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# The DayLight
The DayLight is a nonprofit, environmental news website. Our evidence-based, independent and quality news contents tell you all the happenings across nature’s frontiers and the extractive sector in Liberia. From forestry and fisheries to wildlife conservation and climate change, from renewable energy and land rights to oil/gas and oil palm, we bring you news on everything about the environment you need to know. The DayLight is published by The DayLight Incorporated in Vahnwin Community, Congo Town.
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## Posts
- [Investigation Finds Flaws and Falsehoods in Presidential Letter](https://thedaylight.org/2026/07/13/investigation-finds-flaws-and-falsehoods-in-presidential-letter/) - Farmers in Grand Gedeh County manipulated signatures in an appeal letter to President Joseph Boakai, rejecting the boundaries of the Kwa Proposed Protected Area
- [Cocoa Farmers Ask Gov’t to Push Proposed Park Behind ](https://thedaylight.org/2026/07/10/cocoa-farmers-ask-govt-to-push-proposed-park-behind/) - GAYE TOWN – Cocoa farmers in Grand Gedeh County have requested that boundaries between the Kwa Proposed Protected Area and their communities be extended.
- [Loan Clubs Help Farmers Save Money and Forests](https://thedaylight.org/2026/06/22/money-clubs-help-farmers-invest-and-save-forests/) - Maybel Payne walks steadily along a dirt path, a tub of harvested chili peppers balanced on her head. She is hurrying to a village loan meeting.
- [Gold Mines Turn Unknown Miners’ Graveyards](https://thedaylight.org/2026/06/20/gold-mines-turn-unknown-miners-graveyards/) - SUCCESS CAMP – In November 2024, a man, only identified as Mackey Boy or Bassa Boy, drowned in a mining pit in a forest in Lofa County.
- [Solar Farm Signals Liberia’s Push Toward Renewable Energy](https://thedaylight.org/2026/06/01/solar-farm-signals-liberias-push-toward-renewable-energy/) - BENTOL, Montserrado – Under the scorching sun in Mount Coffee, Lower Montserrado County, rows of nearly 40,000 solar panels stretch across rocky ground.
- [Sinoe Community Takes GVL Complaint to the EPA](https://thedaylight.org/2026/06/01/sinoe-community-takes-gvl-complaint-to-the-epa/) - The Nitrain Community Forest in Sinoe County has filed a complaint against Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) over alleged land grab and human rights abuses.
- [The ‘Gold Boys’ of Wologizi Park](https://thedaylight.org/2026/05/20/the-gold-boys-of-wologizi-park/) - Illegal miners are destroying the Wologisi Proposed Protected Area, clearing the mountainous forests, polluting watercourses, and carving huge pits.
- [Gbarpolu Clans Sign Agreements To Manage Their Forests](https://thedaylight.org/2021/05/14/gbarpolu-clans-sign-agreements-to-manage-their-forests/) - Banner Image: A forest in Gbarpolu County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Wiliam Q. Harmon PAYNESVILLE – For five years, Tonglay and Normon craved to obtain the right to manage swathes of forest in the Kongbor District of Gbarpolu County. Earlier this month, they achieved that dream. Their signing of separate community forest management
- [Cocoa Farming Leads to Charcoal Shortage in Grand Gedeh](https://thedaylight.org/2026/05/06/cocoa-farming-leads-to-charcoal-shortage-in-grand-gedeh/) - ZWEDRU, Grand Gedeh County – At any time five years ago, Josephine Nyenkor’s charcoal warehouse would be filled. Today, there is no charcoal in the warehouse.
- [Lowered Prices for Crops Compensation Crust of Conflict on Palm Plantation in Bassa](https://thedaylight.org/2021/07/23/lowered-prices-for-crops-compensation-crust-of-conflict-on-palm-plantation-in-bassa/) - Banner Image: Farmers in Jogbahn Clan, Grand Bassa County, discuss their dispute with Equatorial Palm Oil over a 2016 crop compensation deal. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Emmanuel Sherman JOGBAHN CLAN, Grand Bassa – In 2013, Sime Darby paid Boima Sandemani, a fairly looking middle-aged farmer in Zodua, Grand Cape Mount County, US$3,735 for his
- [Mining Destroying Proposed Wologizi Park](https://thedaylight.org/2026/05/01/mining-destroying-proposed-wologizi-park/) - BETIBA – In 2015, the Government of Liberia began the process to create the Wologizi Proposed Protected Area, located in Lofa County’s Voinjama District.
- [Evading Taxes, Miners Leave Behind Death Traps and Polluted River](https://thedaylight.org/2026/04/30/evading-taxes-miners-leave-behind-death-traps-and-polluted-river/) - KPETEYEA, Lofa County – One day in May 2020, Chief Anthony Flomo joined townspeople to sign an MoU with a mining company.
- [How a Newsroom Led to a ‘Ban’ on a Timber Black Market](https://thedaylight.org/2026/04/25/how-a-newsroom-led-to-a-ban-on-a-timber-black-market/) - On September 29, 2022, Emmanuel Sherman, The DayLight’s Editor-at-large, and I set off on a logging investigation in Compound Two, Grand Bassa County.
- [Ex-Farmers and Hunters Farm Animals to Protect Forest](https://thedaylight.org/2026/04/27/ex-farmers-and-hunters-farm-animals-to-protect-forest/) - SALAYEA, Lofa County – Back in the days, Titus Morlu hunted deer, raccoons and pythons. But in 2024, he put down his gun and trap and became a beekeeper.
- [FDA Explores Ecotourism Potential in Gola Park](https://thedaylight.org/2026/04/09/fda-explores-ecotourism-potential-in-gola-park/) - FONNOR TOWN, Grand Cape Mount County – The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) is exploring forests for potential ecotourism sites.
- [Court Terminates Logging Company’s Contract](https://thedaylight.org/2026/04/07/court-terminates-logging-companys-contract/) - A court in Monrovia has terminated a logging agreement between a community forest and a company after an arbitration process, ending a four-year legal battle.
- [Liberia Fails to Report US$2.7B Mining Exports, Study Finds](https://thedaylight.org/2026/04/07/liberia-fails-to-report-us2-7b-mining-exports-study-finds/) - Top: A drone shot of a zircon sand mine in Greenville, Sinoe County, in 2023. The DayLight/Derick Snyder By Varney Kamara MONROVIA – Liberia’s mining sector failed to report US$2.7 billion in gold and iron ore exports between 2007 and 2023, likely due to underreporting and/or smuggling, a new report found. The US-based Forest Trends found
- [Court Fines 28 for Illegal Mining in Sapo Park](https://thedaylight.org/2026/04/05/court-fines-28-for-illegal-mining-in-sapo-park/) - GREENVILLE – A court in Sinoe County has fined 28 suspects and ordered them to do community service for illegal mining in the Sapo National Park.
- [Cocoa Changing Lives but Destroying Grand Gedeh’s Largest Forest](https://thedaylight.org/2026/04/01/cocoa-changing-lives-but-destroying-grand-gedehs-largest-forest/) - Lawrence Koolor woke up one cool morning, his face beaming with a smile and joy pouring out of his heart.
- [New, Community-led Conservation Delivering Promises ](https://thedaylight.org/2026/03/31/new-community-led-conservation-delivering-promises/) - MONROVIA – Years ago, women in Wedjah and Jaedae Districts in Sinoe County processed cassava with their bare hands. Their story has changed for the better.
- [Neezonnie: The Fall of a Community Forest to ‘Brown Gold’](https://thedaylight.org/2026/03/27/neezonnie-the-fall-of-a-community-forest-to-brown-gold/) - Princess Monjolo, Town Chief of Kuebo, a forest-enveloped town situated within the Neezonnie Community Forest, was there from the formation of Neezonnie in 2011
- [Community Forest’s Bank Account Resumes after Unlawful Freeze](https://thedaylight.org/2026/03/17/community-forests-bank-account-resumes-after-unlawful-freeze/) - Grand Bassa County – A community forest’s account has been unfrozen after a bank, allegedly heeding a lawmaker’s request, froze it nearly a year ago.
- [Traditional Task Force Removes Dredges from Rivers](https://thedaylight.org/2026/03/17/traditional-task-force-removes-dredges-from-rivers/) - On an early Friday morning last month, men dressed up in country clothes moved through a forest and arrived at a mining camp on the banks of the St. John River.
- [The Man Protecting a Community Forest from Cocoa Deforestation](https://thedaylight.org/2026/03/16/the-man-protecting-a-community-forest-from-cocoa-deforestation/) - During Liberia's civil wars, factions fought over forest resources. Sampson Zammie, an ex-combatant, finds himself protecting the forest he once scrambled for
- [Ex-lawmaker Abandons Land after Illegal Purchase Exposed](https://thedaylight.org/2026/03/04/ex-lawmaker-abandons-land-after-illegal-purchase-exposed/) - A former lawmaker of Bong County has abandoned a rubber farm after an investigation unearthed that he had illegally acquired the land on which it is planted.
- [FDA Seizes and 'Sells' Logs without Court Warrant](https://thedaylight.org/2026/03/03/fda-seizes-and-sells-logs-without-court-warrant/) - A yearlong investigation found that the FDA bypassed the legal process to seize and auction logs that a company harvested.
- [Illegal Sand Miners Leave Beach after Investigation](https://thedaylight.org/2026/02/05/illegal-sand-miners-leave-beach-after-investigation/) - Illegal miners, who ravaged a beachfront in a Robertsfield Highway community for over a decade, have left the area, following a DayLight investigation.
- [FDA Seizes Illegal Logs Investigations Exposed](https://thedaylight.org/2026/02/16/fda-seizes-illegal-logs-investigations-exposed/) - A Nimba court issued the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) a warrant to seize logs that a company illegally harvested last year, the first of such cases.
- [Contract ‘End’ Exposes Corruption Inside a Forestry Watchdog](https://thedaylight.org/2026/02/16/contract-end-exposes-corruption-inside-a-forestry-watchdog/) - In 2021, Roberto Kollie was recruited as head of the secretariat of the National Benefit Sharing Trust Board, which regulates communities’ logging resources.
- [5 Things to Know About Gold Smuggling from Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/2026/02/05/5-things-to-know-about-gold-smuggling-from-liberia/) - MONROVIA - Gold is one of Liberia’s most valuable natural resources, yet much of it may be slipping quietly out of the country—untaxed and undocumented.
- [Liberia Permits Dredge Mining while Ghana Outlaws It](https://thedaylight.org/2026/01/19/liberia-permits-dredge-mining-while-ghana-outlaws-it/) - Liberia has introduced a permit for gold and diamond dredging, lifting a ban on the mining method associated with pollution. Meanwhile, Ghana has outlawed it.
- [9 Things about Liberia’s Extractive Industries](https://thedaylight.org/2026/02/03/9-things-about-liberias-extractive-industries/) - Top: A Bao Chico iron ore mine in Gbarpolu County in 2023. The DayLight/Derick Snyder By Varney Kamara The Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) 16th report highlights both progress and challenges across the country’s extractive sectors. The report provides information on the mining, agriculture, forestry, and oil/gas sectors’ contribution to the Liberian economy. The
- [Illicit Miners Allegedly Threaten to Kill Residents](https://thedaylight.org/2025/12/01/illicit-miners-allegedly-threaten-to-kill-residents/) - Beach sand mining is illegal in Liberia, after it was banned in 2012 to curb coastal erosion countrywide. In February, President Joseph Boakai signed an executive order to protect beaches, waterways and wetlands. Despite these efforts, beach sand mining continues in communities countrywide. For the last two decades or so, coastal erosion has rocked cities, with Monrovia, Buchanan, and Robertsport among some of the hardest-hit areas. A 2017 report found that a one-meter rise in sea levels will lead to US$250 million loss of land and infrastructure in these cities due to sand mining and climate change.
- [Grand Gedeh Superintendent Allegedly Received over US$7K for Dirty Deed](https://thedaylight.org/2026/01/18/grand-gedeh-superintendent-allegedly-received-over-us7k-for-dirty-deed/) - Local leaders in B’hai District, Grand Gedeh County, alleged they gave Superintendent Alex Grant about 4 million CFA (US$7.111) to get a deed for their land.
- [Deaths and Divisions Follow Cocoa Farming Paths](https://thedaylight.org/2026/01/08/deaths-and-divisions-follow-cocoa-farming-paths/) - FISH TOWN – In late September, Deppu Kobera, an Ivoirian teenager working on a cocoa farm, was found dead in a forest in River Gee County. He had gone missing.
- [FDA Begins Logging Concession Process In Gbarpolu](https://thedaylight.org/2026/01/07/fda-begins-logging-concession-process-in-gbarpolu/) - The Forestry Development Authority has initiated the process of establishing a concession. The FDA has engaged with the communities that would be affected.
- [Government Permits Dredging Despite Pollution Woes](https://thedaylight.org/2025/12/22/government-permits-dredging-despite-pollution-woes/) - The Liberian government has introduced permits for dredging on the country’s watercourses, six years after the machine was banned due to its negative impacts.
- [EU Awards Recycling Innovators](https://thedaylight.org/2025/11/30/eu-awards-recycling-innovators/) - MONROVIA – The European Union (EU) Delegation in Liberia has awarded young innovators in recycling plastic waste to create a safer environment. The ceremony took place over the weekend at the EU’s Embassy in Monrovia after interactive demonstrations by five finalists showing how to turn waste into reusable products.
- [Land Authority Dirty Deed Defense Dies](https://thedaylight.org/2025/11/27/land-authority-dirty-deed-defense-dies/) - Top: The headquarters of the Liberia Land Authority on Ashmun Street, Monrovia. The DayLight/Harry Browne By James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA – On Monday, the Liberia Land Authority justified issuing a fraudulent land deed as part of an illegal cocoa cultivation agreement between Grand Gedeh authorities and a Burkinabe businessperson. It was responding to a DayLight
- [FDA Resurveys Kwa Forest Amid Mining Interest](https://thedaylight.org/2025/11/27/fda-resurveys-kwa-forest-amid-mining-interest/) - Top: FDA Managing Director Rudolph Merab in a group photo with residents of the Proposed Kwa National Park, Gbarzon District, Grand Gedeh County. Gaye Town-Thursday, November 13, 2025. The DayLight/Varney Kamara By Varney Kamara GAYE TOWN, Grand Gedeh – The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) recently announced a resurvey of the Grand Gedeh portion of the
- [Justice Ministry Receives ‘Forest Bibles’ To Prosecute Crimes](https://thedaylight.org/2025/10/31/justice-ministry-receives-forest-bibles-to-prosecute-crimes/) - Justice Minister Oswald Tweh Receives the forest bible from MFGAP’s Team Lead Letla Mosenene. The DayLight/Harry Browne By Varney Kamara MONROVIA – The Ministry of Justice has received 150 copies of the “forest bible,” a book containing laws and regulations governing Liberia’s forestry sector. The ministry also received the same number of forestry compliance handbooks,
- [Sawmill Pollutes Buchanan Neighborhood](https://thedaylight.org/2025/11/11/sawmill-pollutes-buchanan-neighborhood/) - Top: Smoke billows from a sawmill operated by Krish Veneer Industries Incorporated in New Buchanan, Grand Bassa County. The DayLight/James Giahyue By Emmanuel Sherman Residents in communities affected by Krish Veneer Industries’ sawmill in New Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, complain of daily noise and air pollution Krish’s environmental permit requires a 50-meter distance from any
- [Sand Mining Drowning Fisherfolk in Poverty](https://thedaylight.org/2025/11/07/sand-mining-drowning-fisherfolk-in-poverty/) - Top: Empty nets and canoes on the banks of the St. Paul River in Caldwell. The DayLight/Carlucci Cooper By Carlucci Cooper ST. PAUL BRIDGE – On the banks of the St. Paul River in Montserrado County, the day starts early. Paddles slicing through the water as fishermen set out before sunrise. For generations, the people
- [Land Authority Boss Violated Moratorium and Broke Laws, Probe Finds](https://thedaylight.org/2025/11/05/land-authority-boss-violated-moratorium-and-broke-laws-probe-finds/) - Top: The Chairman of the Land Authority, Samuel Kpakio, illegally signed a deed as part of a fraudulent cocoa agreement between Grand Gedeh County and a Burkinabé businessman. Filed picture/Liberia Land Authority By James Harding Giahyue and Varney Kamara The Chairman of the Liberia Land Authority, Samuel Kpakio, signed a deed for a 500-acre cocoa
- [Community Forest Signs Logging Deal Amid Issues](https://thedaylight.org/2025/10/31/community-forest-signs-logging-deal-amid-issues/) - Top: Seekon Pellokon Community Forest covers 44,989 hectares. The DayLight/Carlucci Cooper By Emmanuel Davies SEEKON PELLOKON, Sinoe County – A community forest has signed a logging contract with a company despite multiple reports highlighting problems with the deal. The agreement green-lights the Liberian Hardwood Corporation to carry on logging activities in the Seekon Pellokon Community
- [Lawmakers Learn New Tool To Review Concessions](https://thedaylight.org/2025/10/30/lawmakers-learn-new-tool-to-review-concessions/) - Top: Some lawmakers at the training workshop. The DayLight/Esau J. Farr By Esau J. Farr MONROVIA – Lawmakers on concession committees have learned how to use a new tool to review contracts to increase revenue generated from natural resources. Integrity Watch Liberia organized the training with funding from the Irish Aid. Participants in the event
- [Grand Gedeh Cancels Cocoa Agreement](https://thedaylight.org/2025/10/28/grand-gedeh-cancels-cocoa-agreement/) - Top: An overview of B’hai Jozon, a border town in the Gbarzon District in Grand Gedeh County that separates Liberia and Cote d’Ivoire. The DayLight/Varney Kamara By Varney Kamara ZWEDRU – A cocoa lease agreement between Grand Gedeh County and a Burkinabe businessman has been canceled, County Attorney Wilkins Nah announced today on a local
- [FDA America-based Board Member Resigns](https://thedaylight.org/2025/10/22/fda-america-based-board-member-resigns/) - A member of the Forestry Development Authority’s board has resigned after an investigation revealed that he received sitting fees through a proxy while residing in America.
