FrontPageAfrica/Moses R. QuollinKORNINGA, Gbarpolu County – On March 4 2019, Korninga B, an authorized forest community, signed a logging contract with Singaporean-Indian logging company Indo Africa Plantation Liberia Incorporated. Mining Law vs Forestland ActAwarding a mining concession in a community forest contravenes the Community Rights Law (CRL) of 2009 with Respect to Forest Lands. However, the forestland law, crafted nine years after the mining law, is silent on mining. A Bridge in Korninga B Community Forest Indo Africa promised to reconstruct. The community blames Indo Africa for the failure of the contract despite acknowledging the presence of the miners in the forest.

Source: Front Page Africa January 07, 2021 06:11 UTC