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An independent investigation into logging in the Liberian rainforest found illegal operations “on a significant scale," with multiple missteps or breaches of law by the government agency charged with protecting those forests, according to a copy of the report obtained by The Associated Press.

MONROVIA – A group of international NGOs with a longstanding interest in Liberia have expressed concern over the arrest of staff of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) who have been working to prevent the illegal exportation of logs from Liberia

Since 2000, some 22% of Liberia's tree cover has been lost to deforestation, largely due to pressure from logging and small farms.

MONROVIA – The Government of Liberia through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in collaboration with The Nature Compact (TNC) over the weekend concluded a three-day roundtable dialogue on Measuring Reporting Verification (MRV), Climate Financ

TIAH TOWN, Nimba County – Fifty-two-year-old Elizabeth Zialue traveled 55 kilometers from Tiah Town in Nimba to Boegeezay Town in River Cess County to seek treatment for her two-year-old grandson. Medical services in the Boegeezay community are free

HARBEL, Margibi County – The Government of Liberia through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in collaboration with The Nature Compact (TNC) on Wednesday, 18 January 2023 commenced a three-day roundtable dialogue on Measuring Reporting Verific

GANTA, Nimba County – On one sunny day in Karnwee late last year, forest rangers and police officers seized a truck with 80 pieces of boxlike timber, ending an hourlong chase all the way from Bahn, where the woods had been harvested.By Mark B. Newa,w

It is with alarm that we - international NGOs with longstanding interests in Liberia - have learned of recent attempts by Liberia’s Courts to arrest key staff in the country’s Forestry Development Authority (FDA), who were carrying out their jobs ver

MONROVIA – The Government of Liberia, through the Forestry Development Authority (FDA), has instituted legal actions against several individuals discovered to be engaged in illegal logging activities. In August of 2022, the FDA officers intercepted f

Representatives of Communities affected by commercial logging in Liberia are calling on the Government of Liberia through the National Legislators to ensure that the communities' land rental fees arrears are appropriated in the 2023 National Budget.A