[{"bbox": [96, 159, 1132, 294], "category": "Text", "text": "Sustainable development and the protection of the environment, including ecosystems and biodiversity conservation, contribute to human well-being and to the enjoyment of human rights. The action will apply a rights-based approach taking into consideration the relationship between human rights and environment. Respect for human rights will be placed at the core of all conservation, preservation and restoration actions. This interconnectedness will be reflected in plans, policies, legal framework and governance processes."}, {"bbox": [96, 300, 1132, 407], "category": "Text", "text": "Forest dwellers and forest fringed communities have been, since the foundation of Liberia, left behind. The use of the term “country people” speaks by itself. The forest inhabitants are forced by poverty and lack of opportunities to continue with the subsistence itinerant agriculture (slash and burn) and, due to increase of population, overhunting with dramatic effects on the forest integrity."}, {"bbox": [96, 415, 1132, 522], "category": "Text", "text": "The intervention will support additional livelihoods for these communities (in particular women and youth and persons with disabilities) based on the persistence of the forest and not in its destruction. Moreover, a particular attention will be given to the benefit sharing for local populations, coming from forest exploitation (currently retained by government) and carbon/green financing."}, {"bbox": [96, 527, 193, 553], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Disability"}, {"bbox": [96, 553, 1132, 633], "category": "Text", "text": "As per OECD Disability DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this action is labelled as D0. While disability has not been identified as a significant objective, the action will promote an inclusive approach towards people with disabilities in its communication and participatory activities."}, {"bbox": [96, 651, 209, 677], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Democracy"}, {"bbox": [96, 689, 1132, 876], "category": "Text", "text": "Supporting the Voluntary Partnership Agreement is not only implementing a trade agreement concerning timber: it reaches far beyond. VPAs promote and support legal and governance reforms in their processes and text. The reforms a country implements once it engages in a VPA are those that the partner country and stakeholders identify as necessary to ensure the VPA is credible. In this way, VPAs can improve transparency, accountability, capacity and participation in decision-making as well as supporting the establishment of a framework for sustainable forest sector. This in turn can have positive impacts on jobs and welfare, peace and security, fighting against climate change, and biodiversity conservation."}, {"bbox": [96, 920, 485, 947], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Conflict sensitivity, peace and resilience"}, {"bbox": [96, 958, 1132, 1092], "category": "Text", "text": "By improving governance (including VPA FLEGT), the sustainable management and access to natural resources, regulating land uses, providing alternative livelihood opportunities that increase human and ecosystem resilience to climate change and other natural disasters and to food security, but also through the management of ecosystems and protected areas, fighting illicit economic activities (illegal logging, wildlife trafficking), the action will contribute to the stability and security of targeted populations in Liberia."}, {"bbox": [96, 1135, 334, 1160], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Disaster Risk Reduction"}, {"bbox": [96, 1174, 1132, 1255], "category": "Text", "text": "Keeping the Upper Guinean Forests in a healthy state will contribute to a more stable sub-regional climate patterns. Episodes of drought experienced by some populations are linked to decrease of rainfall. Persistence of forests is the best way to ensure isostasy in climate conditions in the region."}, {"bbox": [96, 1272, 409, 1297], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Other considerations if relevant"}, {"bbox": [96, 1311, 139, 1334], "category": "Text", "text": "N/A"}, {"bbox": [232, 1352, 569, 1380], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.4 Risks and Lessons Learnt"}, {"bbox": [82, 1395, 1167, 1620], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Category</td><td>Risks</td><td>Likelihood (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Impact (High/ Medium/ Low)</td><td>Mitigating measures</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Legal and Policy and governance</td><td>The main risks for the Action are the lack of political will,</td><td>High</td><td>High</td><td>Enhancing the political pressure, (beyond the dialogue).</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [1026, 1680, 1142, 1704], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 15 of 33"}]