Assessments
The following is a list of documents related to forestry sector reform in Liberia. This includes documents produced by LFI partners as well as other relevant documents. Many of these documents are drafts or working documents and are minimally edited for style and content. Unless stated otherwise, they do not represent the position of their respective publishers or other LFI partners on any aspect of forestry sector reform in Liberia.
| Date: | June 2006 |
| Title: | Report of the Panel of Experts |
| Author(s): | Various |
| Publisher: | United Nations Security Council |
| Keyword(s): | conflict, security, capacity building, timber sanctions |
| Download: | Zip file (4,440 KB) |
| Date: | December 2005 |
| Title: | Report of the Panel of Experts |
| Author(s): | Various |
| Publisher: | United Nations Security Council |
| Keyword(s): | conflict, security, capacity building, timber sanctions |
| Download: | Zip file (1,398 KB) |
| Date: | June 2005 |
| Title: | Achieving the ITTO Objective 2000 and sustainable forest management in Liberia: executive summary |
| Author(s): | Various |
| Publisher: | International Tropical Timber Organization |
| Keyword(s): | forest resources, forest industry, infrastructure, capacity building, projects and programmes |
| Download: | Word document (2,568 KB: full report) - from ITTO website |
| Word document (192 KB: executive summary) - from ITTO website |
| Date: | June 2005 |
| Title: | Report of the Panel of Experts |
| Author(s): | Various |
| Publisher: | United Nations Security Council |
| Keyword(s): | conflict, security, capacity building, timber sanctions |
| Download: | Zip file (2,478 KB) |
| Date: | January 2005 |
| Title: | Sapo mission assessment report |
| Author(s): | United Nations Office for Project Services |
| Publisher: | United Nations Office for Project Services |
| Keyword(s): | security, protected areas, projects and programmes |
| Download: | Zip file (479 KB) |
| Date: | December 2004 |
| Title: | Report of the Panel of Experts |
| Author(s): | Various |
| Publisher: | United Nations Security Council |
| Keyword(s): | conflict, security, capacity building, timber sanctions |
| Download: | Zip file (3,754 KB) |
| Date: | December 2004 |
| Title: | Dangerous liaisons: The continued relationship between Liberia¿s natural resource industries, arms trafficking and regional insecurity |
| Author(s): | Global Witness |
| Publisher: | Global Witness |
| Keyword(s): | forest industry, forest revenue, conflict, timber sanctions |
| Download: | PDF file (531 KB) - from Global Witness website |
| Date: | November 2004 |
| Title: | Briefing to the United Nations Security Council Liberia Timber Sanctions Committee |
| Author(s): | Various |
| Publisher: | None (presentation) |
| Keyword(s): | capacity building, timber sanctions, protected areas, forest revenue |
| Download: | Zip file (4,110 KB) |
| Date: | November 2004 |
| Title: | CIFOR-ICRAF team mission report |
| Author(s): | CIFOR and ICRAF |
| Publisher: | CIFOR and ICRAF |
| Keyword(s): | forest research, capacity building, non-wood forest products, infrastructure |
| Download: | Zip file (129 KB) |
| Date: | September 2004 |
| Title: | Summary of the six month review of the RFTF |
| Author(s): | World Bank |
| Publisher: | World Bank |
| Keyword(s): | capacity building |
| Download: | Zip file (4,202 KB) |
| Date: | September 2004 |
| Title: | Report of the Panel of Experts |
| Author(s): | Various |
| Publisher: | United Nations Security Council |
| Keyword(s): | conflict, security, capacity building, timber sanctions |
| Download: | Zip file (60 KB) |
| Date: | July 2004 |
| Title: | Current state of the forest cover in Liberia |
| Author(s): | Nicolas Bayol |
| Publisher: | None (workshop presentation) |
| Keyword(s): | forest resources, protected areas, forest industry |
| Download: | Zip file (4,228 KB) |
| Date: | July 2004 |
| Title: | Current state of the forest cover in Liberia |
| Author(s): | Nicolas Bayol and Jean-Francois Chevalier |
| Publisher: | World Bank |
| Keyword(s): | forest resources, protected areas, forest industry |
| Download: | Zip file (16,597 KB: complete report) |
| | Zip file (1,414 KB: pages 1-10) |
| | Zip file (1,589 KB: pages 11-20) |
| | Zip file (2,813 KB: pages 21-30) |
| | Zip file (6,955 KB: pages 31-40) |
| | Zip file (4,340 KB: pages 41-50) |
| | Zip file (179 KB: pages 51-59) |
| | Zip file (81 KB: Appendix 1 - Metadata) |
| | Zip file (237 KB: Appendix 2 - Concessions sheets) |
| | Zip file (2,728 KB: Appendix 3 - Land cover map) |
| Date: | June 2004 |
| Title: | Report of the Panel of Experts |
| Author(s): | Various |
| Publisher: | United Nations Security Council |
| Keyword(s): | conflict, security, capacity building, timber sanctions |
| Download: | Zip file (155 KB) |
| Date: | June 2004 |
| Title: | Action plan for forest sector rehabilitation and reform |
| Author(s): | Various |
| Publisher: | United States State Department |
| Keyword(s): | security, forest industry, capacity building, protected areas, timber sanctions, projects and programmes |
| Download: | Zip file (66 KB) |
| Date: | June 2004 |
| Title: | Reconstruction plan for Forestry Development Authority of Liberia |
| Author(s): | Kwabena Tufuor |
| Publisher: | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| Keyword(s): | infrastructure, capacity building, institutional reform |
| Download: | Zip file (855 KB) |
| Date: | June 2004 |
| Title: | The Liberian forest sector, May 2004 |
| Author(s): | Andrew Mitchell |
| Publisher: | World Bank |
| Keyword(s): | security, infrastructure, capacity building, timber sanctions |
| Download: | Zip file (439 KB) |
