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Liberian park protects Critically Endangered western chimpanzees

John Cannon 22 Sep 2017

Western Chimpanzee numbers declined by more than 80 percent over the past quarter century

Mike Gaworecki 31 Jul 2017

Story-telling app and website help communities improve their ‘backyards’

Danielle Bettermann 23 Jun 2017
Processed palm oil in Liberia. Photo by Antoshananarivo via Wikimedia Commons.

In Liberia, a battered palm oil industry adjusts to new rules

Ashoka Mukpo 10 May 2017

Going viral: How advancements in Ebola disease detection in wild apes can help to prevent dangerous outbreaks

Lalini Pedris 4 May 2017

From conflict to communities: Forests in Liberia

John Cannon 10 Mar 2017

The year in tropical rainforests: 2016

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Dec 2016
The forest of Liberia. Photo by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

Corrupt logging practices in Liberia could mar new era in community forestry

Ashoka Mukpo 29 Nov 2016

Proposed sale of timber from palm oil concession sparks alarm in Liberia

Jeremy Hance 21 Sep 2016
Sime Darby plantation in Cape Mount County. Photo courtesy JPN Liberia

Liberia land policy a ‘challenge to national development’

Mark M. Dahn 14 Sep 2016

In unprecedented move, Michelin adopts zero deforestation for rubber sourcing

Mongabay.com 13 Jun 2016

Indigenous and forest community leaders tour the EU to call for conflict-free palm oil

Mike Gaworecki 4 May 2016

International forest conservation finance is flowing to Africa

Mike Gaworecki 26 Apr 2016

Peace agreements often ignore natural resources, report finds

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Feb 2016

Norway extends forest conservation initiative

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Dec 2015

Can Liberia succeed in balancing palm oil with conservation?

Sara Jerving 29 Sep 2015

Palm oil company denies capitalizing on Ebola to advance Liberia operations

Greg Norman 23 Jul 2015

Meager post-Ebola harvests worsen food insecurity in West Africa

Lois Parshley 25 Jun 2015

Coordinated protests hit Socfin plantations in four countries

Greg Norman 5 Jun 2015

World’s critical habitats lost Connecticut-size area of forest in a decade

Morgan Erickson-Davis 8 May 2015

Criticism of GAR and Wilmar African oil palm projects highlight global ‘no-deforestation’ challenges

Greg Norman 16 Apr 2015

Local land rights may be in danger from push for palm oil in Liberia

John Cannon 12 Mar 2015

Rainforest loss increased in the 2000s, concludes new analysis

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2015

Scientists sound the alarm on African palm oil investment

John Cannon 20 Feb 2015

Financial pledges for REDD+ slow to be disbursed, finds report

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2015

Did palm oil expansion play a role in the Ebola crisis?

Emmanuel K. Urey 14 Jan 2015

Greenpeace: zero deforestation pioneer makes progress, but still has work to do

Mongabay.com 22 Dec 2014

Developing land without approval of local people ‘a human rights issue of grave concern,’ says new report

Dr Liz Kimbrough 20 Nov 2014

Scientists use genes, feces to study disappearing monkeys

Morgan Erickson-Davis 24 Sep 2014

Norway to pay Liberia to stop deforestation

Morgan Erickson-Davis 23 Sep 2014

Don’t eat or touch bat bushmeat amid worsening Ebola outbreak, UN warns

Jeremy Hance 29 Jul 2014

Invasion of the oil palm: western Africa’s native son returns, threatening great apes

John Cannon 28 Jul 2014

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