Liberia: Mano River Union Establishes Transboundary Water Resources National Advisory Committee

Monrovia — The Mano River Union (MRU) comprising of four West African countries including Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and the Ivory Coast have officially established a National Advisory Committee (NAC) to supervise and manage the transboundary water resources in the Moa-Makona and Cavalla water basins respectively. The decision was reached at the end of a one day stakeholders meeting held in Monrovia Thursday, September 26, 2019.

The body elected a 21 member committee with the Ministry of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Forestry Development (FDA) elected as chair, co-chair and secretary general respectively. Other members of are the Liberia Institute of Statistic and Geo-information Services (LISGIS), the Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy, the World Chimpanzee Foundation (WCF), the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), West Africa Biodiversity Climate Change ( WABBiCC), Society for the Conversation of Nature of Liberia (SCNL) and the Liberia Maritime Authority (LMA). Other members are the University Of Liberia (UL), The Forestry Training Institute (FTI), the Ministry of Gender & Children Protection, the Tubman University and the Liberia Water & Sewer Corporation (LWSC), the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP), the Wash Commission, the Liberia National Coast Guard, the National Legislature, the National Fishery Aquaculture Culture Authority (NAFAA) and the Liberia Land Authority (LLA).

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