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Liberia:
Who's Exporting Logs From Sinoe?
NEWS, 16 April 2013
Scandal in the management and operation of the Liberian forest sector was essentially the cardinal reason why President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf placed a moratorium on the issuance of… Read more »
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Liberia:
Forestry Development Authority Management Denies Illegal Timber Export Report
FrontPageAfrica, 21 March 2013
The management of the Forestry Development Authority has denied report by some media outlets that illegal Liberian timber worth thousands of Euros was sitting in the French port… Read more »
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Liberia:
FDA Denies Global Witness Report
New Democrat, 18 March 2013
The Forestry of Development Authority (FDA) has refuted a recent report by the Global Witness that Liberia timbers were found in Europe terming the report as a contradiction and… Read more »
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Liberia:
Timber Sanctions Hit Liberia Again - As Illegal Logs from Liberia Found in French Port
Analyst, 6 March 2013
Illegal Liberian timber worth thousands of Euros was sitting in a French port just weeks before a new EU law prohibiting illegal timber exports came into force, Global Witness said… Read more »
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Liberia:
Illegal Liberian Logs At French Port
New Dawn, 5 March 2013
Illegal timber from Liberia worth thousands of Euros has been discovered at a French port less than three weeks before a new EU law prohibiting the importation of illegal timber… Read more »
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Liberia:
Senate Asks FDA to Restore Private Use Permit (PUP) to Timber Association
Legislature of Liberia, 23 August 2012
In the wake of the hullabaloo that roughly defaced relations between the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and the Liberia Timber Association (LTA), the FDA has been urged by… Read more »
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Liberia:
Contrary to Global Witness Allegations -Grand Kru, Sinoe Citizens Say PUP Activities Legal
Analyst, 24 January 2013
One of the striking arguments raised by Global Witness in its September 2012 report captioned: "Signing their Lives away: Liberia's Private Use Permits and the Destruction of… Read more »
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Liberia:
PUP- Triggered Venoms: The Silent and Debilitating Mishaps
Analyst, 18 January 2013
While there may be cheers and sense of approbation greeting Government's tough stance against logging, there are also little known but crippling repercussions that too many people… Read more »
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Liberia:
PUP Violators Must Be Prosecuted
New Democrat, 15 January 2013
Global Witness has recommended prosecution for those responsible for the widespread illegality and abuses associated with the violation of Liberia's natural resources by failing to… Read more »
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Liberia:
Global Witness Welcomes President's Strong Action to Tackle Illegal Logging
Global Witness, 11 January 2013
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's 4 January Executive Order expanding a moratorium on logging under Private Use Permits is a welcome move towards restoring the rule of law in… Read more »