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1. Library Resource

   

   Regulation to the Community Rights Law with Respect to Forest Lands.

   Regulations

   Liberia, Africa, Western Africa

   Land Conflicts

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism

   Forest Tenure

   private forests

   customary law

   pastoralists

   agriculture

   land governance

   forestry

   land management

   public ownership

   forest management plans

   land dispute resolution

   forest land

   forest conservation

   This Regulation of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) implements provisions of the Community Rights Law of 2009 with Respect to Forest Lands ("Community Rights Law"), and determines the rules, guidelines and procedures for the establishment of forest communities and to access, manage, use and the benefits of forest resources within the Republic of Liberia, and participation by communities in the reforestation, rehabilitation and conservation of forest and wildlife resources in Liberia.

2. Library Resource

   

   Regulation to the Community Rights Law with Respect to Forest Lands (as amended).

   Regulations

   January, 2011

   Liberia

   Land Conflicts

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism

   Forest Landscape Restoration

   Forest Tenure

   private forests

   customary law

   pastoralists

   agriculture

   land governance

   forestry

   land management

   public ownership

   forest management plans

   land dispute resolution

   forest land

   forest conservation

   This Regulation of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) implements provisions of the Community Rights Law of 2009 with Respect to Forest Lands ("Community Rights Law"), and determines the rules, guidelines and procedures for the establishment of authorized forest communities and to access, manage, use and the benefits of forest resources within the Republic of Liberia, and participation by communities in the reforestation, rehabilitation and conservation of forest and wildlife resources in Liberia.

3. Library Resource

   

   The Role of Religious and Traditional Institutions during Conflict and in Peacebuilding

   Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Liberia, Vol. 3: Appendices, Title IV: "The Conflict, Religion and Tradition"

   Journal Articles & Books

   November, 2011

   Liberia

   Land Conflicts

   land conflicts

   land governance

   local communities

   research

   The Conflict in Liberia and subsequent trarnsitional justice process through means of a truth and reconciliation commission provide a unique opportunity to examine how the exploitation of religious and traditional identities/institutions became a means to fuel and perpetuate the conflict. Likewise, it also offers an example of how the strength and credibility of a religious community can be instrumental in facilitating formal peace processes.

4. Library Resource

   

   How to deal with people in post displacement - reintegration: the welcoming capacity approach

   Reports & Research

   March, 2014

   Global, Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia

   Land Conflicts

   displacement

   land access

   land conflicts

   land governance

   rural population

   urban population

   In conflict situations, peace settlements and cease-fire agreements may often, end violent conflicts, but do not prevent renewed violence or guarantee a permanent end to conflicts.5 According to the World Bank, chances that renewed conflicts will erupt are high and even higher when control over natural resources is at stake.6 In the past two decades alone, Africa has experienced violent conflicts with successive cease-fire agreements and peaceful settlements, which have often been followed by outbreaks of new conflicts.

5. Library Resource

   

   Armed conflict and mining induced land-use transition in northern Nimba County, Liberia

   Reports & Research

   January, 2019

   Liberia

   Land Conflicts

   Land in post-conflict settings

   land governance

   environment

   deforestation

   land use

   land use change

   mining

   natural resources management

   land conflicts

   local communities

   This study determined pre-conflict, conflict and post-conflict land use change and analysed the impact of armed conflict on the intensity of land use change in northern Nimba County. Landsat images of 1986, 1990, 2002 and 2016 were classif