Liberia's Rubber Trees Under Siege. Poverty, Joblessness Propel Criminals. June 2, 2007. By Robyn Dixon. HARBEL, Liberia -- They come in broad daylight, with guns, machetes, knives and buckets of ...

Liberia, a country that for much of its recent history has been engaged in bloody wars, was once the last place on earth you’d expect to find a showcase for sustainable logging. As recently as ...

Liberia is having its lumber trees tagged electronically as the government rushes to restart an industry overshadowed by market woes. Liberfor, a consortium of European firms and Liberia's Forestry ...

After Firestone Liberia was sued over allegations of not enforcing its own ban on child labor—an affair Firestone management heatedly describes as “bullshit”— a 2007 UNMIL report noted ...

Liberia is to become the first nation in Africa to stop cutting down trees in return for development aid. Here's the story - in 15 seconds.

In a world where clean water is widely recognized as a basic human right, rural families in Liberia's Bong County are still drinking from tree roots and muddy ground holes -- risking disease and death ...

Liberia and the European Union signed a deal to prevent illegal logging activity but still support its burgeoning forestry industry: track every tree with a barcode. Written by Andrew Nusca ...

In the 1970s the Liberian government signed an agreement with Agrimenco, an Israeli company, to produce rice and palm oil in the craggy forest on Liberia's borders with Sierra Leone and Guinea.

Together, we walk along the edge of the trees, forbidden from stepping into the shade of the nearby tree canopy. Liberia is home to half of the remaining rainforest in West Africa, but in 2021, it ...

Liberia: 'Trees That Are Slow to Grow Bear the Best Fruits' 29 April 2015. ... 25,000 persons who sat the University of Liberia exams failed miserably that it caught the attention of the world.

Liberia loggers felling trees outside concession as government stands by. Liberia puts a wartime logger in charge of its forests. Banner image: Kpokolo seized at the Klay Checkpoint, Bomi, Liberia.