But she is better known for her resistance to a logging company when it operated here a few years back. Zubah Town and Weamah, and their neighbors see a way out of what they describe as a nightmare: Community Rights Law. The 2009 Community Rights Law makes it possible for communities to have full ownership of forestlands around them. Under the Community Rights Law, communities must complete a rigorous nine-step process to acquire the right to their forest. “The CRL mandates an executive committee to be established on which lawmakers of the district with the community forest is a part."

Source: Front Page Africa April 20, 2017 01:30 UTC