Villagers Struggle to Honor the Dead After Losing Graveyards to Investors
Top: Luke Paye Toe stands at the spot where the graves of his parents used to be before Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO) demolished ...
CSOs Want EU Add Rubber, Investors to Draft Regulation on Deforestation
Top: Liberian civil society actors have called on the European Union to include rubber to the list of commodities to be produced sustainably in...
Bloh Sayeh: Land Commissioner’s Comments on the Firestone Loan Fact-checked
Top: Bloh Sayeah wrongly likened USAID’s US$10 million Land Management Activity to an ill-fated loan Firestone awarded Liberia in the 1920s. The DayLight/James Harding...
Extractive Sector Sidelined in Annual Address
Top: A pile of logs in Zorzor, Lofa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue
By Varney Kamara
MONROVIA - President George Weah sidestepped the extractive sector in...
Liberia Abandons Agricultural Transformation to NGOs: Hundreds of millions spent, but farm productivity falling,...
By Ambulah Mamey, International Agricultural Development Practitioner
Key Messages:
Liberia still produces less than half (0.2) cup of rice per Liberian, per day after spending hundreds...
Farmers Hope Kromah Faced Justice
Top: EX-ULIMO leader Alhaji G.V. Kromah
By Varney Kamara
FOYA, Lofa County - Farmers who experienced atrocities allegedly committed by the United Liberation Movement of Liberia...
Dutch Bank Reaps US$375M from Deforestation, Rights Abuses in Liberia
Banner Image: A cleared forestland in Lofa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue
By Varney Kamara
MONROVIA -Dutch financial institution Rabobank received USD$375 million from investing in...
Dutch Banks Finance US$3.5 Billion in Deforestation Projects Affecting Liberia, Report Finds
Banner Image: Golden Veroleum Liberia’s palm nursery in Butaw, Sinoe County. The DayLight/Harry Browne
By Gabriel Dixon
MONROVIA – Dutch banks ING Group, ABN AMRO and...
Opinion: With Dutch money, our rainforest and our income will disappear
The Fair Bank Guide will be published today, but many Dutch financiers are still far from sustainable, according to the cry for help from...
J-Palm partners with International Foundation to Support 7,500 Liberian Smallholder Oil Palm Producers
Banner Image: Smallholder palm oil producers use a handheld mill to make oil in Foya, Lofa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue
MONROVIA J-Palm Liberia (JPL)...