• 19 December 2023

This State of Land Information (SOLI) report from the Land Portal assesses the state of land data in Liberia against principles of land data openness, land information availability and accessibility, and overall ...

  • 18 November 2021

Some communities that have successfully created by-laws and community land governance committees that meet the Land Rights Act’s requirements for women’s participation can now continue with the land ...

  • 27 July 2021

The Land Rights Law, enacted on 23 August 2018, recognizes the land rights of all Liberians, especially rural communities who have historically been subject to mere user rights on their ancestral lands. So far 120 ...

  • 28 May 2021

A nationwide awareness campaign on the dissemination of information on the Land Rights Act (LRA) and the Liberia Land Authority Act (LLAA) has begun across Liberia with a focus on communication, the laws, women’s ...

  • 17 February 2021

The High Carbon Stock Approach (HCSA), an agribusiness industry sustainability body, has confirmed longstanding allegations that Golden Veroleum Liberia, the Liberian investee of palm oil giant Golden ...

  • 8 January 2021

Salala Rubber Corporation holds a concession of over 40,000 hectares in central Liberia but has often been accused of land grabbing and destruction of the locals’ farms. Provides a history of recent conflicts.

  • 5 January 2021

There are 22 impoverished villages of over 2,000 inhabitants surrounding the Salala Rubber Corporation and all are contending that the company turns over their land of inheritance, which it claimed without their ...

  • 11 December 2020

Aminata K Fabba is the Chairlady of the Malen Land Owners Association, (MALOA) and a frontline grassroots land rights defender in the southern provincial district of Pujehun. Describes her criticism of an unfair ...

  • 3 February 2020

This report focuses on Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO), which is listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange. The authors found EPO had violated local people’s right to their land, had ...

  • 21 November 2019

From 2009-2015 Namati and partners CTV in Mozambique, LEMU in Uganda and SDI in Liberia supported more than 100 communities to document and protect their customary land rights. In late 2017 Namati evaluated the ...