- [Gov’t Ignored Offenses, Now Logging Firm Fades](https://thedaylight.org/2025/10/20/govt-ignored-offenses-now-logging-firm-fades/) - In this and the last three years, The DayLight published several reports, exposing a Nigerian-owned logging company’s offenses. Yet, the FDA ignored them.
- [Thousands Flood Victims in Robertsport Face Relocation](https://thedaylight.org/2025/10/13/thousands-flood-victims-in-robertsport-face-relocation/) - One quiet night in Kru Town last year, Rebecca Wleh woke to cold water above her knees. Within minutes, the flood had invaded her home, swallowing everything.
- [Community, Family Fight over Forest](https://thedaylight.org/2025/10/20/community-family-fight-over-forest/) - Last year, townsmen were stunned when they discovered a huge pile of planks and the sound of a chainsaw deep in the forest in Gorlu during a routine patrol.
- [Locals Pick Conservation After Logging Contract](https://thedaylight.org/2025/10/15/locals-pick-conservation-after-logging-contract/) - Top: A log yard in Greenville, Sinoe County, in 2023. The DayLight/Derick Snyder By Esau J. Farr BOEGEESAY TOWN – A community forest in River Cess County has chosen to conserve its forests after a four-year contract with loggers ended. Central Morweh Community Forest made the decision earlier this year that Kisvan Timber Corporation had
- [Fact-checking Spoon Talk Concession Claims](https://thedaylight.org/2025/10/15/fact-checking-spoon-talk-concession-claims/) - Recently on Spoon Talk, Moriah Yeakula-Korkpor, an Alternative National Congress executive, claimed that Pres. Joseph Boakai signed several bogus concessions.
- [Community Seizes Loggers’ Equipment in Bassa](https://thedaylight.org/2025/10/07/community-seizes-loggers-equipment-in-bassa/) - GAYPUE TOWN, Grand Bassa County – Local leaders in a Grand Bassa community forest have seized a logging company’s equipment for failing to pay their benefits.
- [Shady Company Gets Logging Greenlight](https://thedaylight.org/2025/09/29/shady-company-gets-logging-greenlight/) - MONROVIA – Forestry authorities have approved a logging contract for African Finch Limited, despite the company’s unknown ownership and link to a Sinoe lawmaker
- [Sinoe Communities Try New Conservation Method](https://thedaylight.org/2025/09/25/sinoe-communities-try-new-conservation-method/) - In June, the people in Wedjah District signed an agreement with an NGO to protect 7,131 hectares of forest for yearly cash and other benefits.
- [Park Warden Wants 250 Armed Rangers to Protect Sapo Park](https://thedaylight.org/2025/09/22/park-warden-wants-250-armed-rangers-to-protect-sapo-park/) - The government should arm 250 rangers to protect the Sapo National Park from illegal occupants, John Smith, the reserve’s Chief Warden, has said.
- [DayLight Investigation Selected as one of Africa’s Best](https://thedaylight.org/2025/09/22/daylight-investigation-selected-as-one-of-africas-best/) - MONROVIA – A DayLight investigation was selected as one of the best in Africa, the online environmental newspaper’s first international recognition.
- [Father and Daughter Involved In Criminal Timber Trafficking](https://thedaylight.org/2025/02/13/father-and-daughter-involved-in-criminal-timber-trafficking/) - MONROVIA – The DayLight has obtained forged documents used by an unscrupulous father-daughter duo to smuggle timber out of Liberia.
- [DayLight Reporters Escape ‘Country Devil’](https://thedaylight.org/2025/09/17/daylight-reporters-escape-country-devil/) - SEEKON – Two DayLight reporters narrowly escaped a masked dancer last Wednesday in the Seekon Pellokon Community Forest in Sinoe County.
- [Mano Accident Victim Receives US$120K for Damages](https://thedaylight.org/2025/09/19/mano-accident-victim-receives-us120k-for-damages/) - Top: Bendu Sonii received US$120,000 from Mano Palm Oil Industries as damages for an accident that left her with one leg. The DayLight/Harry Browne By Matenneh Keita and Harry Browne BALLAH’S TOWN, Grand Cape Mount County – A woman, who lost a leg in an accident involving a Mano Palm Oil Industries vehicle, received US$120,000
- [Videos Reveal Torture in Sapo National Park](https://thedaylight.org/2025/09/16/videos-reveal-torture-in-sapo-national-park/) - KORJAYEE, Sinoe County – Six video clips The DayLight has obtained reveal illegal occupants of the Sapo National Park torturing their colleagues.
- [Removed Sapo Occupants Praise Security Forces](https://thedaylight.org/2025/09/18/removed-sapo-occupants-praise-security-forces/) - CHEBIOH TOWN, Sinoe County – When Andrew Saye learned that security forces wanted him out of the Sapo National Park, he grew nervous. He was in for a big surprise.
- [Joint Security Seizes Illicit Drugs in Sapo Park](https://thedaylight.org/2025/09/15/joint-security-seizes-illicit-drugs-in-sapo-park/) - Joint security forces have seized a slew of banned substances from illegal occupants in the Sapo National Park, dismantling a major, illicit drug hub.
- [Carbon Markets: Liberia’s Next Frontier for Sustainable Growth](https://thedaylight.org/2025/09/12/carbon-markets-liberias-next-frontier-for-sustainable-growth/) - As the world accelerates efforts to address climate change, carbon markets have become a central mechanism linking environmental stewardship with opportunity.
- [Security Forces Remove Over 2,000 from Sapo Park](https://thedaylight.org/2025/09/11/security-forces-remove-over-2000-from-sapo-park/) - Joint security forces have removed over 2,000 illegal occupants from the Sapo National Park in a crackdown on transnational crimes and regional insecurity.
- [Miner Filed Fake Document and Got a License](https://thedaylight.org/2025/09/09/miner-filed-fake-document-and-got-a-license/) - Top: This poster shows Randy Scott, one of Liberia’s most notorious miners, a mine he is associated with in River Gee, an exploration mining license his company RAC Inc. has for Lofa, and a fake business registration certificate RAC Inc. presented to obtain the license. Picture credit: Facebook/Randy Scott and Prince Copeland for The DayLight
- [Mayors Delay Land Governance MoU](https://thedaylight.org/2025/08/03/mayors-delay-land-governance-mou/) - Top: The Land Authority headquarters in Monrovia. The DayLight/Carlucci Cooper By Varney Kamara MONROVIA – Mayors across the Country Thursday refused to sign a land governance agreement with the Liberia Land Authority, citing a lack of prior information. The Mou aims to enhance land governance through collaboration among the Land Authority, the Mayor's Council,
- [FDA, Firm Ask Court to Dismiss US$5M Lawsuit](https://thedaylight.org/2025/09/08/fda-firm-ask-court-to-dismiss-us5m-lawsuit/) - Forestry Development Authority and a company have asked the Commercial Court to dismiss a US$5 million lawsuit against them for alleged damage to 3,200 acres.
- [Body Discovered in River Gee Cocoa Farming Dispute](https://thedaylight.org/2025/09/03/body-discovered-in-river-gee-cocoa-farming-dispute/) - An Ivorian boy, who recently crossed the Ivorian border into Liberia to work on a cocoa farm, has been found dead in a River Gee Forest, the police said.
- [Actors Want Regulation Amended to Enhance Communities' Benefits](https://thedaylight.org/2025/09/01/actors-want-regulation-amended-to-enhance-communities-benefits/) - Forestry actors in Liberia are calling for amendments to the regulation on benefit-sharing to enhance communities’ share of resources generated from the sector.
- [Unpublished FDA Report Confirms Company’s Illegal Logging](https://thedaylight.org/2025/08/30/unpublished-fda-report-confirms-companys-illegal-logging/) - A logging company cut numerous trees outside its authorized area in a Nimba community forest, according to an unpublished, official report seen by the newspaper
- [Logs from Conservation Forest Illegally Exported to Europe](https://thedaylight.org/2025/05/27/logs-from-conservation-forest-illegally-exported-to-europe/) - GBAPA, Nimba County – A cleared patch of the Gba Community Forest, a rocky conservation woodland, welcomes visitors to Sehyi Geh Town.
- [FDA Boss Allegedly Pushes Locals to Contract His Friend’s Firm](https://thedaylight.org/2025/08/25/fda-boss-allegedly-pushes-locals-to-contract-his-friends-firm/) - The Managing Director of the Forestry Development Authority, Rudolph Merab, is allegedly pushing a community forest to sign a contract with his friend's company
- [After Failing Locals in Large Concessions, Italian Tycoon Lets Community Forests Down](https://thedaylight.org/2022/02/26/after-failing-locals-in-large-concessions-italian-tycoon-lets-community-forests-down/) - Top: International Consultant Capital’s camp in Gbi-Doru District, Nimba County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue GBI-DORU DISTRICT and COMPOUND NUMBER TWO – When International Consultant Capital (ICC) stopped its logging operations in Nimba County in 2019, it was already owing villagers over US$55,000, having used their land and felled their timbers, leaving
- [Rebuttal To The 'Proposal For The De-Gazettement Of The Sapo National Park'](https://thedaylight.org/2025/08/11/rebuttal-to-the-proposal-for-the-de-gazettement-of-the-sapo-national-park/) - By Saah A. David, Jr. Introduction Sapo National Park (SNP) is one of Liberia’s greatest natural treasures. Globally, it is recognized as both an Important Bird Area and a Key Biodiversity Area, underscoring its irreplaceable value for avian conservation and biodiversity. Regionally, SNP contains the second-largest area of intact tropical rainforest in West Africa, after
- [Land Authority Charges Towns Nearly US$12K to Resolve Boundary Dispute](https://thedaylight.org/2025/08/15/land-authority-charges-towns-nearly-us12k-to-resolve-boundary-dispute/) - ZWEDThe Liberia Land Authority has charged two communities in Grand Gedeh County US$11,900 to cut their boundary, dragging a dispute over Burkinabe cocoa farmers.
- [The Illegal Miner’s Criminal Gold Mine](https://thedaylight.org/2025/08/16/the-illegal-miners-criminal-gold-mine/) - Top: A portion of one of two mines that Gee Mining Resources Group Limited operates in Tartuken, River Gee County, that is outside its authorized claim. The DayLight/Prince Copeland By Prince Copeland, for The DayLight One company, RAC Incorporated, has an MoU with a River Gee community, while another, Gee Mining Resources Ltd, conducts the
- [‘Landowner’ Sues FDA for US$5M Over Logging Deal](https://thedaylight.org/2025/08/11/landowner-sues-fda-for-us5m-over-logging-deal/) - A man has filed a lawsuit against the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and a company for at least US$5 million over alleged damages to his private property.
- [Loggers Harvest Trees Outside Authorized Area](https://thedaylight.org/2025/08/03/loggers-harvest-trees-outside-authorized-area/) - Earlier this year, Westwood Corporation, a firm with no known logging experience, harvested timber outside its authorized area in the Gba Community Forest in .
- [Roadmap Offers to Pay Communities to Keep their Forests](https://thedaylight.org/2025/07/24/roadmap-offers-to-pay-communities-to-keep-their-forests/) - MONROVIA – A local NGO, Integrated Development and Learning (IDL), has launched a roadmap that proposes payments for communities who keep their forests
- [Immigration Registers 40,000 Burkinabées Amid Cocoa Crisis](https://thedaylight.org/2025/07/21/immigration-registers-40000-burkinabees-amid-cocoa-crisis/) - GBOLEKEN, Grand Gedeh – The Liberia Immigration Service (LIS) said it recorded over 40,000 Burkinabé cocoa farmers to monitor and legalize their status.
- [31 Burkinabés Jailed for Alleged Forest Invasion](https://thedaylight.org/2025/07/19/31-burkinabes-jailed-for-alleged-forest-invasion/) - ZWEDRU – Thirty-one Burkinabé cocoa farmers were jailed for allegedly clearing forestry concessions in Grand Gedeh County to plant cocoa.
- [Ministry Seizes Machines at Illegal Sinoe Mine](https://thedaylight.org/2025/07/17/ministry-seizes-machines-at-illegal-sinoe-mine/) - ZWEDRU, Grand Gedeh – The Ministry of Mines and Energy has seized machines at an illicit mine in Sinoe County, ordering its closure.
- [Fishermen Smuggling Timber in Canoes](https://thedaylight.org/2025/07/17/fishermen-smuggling-timber-in-canoes/) - BIG FANTI TOWN– Planks are scattered at various sites on a beachfront, a stone’s throw away from the Port of Buchanan, a fishing hub and a transit point for fishermen and fishmongers. Some are old, others fresh.
- [Townsfolk Register Homes to Own Land](https://thedaylight.org/2025/07/01/townsfolk-register-homes-to-own-land/) - A Bong clan has registered their homes to own the land on which their houses sit. It's the first since Liberia passed the Land Rights Act nearly seven years ago
- [Community to Protest Over Forest Benefits](https://thedaylight.org/2025/07/03/community-to-protest-over-forest-benefits/) - Top: Community Assembly members are drafting a resolution to present to the Grand Bassa County authorities. The DayLight/Franklin Nehyalor By Franklin Nehyalor and Emmanuel Sherman GBOR JIMMY TOWN – A community forest in Grand Bassa County has threatened to stop a logging company’s operation for failing to deliver on development projects, barely two months after
- [Wilmot Paye: Minister Reforming Mining Sector](https://thedaylight.org/2025/06/23/wilmot-paye-minister-reforming-mining-sector/) - MONROVIA – A bold, new signboard brandishes the phrase: “Ministry of Mines and Energy.” The walls glitter with freshly painted gray and white.
- [Fresh Elections Reduce Tension in Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/2025/06/19/fresh-elections-reduce-tension-in-community-forest/) - Eleven townspeople have been elected to a community forest leadership in Grand Bassa, calming months of tension over their towns’ alleged misrepresentation.
- [Court Hears Case Against Suspected Timber Smugglers](https://thedaylight.org/2025/06/08/court-hears-case-against-suspected-timber-smugglers/) - MONROVIA - A Montserrado court has begun preliminary hearings into a case against two suspected timber smugglers, exposed in a DayLight interview.
- [Government Investigates Lebanese Over Alleged Crimes](https://thedaylight.org/2025/06/01/government-investigates-lebanese-over-alleged-crimes/) - MONROVIA – Multiple government agencies are investigating a Lebanese businessman for allegedly committing forestry, financial, and immigration crimes.
- [Krish, the Sawmill the Vice President Dedicated, Explained](https://thedaylight.org/2025/05/29/krish-the-sawmill-vice-president-dedicated-explained/) - BUCHANAN, Grand Bassa – Over the weekend, Vice President Jeremiah Koung dedicated Krish Veneer Industries, perhaps the largest sawmill in Liberia.
- [Lebanese Smuggles Timber and Wins US$500K World Bank Bid](https://thedaylight.org/2025/05/25/lebanese-smuggles-timber-and-wins-us500k-world-bank-bid/) - On March 29, a crowd gathered at the University of Liberia’s Fendell campus for the handover of its Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences.
- [Men, Tradition Denying Women’s Rights to Land](https://thedaylight.org/2025/05/13/men-tradition-denying-womens-rights-to-land/) - In 2018, Liberia passed the Land Rights Act. It grants communities and women customary ownership of ancestral land, putting an end to decades of deprivation.
- [The Lawmaker’s Fake Logging Company](https://thedaylight.org/2025/05/12/the-lawmakers-fake-logging-company/) - MONROVIA – In May last year, African Finch Logging Limited was established to trade timber and other forest products, according to its legal documents.
- [Dirty Deal Exposes Forestry Boss’ Conflicts of Interest](https://thedaylight.org/2025/04/28/dirty-deal-exposes-forestry-boss-conflicts-of-interest/) - VAMBO, Grand Bassa County – Everything about this company’s contract with a new community forest is illegal, and there are lots of problems, too.
