A reference copy of the Community Forest Management Agreement (CFMA) signed between the People of Bluyeama Clan and the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) of Liberia. It was signed on 10 January 2012. It has a duration of 15 years and is located in Zorzor District, Lofa County. It is adjacent to Foya proposed protected area.

A second copy is available on the LEITI website.

It is designated a commercial community forest, and various challenges regarding the community and companies have been documented:

• 1 November 2013: ECOWOOD logging operations in the Bluyeama Community Forest
• 12 December 2016: Sing Africa – is community forestry working for the people of Bluyeama Clan?
• February 2017: Holding the line: All Liberia’s large logging contracts are illegal, threatening the country’s EU, Norwegian, and EITI reform programmes.
• 16 October 2019: Legality review of forest concessions in Liberia
• 8 January 2021: Bluyeama residents express frustration over logging company “Failure to address social development” responsibilities
• 20 August 2021: Lofa Community to first use new format for logging contract
• 21 October 2021: How FDA allows a foreign family hoard forests and hurt communities
• 26 June 2022: Company cuts about US$2m logs outside concession
• 24 July 2022: Company Abandons Some 2,500 Logs
• 2 February 2024: Liberia Forest Concession Review, including a set of documents on Bluyeama collected by the research team.
• 7 March 2024: Villagers demand benefits, as bank seizes loggers’ properties

This document was uploaded as part of the NUCFMBdata initiative.