Customary Land Tenure in Liberia - Land Tenure and Property ...
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a. St<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g Rules<br />
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Trees shall not be felled <strong>in</strong> the forest for the purpose of fire wood <strong>and</strong> charcoal<br />
production without the prior approval of the CFMB.<br />
A community member or group shall have the right to produce charcoal for<br />
personal use free of charge.<br />
A community member or group who produces charcoal for commercial purpose<br />
shall pay a fee of 10 percent of the bags of charcoal produced.<br />
A non-community member or group who produces charcoal for commercial<br />
purpose shall pay a fee of 20 percent of the bags of charcoal produced.<br />
All commercial producers of charcoal shall register <strong>and</strong> sign a memor<strong>and</strong>um of<br />
underst<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g with the CFMB.<br />
Xylopia tree shall not be felled as a means of harvest<strong>in</strong>g Xylopia.<br />
A community member or group cutt<strong>in</strong>g sticks for build<strong>in</strong>g a house shall be<br />
allowed the cut the quantity required for the completion of the house free of<br />
charge if the house is <strong>in</strong>tended for the use of such the member or group.<br />
Any person cutt<strong>in</strong>g sticks for commercial purpose shall sign an agreement with<br />
the CFMB.<br />
No person shall grow trees that produce traditional chemicals such as doebou<br />
<strong>and</strong> tokodea that are illegally used for fish<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
b. Penalty<br />
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A community member or group who produces charcoal for commercial purpose<br />
without register<strong>in</strong>g with the CFMB <strong>and</strong> pay<strong>in</strong>g the required production fee shall<br />
pay a f<strong>in</strong>e of 500 LD <strong>and</strong> the fee.<br />
A non-community member or group who produces charcoal for commercial<br />
purpose without register<strong>in</strong>g with the CFMB <strong>and</strong> pay<strong>in</strong>g the required production<br />
fee shall pay a f<strong>in</strong>e of 500 LD <strong>and</strong> the fee.<br />
CUSTOMARY LAND TENURE IN LIBERIA