- [Man Alleges FDA Acted on Fake Letter in Illegal Contract](https://thedaylight.org/2025/04/23/man-alleges-fda-acted-on-fake-letter-in-illegal-contract/) - Last November, a Du Port Road resident filed a complaint with the Forestry Development Authority, claiming a large plot in a Grand Bassa community forest.
- [Bong Clan Nears Official Survey For Deed](https://thedaylight.org/2025/04/22/bong-clan-nears-official-survey/) - ROCK CRUSHER – A clan in Kokoyah District, Bong County, is close to qualifying for an official survey for a customary land deed.
- [Lawmaker Admits Link to Illegal Logging Company](https://thedaylight.org/2025/04/20/lawmaker-admits-link-to-illegal-logging-company/) - MONROVIA – Representative Thomas Romeo Quioh of Sinoe County’s Electoral District-1 has admitted his connection to a shady logging company, while denying it.
- [Lawmaker Allegedly Bribes Locals for Dirty Logging Contract](https://thedaylight.org/2025/04/16/lawmaker-allegedly-bribes-locals-for-dirty-logging-contract/) - Sinoe County Representative Thomas Romeo Quioh allegedly bribed locals in Sinoe to sign a community forest contract with a UAE-based company he likely owns.
- [How a Family Smuggled Timber for over a Decade](https://thedaylight.org/2025/04/15/how-a-family-smuggled-timber-for-over-a-decade/) - On June 30 last year, Panther, a Liberian-registered container ship, docked at a port in China. Among its cargo was 21.37 cubic meters of timber from Liberia.
- [Protest Over Dirty Logging Contract](https://thedaylight.org/2025/03/26/protest-over-dirty-logging-contract/) - VAMBO, Grand Bassa – People claiming landowners of a community forest have protested against a company for allegedly sidelining them in a logging contract.
- [Evidence Mounts FDA Signed Illegal Logging Contract](https://thedaylight.org/2025/03/14/evidence-mounts-fda-signed-illegal-logging-contract/) - Last month, DayLight started a series on a newly established community forest, documenting illegalities involving the Forestry Development Authority a company.
- [GVL Finally Forms Clinic in Tartweh](https://thedaylight.org/2025/03/10/gvl-finally-forms-clinic-in-tartweh/) - TARTWEH-DRAPOH After more than a decade of protests, Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) has finally established a community clinic to serve its workers and residents
- [Inside FDA's Shady World of Chewing Sticks](https://thedaylight.org/2025/03/06/inside-fdas-shady-world-of-chewing-sticks/) - BARLOME TOWN – A truck with chewing sticks parked near an open field. Some of the sticks lay on the ground. It had been parked for three weeks in Barlome Town.
- [Nimba Locals Embark on Ecotourism, Commit to Conservation](https://thedaylight.org/2025/03/05/nimba-locals-embark-on-ecotourism-commit-to-conservation/) - ZOR, Nimba County – Local leaders in a northeastern community are seeking more support to conserve their forest.
- [Beekeeping and Loan Protect Sinoe Forest](https://thedaylight.org/2025/03/03/beekeeping-and-loan-protect-sinoe-forest/) - Jackson Tweh makes a living from beekeeping. Tweh, 35, and a father of six children, has six beehives, producing up to seven gallons of honey in three months.
- [Community Forest Cancels Contract with Wartime Logger](https://thedaylight.org/2025/02/21/community-forest-cancels-contract-with-wartime-logger/) - JOHNNY TOWN, Sinoe County — A community forest in Sinoe County has canceled a contract with a logging company owned by a wartime logger.
- [GVL Suspends Teachers’ Program, Hampering Sinoe Education](https://thedaylight.org/2025/02/18/gvl-suspends-teachers-program-hampering-sinoe-education/) - TARTWEH—Golden Veroleum Liberia has suspended a program that required it to provide mandatory support to schools in its concession area in Sinoe County.
- [Sinoe Chiefdom Demands Intruders ‘Must Leave our Land’](https://thedaylight.org/2025/02/17/sinoe-chiefdom-demands-intruders-must-leave-our-land/) - KOMMANAH TOWN – After nearly four years of unlawful occupancy, a Sinoe County chiefdom is calling for the removal of an oil palm company from its ancestral land
- [Unlawful Contract Unearths Logger’s Hidden Crimes](https://thedaylight.org/2025/02/16/unlawful-contract-unearths-loggers-hidden-crimes/) - Last August, locals signed a forestry contract with a new company. C&C Corporation would conduct logging in the Mavasagueh Community Forest for development.
- [Locals Build School with Forest Money](https://thedaylight.org/2025/02/13/locals-build-school-with-forest-money/) - BETTOE Town, Grand Bassa County – Villagers have built a schoolhouse with funds they received from a logging contract.
- [Top Forestry Company Operates Illegally](https://thedaylight.org/2025/02/08/top-forestry-company-operates-illegally/) - MONROVIA – A DayLight investigation has unearthed a top-level forestry company that does not meet the requirements to operate in Liberia.
- [FDA Permitted Export of 100% Illegal Logs](https://thedaylight.org/2025/02/07/fda-permitted-export-of-100-illegal-logs/) - BUCHANAN, Grand Bassa County – LiberTrace, a computerized timber-tracking system, can detect one illegal log from a consignment of a thousand.
- [Second Person Claims Land in Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/2025/02/05/second-person-claims-land-in-community-forest/) - MONROVIA – A second person has claimed a huge plot of land in a newly authorized community forest in Grand Bassa County, proving the process was flawed.
- [Fugitive Businessman Abandons Logs in Cape Mount](https://thedaylight.org/2022/06/19/fugitive-businessman-abandons-logs-in-cape-mount/) - Top: Logs, abandoned by Alma Wood in Vanjah Village, Grand Cape Mount County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue and Varney Kamara Editor’s Note: This is the second of a series on the aftermaths of timber sale contracts (TSCs) across the country, which were canceled in March 2021 following years of illegitimacy.
- [FDA Shortcuts Community Forest Process for Logging](https://thedaylight.org/2025/02/03/fda-shortcuts-community-forest-process-for-logging/) - In 2022, a logger visited Gblorso Town and asked the elders to prospect their forest. The elders consented, and Clarence Massquoi found marketimber there.
- [Mano Accident Shatters Worker’s Life Forever](https://thedaylight.org/2025/02/01/mano-accident-shatters-workers-life-forever/) - On May 12 last year, Bendu Sonii, 42, a casual laborer with Mano Oil Palm Industries, left for a friend’s house.
- [FDA Okays Export of over 250 Illegal Logs](https://thedaylight.org/2025/01/28/fda-okays-export-of-over-250-illegal-logs/) - The Forestry Development Authority permitted a company to export round logs mid-last year, ignoring its computerized system red-flagged over 60% of the timber.
- [Caldwell Timber Smugglers Jailed After News Report](https://thedaylight.org/2025/01/24/caldwell-timber-smugglers-jailed-after-news-report/) - Two alleged timber smugglers in Caldwell have spent a fourth night behind bars after a court ordered their arrest following a search and seizure warrant.
- [Logging Trust Approves US$146K For Community Projects](https://thedaylight.org/2025/01/22/logging-trust-approves-us146k-for-community-projects/) - The National Benefit Sharing Trust Board (NBST), which ensures communities benefit from logging concessions, has approved US$146,117.49 for projects.
- [Miners Dig Community Forest with Expired License](https://thedaylight.org/2025/01/21/miners-dig-community-forest-with-expired-license/) - SALAYEA TOWN – In late May 2024, the Salayea Authorized Community Forest filed a lawsuit against a group of illegal miners for alleged unauthorized entry.
- [Investigation Uncovers Illegal Timber Traffickers in Caldwell](https://thedaylight.org/2025/01/20/investigation-uncovers-illegal-timber-traffickers-in-caldwell/) - CALDWELL – A DayLight investigation has uncovered an illegal timber trafficking company in the Caldwell neighborhood of Riverview.
- [River Cess Clans Receive Deeds, Empowering Local People](https://thedaylight.org/2025/01/17/river-cess-clans-receive-deeds-empowering-local-people/) - Several clans in River Cess recently received customary deeds, granting them the right to manage and benefit from lands left behind by their ancestors.
- [Government completes Surveys of Four River Cess Clans](https://thedaylight.org/2024/04/06/government-completes-surveys-for-four-river-cess-clans/) - TEEKPEH – Liberia Land Authority has conducted surveys in four clans in River Cess County, the last stage for the communities to get customary land deeds.
- [FDA Illegally Permits Abandoned Logs Export, Missing Over US$100K](https://thedaylight.org/2025/01/16/fda-illegally-permits-abandoned-logs-export-missing-over-us100k/) - The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) permitted the export of 2,549 cubic meters of abandoned logs, failing to punish the company involved and losing revenue
- [FDA Pays Board Member Living in America](https://thedaylight.org/2025/01/15/fda-pays-board-member-living-in-america/) - The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) pays a member of its board of directors who lives in the United States, according to official documents.
- [Nimba Clan Seeks Support to Protect Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/2024/12/13/nimba-clan-seeks-support-to-protect-community-forest/) - SEHYI-GEH, Nimba County – Villagers in a northeastern clan seek support to keep their forest amid huge challenges.
- [Sinoe Community Forest Gets New Leadership](https://thedaylight.org/2024/12/11/sinoe-community-forest-gets-new-leadership/) - Top: Tarsue Community Forest covers 9,714 hectares. Picture credit: James Harding Giahyue By Emmanuel Sherman MONROVIA – A community forest in Sanquin District, Sinoe County has a new leadership to steer its affairs for the next five years. Last month, the Tarsue Authorized Community Forest elected members of its community assembly (CA), the executive committee
- [FDA Boss Brags About Denying Media Info](https://thedaylight.org/2024/12/10/fda-boss-brags-about-denying-media-info/) - MONROVIA – The Managing Director of the Forestry Development Authority Rudolph Merab has bragged about the FDA’s denial of the media access to information
- [DayLight Wins Two Forest Media Awards](https://thedaylight.org/2024/12/10/daylight-wins-two-forest-media-awards/) - Monrovia – The DayLight has won two forest media awards for the best impactful stories reported this year.
- [Locals Demand Contract Review After 5 Years of Problems](https://thedaylight.org/2024/12/09/locals-demand-contract-review-after-5-years-of-problems/) - KORNINGA CHIEFDOM – A Community forest in Gbarpolu County is demanding a review of its contract with a logging company, following five years of stalemate.
- [Women Enjoying Ancestral Land Rights](https://thedaylight.org/2024/12/09/women-enjoying-ancestral-land-rights/) - Women are harnessing their right to customary landownership, guaranteed in the Land Rights Act. The DayLight/Harry Browne By Matenneh Keita JORPOLU, Bong County – In the 1980s and 90s, Annie Wehyee’s relatives did not allow her to make a farm on a plot of land in their father’s hometown of Dehyipa in the Sanniquellie-Mahn
- [FDA Rehires Ex-Manager Disgraced for Alleged Corruption](https://thedaylight.org/2024/11/26/fda-rehires-ex-manager-disgraced-for-alleged-corruption/) - The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has rehired a former manager who was disgraced on multiple occasions for alleged corruption.
- [Calls for EU not to End Timber Treaty with Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/2024/11/25/calls-for-eu-not-to-end-timber-treaty-with-liberia/) - Calls are mounting for the European Union (EU) to reconsider its decision to terminate a timber trade agreement with Liberia.
- [Disappointed in Logging, Communities Look to Conservation ](https://thedaylight.org/2024/11/21/disappointed-in-logging-communities-look-to-conservation/) - “The challenges in community forestry are self-explanatory. The companies will not perform.
- [Waterfall Clan in Court for Nearly 9K Acres of Land](https://thedaylight.org/2024/11/14/waterfall-clan-in-court-for-nearly-9k-acres-of-land/) - A man has sued seven townsmen for dismantling his cornerstones and signboards in a conflict involving a large parcel of land in a Bong County clan.
- [Government Lapse Leading Miners to Community Forests](https://thedaylight.org/2024/11/12/government-lapse-leading-miners-to-community-forests/) - In early June, villagers seized a team of miners and their equipment for operating in the Salayea Community Forest without their consent and sued them.
- [An Analysis of the Proposed Increase in Electricity Tariff](https://thedaylight.org/2024/11/11/an-analysis-of-the-proposed-increase-in-electricity-tariff/) - The proposed increase in electricity tariffs presents a multifaceted challenge given Liberia's current economic climate.
- [Illicit Miners Ravage Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/2024/11/05/illicit-miners-ravage-community-forest/) - TELEMU TOWN, Lofa County – Miners in Lofa County have intruded on the Salayea Authorized Community Forest, undermining locals’ efforts to conserve the woodland.
- [Government Owes Logging Communities US$9M, Report Finds](https://thedaylight.org/2024/11/06/government-owes-logging-communities-us9m-report-finds/) - The Liberian government owes large-scale Logging-affected communities approximately US$9 million in land rental for dark forests, covering a million hectares.
- [FDA and the Abandoned Logs Lies](https://thedaylight.org/2024/10/30/fda-and-the-abandoned-logs-lies/) - In the rainy season of 2020, the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) investigated the scale of abandoned logs in Grand Bassa, River Cess, and Nimba Counties
- [Salayea Shows Community Land and Forest Leaders Can Work Together](https://thedaylight.org/2024/11/02/salayea-shows-community-land-and-foest-leaders-can-work-together/) - Top: Eva Kpandah, Palama Clan’s community land and development committee chairperson. The DayLight/Harry Browne By Esau J. Farr SALAYEA TOWN, Lofa County – In 2019, the Sehyi Clan in Sanniquellie-Mahn District, Nimba County began the legal process of acquiring a customary land deed. Sehyi’s community land development and management committee spearheads that process. Another clan
- [EU to End Timber Agreement with Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/2024/10/26/eu-to-end-timber-agreement-with-liberia/) - Monrovia – The European Union has notified Liberia of its intent to terminate a timber trade pact between the bloc and the West African country.
- [Illegal Miners Encroach on Wologizi Forest](https://thedaylight.org/2024/10/29/illegal-miners-encroach-on-wonegizi-forest/) - GANTA, Nimba County – Illicit miners have encroached on the Wonegizi Proposed Protected Forest in Lofa County, a ranger and a community leader said.
- [Communities Desire Direct Benefits to Conserve Forests](https://thedaylight.org/2024/10/26/communities-desire-direct-benefits-to-conserve-forests/) - GANTA, Nimba County – Local communities are firm on conserving their forests but they want direct benefits from doing so.
- [Actors Trained to Restore Lost Forests](https://thedaylight.org/2024/10/23/actors-trained-to-restore-lost-forests/) - Twenty-four forestry actors have been trained to combat deforestation and degraded forestlands in and around the East Nimba Nature Reserve, a conservation hub.
- [Court Says CARI Timber Smuggling Case Goes On](https://thedaylight.org/2024/10/22/court-says-cari-timber-smuggling-case-goes-on/) - GBARNGA – A court said it will hear the case against four suspected timber smugglers who operated at the Central Agriculture Research Institute (CARI).
- [Invaders Run Sinoe Plantation with Impunity](https://thedaylight.org/2024/10/21/invaders-run-sinoe-plantation-with-impunity/) - Liberia National Produce Incorporated, an oil palm company that encroached on a palm plantation in Sanquin District, Sinoe County, continues to run the facility
- [Lofa Halts Illegal Plank Toll](https://thedaylight.org/2024/10/20/lofa-plank-toll-halted/) - There is evidence an illegal toll system for planks transported within and out of Lofa County has been abolished.
- [Group Formed to Tackle Land Conflicts](https://thedaylight.org/2024/10/20/group-formed-to-tackle-land-conflicts/) - Top: Some members of the network’s leaders at the Second National Land Conference last month in Ganta, Nimba County. The DayLight/ Harry Browne By Esau J. Farr GANTA, Nimba County – Communities in rural Liberia seek a customary deed to their ancestral lands but are plagued by boundary disputes. Now, a new group, the
- [Sinoe Superintendent Supports Illegal Oil Palm Operations](https://thedaylight.org/2024/10/15/sinoe-superintendent-supports-illegal-oil-palm-operations/) - Sinoe County’s Superintendent Peter Wleh Nyenswah is backing an oil palm company's illegitimate operations against a local community demanding its rights.
- [Foresters Trained to Identify Timber Using Technology Amid Smuggling Rise](https://thedaylight.org/2024/10/15/foresters-trained-to-identify-timber-using-technology-amid-smuggling-rise/) - MONROVIA – The United States Forest Service (USFS) has sponsored the training of seven Liberian foresters in identifying timber species using technology.
