Upper Guinea Forest News Today

Flora and Fauna International reveals 10 endangered species in critical need of protection in 2024, and the work being done to save them

Cambridge conservation appeal as rare species struggles in tropical west Africa.

It’s been called a “new scramble for Africa”: a modern incarnation of European powers’ 19th century imperial seizure of vast swathes of Africa. Under the guise of fighting the climate emergency, a private Emirati company is set to take control of huge tracts of sub-Saharan Africa, enabling it to sell carbon credits to major polluters […]

A company established by a Dubai sheikh is finalizing agreements with African nations to manage vast tracts of their forests and sell the carbon credits. Critics are concerned the deals will not benefit Africans and will just help foreign governments perpetuate high emissions.

Liberia prides itself as a nation endowed with a substantial share of global biodiversity. The country is regarded as one of the biodiversity hotspots in the world, and one which contains the highest remaining portion (42%) of the Upper Guinea Forest

Liberia prides itself as a nation endowed with a substantial share of global biodiversity. The country is regarded as one of the biodiversity hotspots in the world, and one which contains the highest remaining portion (42%) of the Upper Guinea Forest, which is regarded as one of the three lungs of the world extending from Guinea into eastern Sierra Leone, and eastward through Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana into western Togo.

JAKARTA — Two major palm oil companies recently exited a committee that helps identify forest areas for protection, bringing the total number of firms quitting the framework since 2000 to four. The committee, called the High Carbon Stock Approach (HCSA), is a widely supported mechanism to distinguish forest areas that should be protected from degraded […]

MONROVIA – President George Weah has re-emphasized the need to create an African Carbon Market to boost the fight against climate change by strengthening capacities and resilience against the crippling effects of the menace.The President made the ral

PAYNESVILLE – President George M. Weah has made a repeated call on Liberia’s donor partners and the international community to support the country’s ambitious climate agenda, the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).President Weah called on the

Govt Goes After Atewa Forest Again Despite Impending Court Case