Following advocacy by Green Advocates and the RRI coalition in Liberia, the Forestry Development Authority adopted regulations to recognize small-scale loggers (pit-sawyers) and their right to operate, stating in the regulations that ?the Government of Liberia recognizes the need to formally recognize and regulate chain sawing in Liberia as a means of maximize the socio-economic benefits of chain sawing while addressing/mitigating its negative ecological and environmental impacts.?