Liberia: Several Recommendations Advanced for Good Redd Policy

13 August 2012

River Cess County — Several civil society groups and local community from across nine counties have called on the Government of Liberia (GOL) to institute a REDD program that would ensure the provision of community benefits such as funding for development initiatives. REDD stands for Reduce Emission from Deforestation and forest Degradation.

According to them, there are concerns that the promise of these funds could attract powerful elites, and exclude indigenous or rural people. The group's call was contained in a resolution adopted following a five-day long workshop in Yarpa Town, River Cess County.

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