Government of Liberia Launches Processes Leading to Digitization And Systematic Land Titling
Government of Liberia Launches Processes Leading to Digitization And Systematic Land Titling
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MONROVIA – In a bid to help curtail the growing wave of land disputes and boost revenue generation in the country, the Government of Liberia (GOL), through the Liberia Land Authority (LLA), has officially launched the processes leading to the digitization and systematic titling of land in Liberia.
The project was launched at the Clara Town Football Field on the Bushrod Island, outside Monrovia on Friday, January 15.
It seeks to help strengthen urban and peril-urban land rights through systematic land titling, increase land-based revenue generating opportunities, introduce a modern digitized land administration.
FInance Minster Samuel D. Tweah, Jr.
Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Samuel D. Tweah, Jr., has expressed the Government of Liberia’s commitment to ensure that land-owners and squatters have legal titles to their land. According to him,
Speaking at the official launch of the Digitization of Government Processes Systematic Land Titling project on Friday, January 15, 2021, at the Clara Town Football field on the Bushrod Island, the Minister said that the land issue is a critical challenge in Liberia and remains a major concern for the government.
The launch was organized by the Liberia Land Authority in collaboration with the Medici Land Governance (MLG) to demarcate and document land rights for up to one thousand (1,000) residential land parcels in or around the city of Monrovia.
Stakeholders initiate gazettement process of Krahn-Bassa proposed protected area
The Government of Liberia, through the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and its partners, have conducted a one-day National Multi-stakeholder Information-Sharing meeting bordering on the gazettement of the Krahn-Bassa Proposed Protected Area (KBPPA). With technical support from the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation (WCF) and funding from the Great Ape Conservation Fund/USFWS, the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund and the Liberia Forest Sector Project, the meeting was attended by key traditional collaborating partners and stakeholders who expressed overwhelming approval for the gazettement of the future national park as a mechanism for sustainable approach to forest management and biodiversity conservation.
Liberia: Legislature Urged to Give Money for Land Disputes Nationwide
Liberia: Legislature Urged to Give Money for Land Disputes Nationwide
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A man carries wreath sticks on his head in District No. 2, Grand Bassa County. FrontPage Africa/James Harding Giahyue
PAYNESVILLE – Atty. Adams Manobah, the chairman of the Liberia Land Authority (LLA), has called on the National Legislature to approve US$50,000 to each county for boundary harmonization and dispute resolution for the Land Rights Act to make the impact for which it was created.
“We call on the central government to allocate budgetary support during the next budget recast for boundary harmonization and dispute resolution to promote investment in the agriculture sector,” said Manobah at the opening of an event on last Thursday held by the Multi Actors Platform on Land Governance in Liberia (MAP Liberia) in Paynesville. “We also call on the donor community to provide more to the LLA and our partners to ensure the i