Liberia News » Grand Gedeh News Liberia » Grand Gedeh » Life: Liberia's Grand Gedeh was 99% forest until 2020 — then cacao farms rushed in
"In Côte d’Ivoire there are no forests, that’s why I came to Liberia." ...
News Liberia » Grand Gedeh » Life: 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 » Life: 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 » Life: Liberia: House Endorses Creation of Gharzon Technical Institute in G. Gedeh County
The House of Representatives has unanimously passed a proposed legislation seeking to establish the Gharzon Vocational and Technical Institute in Grand Gedeh County and has subsequently forwarded the ...
News Liberia » Grand Gedeh » Life: UNHCR opens new camp for Ivorian refugees in eastern Liberia
GRAND GEDEH COUNTY, Liberia, September 2 (UNHCR) - UNHCR has opened a sixth camp for up to 27,000 refugees from Côte d'Ivoire who have been living with host communities in eastern Liberia since ...