{"id":4891,"date":"2021-12-07T14:29:25","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T14:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-sets-to-issues-title-deeds-for-customary-land"},"modified":"2021-12-07T15:32:26","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T15:32:26","slug":"liberia-sets-to-issues-title-deeds-for-customary-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-sets-to-issues-title-deeds-for-customary-land","title":{"rendered":"Liberia Sets to Issues title Deeds for Customary Land"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>The Liberia Land Authority (LLA), with support from the Joint United Nations PeaceBuilding Support Programme on December 2, launched an historic land survey in Sinje, Grand Cape Mount County.<br \/>\nThis historic step paves the way for the issuance of the country\u2019s first-ever legally recognized title deeds to indigenous communities for communally held land in Grand Cape Mount, Maryland, Nimba and Sinoe counties, a statement from the UNDP and LLA says.<br \/>\nAccording to the statement, this is the first time in the country\u2019s history that the government will formally recognize traditional land ownership.<br \/>\nIt is expected to end centennial tensions between communities, and between communities and companies that are being granted mining and farming concessions with little regard, involvement or consultation with local communities.<br \/>\nUNDP, UN-Women, and the World Food Program (WFP), with funding from the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (PBF), are supporting the survey. It also aims at strengthening the institutional capacities of Liberia\u2019s Land Authority to implement the Land Rights\u2019 Act and the Local Government Act.<br \/>\nAt the official launch of the survey, Deputy Internal Affairs Minister Matenokay Tingba stressed that the initiative is part of efforts aimed at sustaining peace, and reconciliation, promoting decentralization and improving the economic stability of communities.<br \/>\n\u201cA titled deed allows investors to deal with legitimate owners of land for development purposes and it is an important commodity that is used as a collateral for bank loans,\u201d Tingba stressed.<br \/>\nThe boundary harmonization and confirmatory land survey is a major milestone for consolidating Liberia\u2019s fragile peace and preventing future conflicts centering on land demarcation and ownership.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is an opportunity for communities to strengthen peacebuilding, reconciliation and social cohesion processes required to spur sustainable development,\u201d said the Coordinator of the UN Peacebuilding Fund Secretariat, John Dennis.<br \/>\nThe issuance of legally probated titled land deeds to communities will in effect displace the informal administration of land often challenged in courts of law. The head of the UNDP governance programme, James Monibah, is optimistic that the confirmatory survey, which he described as a \u2018serious public factor\u2019, will help reduce the numerous court cases related to land.<br \/>\nMonibah urged the citizens to support the process and see it as an opportunity to become legitimate owners of the land.<br \/>\nThe survey will identify and clarify all existing boundary points between and amongst adjacent communities, including the disputed boundaries in the targeted counties.<br \/>\nElders in Grand Cape Mount County applauded the government and partners for bringing relief to them. The traditional leaders from Zodua, Zogbo, Manoballah, and Kiazolu towns said the peacebuilding initiative has paved the way for them to resolve a 63-year-old land conflict between Manoballah and Kiazolu towns.<br \/>\nThe Chairman of the Liberia Land Authority, J. Adams Manobah, expressed appreciation to the government and its partners for supporting such milestone achievement that will reduce conflicts and bring development.<br \/>\nManobah also mentioned that the acquisition of title deeds, which is also a human right, would allow the citizens to pay taxes as part of their obligation by the Land Rights Act and the Local Government Act now passed into law.<br \/>\nConflicts over land were one of the factors that fueled the protracted 14-year civil war in Liberia. Land disputes have degenerated into violent conflicts between people and communities, with the destruction of property, the loss of lives, and displacement.<br \/>\nThe launch of the confirmatory survey sets the basis for encouraging other counties to emulate the use of non-violent approaches such as land survey and titling to settle land conflicts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\">Liberia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. The Liberia Land Authority (LLA), with support from the Joint United Nations PeaceBuilding Support Programme on December 2, launched an historic land survey in Sinje, Grand Cape Mount County. 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