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News Liberia » Grand Gedeh » Commerce: Liberia's Grand Gedeh was 99% forest until 2020 — then cacao farms rushed in

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Published on: Monday 31 August 2026

"In Côte d’Ivoire there are no forests, that’s why I came to Liberia." ...

News Liberia » Grand Gedeh » Commerce: EU’s deforestation rule could derail Liberia’s cocoa trade

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Published on: Tuesday 25 August 2026

By Mongabay.com 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, ...

News Liberia » Grand Gedeh » Commerce: Liberia: Grand Gedeh County to Benefit $3m Project in Housing, Library and Modern Market

News channel or source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202510010163.html

Published on: Tuesday 30 September 2025

New York — Eva Uboti-Wallace, a Liberian humanitarian based in New York, USA, has announced plans to launch a $3 million development project in Grand Gedeh County, Liberia. The initiative, slated to ...

News Liberia » Grand Gedeh » Commerce: The vanishing forests on Liberia’s cocoa frontier

News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/the-vanishing-forests-on-liberias-cocoa-frontier/

Published on: Thursday 16 July 2026

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Liberia’s remote southeast, home to some of West Africa’s last remaining rainforests, is facing a deforestation crisis driven by cacao farming.

News Liberia » Grand Gedeh » Commerce: ‘Cocoa fever’ in Liberia’s Grand Gedeh is wiping out native forests

News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/08/cocoa-fever-in-liberias-grand-gedeh-is-wiping-out-native-forests/

Published on: Monday 17 August 2026

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 » Commerce: Liberia: Rep. Sokan Urges Grand Gedeh Diaspora to Deepen Development Engagement

News channel or source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202505130538.html

Published on: Tuesday 13 May 2025

Louisville, Ky. — Rep. Jeremiah Garwo Sokan Sr., representative of District 1 in Grand Gedeh County and chair of the House Committee on Lands, Mines, Energy, Natural Resources and Environment, has ...