- [6 GVL Lies in the Last 5 Months](https://thedaylight.org/2024/10/06/6-gvl-lies-in-the-last-5-months/) - GVL has lied about its operations several times in the last five months. The DayLight/Harry Browne By James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA—In August, The DayLight started a series of investigations into Golden Veroleum Liberia's (GVL) operations. The newspaper has published over a dozen stories, pinpointing GVL’s abuse of communities’ rights and degradation of the environment. Amid overwhelming evidence,
- [GVL Makes Progress But Township MoU 6 Years Late](https://thedaylight.org/2024/10/02/gvl-makes-progress-but-township-mou-6-years-late/) - Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) is progressing with a new MoU with affected communities in Sinoe’s Kpanyan District.
- [Land Authority Rejects GVL’s Claim Over Sinoe Land Conflict](https://thedaylight.org/2024/10/01/land-authority-rejects-gvls-claim-over-sinoe-land-conflict/) - The Liberia Land Authority has refuted a claim by Golden Veroleum Liberia, suggesting the government had settled a boundary dispute between two communities in Sinoe County.
- [County Boundary is Last Hitch in Clan’s Deed Dream](https://thedaylight.org/2024/09/30/county-boundary-is-last-hitch-in-clans-deed-dream/) - DIYANKPO, Sinoe County – An unsolved boundary issue between two towns in Sinoe and Grand Kru Counties is stalling a clan’s pursuit of a customary land deed.
- [Land Authority Under Fire To Issue Community Deeds](https://thedaylight.org/2024/09/26/land-authority-under-fire-to-issue-community-deeds/) - GANTA - Delegates at the 2024 National Land Conference on Tuesday called on the Land Authority to speed up the issuance of deeds to customary communities.
- [Graduates Cut Grass at GVL](https://thedaylight.org/2024/09/20/graduates-cut-grass-at-gvl/) - MONROVIA – The University of Liberia is graduating some 2,600 students this year for the skilled labor market—perhaps, including Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL).
- [No Top Posts for Landowners At GVL](https://thedaylight.org/2024/09/16/no-top-posts-for-landowners-at-gvl/) - Sinoe - During a visit to Indonesia in 2015, then-Vice President Joseph Boakai urged Golden Veroleum Liberia to employ qualified Liberians in senior positions.
- [‘I am Happy’: Widow Celebrates Community Land Rights](https://thedaylight.org/2024/09/13/i-am-happy-widow-celebrates-community-land-rights/) - Theresa Wleh lives with her four children in the home of her late husband. Not just that house, Wleh farms on the plot of her late husband’s farmland, and she is fully recognized by her in-laws.
- [Case Confirms Companies’ Link to Illegal Loggers](https://thedaylight.org/2024/08/30/case-confirms-companies-link-to-illegal-loggers/) - Top: In September 2022, The DayLight documented its first-ever evidence of kpokolo pictured. Afterward, the newspaper published several other investigations, leading to a ban on that illegal logging activity. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA – Court documents in a case against four suspected timber smugglers have established reports of collusion
- [GVL Palm Oil Mill Pollutes Town](https://thedaylight.org/2024/08/31/gvl-palm-oil-mill-pollutes-town/) - WIEH TOWN, Sinoe – For nearly 10 years, residents of Wieh Town have endured a pattern of pollution associated with a Golden Veroleum Liberia palm oil mill.
- [No GVL Clinic Despite Protest](https://thedaylight.org/2024/08/29/no-gvl-clinic-despite-protest/) - Top: Tartweh-Drapoh is one of several communities affected by Golden Veroleum Liberia’s palm plantation. The DayLight/James Giahyue By Emmanuel Sherman Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) has failed to build a clinic for the Tartweh-Drapoh Chiefdom per a 2014 MoU, stemming from the company’s 2010 concession agreement with Liberia GVL’s failure to live up to the MoU
- [Audit Uncovers Pollution Spree at Palm Oil Mill, Exposing GVL’s Lie](https://thedaylight.org/2024/08/25/audit-uncovers-pollution-spree-at-palm-oil-mill-exposing-gvls-lie/) - A palm oil mill operated by Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) in Sinoe County led to a pattern of pollution, violating the company’s environmental permit, an independent audit report found.
- [GVL Falters on Required Hand Pumps for Communities](https://thedaylight.org/2024/08/22/gvl-falters-on-required-hand-pumps-for-communities/) - Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) has failed to build hand pumps in landowning communities adjacent to its palm plantation, violating an MoU with locals, a DayLight investigation found.
- [GVL Fails to Build Hand Pumps, Allegedly Dirties Creeks](https://thedaylight.org/2024/08/07/gvl-fails-to-build-hand-pumps-allegedly-dirties-creeks/) - DU-WOLEE, Sinoe County – Nimely Teah, an 80-something-year-old great-grandfather has two problems.
- [Concessions Boss Unaware Oil Palm Watchdog Rebuked GVL](https://thedaylight.org/2024/08/19/concessions-boss-unaware-oil-palm-watchdog-rebuked-gvl/) - The Director General of the National Bureau of Concessions (NBC) Edwin Dennis says he is unaware the watchdog of the global oil palm industry found Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) liable for land grab, one of the landmark moments in Liberia’s postwar natural resource history.
- [FDA Seeks Prison Term for Suspected Timber Traffickers](https://thedaylight.org/2024/08/15/fda-seeks-prison-term-for-suspected-timber-traffickers/) - Top: Terrence Collins, also known as Terrentius Tidiboh Collins, is one of four suspected timber smugglers. Picture credit: LinkedIn/Terrentius Collins By James Harding Giahyue GBARNGA – The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) is seeking penalties for four suspected timber smugglers who operated at the Central Agriculture Research Institute (CARI) in a lawsuit at the Ninth Judicial
- [Over Land Grab, GVL Defies Watchdog with Impunity](https://thedaylight.org/2024/08/13/over-land-grab-gvl-defies-watchdog-with-impunity/) - Before the Ebola epidemic in 2013, Levi Jarteh joined other townspeople from Tarjuwon to file a complaint against Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the global watchdog of the oil palm industry.
- [Investors Invade Sinoe Palm Plantation](https://thedaylight.org/2024/08/10/investors-invade-sinoe-palm-plantation/) - Top: An elevated view of an oil palm mill at a plantation Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO) abandoned five years ago. The DayLight/Derick Snyder By James Harding Giahyue, Derick Snyder and Varney Kamara In August 2022, Liberia Natural Produce Incorporated (LNPI) purchased an abandoned palm plantation from Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO) in a deal worth approximately
- [Sinoe Clan on the Path to Customary Land Deed ](https://thedaylight.org/2024/08/06/sinoe-clan-on-the-path-to-customary-land-deed/) - TITIYEN, Sinoe – Gboyonnoh Karmbo could not progress in its quest to get a customary land deed without resolving a boundary dispute with the Kwiatuoh Clan.
- [An Unfinished Mud Brick Guesthouse for ‘26’](https://thedaylight.org/2024/07/26/an-unfinished-mud-brick-guesthouse-for-26/) - The People who own the Central River Dugbe Community Forest had hoped that they would get a guesthouse for their Independence Day celebration—or their “26.”
- [Illegal Company Dashes Sinoe Towns’ Hopes](https://thedaylight.org/2024/07/18/illegal-company-dashes-sinoe-towns-hopes/) - KARQUEKPO, Sinoe County – In early 2022, there were widespread jubilations across the eight towns that own Central River-Dugbe Community Forest.
- [FDA Aborts Process to Seize CARI Stolen Timber](https://thedaylight.org/2024/07/15/fda-aborts-process-to-seize-cari-stolen-timber/) - Top: The Ninth Judicial Circuit Court in Gbarnga, Bong County. The DayLight/Wilmot Konah By Rebazar D. Forte GBARNGA, Bong County – The Forestry Development Authority aborted its process to obtain a court order to seize thousands of timber abandoned by smugglers at the Central Agriculture Research Institute (CARI). Multiple sources told The DayLight that the
- [House Hooks Harrisburg Rock Quarry Over Pollution](https://thedaylight.org/2024/07/12/house-hooks-harrisburg-rock-quarry-over-pollution/) - An inquiry by the Committee on Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Environment of the House of Representatives found a quarry company polluted Harrisburg.
- [Loggers Illegally Cut Logs for Unlawful Bridge](https://thedaylight.org/2024/07/11/loggers-illegally-cut-logs-for-unlawful-bridge/) - Top: Masayaha’s bridge in Gbargbo, River Cess County breaks the FDA’s standards for a log bridge. The Ministry of Public Works disapproved of the construction. Picture credit: An anonymous villager By Aaron Wesley Geezay GARGBO VILLAGE, River Cess – Masayaha, a Lebanese-owned company, known for its repeated logging offenses, has harvested about 500 logs in
- [Barred, Broke Company Abandons Hundreds of Logs in Sinoe](https://thedaylight.org/2024/07/08/barred-broke-company-abandons-hundreds-of-logs-in-sinoe/) - KARQUEKPO, Sinoe County – In 2022, Timothy Odebunmi, joined two other Nigerian businessmen to establish Iroko Timber Logging Corporation in July 2021.
- [Deputy FDA Boss’ False Claims About Logging Fact-checked](https://thedaylight.org/2024/07/07/deputy-fda-boss-false-claims-about-logging-fact-checked/) - FDA Deputy Managing Director Gertrude Nyaley made several false claims on Okay FM last Thursday. Picture credit: Facebook By Gabriel M. Dixon MONROVIA – In statements that are largely self-contradicting and underpinned by falsehood, FDA’s Deputy Managing Director for Operations, Gertrude Nyaley misinformed the public about community rights, eligibility for contracts, and legality procedures for
- [Worker Injured at Bao Chico Amid Safety Woes](https://thedaylight.org/2024/07/01/worker-injured-at-bao-chico-amid-safety-woes/) - This is the third major injury at Bao Chico The DayLight has reported due to the company’s unsafe working environment.
- [Climate Change and the Race to Net Zero - An African Perspective](https://thedaylight.org/2024/07/01/climate-change-and-the-race-to-net-zero-an-african-perspective/) - We cannot deny the level of carbon dioxide (CO2) gas that has been and continues to be emitted into the air by various methods since the beginning of the First Industrial Revolution.
- [ArcelorMittal Yet to Restore Wetland, Violating EPA’s Order ](https://thedaylight.org/2024/06/25/arcelormittal-yet-to-restore-wetland-violating-epas-order/) - ArcelorMittal Liberia has not completed an Environmental Protection Agency recommendation to restore a wetland the company degraded and polluted.
- [Locals Want New Company For Forest](https://thedaylight.org/2024/06/21/locals-want-new-company-for-forest/) - SANQUIN – The Tarsue Authorized Community Forest in Sinoe County wants a contract with a new logging company.
- [The Turkish Illegal Loggers And Their Government Partner](https://thedaylight.org/2023/03/28/the-turkish-illegal-loggers-and-their-government-partner/) - Top: A truck offloads Askon Liberian General Trading Inc.'s planks on Gompa Wood Field in Ganta on November 11, 2022. The DayLight/Gabriel M. Dixon By Mark B. Newa Askon Liberia General Trading Inc., a Turkish-owned forestry company, runs at least one illegal logging operation between Ganta and Sanniquellie in Nimba County. It smuggles timber out
- [Illegal Miners Invade Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/2024/06/15/illegal-miners-invade-community-forest/) - Illegal miners have encroached on a community forest in Gbarpolu County, felling trees, polluting streams and digging huge pits.
- [No Action Against Exposed Timber Traffickers at CARI](https://thedaylight.org/2024/06/13/no-action-against-exposed-timber-traffickers-at-cari/) - Authorities have taken no actions against a gang of illegal timber traffickers whose network was exposed in a DayLight investigation nearly two months ago.
- [Bao Chico Pollutes Creeks, Destroying Homes](https://thedaylight.org/2024/06/11/bao-chico-pollutes-creeks-destroying-homes/) - COMPOUND-SU - Bao Chico has polluted water sources in landowning communities, depriving locals of safe drinking water, a DayLight investigation found.
- [Elephants Add New Towns to Crop-raiding Menu](https://thedaylight.org/2024/06/11/elephants-add-new-towns-to-crop-raiding-menu/) - GUYAN, Gbarpolu County – Last year, Nancy Mulbah, a businesswoman in Duala, decided to quit her market table to become a full-time farmer.
- [Company Exports Timber Amid Outstanding Community Projects](https://thedaylight.org/2024/05/27/company-exports-timbers-amid-outstanding-community-projects/) - The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) authorized a company to cut thousands of logs. However, it did not execute its social agreement with communities, violating a harvesting regulation.
- [More Evidence Emerges FDA Permitted Illegal Timber Export](https://thedaylight.org/2024/05/29/more-evidence-emerges-fda-permitted-illegal-timber-export/) - In February, the FDA’s log-tracking computer LiberTrace red-flagged 413 logs in West Water’s consignment with multiple problems. Yet the FDA ignored the warning
- [Lofa Accountant Continues to Extort Plank Dealers](https://thedaylight.org/2024/05/28/lofa-accountant-continues-to-extort-plank-dealers/) - In August last year, the Superintendent of Lofa County William Tamba Kamba abolished an illegal fee he imposed on planks leaving the northwestern county following a DayLight investigation.
- [House Probes Miners Over Pollution](https://thedaylight.org/2024/05/28/house-probes-miners-over-pollution/) - Monrovia – The House of Representatives is investigating a mining company over a media report of pollution in the historic Montserrado township of Harrisburg.
- [The Illegal Rock Quarry Polluting Harrisburg](https://thedaylight.org/2024/05/22/the-illegal-rock-quarry-polluting-harrisburg/) - Before the miners came to quarry rocks, Harrisburg, founded in 1841 by returned free slaves from the United States, was one of the quietest and most beautiful places in Liberia
- [Bong Clan Desires Deed for Ancestral Land](https://thedaylight.org/2024/05/21/bong-clan-desires-deed-for-ancestral-land/) - In 2019, one year after the Land Rights Act, people in a clan in Jorquelleh District, Bong County, declared their intention to acquire an ancestral land deed.
- [Motorcycles Vs Road Safety](https://thedaylight.org/2024/05/21/motorcycles-vs-road-safety/) - I took a detour from Oldroad (Kailondo Junction) and hit Tubman Boulevard in full view heading to Congo town.
- [Following Liberia, Sierra Leone to Enact EITI Law](https://thedaylight.org/2024/05/14/following-liberia-sierra-leone-to-enact-eiti-law/) - The Sierra Leone Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (SEITI) will follow Liberia by enacting an EITI law and include forestry and agriculture in it.
- [FDA Approves Export of Illegal Timber Valued Nearly US$1M](https://thedaylight.org/2024/04/25/fda-approves-export-of-illegal-timber-valued-nearly-us1m/) - MONROVIA – The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) approved the export of 797 logs, valued at an estimated US$923,441, despite being aware that over half of the timber had been illegally harvested.
- [Police Arrest ‘Black Sand’ Miners in Sinoe](https://thedaylight.org/2024/05/13/police-arrest-black-sand-miners-in-sinoe/) - GREENVILLE Police in Sinoe County have arrested nearly a dozen Vietnamese nationals for allegedly violating a mining moratorium, local media reported.
- [FDA Lets Loggers Ship US$3.5M Logs, Denying Villagers’ Share](https://thedaylight.org/2024/05/11/fda-lets-loggers-ship-us3-5m-logs-denying-villagers-share/) - Top: West Water has a 15-year contract with District Three B&C Community Forest in Grand Bassa County. The company is indebted to the owners of the forest but was allowed to export timber. The DayLight/Derick Snyder By Emmanuel Sherman and Gerald Koinyeneh Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a series on the
- [Injuries Plague Bao Chico’s Unsafe Working Environment](https://thedaylight.org/2024/05/03/injuries-plague-bao-chicos-unsafe-working-environment/) - Compound-Su - Last August, Augustine David, a driver of Bao Chico, was ordered to separate culverts for bridge construction in the area without protective gear.
- [Miners’ Operations Halted over Problematic MoU](https://thedaylight.org/2024/05/03/miners-operations-halted-over-problematic-mou/) - The Ministry of Mines and Energy has halted a mining company’s operations in Bong County for violating its memorandum of understanding with local communities.
- [EPA: Supreme Court Denies Wilson Tarpeh’s Petition](https://thedaylight.org/2024/04/24/epa-supreme-court-denies-wilson-tarpehs-petition/) - Monrovia – The Supreme Court of Liberia has denied Wilson Tarpeh’s claim to a seven-year tenure as head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia.
- [About US$3M Made From Planks Unaccounted For At FDA](https://thedaylight.org/2024/04/24/about-us3m-made-from-planks-unaccounted-for-at-fda/) - Top: A poster showing former Managing Director Mike Doryen and his deputy Benjamin Plewon, Edward Kamara and chainsaw milling activities. The DayLight/Rebazar D. Forte By Esau J. Farr MONROVIA – 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
- [Investigation Discovers Illegal Timber Trafficking Web at CARI](https://thedaylight.org/2024/04/23/investigation-discovers-illegal-timber-trafficking-web-at-cari/) - SUAKOKO - Planks and wood machines are everywhere: near a nursery and on the basketball court, by an abandoned vehicle and even along an indoor corridor.
