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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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By Joe Bavier JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Farmers are clearing forests in Liberia to create cocoa plantations and are trafficking the beans into neighbouring Ivory Coast, undermining European efforts to curb deforestation, research by a conservation g...

MONROVIA — Chainsaw-milled timber is emerging as a damaging new form of illegal logging in Liberia. Chainsaw milling is legally permitted only for small-scale production of boards for the country’s domestic market, but larger operators may be using it as a means to evade regulations governing the sourcing and tracing of wood, and to avoid […]

The appointment of a logging executive with ties to former president and war criminal Charles Taylor has drawn fierce criticism by local environmental groups.

Farmers are clearing forests in Liberia to create cocoa plantations and are trafficking the beans into neighbouring Ivory Coast, undermining European efforts to curb deforestation, research by...

Monrovia, Liberia, April 19, 2024 – Liberia's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and partners have ended a two-day Learning and Design Exchange Multi-level Climate Governance and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) National Implementation Pathways strategy in Kakata, Margibi County.

The President of the Republic of Liberia, His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has nominated and appointed additional members of government affecting the

Liberia: President Boakai Nominates and Appoints Additional Officials to Government

Recent research uncovers that Liberia is home to approximately 4,088 endangered species dwelling in its forests, highlighting efforts by the Forestry