Liberia News » Grand Gedeh News Liberia » Grand Gedeh: Cocoa fever in Liberia’s Grand Gedeh is wiping out native forests
Until 2020, 99% of Liberia’s Grand Gedeh county was covered by natural forests. Since then, cacao farms have rapidly encroached on those forests, reports Mongabay’s Ashoka Mukpo. Grand Gedeh in ...
News Liberia » Grand Gedeh: Liberia's Grand Gedeh was 99% forest until 2020 — then cacao farms rushed in
Liberia's Grand Gedeh county was almost completely covered by natural forest until 2020, when the cacao boom drove communities to clear native woodland for income — a loss that could hurt them in the ...
News Liberia » Grand Gedeh: Liberia: Tensions Rise in Grand Gedeh Over 500-Acre Land Deal As Superintendent, Locals Clash On Claims
Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County — An explosive land controversy is at now at the zenith from the heart of Grand Gedeh's dense B'Hai forest leaving the county's authorities headed by the Superintendent and ...
News Liberia » Grand Gedeh: EU’s deforestation rule could derail Liberia’s cocoa trade
In Liberia’s Grand Gedeh county, deforestation for cocoa has soared since 2020, pushing the region’s cocoa trade into an uncertain future. The EU is Liberia’s biggest cocoa customer, but is set to ...
News Liberia » Grand Gedeh: Cacao rush fuels conflict and deforestation in southeastern Liberia
Soaring cacao prices over the last three years are fueling deforestation and conflict in Grand Gedeh county of Liberia, in West Africa, Mongabay staff writer Ashoka Mukpo reported. Satellite imagery ...
News Liberia » Grand Gedeh: Grand Gedeh Partnerships Officer at Last Mile Health/Tiyatien Health
Africa faces a shortage of 1.5 million health workers. The continent suffers 33% of the world’s maternal and child disease yet has only 3% of the global health workforce. Nowhere is the crisis worse ...
News Liberia » Grand Gedeh: Liberia's Grand Gedeh was 99% forest until 2020 — then cacao farms rushed in
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Liberia's Grand Gedeh county was almost completely covered by natural forest until 2020, when the cacao boom ...