- [Illegal Miner Sues Villagers, Exposing His Crimes](https://thedaylight.org/2024/04/21/illegal-miner-sues-villagers-exposing-his-crimes/) - VAMBO, Grand Bassa - The allegations in Lee Clutz’ lawsuit against villagers in Togar Town and Pastor Town are grave: armed robbery and terroristic threat.
- [Lawmaker Hijacks Mining MoU, Undermining Villagers’ Benefits](https://thedaylight.org/2024/04/19/lawmaker-hijacks-mining-mou-undermining-villagers-benefits/) - JACKSON VILLAGE, Bong County – For years, Melvin Teah drew water from a creek near his home. Teah and other villagers used the water to drink, cook and wash.
- [Sand Mining Company Operates Illegally In Virginia](https://thedaylight.org/2024/04/10/sand-mining-company-operates-illegally-in-virginia/) - VIRGINIA - Sailing over the St. Paul River, the dredging machine moves slowly from one point of the water to another in Waterside, Virginia.
- [Boakai Picks Illegal and Anti-Regulation Logger For FDA](https://thedaylight.org/2024/02/11/boakai-picks-illegal-and-anti-regulation-logger-for-fda/) - President Joseph Boakai has appointed Rudolph Merab—a wartime business partner of ex-President Charles Taylor, whose company participated in Liberia’s biggest postwar, logging scandal—as the Managing Director of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA).
- [Undercover Investigation Reveals Illegal Logger’s Criminal Acts ](https://thedaylight.org/2024/03/27/undercover-investigation-reveals-illegal-loggers-criminal-acts/) - TOTOQUELLEH – “If [it is a] container, I give you my price. You buy it from me in the bush,” Michael Feika, an illegal logger, told his new client.
- [At Least 10 Die in Mining Accident](https://thedaylight.org/2024/03/26/at-least-10-die-in-mining-accident/) - Some of the bodies of miners who died in a tragic mine collapse on Monday, March 25, 2024. Photo credit: S. Alberto Dixon, Sr.
- [Researchers Warn Tribal Certificates Could ‘Corrode’ Customary Land ](https://thedaylight.org/2024/03/13/researchers-warn-tribal-certificates-could-corrode-customary-land/) - MONROVIA- Researchers have called for an open process to transform tribal certificates into title deeds, warning it could “corrode” customary land in Liberia.
- [Villagers Struggle to Honor the Dead After Losing Graveyards to Investors](https://thedaylight.org/2022/03/20/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 them in 2016. The DayLight/Gabriel M. Dixon By James Harding Giahyue, Varney Kamara and Gabriel Dixon SALALA DISTRICT, Bong County/DISTRICT FOUR, Grand Bassa/GARWULA DISTRICT, Grand Cape Mount-It is early morning and Pastor
- [Kpokolo: Illegal Logging Returns Despite ‘Ban’](https://thedaylight.org/2024/03/11/kpokolo-illegal-logging-returns-despite-ban/) - GBARYAMA – People in Gbarpolu are secretly harvesting Kpokolo, a boxlike timber the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) said it banned last year.
- [Villagers Demand Benefits, as Bank Seizes Loggers’ Properties](https://thedaylight.org/2024/03/04/villagers-demand-benefits-as-bank-seizes-loggers-properties/) - Top: Sing Africa abandoned thousands of logs it harvested in the Bluyeama Community Forest. It owes Bluyeam US$165,000 and GT Bank US$3.5 million. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Emmanuel Sherman BALAGWALAZU, Lofa County – Alexander Sungo appeared shivered. A guard had informed him that the Guarantee Trust Bank (Liberia) Limited was sorting logs from his
- [EPA Shuts Down and Fines Firms for Violations](https://thedaylight.org/2024/03/06/epa-shuts-down-and-fines-firms/) - The Environmental Protection Agency has fined two companies and shut down another for violations of the Environmental Protection and Management Law.
- [EPA Orders Miners to Pay US$16K Over Illegal Acts](https://thedaylight.org/2024/03/04/epa-orders-miners-to-pay-us16k-over-illegal-acts/) - Top: The headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tubman Boulevard in Sinkor. The DayLight/Mark B. Newa By James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA – The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered a mining company to pay a combined US$15,998 for operating without an environmental permit, and a restoration plan for its mines. Quezp Mining Company ran
- [EPA Lies On The DayLight Over Chemicals Spill Story](https://thedaylight.org/2023/04/29/liberia-epa-lies-on-the-daylight-over-chemicals-spill-story/) - Top: The headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tubman Boulevard in Sinkor. The DayLight/Mark B. Newa By Mark B. Newa The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lied by suggesting The DayLight did not contact it for the online newspaper’s story over a spillage of chemicals from a Bea Mountain Mining Corporation (BMMC) in a
- [Illegal Miners Run Away After DayLight Investigation](https://thedaylight.org/2024/02/27/illegal-miners-run-away-after-daylight-investigation/) - Miners operating two illegal mines outside Monrovia have fled the communities three days after a DayLight investigation exposed them.
- [The Miners Stealing A Special Sand In Brewerville, Royesville](https://thedaylight.org/2024/02/22/the-miners-stealing-a-special-sand-in-brewerville-royceville/) - Quezp Mining Company, a Liberian-owned firm, has a pair of licenses for mines in Sinoe County. However, it operates two illegal mines in suburban and rural Montserrado, according to an investigation by The DayLight.
- [Illegal Miners Set to Spoil Sacred Creek in Gbarpolu](https://thedaylight.org/2024/02/26/illegal-miners-set-to-spoil-sacred-creek-in-gbarpolu/) - Top: Men make a dredging machine on the Zormue Creek in Bokomu District, Gbarpolu County after Weedor Gee, the owner, obtained clearance from the local representative of the Ministry of Mines. Picture credit: Korninga A Community Forest By James Harding Giahyue ZORMU, Gbarpolu – Illegal miners are set to dredge a sacred creek in a town
- [Villagers Seek to Cancel Logging Contract](https://thedaylight.org/2024/02/14/villagers-seek-to-cancel-logging-contract/) - FARWHENTA – A community forest in Gbarpolu wants to cancel its logging contract with Indo Africa Plantations, a Singaporean-owned company.
- [Commissioner Extorts Wood Dealers To ‘Repair Road’](https://thedaylight.org/2024/01/02/commissioner-extorts-wood-dealers-to-repair-road/) - Top: The Commissioner of Gbarma Alfred O. Bah illegally imposed L$500 on trucks transporting planks from Gbarpolu County. The police may have taken advantage of Bah’s wood truck restriction to allegedly solicit a bribe from transporters. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue and Tenneh Keita GBARMA DISTRICT, Gbarpolu – Three or four years ago, Alfred Bah,
- [Famed Land Rights Campaigner Takes Charge of EPA](https://thedaylight.org/2024/02/20/famed-land-rights-campaigner-takes-charge-of-epa/) - Top: Dr. Emmanuel Urey Yarkpawolo, New Acting Executive Director, EPA: Picture credit Yarkpawolo’s Library By Emmanuel Sherman MONROVIA – Emmanuel Urey Yarkpawolo, a renowned environmentalist, is now the Acting Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Yarkpawolo was appointed over the weekend by President Joseph Boakai. He replaces Wilson Tarpeh, who held the post since 2020.
- [Villagers' Hopes Hang as Loggers Battle in Court](https://thedaylight.org/2024/02/16/villagers-hopes-hang-as-loggers-battle-in-court/) - GIANKPA, Gbarpolu – Villagers celebrated when Korninga “A” Community Forest signed a logging contract with Coveiyalah Investment Enterprise in March 2019.
- [Bassa Clan To Terminate Contract with Loggers](https://thedaylight.org/2021/09/16/bassa-clan-terminates-logging-contract-with-loggers/) - Banner Image: The headquarters of Starwood in Siaway Town, Grand Bassa County. The DayLight/William Q. Harmon By William Q. Harmon BOLD DOLLAR TOWN, Grand Bassa County- In 2017, Starwood, INC. signed a 15-year agreement with Matro Kpogblen Community Forest in District No. 4, Grand Bassa County. They promised to construct a school, erect a clinic and
- [Boakai’s Justice Minister Pick is A Serial Illegal Logger](https://thedaylight.org/2024/02/06/boakais-justice-minister-pick-is-a-serial-illegal-logger/) - Minister of Justice-designate Cooper Kruah is a repeated forestry offender, with his company involved in illegal logging operations dating back to the Liberian Civil War era.
- [Forest Community Rejects Bea Mountain Settlement of US$6.3M Lawsuit ](https://thedaylight.org/2024/02/05/forest-community-rejects-bea-mountain-settlement-of-us6-3m-lawsuit/) - A community forest in Gbarpolu County has rejected Bea Mountain Mining Corporation’s proposal for a settlement in a US$6.3 million lawsuit against the company.
- [River Cess Community Seeks To Cancel Logging Contract](https://thedaylight.org/2024/02/08/river-cess-community-seeks-to-cancel-logging-contract/) - ZAMMIE TOWN – Villagers in River Cess County have made efforts to cancel a contract it has with a logging company over unpaid benefits and unfulfilled promises.
- [Forestry Companies Not Compliant with Sector Laws, Report Finds](https://thedaylight.org/2024/02/07/forestry-companies-not-compliant-with-sector-laws-report-finds/) - Monrovia – A review of forest concessions has cited extensive violations of forestry laws by logging companies and the Forestry Development Authority (FDA).
- [Community Forest Cancels Contract with Company](https://thedaylight.org/2024/02/05/community-forest-cancels-contract-with-company/) - A community forest has canceled its contract with a logging company after denying locals their benefits and development.
- [Illegal Miners Mine Sand in Historic Beach Graveyard](https://thedaylight.org/2024/02/03/illegal-miners-mine-sand-in-historic-beach-graveyard/) - BUCHANAN, Grand Bassa County – Large holes and sand piles lie on the beachfront, not too far from the graves of some of the forefathers of Liberia, including Stephen Allan Benson, Liberia’s second president.
- [Man Drowns in Mining Water](https://thedaylight.org/2024/01/31/man-drowns-in-mining-water/) - Top: A townsman looks at the body of Prince Hali, a 20-something-year-old artisanal mineworker who drowned in a mining pit in Belle Yalla over the weekend. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Esau J. Farr and Charles Gbayor BELLE YALLA – A man believed to be in his 20s has drowned in a huge mining water
- [Kpokolo: Report Reveals Latest Illegal Logging Threatens Liberia’s Forests](https://thedaylight.org/2023/12/22/kpokolo-report-reveals-latest-illegal-logging-threatens-liberias-forests/) - MONROVIA – Thick, four-cornered and expensive timber produced illegally across the country and smuggled in containers are a threat to Liberia’s forests, and undermine its efforts to combat climate change, a report launched today by the US-based Forest Trends, has found.
- [EU, Liberia Mark 50th Year with Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Pledges](https://thedaylight.org/2023/12/14/eu-liberia-mark-50th-year-with-agriculture-fisheries-and-forestry-pledges/) - The European Union said it would continue to invest in Liberia's agriculture, fisheries, and forestry sectors as both the bloc and the country celebrate 50 years of its relations.
- [COP28: Fugitive Italian Turns Savior For Liberia’s Rainforest](https://thedaylight.org/2023/11/28/cop28-fugitive-italian-turns-savior-forliberias-rainforest/) - Top: Blue Carbon of the United Arab Emirates, which hosts the ongoing Climate Summit in Dubai, wants over 1 million hectares of Liberia's rainforests. The DayLight/Jaames Harding Giahyue By Gio Ferrarius special for The DayLight From 30 November, the COP28 climate conference will be held in Dubai. The host country the United Arab Emirates has
- [7 Times the FDA Failed to Punish Illegal Loggers](https://thedaylight.org/2023/10/05/7-times-the-fda-failed-to-punish-illegal-loggers/) - Top: The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has failed numerous times to punish forestry violators. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Ralitsa N. Massah MONROVIA - On Monday, The DayLight published an investigation revealing the illegalities of a logging company named Delta Timber Corporation. The report shows how the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) approved Delta’s contract for
- [‘I Used to Push Drugs on Mines’](https://thedaylight.org/2023/01/11/i-used-to-push-drugs-on-mines-in-liberia/) - Top: Miners at a goldmine in Vambo, Grand Bassa County. The DayLight/ K.K. By Emmanuel Sherman MONROVIA – Johnny John’s (not his real name for security reasons) pregnant girlfriend was close to labor, so he had to intensify his daily hustle. Unemployed and the sole breadwinner for his two-person family at the time, life was
- [The Illegal Return of a Wartime Logger](https://thedaylight.org/2023/10/02/the-illegal-return-of-a-wartime-logger/) - Top: A graphic depicting the illegal involvement of Gabriel Doe in the logging industry during and after the Liberian civil wars. The DayLight/Rebazar D. Forte By Emmanuel Sherman and James Harding Giahyue KPANYAN DISTRICT, Sinoe County – In 2016, Numopoh Community Forest leased 7,220 hectares of forestland to Delta Timber Company. Instead of the forest
- [Deputy Foreign Minister Runs An Illegal Logging Company](https://thedaylight.org/2023/04/16/deputy-foreign-minister-runs-an-illegal-logging-company/) - Top: A drone shot of logs in a log yard just outside Greenville, Sinoe County. The DayLight/Derick Snyder By Eric Opa Doue and James Harding Giahyue Deputy Foreign Minister for Administration Thelma Comfort Duncan Sawyer controls Tetra Enterprise, a logging company operating in a community forest in River Cess County. That is according
- [3 River Cess Clans Set for Official Survey](https://thedaylight.org/2023/09/19/3-river-cess-clans-set-for-official-survey/) - Top: Ziadue, Teekpeh and Dorbor have all reached the confirmatory survey stage in the legal process to obtain their customary land deed. The DayLight/Carlucci Cooper By Esau J. Farr CENTRAL RIVER CESS DISTRICT – Three clans in River Cess County have met the requirements for a government-conducted survey, the final legal step leading to a
- [FDA Axes Illegal Loggers and Wasteful Companies](https://thedaylight.org/2023/05/09/fda-axes-illegal-loggers-and-wasteful-companies/) - Top: The headquarters of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) in Paynesville. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA – The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has banned a Turkish logging company and barred its shareholders for illegal logging activities in Liberia, the agency said in a press release on Tuesday. The FDA said Askon
- [EPA Shuts Down Carbon Deal Over DayLight’s Investigation](https://thedaylight.org/2023/09/25/epa-shuts-down-carbon-deal-over-daylights-investigation/) - The headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia in Sinkor. The DayLight/Mark B. Newa By Esau J. Farr MONROVIA – The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has disapproved of carbon credit negotiations between an American-owned company BlueEarth Capital and rural communities following an investigation by The DayLight that exposed irregularities with the deal. “[The
- [Weary of Logging Contracts, Locals Doubtful of Carbon Deal](https://thedaylight.org/2023/09/18/weary-of-logging-contracts-locals-doubtful-of-carbon-deal/) - Top: Liberia’s proposed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Blue Carbon of the United Arab Emirates targets areas in Lofa County, which hosts logging agreements. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Emmanuel Sherman MONROVIA - Forest communities across the country have shown reluctance over Liberia’s negotiation with UAE-based Blue Carbon fearing it would fail them like logging
- [Businesswoman Vows to Stop Illegal Logging But Still Faces the Law](https://thedaylight.org/2022/12/06/businesswoman-vows-to-stop-illegal-logging-but-still-faces-the-law/) - Top: Timber illegally harvested by Binta Bility in a forest in Compound Number One, Grand Bassa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Emmanuel Sherman Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part series that exposes illegal logging operations conducted by a businesswoman. COMPOUND NUMBER ONE, Grand Bassa County – Binta Bility, a businesswoman whose
- [Impact: Arrest Warrant for Members of Illegal Logging Network Exposed by The DayLight](https://thedaylight.org/2023/01/12/liberian-policecharges-members-of-illegal-logging-network-exposed-by-the-daylight/) - Top: The Temple of Justice in Monrovia. Picture credit: Reuters/James Harding Giahyue By Gabriel M. Dixon MONROVIA – The Monrovia City Court has issued an arrest warrant for 10 people for their alleged involvement in unlawful logging activities, first revealed to the public in an investigation by The DayLight. They include Dawoda Sesay, a
- [FDA Replaces Rangers Over Illegal Logging](https://thedaylight.org/2022/07/06/fda-replaces-rangers-over-illegal-logging/) - Top: The headquarters of the Forestry Development Authority in Whein Town, Paynesville. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue PAYNESVILLE -The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has removed two of its staff responsible for Lofa and River Cess, weeks after reports by The DayLight revealed companies illegally felled trees in the counties, with authorities doing nothing about the offense.
