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Top: Amos Lewis displays an old map of Vambo Township, Grand Bassa County, where he claims to own 3,200 acres of land overlapped by a community forest. The DayLight\/Derick Snyder <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By Emmanuel Sherman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Editor\u2019s Note: This story is the second part of a series on illegalities associated with the Mavasagueh Community Forest in Compound Two, Grand Bassa County.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MONROVIA \u2013 A second person has claimed a huge plot of land in a newly authorized community forest in Grand Bassa County, proving that authorities conducted a flawed process, requiring a redo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amos Lewis’s claim covers 3,200 acres of land in the Mavasagueh Community Forest, a 26,003-hectare woodland in Compound Two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is to inform your office that my father, the late Duzoe Reeves had 3,200 acres of land beginning from Duzoe Town and its surroundings in the Vambo Township,\u201d read the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is my understanding that the FDA has mistaken my father\u2019s private land and has certificated the C&C Corporation to harvest logs from the land,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lewis is the second person claiming the land along the St. John River with Mount Findley overlooking it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In November, Khalil Haider, a resident of Buchanan, laid claim to the same land. However, Haider dropped his contention for a compromise with C&C Corporation (CCC), which had signed a contract for the forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A DayLight investigation<\/a> on Monday found that the compromise was unlawful as community forests cannot overlap private land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A portion of the Mavasagueh Community Forest in 2020. New Narratives\/James Harding Giahyue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The investigation established that the FDA had leapfrogged some legal steps leading to Mavasagueh\u2019s formation, ignoring NGO warnings. It also established that the FDA brokered the compromise between the company and Haider, not wanting to re-demarcate and remap the forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two claims make it more certain that the regulator would redo the process in line with industry guidelines<\/a>. The claims prove that the FDA did not conduct the demarcation and mapping in line with the guidelines, which have several safeguards to resolve any claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FDA did not immediately respond to queries for comments on the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Khalil Haider was the first to claim ownership of 3,200 acres of forestland in Compound Two, Grand Bassa County, which a community forest overlaps. The DayLight\/Emmanuel Sherman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lewis’s claim<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lewis is a stepson of the late Paramount Chief Reeves, who originally acquired the land. Lewis\u2019s name is on a paper he claims is the original deed.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHaider faked those things from his mother,\u201d Lewis told The DayLight on Tuesday, displaying an old map of the Vambo Township.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haider dismisses Lewis\u2019 claim, saying Paramount Reeves transferred the ownership of the land to his late mother, Rosa Dillion. Like Lewis\u2019, Haider’s deed was signed by the late President William V.S. Tubman.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This story was a production of the Community of Forest and Environmental Journalists of Liberia (CoFEJ).<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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