April 25
Liberia: About U.S.$ 3 Million Made From Planks Unaccounted for At FDA
Titus Buah was very excited about his new assignment as the supervisor for a checkpoint in Big Joe Town, Grand Bassa County. It was a busier, bigger and more beneficial assignment… Read more »
April 04
Liberia: Advocacy Groups Launch Initiative to Protect Environmental Defenders
Green Advocates International has launched "Standing Together for Environmental Defenders" (STAND), an initiative to protect Grassroots Environmental Defenders (GEDs) in Liberia,… Read more »
Liberia: Five Counties Councils Declare War Against Open Defecation - Commit to Allocate 2-5 Percent of Development Budget Towards Sanitation Governance
March 18, 2024, marked a significant milestone in the history for WASH sector in Liberia as five County Councils (Grand Bassa, Lofa, Nimba, Bong, and Rural Montserrado) gathered in… Read more »
March 05
Liberia: EPA Convenes Retreat On Carbon Market Framework
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in collaboration with the UNDP, has convened a one-day retreat aimed at developing a carbon roadmap readiness framework for Liberia. Read more »
February 14
West Africa: GEF Convenes in Monrovia
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has convened an Expanded Constituency Workshop (ECW) for West Africa, as part of its Country Support Program, including participants from… Read more »
February 02
Liberia: Meet the Woman On the Frontline of Conservation in Liberia
31-year-old Grace Zansi was obsessed with the rampant butchering of wildlife in her hometown, Beo Bongarplay, Nimba County. Read more »
January 29
Liberia: 'Data Key to Fisheries Management'
The Director General of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NAFAA), Emma Metieh Glassco, has described the conduct of the ongoing fisheries stock assessment… Read more »
June 08, 2023
Liberia: Armyworm Invastion Spreads to Nimba, Gbarpolu Counties
-- The caterpillars, which travel in large groups and feed on young plants, have wiped out fields of maize, eggplants, pepper, cocoa, and cabbage crops in Bong and are doing the… Read more »
April 17, 2023
Liberia: Did Liberia Sign a U.S.$50 Billion Carbon Deal With UAE?
A leaked document purporting to be the original version of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that Finance and Development Planning Minister, Samuel Tweah, committed Liberia to… Read more »
March 10, 2023
Liberia: New Agreement Reached to Protect 30% of Liberia's Forest
Liberia is exceptionally biodiverse, with high rates of endemism, recognized as one of the 14 centers of plant endemism globally is an important reservoir of biodiversity as it… Read more »
February 07, 2023
Liberia: Govt Seeks Cote d'Ivoire's Support to Address Burkinabe Influx, Maritime Issues
-- Holds strategic meeting on Land & Maritime Borders Read more »
Liberia: EU Bemoans Violations in Forestry Sector
-- Says poor regulations, sidestepping of laws fueling illegal logging activities Read more »
February 02, 2023
Liberia: International Forest and Climate Resilience Conference Hosted Today
.... Liberia's forest sector has the potential to contribute to the reduction of extreme poverty and support increased prosperity but the remaining forest blocks are under… Read more »
December 31, 2022
Liberia: Gold Boom Leads to Unregulated Mining and Ailing Rivers
"We cried for development, but they came and have dirtied our water," says Esther Zangar, a former fisherwoman. "We no longer fish, drink and cook with it." Read more »
September 15, 2022
Africa: Africa Loses Up to 15 Percent of Its GDP to Climate Change
Africa has been losing from 5 to 15% of its GDP per capita growth because of climate change and its related impacts, but needs about $1.6 trillion between 2022 and 2030 to meet its… Read more »
September 13, 2022
Liberia: Liberia to Host Forest, Climate Resilience Forum
The Liberian government is putting together a high-level international event with the help of the World Bank, the Norwegian government, and other partners to emphasize the value of… Read more »
September 01, 2022
Africa: 2022 Africa Climate Week - Experts Discuss Africa's Needs
.... Egyptian Foreign minister, Sameh Shoukry, the designated president of COP27, said "African governments and all other African voices, be they civil society, youth, women's… Read more »
August 10, 2022
Liberia: Liberia - Wetlands Under Severe Threat #AfricaClimateCrisis
- As Liberia violates RAMSAR Convention Read more »
June 10, 2022
Liberia: President Weah's Maritime Nominee 'Unfit'
... Says Senators while rejecting Edwina Collins' nomination for Deputy Commissioner for International Vessel Registration Read more »
June 07, 2022
Liberia: 'Bea Mountain Spillage Caused Cape Mount Pollutions'
... EPA maintains, claims that higher than permissible levels of free cyanide (with source from the BMMC tailing storage facility) led to the contamination of the water sources...… Read more »
October 12, 2020
Liberia: Beyond Borders - Urgent Action Needed to Save Migratory Birds
Around the world, migratory birds provide immeasurable value to the environment. From pollination, to controlling pests, to food sources for other wildlife species, migratory birds… Read more »