When she took up the post in 2015, Euro Logging had not paid the affected forest community its portion of land rental fees for five years. Milton’s leadership is characteristic of the gradual rise of women’s participation in the forestry sector at the community level in Liberia. Figures from across the forestry sector say that greater women’s participation could strengthen governance and accountability across the sector. Their voice was not generally heard.”Forestry stakeholders are making efforts to meet the challenges confronting women’s participation in the forestry sector. Eronini says the VPA “has worked to ensure that women take part in CFDCs.” Adding women’s participation into forest legislation is the right thing to do.

Source: Front Page Africa February 11, 2018 17:37 UTC