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In the past century, most of West Africa’s Upper Guinean rainforest has been lost to commercial agriculture, infrastructure development and logging. More than half of what’s left is in Liberia, and ...
News Liberia » Grand Gedeh » Economy: The vanishing forests on Liberia’s cocoa frontier
Off in the woods beyond the ekki trees, a sharp crack cuts through the buzzing of insects. “It’s a tree falling,” says George Bowey, a baby-faced community eco-guard who works here in the proposed Kwa ...
News Liberia » Grand Gedeh » Economy: 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 » Economy: FACTBOX-Major foreign and local investments in Liberia
May 4 (Reuters) - Mining and agriculture companies are preparing to pour billions of dollars into Liberia, as the West African nation seeks to reconstruct itself after years of civil conflict. Below ...