Forests & Finance: Sit-ins, seeds over seedlings, and fuel-saving cookstoves
Liberian forest communities were supposed to get a cut of logging fees. They say they got a sliver MONROVIA, Liberia — On Sept. 29, several Liberian communities affected by logging staged a sit-in protest in front of the country’s ministry of finance, demanding unpaid royalties. Under a 2006 reform, 30% of land rental fees paid […]
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