This page provides information to civil society organisations and others working on natural resources and community-rights related issues in Liberia. This resource will be updated and improved on an ongoing basis, so that we can build our expertise together with civil society organisations in Liberia.
Constitution
Environment
- Act – 2002 – Act creating the Environment Protection Agency of the Republic of Liberia
- Act – 2002 – Act creating the Environment Protection and Management Law of the Republic of Liberia
- Guidelines – 2006 – Environmental Impact Assessment Procedural Guideline – Liberia
- Regulation – 2009 – Regulation on Environmental Impact Assessment – Liberia
Forest and Wildlife
- Act – 1953 – Act for the Conservation of the Forests of the Republic of Liberia
- Act – 2000 – Act adopting the New National Forestry Law – Liberia
- Act – 2003 – Act for the Establishment of the East Nimba Nature Reserve – Liberia
- Act – 2003 – Act for the Extension of the Sapo National Park – Liberia
- Act – 2009 – Act to Establish the Community Rights Law of 2009 with Respect to Forest Lands – Liberia
- Act – 1976 – Act creating the Forest Development Authority – Liberia
- Act – 1977 – Act adopting a Revenue and Financial Law (Chapter 20: Stumpage and Forest Products Fee) – Liberia
- Act – 1985 – Act to Amend Chapter 20 of the Revenue and Finance Law, Title 36, Volume VI of the Liberian Code of Laws Revised
- Act – 1988 – Wildlife and National Parks Act – Liberia
- Act – 2006 – Act Adopting the National Forestry Reform Law – Liberia
- Act for the Establishment of a Protected Forest Areas Network and Amending Chapters 1 and 9 of the New National Forestry Law, Part II, Title 23 of the Liberian Code of Law Revised and Thereto Adding Nine New Sections – Liberia
- Act – 2003 – Act for the extension of the Sapo National Park
- Act – 2003 – Act for the establishment of the East Nimba Nature Reserve
- Code – 2017 – Code of Forest Harvesting Practices – Liberia
- Guidelines – 2009 – Guidelines for Forest Management Planning in Liberia
- Executive Order – 2006 – Executive Order No1 GOL Forest Sector Reform – Liberia
- Memorandum of Understanding 2007 Memorandum of Understanding between the Forestry Development Authority and the Environmental Protection Agency – Liberia
- Regulation – 1995 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No22 on Pit-Sawing of Timber – Liberia
- Regulation – 1998 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No23 on Administrative Fees on Forest and Wildlife Conservation – Liberia
- Regulation – 2000 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No24 on Utilisation of Minor Forest Products – Liberia
- Regulation – 2000 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No25 on Revised Administrative Fees on Wildlife Conservation – Liberia
- Regulation – 2001 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No26 on the Ban on Pit Sawing/Power Chain Sawing – Liberia
- Regulation – 2001 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No27 on Reduction of Reforestation, Conservation and Forest Research Fees Amending Regulation No23 – Liberia
- Regulation – 2009 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No112-08 on the Forest Products Processing and Marketing
- Regulation – 2011 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation on Procedure to Access and Manage Funds on Behalf of Affected Communities – Liberia
- Regulation – 2017 – Forestry Development Authority Regulations to the Community Rights Law with Respect to Forest Lands – Liberia
- Regulation – 1978 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No2 on Registration of Timber Export Sales Contracts – Liberia
- Regulation – 1978 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No3 on Waybills – Liberia
- Regulation – 1978 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No1 on Waste of Forest Resources – Liberia
- Regulation – 1979 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No4 on Control of Non-Concession Operations – Liberia
- Regulation – 1979 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No5 on Assistance to Owners of Private Forest Lands – Liberia
- Regulation – 1979 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No6 on Exploitation Permits for Non-Concession Public Forest Land – Liberia
- Regulation – 1980 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No7 on Revised Forest Fees and Taxes – Liberia
- Regulation – 1981 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No8 on Revised Industrialisation Incentive Fees – Liberia
- Regulation – 1982 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No10 Enabling a Further Reduction on Certain Forest Fees – Liberia
- Regulation – 1982 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No9 Enabling a Special Trade Depression Allowance on Certain Forest Fees – Liberia
- Regulation – 1984 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No12 on Administrative Fees – Liberia
- Regulation – 1986 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No13 on Forest and Wildlife Conservation Fee – Liberia
- Regulation – 1987 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No11 on Forest Fees and Taxes – Liberia
- Regulation – 1987 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No15 Amending Section I, II and III of Regulation No14 – Liberia
- Regulation – 1988 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No14 on Export of Logs and Processed Wood – Liberia
- Regulation – 1988 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No16 Increasing the Industrialisation Incentive Fee – Liberia
- Regulation – 1988 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No17 Restricting the Export Size of Niangon Logs – Liberia
- Regulation – 1990 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No18 Banning Export of Selected Species as Logs – Liberia
- Regulation – 1990 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No19 on Sustainability of the Resource Base for Fuel Wood and Charcoal Production – Liberia
- Regulation – 1990 – Forestry Development Authority Regulation No20 on Restricted Import of Minor Forest Products – Liberia
- Regulations – 2007 – Forestry Development Authority Ten Core Regulations – Liberia
- Social Agreements Handbook 2016 Forestry Development Authority Social Agreements Handbook – Liberia
- Strategy – 2006 – Forestry Development Authority National Forestry Policy and Implementation Strategy – Liberia
- Strategy – 2007 – Forest Development Authority National Forest Management Strategy – Liberia
- FDA Document – 2015 – National Forests Classification, Acreages, Location and Utilization
- Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Liberia on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the European Union
Land
- Act – 2013 – Act to Abolish the Payment of Annual Land Rental Bid Prenium on Contract Area and Merging of Export Taxes into Stumpage – Liberia
- Act – 2009 – Act to Establish the Land Commission
- Law – 1956 – Public Lands Law – Liberia
- Policy – 2013 – Land Rights Policy – Liberia
- Act – 2016 – The Liberia Land Authority Act
Related
- Act – 2005 – Act creating the Public Procurement and Concessions Commission – Liberia
- Act – 2009 – Act establishing the Liberia Extractive Industries and Transparency Initiative (LEITI)
- Act – 2010 – Act to create the National Bureau of Concessions – Liberia
- Act – 1973 – Agriculture Law – Title 3 – Liberian Code of Laws Revised
- Act – 2010 – Freedom of Information Act – Liberia
- Act – 2010 – Investment Act – Liberia
- Act – 2013 – Act to establish the Liberia Revenue Authority
- Regulation – 2001 – Revised Rules and Regulations Governing the Hinterland of Liberia