On January 19 – 20, 2021, the VPA Support Unit-2 facilitated an interagency workshop involving key staff and line managers from central offices of the Forestry Development Authority, Environmental Protection Agency, and Ministry of Labour. The event had the purpose to develop a workable mechanism for conducting joint inspections –...
Brush-up Workshop for FDA Region 1 and 2 Field Staff held in Gbarnga, Bong County from March 1st to 4th, 2021
The VPA Support Unit2 (VPA-SU2) facilitated a 4-day brush-up workshop organized by the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) for Regions 1 and 2 staff as a follow-up on the December 2019 brush-up workshop outcomes. The venue was the DEN-L Training Center in Gbarnga. The workshop had the main purpose of reviewing...
Inter-agency Workshop on the Code of Forest Harvesting Practices Checklist and the Legality Matrix in Monrovia
Regular inspection is a means of assisting forest operators to comply with approved standards of social, productivity, environmental, quality, and safety and health issues in line with the Code of Forest Harvesting Practices (CFHP). Over the 2019/2020 logging season, eleven mock inspection exercises were conducted across the five regions of...
EU Ambassador visits scaling training
The VPA Support Unit 2 (VPA-SU2) supported a four-day scaling training program. The training was held in the log yard of African Wood and Lumber Company which is the Third Party Operator of the Marblee & Karblee Community Forest. The log yard is located in Compound #2, Grand Bassa County....