices (CFHP) (revised in 2017) is the ultimate performance manual containing internationally approved standards that appliy to commercial logging operations in Liberia. It was developed by the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) to reduce logging impacts and promote sustainable forest management. The key performance areas...
Scaling training at Sewacajua
The VPA Support Unit-2 facilitated a four-day training program on scaling of logs for FDA Chain of Custody (CoC) Rangers assigned to Regions 4 and 5 (i.e., Sinoe, Grand Gedeh, River Gee, Grand Kru, and Maryland Counties) and members of the Sewacajua Community Forest Management Body (CFMB). The Mandra Forestry...
Joint Inspection at Worr Community Forest
The Liberian Code of Forest Harvesting Practices (CFHP) is an instructional manual containing internationally approved standards applicable to commercial logging operations. It was originally developed by the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) in 2007 and amended in 2017 and has the main purpose of reducing logging impacts on workers’ Safety &...
Brush-up Workshop in Buchanan
From 17th to 19th August 2021 the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) conducted in Buchanan a three-day regional workshop to refresh field staff responsibilities of Nimba, Rivercess, and Grand Bassa Counties (together these counties make up FDA Region-3 administrative unit). FDA regional brush-up workshops seek to revive the tasks of the...
First Workshop on Revision of Guidelines of Forest Management Planning
In 2009, The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) developed the Guidelines for Forest Management Planning (GFMP). The GFMP aim at providing practical and technical information on the methods to be used for designing and implementing Forest Management Plans (FMP) for sustainable forestry. The document was developed for concessionaires, i.e., the holders of a Forest Management Contract (FMC), in charge of managing their forest concessions in line with the concession agreements which have been ratified by...
Inter-agency Workshop on Code of Forest Harvesting Practice in Gbarnga
The VPA Support Unit2 (VPA-SU2) facilitated a 2-day regional interagency workshop following the way forward proffered to improve coordination and implementation of field inspection during the central inter agency workshop held in Monrovia on the 19th – 20th January 2021. A follow-up workshop for field staff from Region 2 brought...