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48 locations

19 attributes

Community Forests (from Forest Atlas of Liberia: Open Data)

Shared by LiberiaForests on September 15, 2016. updated 2 days ago.
Community Forests are areas set aside by statute or regulation for the sustainable use of Forest Products by local communities or tribes on a non-commercial basis. “Community”; in the sense of community forestry means a group of local residents who share a common interest in the use and management of Forest Resources, with traditional or formal rights to the land and the forests on it. According to the National Forestry Reform Law of 2006, no prospecting, mining, settlement, farming or commercial timber extraction is permitted on community forests.
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Forest Atlas (from Forest Atlas of Liberia: Open Data)

Shared by omega_fda on June 2, 2017. updated 13 days ago.
75443 locations

12 attributes

Liberia Roads (from Forest Atlas of Liberia: Open Data)

Shared by LiberiaForests on September 1, 2016. updated about 2 months ago.
This dataset was created by the Open Street Map community.
16 locations

14 attributes

Protected Areas (from Forest Atlas of Liberia: Open Data)

Shared by LiberiaForests on September 16, 2016. updated about 2 months ago.
Protected Areas are areas set aside under Chapter 9 of the Forestry Reform Law 2006 as a National Forest, Nature Reserve, National Park, Strict Nature Reserve, or other special category for Conservation Purposes. Protected Areas in Liberia include proposed and designated National Parks, or areas set aside for the preservation and enjoyment of features that have outstanding natural beauty, or cultural or biological significance.
24 locations

34 attributes

Private Use Permits (from Forest Atlas of Liberia: Open Data)

Shared by LiberiaForests on November 3, 2016. updated about 2 months ago.
Private Use Permit refers to a type of framework agreement, established in 2006, allowing private individuals to sign contracts with companies for extractive activities. They are approved by the Forest Development Authority. This data set was compiled by AidData who collected the information from Global Witness and the Sustainable Development Institute.
407 locations

19 attributes

LIB major towns (from Forest Atlas of Liberia: Open Data)

Shared by LiberiaForests on September 9, 2016. updated about 2 months ago.
8 locations

43 attributes

Agricultural concessions (from Forest Atlas of Liberia: Open Data)

Shared by LiberiaForests on September 15, 2016. updated about 2 months ago.
Agricultural concession refers to an agreement in which the Liberian government leases land away to a foreign entity in the agriculture sector in exchange for the payment of fees and royalties. The foreign entity has the right to explore and extract natural resources from that land, in this case Rubber and Palm Oil. This data set was compiled by AidData who collected information from the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and Liberia National Concession Portal.
15 locations

7 attributes

Counties (from Forest Atlas of Liberia: Open Data)

Shared by LiberiaForests on November 28, 2016. updated about 2 months ago.
Displays County boundaries in Liberia
136 locations

5 attributes

Districts (from Forest Atlas of Liberia: Open Data)

Shared by LiberiaForests on October 14, 2016. updated about 2 months ago.
Displays the boundaries of Liberia Districts
2 locations

10 attributes

Timber Sales Contracts (from Forest Atlas of Liberia: Open Data)

Shared by LiberiaForests on September 16, 2016. updated about 2 months ago.
Timber Sale Contracts are short-term Forest Resource Licenses issued by the Government under Section 5.4 of the National Forestry Reform law of 2006 that allows a Person to harvest timber from a specified track of Forest Land.