Madam Mariatou Njie, wearing a mask, speaks at the signing ceremony on Monday at the UN headquarters in Sinkor. FrontPage AfricaMONROVIA – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has provided US$101,645 to the Benefit Sharing Trust Board of Liberia to help reduce logging in communities across Liberia. Under the National Forestry Reform Law of 2006, logging companies must pay 30 percent of land rental fees to communities. But it has not received any payment from logging concessionaires since 2018, preventing it from carrying out its functions. Communities in September petitioned the National Legislature over the delayed payment, which has yet to be paid.

Source: Front Page Africa December 15, 2020 15:11 UTC