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Monrovia, Liberia; June 13, 2023:  Sam Jomah, 41, is a sixth-grade school dropout in Lukasu Village, Lofa County. He is married with six children.

Monrovia, Liberia; 24 May 2023: The people in the remote Lukasu village in Lukambeh District -Lofa County have welcomed and embraced the Community-Based Forestry Management Project that is envisioned to replace the destructive slash-and-burn agricultural practices with sustainable commercial farming.

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Forest economy says there has been an increase in arrests and seizures. its because of the increase in their activities, he tells us. why? because of the international bosses. they are using all means necessary to access these resources through our people, our criminals. the next morning, we join the eco guards as they drive to the chinese road construction camp. off camera, the managers tell us they are not aware of any illegal activity in the camp, and promise to report any illegal activity to...

For the eco guards, no arrests today. but they remain convinced that the pipeline remains wide open between this remote corner of africa and the ivory markets of asia. arwa damon is joining us live from london. arwa, an amazing, fascinating seri series you have been doing all week here. and it seems frustrating for these folks trying desperately to convict or prosecute somebody who is responsible for poaching these elephants. and every step of the way, they seem to come against these barriers. u...

The phone. its an ambush. he is cornered. then interrogated. it doesnt take him long to give up the name of the owner of the cell phone, whom the eco guards believe is one of the elephant poachers. they are just there, they live there. hes a young guy. an hour later, the eco guards pick up not one, but two men, brothers. and enter gate them back at the units checkpoint. the other rifle, where is it, you own which one, he demands. the 458, one brother responds. he admits they were at the camp, bu...

>> reporter: he says corruption is rampant in the congo. >> that comes from military. >> reporter: thats military issue? >> this one, of course. >> reporter: at times, they cant even trust themselves. this seized compass is just like those issued to the eco guards. >> you must have contact to surrender. >> reporter: we wanted to ask the government about the corruption claims. the minister responsible for forests conceded, the government needs to clean up its act. certainly, certainly, he told us...

The violence erupted when rebels loyal to the ousted vice president of south sudan tried to stage a coup. and all this week, cnn is reporting on a terrible, horrible problem. this is the killing of thousands of elephants every year. the problem so bad, central africa has now lost almost two-thirds of its elephants. arwa damon went along on a hunt for the poachers, where shots were fired, the end, a sad find. this is a cnn exclusive, and got to warn you here, these images are graphic. >> report...

Is to guerilla warfare until one is actually on the ground with them, seeing how dangerous the situation actually is. and, of course, you were hearing from them there, the fact they have all been threatened, even the head of the division. he had to move his family out of the park headquarters, where they were living to the capital to try to keep them safe, because of the intensity of the threats they were getting. >> arwa, is there any fear when youre following the poachers, when theyre followin...