Community Rights Law of 2009 with Respect to Forest Lands<\/a> allows companies to sign logging agreement with forest communities, but the document varies from one community to another. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThe new template is intended to be a standard for communities-loggers deals. It is already being used in some communities but the Bluyeama will be the first time civil society actors will participate in its signing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is reflected in the proposed Bluyeama-Sing-Africa contract, which has 30 pages as compared to the parties’ current five-page agreement. And the new template has the support of all parties in the forestry sector, including the Forestry Development Authority (FDA), civil society and legal experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDelegates review the Bluyeama-Sing-Africa Commercial Use Contract in Balagwalazu, Lofa County. The DayLight\/Varney Kamara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nUnder the proposed arrangement, Sing Africa agreed to construct the road from Balagwalazu to Womai, a major town in the Bluyeama Clan, from this month to November. The company has also agreed to build a clinic in Womai between October 2022 and June 2023. In addition to these commitments, it accepted to refurbish the Balagwalazu Health Center, a major medical facility in that area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it did not agree to construct a bridge over the Via River. Locals had hoped that the bridge would link the clan to other parts of Lofa County and open up a major commercial route. In the meantime, an assessment is now being carried out for an alternative bridge over a smaller river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than 150 people attended the revision of the Bluyeama CUC, including William Tamba Kamba, the Superintendent of Lofa County. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
James Tellewoyan, Manager of Organization Development and Capacity Building of the Multi-Stakeholder Forest Governance and Accountability Project (MFGAP), praised the parties for the tentative agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHaving community people participating in matters that have to do with their own benefits was very good for forest sector governance in Liberia,\u201d Telewoyan told The DayLight in an interview, following the revision. \u201cThey were allowed to freely express what they had in mind about the CUC agreement, and I was impressed about this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the next two weeks, parties to the contract are to meet in Balagwalazu to finalize discussions on the new terms of agreement. The CUC signing date is now set for the first week in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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