Liberia
Restoration Commitment
Restoration Commitment:
1 million hectares
Year Committed:
2015
Priority Interventions:
- Support Liberia in the sustainable management of natural resources through increased vegetation cover to improve ecosystem services in degraded areas, increase rural income, and improve biodiversity richness.
- Improve data and information sharing on land-use in Liberia to help inform larger land-use planning decisions through the Liberia Forest Atlas.
- Contribute to the REDD+ program in Liberia through the restoration of degraded lands and supporting local livelihoods at the community level.
- Supporting Liberia to meet its international commitments, particularly their adaptation goals in the INDC, and reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation.
Alignment with domestic targets:
As well as supporting international commitments such as their INDC and Bonn Challenge, Liberia is committed to a partnership with the government of Norway to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and degradation, support sustainable development and foster progress towards REDD+.
Requested assistance from AFR100:
- Technical assessment, planning, implementation, priority setting, monitoring and financing
- Major donors are Norway, World Bank
- Project support from WRI
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