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Liberia: Sirleaf Acts Against Illegal Logging

Following mounting criticism from local and international groups that multinational companies were taking over a significant portion of the country's virgin forests in dubious deals, and the subsequent setting up of a special investigative committee, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has begun to take action against those accused.
Greenpeace International

A report by Global Witness uncovered how "secret logging contracts" were awarded.

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