Liberia: Community Forest Officials in Nimba Neglect Their Duties

[FrontPageAfrica] Sehyi Kodoo — The 2009 Community Rights Law (CRL) gives community the right to control, protect, manage and develop their forest and its resources. In order to effectively manage their forest, the CRL empowers community to set up leadership structures. The structures include, Community Assembly (CA), Executive Committee (EC) and Community Forest Management Body (CFMB). The CA is the highest decision-making body of the Community Forest, the EC is responsible to supervise the work of the CFMB and reports to the CA, while 

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