Liberia Forest Sector Project

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The project development objectives of Forest Sector Project for Liberia improved management of, and increased benefit-sharing in, targeted forest landscapes. This project has three components. 1) The first component, Strengthened Regulatory and Institutional Arrangements for Implementation of REDD , will finance Technical assistance (TA), consultants, and non-consultant services, goods, works, trainings and workshops, and operational costs needed to reform and harmonize the existing legal regime and to strengthen institutional and professional capacities for improved management of forest landscapes. The first component has following two subcomponents: (i) the first subcomponent, Strengthened Capacity in Institutions (Public, Private, CSOs) for Improved Management of Forest Landscapes will provide support for existing multi-stakeholder coordination mechanisms established as part of the REDD readiness process and Sustainable Forest Management (SFM); and (ii) the second subcomponent, Legal Reform, will support the GoL in the process of relevant legal reform and effective implementation of REDD related laws and policies, such as harmonization of the Community Rights Law (CRL); the National Forest Reform Law (2006); the Land Rights Policy (2013); and their attendant regulations, in coordination with ongoing projects that are addressing similar issues. 2) The seond component, Strengthened Capacity for Management of Targeted Forest Landscapes, will finance TA, works, goods, training and workshops, subprojects, and operational costs for land use planning, conservation, community forestry, sustainable agroforestry, and forest management to support local communities and their organizations within the targeted landscapes to improve the sustainable management and conservation of natural resources and improve the economic and social benefits derived from them. The second component has the following four subcomponents: (i) the fisr subcomponent, Improved Land Use Planning, will support the preparation of the current land use map at the sub-national (for the targeted landscapes) and national levels; (ii) the second subcomponent, Strengthened Management of Protected Areas of Targeted Forest Landscapes, will support the enlargement, strengthened on-the-ground management, and financing of Liberia’s protected area network, detailing adequate resources necessary to safeguard selected existing and future protected areas within the targeted landscapes and complementing the support received from other sources; (iii) the third subcomponent, Community Forestry in Targeted Forest Landscapes, will support activities on a demand-driven basis to assist forest communities; and (iv) the fourth subcomponent, Strengthened Capacity for Sustainable Agriculture, promotes sustainable agricultural practices and reduces slash-and-burn agriculture in the targeted landscapes. 3) The third component, Forest Monitoring Information System, will finance TA, goods, workshops, and operational costs. It has two subcomponents as follows: (i) the first subcomponent, Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) and Reference Level Development, will support the establishment of a successfully tested and operational national system for MRV; and (ii) the second subcomponent, Development of an Information System for Safeguards, will finance the operationalization and update of an information system on safeguards being designed with the support of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF). 4) The fourth component, Project Management, Monitoring, and Communication, will be provide support for office operating costs for the existent Forestry Development Authority (FDA)-REDD Implementing Unit as well as the operation costs for joint quarterly meetings to be held by the implementing agencies.