MONROVIA — The National Benefit Sharing Trust Board (NBSTB) said the Government of Liberia owes forest affected communities more than US$3 million in land rental fees accrued through commercial logging activities. The 12-months project seeks to build the capacity of the NBST to effectively monitor and evaluate projects awarded to forest affected communities. The project aims to improve forest governance, through the provision of technical assistance, building the capacity of forest committees to undertake necessary projects in eligible forest affected countries. “We convened the National Forest Forum to discuss how we can manage money that should come to our institution to develop forest affected communities. We are doing this by working harder with the Union of communities’ forest development committees,” she added.