- [FDA Bans ‘Kpokolo’ Timbers](https://thedaylight.org/2023/02/15/fda-bans-kpokolo-timbers/) - Top: A kpokolo operation site in Gbaryama, Gbarpolu County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA – The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has banned the transport of squared timbers, commonly called “kpokolo,” to curtail illegal exports. In Kpokolo logging operations, individuals sign agreements with villagers to harvest logs, and mill them into
- [Police Arrest Turkish Men In End of Illegal Logging Activities](https://thedaylight.org/2023/05/12/police-arrest-turkish-men-in-end-of-illegal-logging-activities/) - Top: (R-L) Hasan Uzan and Umit Gungor at the police station in Nimba on Thursday. Picture Credit: Forestry Development Authority By Mark B. Newa Police have arrested two Turkish nationals for alleged illegal logging between Ganta and Sanniquellie, Nimba County. Hasan Uzan and Umit Gungor are undergoing preliminary investigation, while authorities are in pursuit of
- [Alleged Bribery, Fraud and Arrest: Liberia’s First Carbon Deal ](https://thedaylight.org/2023/09/10/alleged-bribery-fraud-and-arrest-liberias-first-carbon-deal/) - Top: Carbon Harvesting Corporation (CHC) proposed a carbon credit deal for 400,000 hectares of forest in River Cess that would have left Liberia US$2.2 billion poorer. The DayLight/Derick Snyder By James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA – Many would believe that the current negotiation between the Liberian government and Blue Carbon of the United Arab Emirates is
- [Six Laws Blue Carbon Deal Would Violate Explained](https://thedaylight.org/2023/07/30/six-ways-blue-carbon-deal-would-be-illegal-explained/) - Top: A forest in Sinoe County, one of the places that would be affected by the proposed Blue Carbon deal. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Esau J. Farr The government of Liberia is in negotiation with a United Arab Emirates-based Blue Carbon in a deal that is worth US$50 billion. The parties have drafted a
- [Inside A Problematic Carbon Deal in River Cess](https://thedaylight.org/2023/09/14/inside-a-problematic-carbon-deal-in-river-cess/) - Top: A graphic depicting BlueEarth Capital’s CEO Augustine Jarrett and townsmen of Ziadue Clan. The DayLight /Rebazar Forte By Esau J. Farr BlueEarth Capital, a company seeking a carbon contract with Ziadue Clan, River Cess, gave locals money ahead of an agreement, undermining villagers’ right to free, prior and informed consent. The proposed agreement
- [Leaked Video Exposes FDA Ranger’s Illegal Logging Operations](https://thedaylight.org/2022/08/31/leaked-video-exposes-fda-rangers-illegal-logging-operations/) - Varney Marshall (right) poses for a picture while a chainsaw miller works at Marshall’s illegal logging site in Gbarpolu County. Picture credit: WhatsApp/Varney Marshall By James Harding Giahyue KLAY, Bomi County – A leaked video of a ranger of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) shot by himself and photographs probably taken by his accomplices have
- [Opinion: Getting Growth Figures Right - World Bank’s 2022 Real Growth Figure for Liberia is not Accurate](https://thedaylight.org/2023/09/05/opinion-getting-growth-figures-right-world-banks-2022-real-growth-figure-for-liberia-is-not-accurate/) - Top: A swamp rice project in Foya, Lofa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Ambulah Mamey, Matthew Nyanplu, and Thomas B. Kanneh The World Bank’s latest report that says the Liberian economy grew in 2022 by 4.8% is inaccurate. In the report, titled: “Getting Rice Right for Productivity and Poverty Alleviation”, the World Bank relied,
- [Communities Demand Consent Right In Blue Carbon Deal](https://thedaylight.org/2023/09/04/liberian-communities-demand-consent-right-in-blue-carbon-deal/) - Top: A collage showing townspeople from the Central River Cess District, River Cess County and Gibi District, Margibi County. Graphic by Rebazar Forte and pictures by James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue YARPAH TOWN; GIBI – Communities that would be affected by a potential carbon credit deal between Liberia and the United Arab Emirates-based
- [Woman Runs Illegal Logging Operation](https://thedaylight.org/2022/09/18/woman-runs-illegal-logging-operation/) - Top: A pile of thick, square timbers, commonly called “Kpokolo” illegally harvested by Binta Bility. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series, which exposes an illegal logging operation. COMPOUND NUMBER ONE, Grand Bassa County – Two hundred and sixty pieces of thick, square timbers
- [Sierra Leoneans Conduct Illegal Logging in Nimba](https://thedaylight.org/2023/08/31/sierra-leoneans-conduct-illegal-logging-in-nimba/) - Top: A graphic depicting an illegal logging operation conducted by a group of six Sierra Leonean loggers for a Liberian company called Libfor Forest Corporation. The DayLight/Rebazar Forte By Mark B. Newa KARNPLAY – A group of Sierra Leoneans, hired by a Liberian businessman, are conducting an illegal logging operation in a forest in Nimba
- [NGOs Want Land Authority Speed Up Customary Deed Processes](https://thedaylight.org/2023/08/23/ngos-want-land-authority-speed-up-customary-land-deed-processes/) - Top: NGOs working in the land sector have urged the Liberia Land Authority to accelerate granting customary communities, like Quikon in Bong County, their deeds. The DayLight/Derick Snyder By Esau J. Farr MONROVIA – A group of civil society organizations wants the Liberia Land Authority (LLA) to fast-track a legal process through which rural communities
- [FDA Authorized Firm’s Illegal Harvest on Private Land](https://thedaylight.org/2023/08/21/fda-authorized-firms-illegal-harvest-on-private-land/) - Top: A graphic depicting an elder, illegal logs, abandoned logs and camp, and harvesting maps from an unlawful plan the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) approved. The DayLight/Rebazar Forte By Esau J. Farr CONIWEIN, Grand Bassa County – One day in late 2020, Abednego Davies spotted some loggers felling trees on the way to his farm.
- [Sinoe District Wins Global Environmental Prize](https://thedaylight.org/2023/08/19/sinoe-district-wins-global-environmental-prize/) - Top: Members of Kpanyan’s community land development and management committee (CLDMC). Picture credit: IDH By Emmanuel Sherman MONROVIA – The community land leadership of Kpanyan District in Sinoe County has been named one of the 10 winners of the Equator Prize. The United Nations-led award recognizes the efforts of indigenous people and local communities globally
- [Lofa Superintendent Extorting Money From Plank Dealers](https://thedaylight.org/2023/08/17/lofa-superintendent-extorting-money-from-plank-dealers/) - Top: The Superintendent of Lofa County William Tamba Kamba unlawfully imposed fees on planks produced in the county. Graphic by Rebazar Forte By James Harding Giahyue and Mason Kollie The Superintendent of Lofa William Tamba Kamba illegally collects money from plank producers and dealers in the county Forestry laws and regulations do not give
- [How FDA Gave Loggers Over 14K Hectares of Surplus Forests](https://thedaylight.org/2023/08/06/how-liberias-fda-gave-loggers-over-14k-hectares-of-surplus-forests/) - Top: Graphic showing FDA Managing Director Mike Doryen and different illegal activities of West Africa Forest Development Incorporated (WAFDI) in Grand Bassa County. The DayLight/Rebazar Forte By Emmanuel Sherman GONO TOWN, Grand Bassa County – At the end of 2021, the Ministry of Justice concluded an investigation into a Chinese-owned company accused of illegal logging.
- [Visit Gives Ambassadors Clues To Community Forestry Challenges](https://thedaylight.org/2023/03/12/visit-gives-ambassadors-clues-to-community-forestry-challenges/) - Top: A signboard at a logging company’s camp in the Gheebarn #1 Community Forest in Compound Number Two, Grand Bassa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue COMPOUND NUMBER TWO, Grand Bassa County – Five ambassadors organized an exchange among locals, a logging company and the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) to get the
- [More People Flee Elephants](https://thedaylight.org/2023/07/28/more-people-flee-elephants/) - Top: A pair of elephants in Grand Gedeh. The DayLight/Harry Browne By Mark B. Newa GBARMA, Gbarpolu – In June, Boakai Momo and 14 other members of his family fled the Bongomah village from a herd of elephants. The elephant had eaten his rice and potato farms, turning the once flush greenery into dirt in
- [International NGOs Call for Halt to Blue Carbon Deal](https://thedaylight.org/2023/07/24/international-ngos-call-for-halt-to-blue-carbon-deal/) - Top: Liberia’s proposed deal with Blue Carbon of the United Arab Emirates is expected to cover over a million hectares of rainforests. Graphic by Rebazar Forte By James Harding Giahyue Liberia and Blue Carbon should halt carbon credit negotiation, as the deal violates Liberian laws, according to a group of international NGOs The deal
- [Gongloe’s Party Wants Blue Carbon Deal Halted](https://thedaylight.org/2023/07/19/gongloes-party-wants-blue-carbon-deal-halted/) - Top: A forest and a village in River Cess County. Pictures by William Q. Harmon and Derick Snyder Graphic by Rebazar Forte By Esau J. Farr MONROVIA – The Liberian People’s Party (LPP) of Cllr. Tiawan Gongloe has called on the government of Liberia to discontinue a carbon credit deal with Blue Carbon of the
- [The Broken Promises of a Private Palm Plantation](https://thedaylight.org/2023/07/18/the-broken-promises-of-a-private-palm-plantation/) - Top: A poster shows views, elevation images and actors of an agreement between Coniwein in Grand Bassa and Local Farm Inc. Images by Carlucci Cooper and Harry Browne, and graphic design by Rebazar Forte for The DayLight. By Esau J. Farr and Carlucci Cooper GBIAGAYE TOWN – In 2007, villagers in Coniwein in District Number
- [Women Want to Continue Roles in Troublesome Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/2023/07/15/women-want-to-continue-roles-in-troubled-community-forest/) - Top: Dugbormar Kwekeh, a member of Gheegbarn #1 Community Forest tells European envoys about challenges with commercial logging in that part of Liberia in a March meeting. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Emmanuel Sherman JIMMY DIGGS TOWN – A logging contract between a community forest and a Chinese-owned company in Compound Number Two, Grand Bassa
- [Lawmaker Illegally Bought 300 Acres of Community Land](https://thedaylight.org/2023/07/15/liberian-lawmaker-illegally-bought-300-acres-of-community-land/) - Top: A poster showing Representative Albert Hills, Jr. (middle) flanked by John Loway and David Kangar in election images of the Quikon Clan in Kokoyah District, Bong County. Images by James Harding Giahyue and Derick Snyder. Graphic by Rebazar Forte By James Harding Giahyue and Esau J. Farr Representative Albert Hills, Jr. of Bong County
- [Seven Clans Receive Certificates As Landowning Communities](https://thedaylight.org/2023/07/12/seven-clans-receive-certificates-as-landowning-communities/) - Top: Leaders of Klay and Senjeh districts receiving one of the certificates from Liberia Land Authority’s Varney G. Jalah (far right). The DayLight/Esau J. Farr By Esau J. Farr BOMI COUNTY- Seven clans in Bomi County have been certificated by the Liberia Land Authority (LLA) after they identified themselves as landowning communities, the first step
- [Liberia Records Tenth Largest Increase In Forest Loss Worldwide](https://thedaylight.org/2023/07/08/liberia-records-tenth-largest-increase-of-forest-loss-worldwide/) - Top: An elevation image of a forest in Kokoyah District, Bong County. The DayLight/Derick Snyder By Esau J. Farr MONROVIA – Liberia recorded the tenth-largest increase in forest loss among countries across the world as of last year, according to a new study by an international think tank. Liberia lost 23 percent of its primary
- [Waterfall Clan Seeks Customary Land Deed](https://thedaylight.org/2023/06/30/waterfall-clan-seeks-customary-land-deed/) - Top: The Whorn Waterfall is arguably Quikon’s most famous natural resource. The DayLight/Derick Snyder By Esau J. Farr KOKOYAH DISTRICT, Bong County – A clan with a waterfall larger than Kpatawee has consented to a project seeking to assist it get an ancestral land deed. Located on the boundary between Grand Bassa and Bong County,
- [Crocodiles and Monkeys Seized at School Owner’s Home](https://thedaylight.org/2023/07/06/crocodiles-and-monkeys-seized-at-school-owners-home/) - Top: A collage of pictures of a crocodile and monkey seized by the Special Wildlife Investigation Unit now at the Libassa Wildlife Sanctuary By James Harding Giahyue The Special Wildlife Investigation Unit on Thursday seized crocodiles and monkeys at the home of a school owner Crocodiles and monkeys are endangered species whose protection is mandated
- [The Guardians of Liberia’s ‘Largest’ Waterfall](https://thedaylight.org/2023/07/02/the-guardians-of-liberias-largest-waterfall/) - Top: Elijah Kolleh (left) and Yarkpawolo Kollie are guardians of the Whorn Waterfall in Kokoyah District, Bong County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue SEEGAR TOWN, Bong County – The two elderly men take my colleague Derick Snyder and me on a tour of an enormous yet largely unknown waterfall. Yarkpawolo Kollie
- [Early Signs Logging Contract Is Failing](https://thedaylight.org/2023/06/27/early-signs-logging-contract-is-failing/) - Top: Grass-covered culverts meant to construct handpumps for communities adjacent to the Central Morweh Community Forest. The DayLight/Gabriel M. Dixon By Gabriel M. Dixon BOEGEEZAY TOWN, River Cess – Cracks have started to emerge in this new logging agreement in southcentral Liberia. Central Morweh Community Forest signed a contract with the Kisvan Timber Corporation In
- [FDA Illegally Cut Contracts Term And Gave Companies More Forests](https://thedaylight.org/2023/06/29/fda-illegally-cut-contracts-term-and-gave-companies-more-forests/) - Top: The Forestry Development Authority unlawfully authorized companies to harvest trees in forests in excess of the legal requirements. The DayLight/Derick Snyder By James Harding Giahyue For three years, the Forestry Development Authority illegally approved community forest contracts with reduced tenures, according to official documents The FDA then authorized logging companies to fell trees in
- [Court Files: FDA Deputy Dodged Police Illegal Logging Probe](https://thedaylight.org/2023/06/25/court-files-fda-deputy-dodged-police-illegal-logging-probe/) - Top: FDA’s Deputy Managing Director for Administration and Finance Benjamin Tennessee Plewon III did not turn out for questioning over his alleged involvement with an illegal logging operation in 2022. Facebook/Benjamin Plewon By O`Neill Philips for The DayLight MONROVIA – The Deputy Managing Director for Administration and Finance Benjamin Tennessee Plewon III Forestry Development Authority
- [MOPP Lied It Paid Over US$4K Community Fund](https://thedaylight.org/2023/06/20/mopp-lied-it-paid-over-us4k-community-fund/) - Top: The headquarters of Maryland Oil Palm Plantation in Pleebo, Maryland County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue PLEEBO, Maryland – The Maryland Oil Palm Plantation (MOPP) told the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) it paid US$4,774 to communities affected by its project between 2020 and 2021 The LEITI, which publishes public
- [Actors Agree to Stop Deforestation and Improve Food Production in Landmark Foya Compact](https://thedaylight.org/2021/08/22/actors-agree-to-stop-deforestation-and-improve-food-production-in-landmark-foya-compact/) - Banner Image: A technician uses a motorized tiller on swampland in Foya, Lofa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue FOYA City, Lofa County – In an unprecedented move, local farmers, landowning communities, county officials, investors and nongovernmental organizations are implementing an agreement to combat climate change, tackle deforestation, improve food security, and
- [Targeting European Markets, Nimba Farmers Eye ‘Organic Cocoa’](https://thedaylight.org/2023/06/19/targeting-european-markets-nimba-farmers-eye-organic-cocoa/) - Top: EU ambassadors pose for a picture with their entourage, a farmer of Monleh Enterprises at a farm in Saclepea, Nimba County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue SACLEPEA, Nimba County – Farmers in Nimba are learning to produce high-quality cocoa beans to trade on markets of European Union (EU) countries. About 2,500 farmers are now being
- [Ex-Minister Leaves Government With A Trail of Illegal Acts](https://thedaylight.org/2023/06/15/ex-minister-leaves-government-with-a-trail-of-illegal-acts/) - Top: Former Minister Cooper Kruah smiling in his office at the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications: Facebook/Emmanuel Fred By Mark B. Newa Cllr. Cooper Kruah was a shareholder in a logging and mining company while he served as Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Universal Forestry Corporation (UFC) received nearly a dozen mining licenses and one
- [Korean Illegal Logging Web Not Yet Indicted](https://thedaylight.org/2023/06/15/korean-illegal-logging-web-not-yet-indicted/) - Top: Police officers at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By O’Neill Philips Two Korean nationals suspected of illegal logging activities and their Liberian partners are yet to be indicted Prosecutors drafted an indictment for the men but have not signed it. A related case against an ex-police commander was dismissed
- [How Police Busted A Web of Korean Timber Traffickers](https://thedaylight.org/2023/06/11/how-police-busted-a-web-of-korean-timber-traffickers/) - Top: A graphic showing members of an illegal logging syndicate busted by the Liberian National Police and charged. Above left to right: former police commander Dawoda Sesay, customs officer Peter Kpadeh and Isaac Richmond Anderson, Jr. Below left to right: former FDA rangers Edward Jallah, Varney Marshall, Isaac Railey. And the Edwin Wesley of Echo
