The National Benefit Sharing Trust (NBST) Board is a product of the National Forest Reform Law
of 2006 (Section 14.2e & f; 19.1 a & d) and is authorized to represent the interest of rural forestbased people/communities affected by logging in terms of managing and ensuring they receive
their 30% share of land rental fees from Logging Companies operating in their areas. The NBST
Board has been in operations since 2015. Serving on behalf of logging affected communities it has
secured over two and a half million United States Dollars from the government of Liberia through
the Forestry Development Authority (FDA)