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A new study has revealed that Liberia has 4088 endangered species left in its forest as the Forestry Development Authority and partners ...

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth part of a series on the Forestry Development Authority’s approval of illegal timber exports.

More Evidence Emerges FDA Permitted Illegal Timber Export

Residents of Robertsport, Grand Capemount County in Western Liberia, predominantly fishers, are appealing to the Government for alternative..

VOINJAMA, Lofa County–In August last year, the Superintendent of Lofa County William Tamba Kamba abolished an illegal fee he imposed on planks leaving the northwestern county following a DayLight investigation.

Waste and abuse of forest products are said to be on the increase in Liberia despite the countrys commitment to sustainable forest management. The problems mostly involve companies that are

Liberia, West Africa’s most forested country, has a long history of illegal logging, which the country's regulator, the Forestry Development Authority…

In an interview with The Associated Press, the new head of Liberia's forest management authority, Rudolph Merab, said he would work to increase timber exports and cut regulations. Those plans are sure to spark worry among environmentalists and international observers who hoped the new administration in Liberia, West Africa's most forested nation, would confront chronic problems with illegal logging. Merab, recently appointed as head of the Forestry Development Authority, defended his r...

Liberia, West Africa's most forested country, has a long history of illegal logging, which the country's regulator, the Forestry Development Authority, has repeatedly struggled to confront. So, it raised eyebrows when Rudolph Merab, whose companies were twice found to have engaged in illegal logging, was recently appointed to lead the FDA. One of Merab's companies…

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