- [FDA Submits to Court’s Order to Allow Export of US$4M Illegal Logs](https://thedaylight.org/2023/01/17/fda-submits-to-courts-order-to-allow-export-of-us4m-illegal-logs/) - Top: Some of the illegally harvested logs. Picture credit: Independent Forest Monitoring Coordination Mechanism By James Harding Giahyue BUCHANAN, Grand Bassa County – The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has accepted a Supreme Court mandate to allow a company to export a huge consignment of logs it had illegally harvested. It brings to a close more
- [Illegal Logging Case Undermines Forestry Laws – Watchdog](https://thedaylight.org/2023/06/11/illegal-logging-case-undermines-forestry-laws-watchdog/) - Top: Some of the woods at the center of a legal battle between the Forestry Development Authority and Renaissance Group Incorporated. Photo credit: Civil Society Independent Forest Monitors (CSIFM) By Mark B. Newa MONROVIA – A group of civil society organizations in the forestry sector has condemned a logging company for undermining forestry laws and
- [Logs Left at Sinoe Port and Forest Rot](https://thedaylight.org/2023/06/01/logs-left-at-sinoe-port-and-forest-rot/) - Top: Several logs Delta Timber Company left at the Port of Greenville, Sinoe County that have now decayed. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Emmanuel Sherman GREENVILLE, Sinoe County – Scores of logs at the port of Greenville and a community forest belonging to a logging company have decayed in the southeastern county, despite the company
- [Illegal Company Abandons Some 6,000 Logs in River Cess](https://thedaylight.org/2023/05/26/illegal-company-abandons-some-6000-logs-in-river-cess/) - Top: A pile of logs in the Garwin Community Forest in River Cess County. The DayLight/Gabriel Dixon KANGBO TOWN, River Cess – Between 2021 and last year, Tetra Enterprise Inc, an illegitimate Liberian-owned logging company, felled 1,300 trees in the Garwin Community Forest but has removed just a few. “Tetra harvested 220 logs in 2021
- [New Contract for Rogue Company’s Owner](https://thedaylight.org/2023/04/04/new-contract-for-rogue-companys-owner/) - Top: A collage showing Iroko harvesting activities in October 2022. Picture credit: Iroko Timber and Logging Corporation By Emmanuel Sherman KARQUEKPO, Sinoe County – The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has approved a contract for Iroko Timber and Logging Corporation, a new Nigerian-owned company, to operate the Central Dugbe River Community Forest. The company began logging
- [Bea Mountain Polluted River in Cape Mount Again, Report Finds](https://thedaylight.org/2023/04/19/bea-mountain-spilled-chemicals-in-cape-mount-again-report-finds/) - Top: Investigators of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at Bea Mountain Mining Corporation's waste plant in Kinjor, Grand Cape Mount County. Picture credit: Facebook/EPA Liberia By Mark B. Newa MONROVIA – Chemicals from a waste facility operated by Bea Mountain Mining Corporation (BMMC) leaked into a river in Grand Cape Mount County in February, a
- [Company Abandons Contract, Leaving Debts and Logs In Bassa](https://thedaylight.org/2023/05/12/company-abandons-contract-leaving-debts-and-logs-in-bassa/) - Top: Decayed and burned logs African Wood and Lumber Company harvested from the Marblee and Karblee Community Forest in Grand Bassa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Emmanuel Sherman Editor’s Note: This story is part of The DayLight’s series on Failed Logging Concessions in Liberia. COMPOUND NUMBER TWO, Grand Bassa – No one is present
- [GVL Violates Villagers’ Rights Then Sues Them For Palm Theft](https://thedaylight.org/2023/03/08/gvl-violates-villagers-rights-then-sues-them-for-palm-theft/) - Top: (L-R) Two Men suspected of stealing palm nuts carry a handheld palm oil mill. Lincoln Weah, a villager suspected of stealing palm nuts is detained by the police. Bags of palm are wasted on the ground. Picture credit: Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) By Mark B. Newa BUTAW, Sinoe County – Things were about to
- [EPA Misled the Public Over Bea Mountain Chemicals Spill, Report Shows](https://thedaylight.org/2023/05/21/epa-misled-the-public-over-bea-mountain-chemicals-spill-report-shows/) - Top: The pollution-prone Bea Mountain Mining Corporation’s chemical waste plant. The DayLight/Varney Kamara By Mark Newa and James Harding Giahyue The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) misled the public last year when it said a second investigation found chemicals that spilled into waterways from a Bea Mountain Mining Corporation facility were below approved levels. EPA’s Executive
- [‘Kpokolo’ Explained: What We Know About the Illegal Trade](https://thedaylight.org/2023/05/22/kpokolo-explained-what-we-know-about-the-illegal-trade/) - Top: Kpokolo in plain sight in Gbaryama, Gbarpolu County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA – Last week, the two Turkish nationals were arrested in Ganta, Nimba County for their alleged involvement in illegal logging activities in that region. Police finally picked up Hasan Uzan and Umit Gungor after a couple of
- [Ministry of Mines Issues Fake License Likely To Cover Up Illegal MoU](https://thedaylight.org/2023/05/22/ministry-of-mines-issues-fake-license-to-cover-up-illegal-mou/) - Top: A pit dug by Urban and Rural Services Inc. in Todee, Montserrado County. The DayLight/Esau J. Farr By Esau J. Farr The Ministry of Mines and Energy awarded a company a fake license whose information matches that of an expired license in a bid to cover up an illegal memorandum of understanding (MoU) between
- [Montserrado Authorities Approve Illegal Mining Operations in Todee](https://thedaylight.org/2023/04/18/montserrado-authorities-approve-illegal-mining-operations-in-todee/) - Top: Urban and Rural Services Inc. Current Campsite at the Kponneh Mountain in Todee District By Esau J. Farr TODEE – Representative Lawrence Morris of Montserrado District Number One, and County Superintendent Florence Brandy have signed an illegal memorandum of understanding authorizing a company to mine gold in the mineral-potential district of Todee. Morris
- [Logging Company In Sinoe Abandons Likely 7,000 Logs](https://thedaylight.org/2023/04/07/logging-company-in-sinoe-abandons-likely-7000-logs/) - Top: A drone shot of Mandra`s log yard where hundreds of abandoned logs lay bare in Greenville, Sinoe County. The DayLight/ Derrick Snyder By Mark B. Newa GREENVILLE, Sinoe County – Mandra Forestry Liberia, Limited, an Asian company, abandoned an estimated 7,000 logs it harvested between 2019 and 2021, according to The DayLight’s analysis of
- [Cape Mount Villagers Face Hardship After River Pollution](https://thedaylight.org/2022/05/31/cape-mount-villagers-face-hardship-after-river-pollution/) - Top: Varney Kamara (not related to this reporter) youth leader of Jikando points to the spot on the Varwor River, where he spotted dead fish. The DayLight/Varney Kamara By Varney Kamara JIKANDO, Grand Cape Mount County – During the early morning hours of Monday last week, Mustapha Pabai, the town chief of Jikando, received
- [Elephants Raid Farms Around Proposed Park](https://thedaylight.org/2023/03/18/elephants-raid-farms-around-proposed-park/) - Top: A pair of elephants traveled from Guinea through towns and villages in Nimba County then to Grand Gedeh County, Cote d`Ivoire, and back to Guinea in 2022. The DayLight/Harry Browne By Mark B. Newa Editor’s Note: This is the first of a series of stories on the human-elephant conflict in Liberia. ZUIE, Gbarpolu –
- [People Flee As Elephants Destroy Homes and Farms Searching For Food](https://thedaylight.org/2023/04/10/people-flee-as-elephants-destroy-homes-and-farms-searching-for-food/) - Top: Elephants have roamed towns and villages in Grand Cape Mount County in the last five years. The DayLight/Harry Browne By James Harding Giahyue Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a series on the human-elephant conflict in Liberia. GBANJALA, Grand Cape Mount County – Daniel Sando and his family live in a roadside
- [Test Shows Device with Honeybees Sound Drives Away Elephants](https://thedaylight.org/2023/04/05/test-shows-device-with-honeybees-sound-drives-away-elephants/) - Top: Men install BuzzBoxes at a farm. Picture credit: Elephant Research and Conservation By Mark B. Newa MONROVIA – For years, villagers mainly in northwestern and southeastern Liberia have lost their crops to invading elephant herds. This makes it difficult for farmers to feed their families and meet other needs. Now, conservationists working in
- [Editor’s Pick: Our Best Stories in 2022](https://thedaylight.org/2022/12/30/editors-pick-our-best-stories-in-2022/) - Top: A collage showing investigations published by The DayLight in 2022. The DayLight/Gabriel Dixon MONROVIA – This year has been very eventful for The DayLight. We produced some very revealing investigations, particularly in the forestry sector. They include violations of all sorts: conflict of interest, illegal logging and wildlife poaching. Our stories led to at
- [Permit Shows FDA Boss Approved Illegal Timber Exports](https://thedaylight.org/2023/03/25/permit-shows-fda-boss-approved-illegal-timber-exports/) - Top: The Managing Director of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) Mike Doryen blamed villagers for illegal logging. However, Doryen awarded an unlawful permit, according to a document The DayLight has obtained. The DayLight/Mark B. Newa By James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA – commenting at an international forest and climate conference in January, the Managing Director of
- [Logging Company Paid US$1,000 Fine For Forgery in 2019, Document Reveals](https://thedaylight.org/2023/03/30/logging-company-paid-us1000-fine-for-forgery-in-2019-document-reveals/) - Top: A drone shot of Kpelle Village, one of the communities affected by Akewa’s operations in the Gola Konneh Community Forest. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Emmanuel Sherman MONROVIA – In 2019, Akewa Group of companies, a Nigerian firm operating in Margibi and Grand Bassa County at the time, forged another company’s document to acquire
- [Lawmaker Campaigning Against Miners ‘Unaware’ Of His Company’s Illegal Mine](https://thedaylight.org/2023/03/29/lawmaker-campaigning-against-miners-unaware-of-his-companys-illegal-mine/) - Top: A drone shot of a zircon sand mine in Greenville, Sinoe. The DayLight/Derick Snyder By James Harding Giahyue and Gerald C. Koinyeneh MONROVIA; GREENVILLE – In late January, Representative Tibelrosa Tarponweh of Margibi County District Number One accused Liberia Mineral Export Inc. of violating a suspension of its mining operations in Marshall, Margibi County.
- [Bassa Clan Begins Final Stage to Get Land Deed](https://thedaylight.org/2023/03/27/bassa-clan-begins-final-stage-to-get-land-deed/) - Top: A drone shot of Compound Number Two in Marblee Clan, Grand Bassa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Esau Farr COMPOUND NUMBER TWO, Grand Bassa County – Between 2019 and last year, Marblee Clan completed most of the steps in legalizing its customary land ownership, failing to harmonize boundaries with its neighbors. Now, it
- [FDA Says It Issued ‘Tens’ Of Permits Outside Legal System](https://thedaylight.org/2023/03/22/fda-says-it-issued-tens-of-permits-outside-legal-system/) - Top: Illegal timber production has increased in recent years amid the FDA’s issuance of permits outside the legal system. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA – The Forestry Development Authority said it has issued “tens” of export permits outside Liberia’s log-tracking system. “Tens of these documents have been issued to businesses that
- [U.S. Highlights Safety Issues in the Extractive Sector](https://thedaylight.org/2023/03/21/u-s-highlights-safety-issues-in-the-extractive-sector/) - Top: An artisanal mine in Wayjue, Grand Cape Mount County on November 20, 2019. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA – The United States has pointed out health, safety, and environmental problems that occurred last year in Liberia’s extractive industries, criticizing the Liberian government for human casualties and the lack of accountability
- [GVL’s Owner Quits Global Forest Protection Initiative](https://thedaylight.org/2023/03/04/gvls-owner-quits-global-forest-protection-initiative/) - Top: A drone shot of Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL)’s plantation in Butaw, Sinoe County. The DayLight/Derick Snyder By Gabriel M. Dixon MONROVIA – Golden Agri-Resources (GAR), a Singaporean multinational that owns Golden Veroleum Liberia, has withdrawn from the High Carbon Stock Approach (HCSA) in a blow to local communities and campaigners' effort to hold
- [Man Dies at Buchanan Port offloading Sand](https://thedaylight.org/2023/03/02/man-dies-at-buchanan-port-offloading-sand/) - Top: Sandbags that the late Lamin Kamara offloaded from a boat before he died on last Wednesday. The DayLight/Johnson Buchanan By Emmanuel Sherman BUCHANAN, Grand Bassa County - A man died at the Port of Buchanan last Friday after a boat fell on top of him. Lamin Kamara, 28, died while resting under a
- [The Farmer Defending His Land Against A Palm Plantation](https://thedaylight.org/2023/02/13/the-farmer-defending-his-land-against-a-palm-plantation/) - Top: Saturday Wilson has defended his farmland against the Maryland Oil Palm Plantation (MOPP) for nearly 13 years. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue PLEEBO, Maryland County – One day in 2016 policemen arrested Saturday Wilson at his farm. Wilson had been accused by the Maryland Oil Palm Plantation (MOPP) of stealing
- [Report Accuses MOPP of Land Grab, Pollution and Labor Abuses](https://thedaylight.org/2023/02/13/liberia-report-accuses-mopp-of-land-grab-pollution-and-labor-abuses/) - Top: The entrance of the headquarters of Maryland Oil Palm Plantation (MOPP) in Pleebo Sodoken District. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Mark B. Newa MONROVIA – The Maryland Oil Palm Plantation (MOPP) is involved in bad labor practices, land-grabbing and pollution, a new report by the nongovernmental organization the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) alleges. It
- [Illegal Loggers Harvest ‘2,300’ Timbers in Gbarpolu Town](https://thedaylight.org/2023/02/06/illegal-loggers-harvest-2300-timbers-in-gbarpolu-town/) - Top: A collage of pictures showing piles of squared timbers Sam Tomosiayah, an illegal logger, harvested in Darmo’s Town in Gbarpolu’s Bopolu District. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue Editor’s Note: This story is a part of a series on an illegal logging activity commonly called “Kpokolo.” DARMO’S TOWN, Gbarpolu County – Nearly
- [A Community Program And A Ban On Hunting Protected Species Is Helping To Protect Liberia Against The Next Disease Outbreak](https://thedaylight.org/2023/01/11/a-community-program-and-a-ban-on-hunting-protected-species-is-helping-to-protect-liberia-against-the-next-disease-outbreak/) - Top: A pile of meat about to be set ablaze at the headquarters of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) in Paynesville. Photo credit: FDA By Dounard Bondo MONROVIA – In Liberia, forests make up more than two-thirds of the country’s land area and cover approximately 6.69 million hectares. As half of Liberia's population lives within
- [Violations, Community Benefits Dominate Forest Forum](https://thedaylight.org/2023/02/05/violations-community-benefits-dominate-forest-forum/) - Top: A drone shot of a log yard in Greenville, Sinoe County. The DayLight/Derick Snyder By Mark B. Newa MONROVIA – Forestry violations and delayed payments of benefits to logging-affected communities were the major issues at the just-ended forest conference hosted by the Liberian government. The “Forest and Climate Resilience Forum” was expected to
- [Liberia To Host Forest and Climate Event](https://thedaylight.org/2023/02/01/liberia-to-host-forest-and-climate-event/) - Top: A drone photograph of a log yard in Greenville, Sinoe County. The DayLight/Derick Snyder By Mark B. Newa MONROVIA – Liberia is hosting an international forest and climate conference, expected to reassess the commitment of the Liberian government and the international community to the protection of the country’s rainforest, the largest in the west
- [Fact-check: FDA Exposes Itself In Defending Illegal Export Permits](https://thedaylight.org/2022/11/06/fact-check-fda-exposes-itself-in-defending-illegal-export-permits/) - Top: The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has continued to issue illegal logging permits. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By The DayLight Fact-checking Desk FDA cites violations of previous administrations, including an ex-head of the institution who is being prosecuted over forestry’s worst postwar scandal Swiss quality company SGS says FDA lied over a so-called threshold on
- [US165K Clinic Funded By Community Logging Benefits Stalls Over Furniture](https://thedaylight.org/2023/01/21/us165k-clinic-project-stalls-as-villagers-struggle-to-access-healthcare/) - Top: The Tiah Town Clinic was funded by benefits affected communities received from a logging concession between the Liberian government and International Capital Consultant (ICC). Construction works have been completed but the lack of furniture supplies means the clinic cannot serve its people. The DayLight/Eric Opa Doue By Eric Opa Doue for The DayLight TIAH
- [Sinoe Residents Protest Against Chinese Miners’ Operation](https://thedaylight.org/2023/01/14/sinoe-residents-protest-against-chinese-miners-operation/) - By James Harding Giahyue DU-WOLEE, Sinoe County – Villagers in a township in Sinoe County’s Kpayan District last week blocked the entrance of a company mining sand in that area, claiming not to have taken part in a memorandum of understanding with their community. The protestors, some dressed in warlike traditional outfits, and set up