| Date: | May 2004 |
| Title: | Reconnaissance mission report for strengthening the Forestry Development Authority and developing a national forest programme |
| Author(s): | Anthony Taplah, Sormongar Zweun, Theophilus Freeman, Moses Wogbeh, and James Doe |
| Publisher: | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| Keyword(s): | infrastructure, protected areas, forest industry, capacity building |
| Download: | Zip file (1,300 KB) |
| Date: | May 2004 |
| Title: | Liberia: back to the future |
| Author(s): | Global Witness |
| Publisher: | Global Witness |
| Keyword(s): | forest industry, forest revenue, conflict, timber sanctions |
| Download: | PDF file (1,800 KB) - from Global Witness website |
| Date: | April 2004 |
| Title: | Wild meat harvest and trade in Liberia - managing biodiversity, economic and social impacts |
| Author(s): | Reginald Hoyt |
| Publisher: | Overseas Development Institute |
| Keyword(s): | protected areas, community forestry, capacity building |
| Download: | PDF file (83 KB) - from Overseas Development Institute website |
| Date: | February 2004 |
| Title: | Desk study on the environment in Liberia |
| Author(s): | United Nations Environment Programme |
| Publisher: | United Nations Environment Programme |
| Keyword(s): | forest resources |
| Download: | PDF file (9,730 KB) - from United Nations Environment Programme website |
| Date: | February 2004 |
| Title: | Joint needs assessment |
| Author(s): | United Nations and World Bank |
| Publisher: | United Nations and World Bank |
| Keyword(s): | infrastructure, capacity building, projects and programmes |
| Download: | Zip file (1,010 KB) |
| Date: | December 2003 |
| Title: | A new environment for Liberia: A road map for the forest sector |
| Author(s): | Arthur Blundell |
| Publisher: | United States Agency for International Development |
| Keyword(s): | protected areas, forest industry, forest revenue, capacity building |
| Download: | Zip file (717 KB) |
| Date: | October 2003 |
| Title: | The need for reform in the Liberia forestry sector |
| Author(s): | Ben Turtur Donnie |
| Publisher: | None (workshop presentation) |
| Keyword(s): | legislation, forest revenue, capacity building |
| Download: | Zip file (12 KB) |
| Date: | August 2003 |
| Title: | Report of the Secretary-General in pursuance of paragraph 19 of resolution 1478 (2003) concerning Liberia |
| Author(s): | United Nations Security Council |
| Publisher: | United Nations Security Council |
| Keyword(s): | forest industry, conflict, timber sanctions |
| Download: | Zip file (100 KB) |
| Date: | March 2003 |
| Title: | The usual suspects: Liberia¿s weapons and mercenaries in Côte d¿Ivoire and Sierra Leone - why it¿s still possible, how it works and how to break the trend |
| Author(s): | Global Witness |
| Publisher: | Global Witness |
| Keyword(s): | forest industry, forest revenue, conflict, timber sanctions |
| Download: | PDF file (1,900 KB) - from Global Witness website |
| Date: | September 2002 |
| Title: | Logging off: How the Liberian timber industry fuels Liberia's humanitarian disaster and threatens Sierra Leone |
| Author(s): | Global Witness |
| Publisher: | Global Witness |
| Keyword(s): | forest industry, forest revenue, conflict, timber sanctions |
| Download: | PDF file (1,400 KB) - from Global Witness website |
| Date: | September 2002 |
| Title: | Plunder: The silent destruction of Liberia's rainforests |
| Author(s): | SAMFU Foundation |
| Publisher: | SAMFU Foundation |
| Keyword(s): | forest industry, forest revenue, conflict, timber sanctions |
| Download: | PDF file (1,440 KB) - from Forests Monitor website |
| Date: | May 2002 |
| Title: | Dossier on the forestry sector |
| Author(s): | James Doe |
| Publisher: | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| Keyword(s): | statistics |
| Download: | Zip file (130 KB) |
| Date: | May 2002 |
| Title: | Annual report on forestry and wildlife 1998-2000 |
| Author(s): | James Doe |
| Publisher: | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| Keyword(s): | statistics |
| Download: | Zip file (358 KB) |
| Date: | April 2002 |
| Title: | Wildlife and protected areas of Liberia |
| Author(s): | Theophilus Freeman |
| Publisher: | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| Keyword(s): | protected areas, capacity building |
| Download: | Zip file (49 KB) |
| Date: | February 2002 |
| Title: | Urgent issues in the Liberian forestry sector |
| Author(s): | Kwabena Tufuor |
| Publisher: | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| Keyword(s): | infrastructure, protected areas, forest industry, forest revenue, capacity building |
| Download: | Zip file (17 KB) |
| Date: | September 2001 |
| Title: | Taylor-Made: The pivotal role of Liberia¿s forests and flag of convenience in regional conflict |
| Author(s): | Global Witness and the International Transport Workers Federation |
| Publisher: | Global Witness |
| Keyword(s): | forest industry, forest revenue, conflict, timber sanctions |
| Download: | PDF file (2,200 KB) - from Global Witness website |
| Date: | March 2001 |
| Title: | Logs of war: The relationship between the timber sector, arms trafficking and the destruction of the forests in Liberia |
| Author(s): | Greenpeace |
| Publisher: | Greenpeace |
| Keyword(s): | forest industry, forest revenue, conflict, timber sanctions |
| Download: | PDF file (157 KB) - from Greenpeace website |
| Date: | April 2000 |
| Title: | Woodfuel review and assessment in Liberia |
| Author(s): | Lawrence Satia |
| Publisher: | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| Keyword(s): | statistics |
| Download: | HTML (webpage) |