As concerns and tensions breed for land ownership rights,
tenure systems and acquisition of large-scale land rights for investors
by the Liberian Government, there is growing awareness
being created among the public in post war Liberia about how land
has been acquired over the years and the strength of its legitimacy.
The research examined the impacts of large-scale land rights
acquired by investors for production of agricultural commodities,
forest or provision of environmental amenities (excluding mining).
The researchers purposively selected two existing large concessions
and adopted the case study method. The participatory rural
appraisal methods was employed (key informant interviews; focus
group discussion, community fora) and desk review for the array
of qualitative and quantitative data obtained