Hollow Promises: An FPIC Assessment of Golden Veroleum and Agri-Resource Palm Oil Project in Liberia
Publisher: Forest Peoples Programme
Date: 2015
Topics: Conflict Causes, Livelihoods, Renewable Resources
Countries: Liberia
This review is the result of several years of fieldwork by the Forest Peoples Programme and civil society partners in Liberia, and is the first step of a UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) funded project that examines putting into practice in Liberia the FAO Technical Guide entitled ‘Respecting free, prior and informed consent, Practical guidance for governments, companies, NGOs, indigenous peoples and local communities in relation to land acquisition’. This Technical Guide is the third in a series that has been developed to support implementation of the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security, which were officially endorsed by the Committee on World Food Security on 11 May 2012, since which they have received approval from various forums, including the G20, Rio+ 20, and the United Nations General Assembly. The other FAO technical guides in this series include guides to: responsible gender-equitable governance of land tenure; improving governance of forest tenure; and, improved governance of tenure in fisheries.