- [CEO Emails FDA Lawyer Boasting of Impunity over Illegal Logging](https://thedaylight.org/2023/01/20/ceo-emails-fda-lawyer-boasting-of-impunity-over-illegal-logging/) - Top: One of the logs Masayaha, Magna’s partner, illegally harvested in a forest in Compound Number One, Grand Bassa County, is seen next to its stump. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue James Harding Giahyue Morley Kamara, the CEO and owner of Magna Logging Incorporated emailed The DayLight, bragging not to be bothered by stories the newspaper
- [The ‘Kpokolo’ Kingpin: How FDA Created A Serial Illegal Logger](https://thedaylight.org/2023/01/19/the-kpokolo-kingpin-how-fda-created-a-serial-illegal-logger/) - Top: Emmanuel Gongor poses before a stockpile of illegal block wood, commonly called “kpokolo.” Photo credit: Facebook/ Emmanuel Gongor Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part report on the operations of an infamous illegal logger, based in Nimba County. It is also a part of a broader series on a criminal logging activity
- [Park Beautiful But Breaks Airport Safety Standards](https://thedaylight.org/2022/04/19/park-beautiful-but-breaks-airport-safety-standards/) - Top: Different sections of the Invincible Sports Park. Picture credit: Knewsonline By Gabriel M. Dixon Monrovia – It illuminates the open landscape of the runway of the James Spriggs Payne Airfield. It is coated in sparkling green with courts for basketball, tennis, and volleyball, a small playground and a parking lot. It even contains a
- [Environmental Journalists Among 57 Reporters Killed in 2022](https://thedaylight.org/2022/12/17/environmental-journalists-among-57-reporters-killed-in-2022/) - Top: More than 1,000 reporters, editors, camera operators and photographers demonstrated in Mexico City and 10 other cities in Mexico calling for an end to violence against journalists. Photo credit: Germán Canseco / Proceso By Mark B. Newa British journalist Don Philips, who was killed and his dismembered body found in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest earlier
- [Rosemart: The Logging Company Secretly Operating in Nimba](https://thedaylight.org/2022/11/12/the-logging-company-secretly-operating-in-nimba/) - Top: Rose Yancy and community people lead foreigners into the Kpaytuo Plantation. Photo credit: Facebook/Rose Yancy By Gerald C. Koinyeneh KPAYTUO, Nimba County – A Liberian-owned company ships timber from a forest in Nimba County unknown to the rest of the public, except for the Managing Director of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) Mike Doryen
- [FDA ‘Aide’ And LRA Agent Help Smuggle Planks to Sierra Leone](https://thedaylight.org/2022/12/12/fda-aide-and-lra-agent-help-smuggle-planks-to-sierra-leone/) - Top: A Sierra Leonean truck awaits locals in Vahun, Lofa County to smuggle planks into the neighboring country. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue A self-proclaimed aide of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and a customs officer collect fees on planks exported to Sierra Leone through Vahun, Lofa County But the export of
- [US Frees Russian Who Traded Arms in Liberia for ‘Logs of War'](https://thedaylight.org/2022/12/09/us-frees-russian-who-traded-arms-in-liberia-for-logs-of-war/) - Top: Viktor Bout being led by US security officers. Reuters/Sukree Sukplang By James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA – The United States has released Viktor Bout, the notorious arms dealer who sold weapons to warring factions in Liberia’s civil wars in exchange for the country’s timber. His release was part of a long-proposed prisoner swap deal between
- [Viktor Bout: How A Russian Arms Dealer Matters to Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/2022/08/19/viktor-bout-how-a-russian-arms-dealer-matters-to-liberia/) - Top: A file picture dated 4 October 2010 of then-alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout inside a cell at the criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand. Picture Credit: EPA By James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA – The United States has proposed a prisoner swap deal with Russia to release Viktor Bout, the convicted arms dealer serving a
- [Police Seize Illegal Timber in Nimba](https://thedaylight.org/2022/11/28/police-seize-illegal-timber-in-nimba/) - Top: The arrested illegal timber dumped at Bahn police station. The DayLight/Mark Newa By Mark Newa BAHN – Police in Nimba have arrested a truckload of illegal timber harvested from forests by a businesswoman. The illegal timber, owned by Binta Bility, were harvested from community forests in the Zoe-Geh and Bu-Yao districts, destined for Ganta
- [Journalists Should Investigate Climate Funds, CEO of Global Funder Says at COP27](https://thedaylight.org/2022/11/21/journalists-should-investigate-climate-funds-ceo-of-global-funder-says-at-cop27/) - Top: Global Environment Facility (GEF) CEO Carlos Manuel Rodriquez speaks to journalists at COP27. Photo credit: Evelyn Seagbeh By Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt – The Global Environment Facility’s chief executive officer and chairperson did not mince his words identifying the role of the media in tracking funds given to combat the global
- [Swiss Firm Says FDA Lied in Defending Illegal Permits](https://thedaylight.org/2022/10/29/swiss-firm-says-fda-lied-in-defending-illegal-permits/) - Top: The Forestry Development Authority issues illegal export permits, including some from a shadowy contract in Nimba County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Emmanuel Sherman WHEIN TOWN, Paynesville – The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) lied that its Swiss contractor had declined to register logs from a plantation in Nimba County, which led it to award
- [Opinion: Liberia - The Nation Hungry and Undernourished](https://thedaylight.org/2022/10/26/opinion-liberia-the-nation-hungry-and-undernourished/) - Top: Swamp rice production in Foya, Lofa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue Editor’s Note: The views being expressed in this opinion are that of the author not necessarily The DayLight’s. By Ambulah Mamey Save for Nigeriens, who are land-locked in Niger and bordered by mostly troubled neighbors, Liberians in Liberia are the hungriest people in
- [Lebanese Company Has No Right to Log In Grand Bassa](https://thedaylight.org/2022/10/26/lebanese-company-has-no-right-to-log-in-grand-bassa/) - Top: A Masayaha container at its log yard in Bokay Town, Grand Bassa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue Editor’s Note: This is the fourth part of a series on a string of illegal activities by Masayaha Logging Company, which operates in Grand Bassa County. SAUL TOWN, Grand Bassa County – Within
- [FDA Managers Issue Illegal Timber Export Permits](https://thedaylight.org/2022/10/17/fda-managers-issue-illegal-timber-export-permits/) - Top: The headquarters of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) in Whein Town, Paynesville. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue WHEIN TOWN, Paynesville – The Managing Director of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) Mike Doryen and top managers of the agency award export permits to logging companies outside of the legal channel for the
- [The Media May Have Lost Thousands Over Abandoned Logs](https://thedaylight.org/2022/10/08/the-media-may-have-lost-thousands-over-abandoned-logs/) - Top: Burned and decayed logs that were abandoned by African Wood and Lumber Company in Compound Number Two, Grand Bassa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Mark Newa MONROVIA – The Liberian media may have lost up to an estimated US$63,250 over the failure of the Forestry Development Agency (FDA) to auction logs, timber and
- [Masayaha: Villagers Protest Against Firm for Forest Benefits](https://thedaylight.org/2022/10/04/masayaha-villagers-protest-against-firm-for-forest-benefits/) - Top: Masayaha’s camp in Saul Town, Grand Bassa County. The DayLight/Emmanuel Sherman By Emmanuel Sherman Editor’s Note: This is the third part of a series on a string of illegal activities by Masayaha Logging Company, which operates in Grand Bassa County. SAUL TOWN, Grand Bassa County – Villagers affected by the operations of Masayaha Logging
- [Communities Protest for Forest Benefits](https://thedaylight.org/2022/09/30/communities-protest-for-forest-benefits/) - Top: Members of the communities affected by logging concessions protest before the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning in Monrovia. Daily Observer/Tina Mehnpaine By Tina Mehnpaine, with the Daily Observer MONROVIA – Communities affected by logging concessions across Liberia have staged a sit-in action in demand of over US$5 million in land rental the government
- [‘Regular Caller’ Turns Illegal Logger](https://thedaylight.org/2022/09/29/liberia-regular-caller-turns-illegal-logger/) - Top: Othello Teah, “the regular caller” who has become an illegal logger. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue COMPOUND NUMBER TWO, Grand Bassa County – A man who calls on nearly all talk shows in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, is involved in an illegal logging business with at least one villager and the
- [Logging Communities To Protest For Land Rental Fees](https://thedaylight.org/2022/09/28/logging-communities-to-protest-for-land-rental-fees/) - Top: It would the second year in a role that communities have protested land rental fees. The DayLight/Harry Browne MONROVIA – Communities affected by logging concessions across Liberia are expected to stage a sit-in action in Monrovia on Wednesday for land rental fees the government of Liberia owes them. It would mark the beginning of
- [Company Abandons Nearly 600 Logs Amid Illegal Logging Spree](https://thedaylight.org/2022/09/27/company-abandons-nearly-600-logs-amid-illegal-logging-spree/) - Top: Logs abandoned by Masayaha Logging Company in Bokay Town, Grand Bassa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a series on a string of illegal activities by Masayaha Logging Company, which operates in Grand Bassa County. BOKAY TOWN, Grand Bassa County – Between 2020
- [FDA Fails To Punish Firm For Chain of Illegal Logging](https://thedaylight.org/2022/09/20/fda-fails-to-punish-firm-for-chain-of-illegal-logging/) - Top: A tree, locals said, was felled by Masayaha Logging Company outside the Worr Community Forest. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Emmanuel Sherman Editor’s Note: This is the first of a series on illegal logging activities by Masayaha Logging Company, which works in Grand Bassa County. TARR TOWN, Grand Bassa County – Mid-last year, Masayaha
- [Company Abandons ‘over 700’ Logs As FDA Looks on](https://thedaylight.org/2022/09/09/liberia-company-abandons-over-700-logs-as-fda-looks-on/) - Top: Some of the logs Bargor & Bargor/Greenwood abandoned in Bokomu District, Gbarpolu County in August 2022. The DayLight/Gabriel M. Dixon By Gabriel M. Dixon BOKOMU, Gbarpolu County – It was a late Thursday evening in July 2019, excitement circled the air in the town of Nyeamah and neighboring villages. Their long-awaited dream of paved
- [Liberian Loggers Leave Logs in Cape Mount](https://thedaylight.org/2022/09/09/liberian-loggers-leave-logs-in-cape-mount/) - Top: Rotten logs in the Gola Konneh District, Grand Cape Mount County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Varney Kamara ZIMMIDANDAI – A Liberian-owned company has left an unspecified number of logs in a logging concession area in Grand Cape Mount County, community leaders have said. In 2009, Bulgar & Vincent Timber Company cut trees in
- [Villagers Spent US$1.8 M Forest Benefits on 53 Projects, Report Finds](https://thedaylight.org/2022/09/08/liberiavillagers-spent-us1-8-m-forest-benefits-on-53-projects-report-finds/) - Top: People gather for the dedication of a teachers’ lodge in Salayea, Lofa County that was built from forest resources in 2018. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Tarplah Toh and Emmanuel Sherman MONROVIA – Towns and villages affected by logging concessions across Liberia have spent US$1.3 million and L$81,781,842.72 million on projects from the money
- [Gov't Pays US$400,000 But Still Owes Communities Three Times More](https://thedaylight.org/2022/09/02/government-pays-us400000-but-still-owes-communities/) - Top: The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning. The DayLight/Harry Browne By Emmanuel Sherman MONROVIA – The Government of Liberia has paid communities affected by forest concessions US$401,000 for their portion of land rental fees collected from logging companies. However, it still owes the communities US$2.3 million, with barely four months left in the budget
- [Seven Takeaways from LEITI’s 13th Report](https://thedaylight.org/2022/08/31/seven-takeaways-from-leitis-13th-report/) - Top: Sand mining on the Robertsfield highway. The DayLight/Harry Browne By Gabriel M. Dixon MONROVIA – Since its establishment in 2009, Liberia Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative has provided information on the governance of extractive resources, and encouraged openness and sound management of Liberia’s natural resources and the revenues generated therefrom by the government. In June
- [Ex-diplomat and Police Commander in Illegal Logging](https://thedaylight.org/2022/08/29/ex-diplomat-and-police-commander-in-illegal-logging/) - Top: Some of the illegal logs Anderson harvested in Weimu, Gbarpolu County. The DayLight/Gabriel Dixon By Gabriel M. Dixon and Emmanuel Sherman WEIMU, Gbarpolu County – Isaac Richmond Anderson, Jr. had just come back to Liberia after serving as First Secretary at the Liberian Consulate in South Korea and decided to start a logging business.
- [Another Company Illegally Cuts 550 Logs in River Cess](https://thedaylight.org/2022/07/05/another-company-illegally-cuts-550-logs-in-river-cess/) - Top: Some of the logs forestry authorities say African Wood & Lumber illegally harvested. The DayLight/Emmanuel Sherman By Emmanuel Sherman NYORWEIN – On a sunny day in December 2020 while patrolling the Gbarsaw and Dorbor Community Forest in River Cess County, Yei Neagor overheard the sound of a chainsaw. She was shocked because, as the
- [How Logging Benefits Some Communities In Lofa](https://thedaylight.org/2022/08/27/liberia-how-logging-benefits-some-communities-in-lofa/) - Top: Kpayaquelleh Community Clinic is one of several projects undertaken from logging resources in Salayea District, Lofa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue SALAYEA DISTRICT, Lofa County – The Kpayarquelleh Community Clinic sits on a hill in the town whose name it bears. Established in 2018, it caters to nearly 2,000 people
- [Villagers Managing Forest, But Sector Woes Haunt Them](https://thedaylight.org/2022/08/18/liberian-villagers-managing-forest-but-sector-woes-haunt-them/) - Top: Villagers in Bahn Town, the headquarters of Jo River and Nyorwein Community Forest, are excited they can now benefit from their forest. The DayLight/Emmanuel Sherman By Emmanuel Sherman NYORWEIN, RIVER CESS – Throughout the two bordering clans of Jo River and Nyorwein far away in the Central River Cess District, villagers expect their logging
- [Nathaniel McGill Suspended Over U.S. Alleged Concession Corruption](https://thedaylight.org/2022/08/16/nathaniel-mcgill-suspended-over-u-s-alleged-concession-corruption/) - Top: Suspended Minister of State for Presidential AffairsNathaniel McGill. Photo credit: Liberia News Agency By Gabriel M. Dixon MONROVIA – President George Weah has suspended the Minister of State for Presidential Affairs Nathaniel McGill, a day after he was sanctioned by the United States over allegations of concession-related corruption. The Managing Director of the National
- [FDA Seizes Container Trucks Loaded with Illegal Logs](https://thedaylight.org/2022/08/14/fda-seizes-container-trucks-loaded-with-illegal-logs/) - Top: One of the four container trucks loaded with illegally harvested logs at the FDA Regional Office in Tubmanburg, Bomi County. The DayLight/Emmanuel Sherman By Emmanuel Sherman TUBMANBURG, Bomi – The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has seized four container trucks loaded with round logs that have been illegally harvested in Gbarpolu County. Joseph Tally, FDA’s
- [EPA Somersaults Over Cape Mount River Pollution](https://thedaylight.org/2022/08/08/epa-somersaults-over-cape-mount-river-pollution/) - Top: The Environmental Protection Agency has flipped its initial findings that Bea Mountain Mining Corporation caused the pollution of rivers in Grand Cape Mount County. Picture credit: Environmental Protection Agency/Facebook By James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA – The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA) has cleared Bea Mountain Mining Corporation over the pollution of rivers in
- [Company Wins Lawsuit Against Government](https://thedaylight.org/2022/07/31/company-wins-lawsuit-against-government/) - Top: Some of the woods were at the center of a legal battle between the Forestry Development Authority and Renaissance Group Incorporated. Photo credit: Civil Society Independent Forest Monitors (CSIFM) By Gerald C. Koinyeneh BUCHANAN – The Second Judicial Circuit Court in Grand Bassa has ruled in favor of a Liberian-owned company to continue logging
- [Inside Minister Cooper Kruah’s Illegal Logging Deals](https://thedaylight.org/2022/07/31/inside-minister-cooper-kruahs-illegal-logging-deals/) - Top: A man brushes grass from a pile of logs illegally harvested by Universal Forestry Corporation, a company started and still owned by Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Cooper Kruah. The DayLIght/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue Editor’s Note: This is the second of a three-part series on Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Cooper
- [Company Abandons Some 2,500 Logs](https://thedaylight.org/2022/07/24/company-abandons-some-2500-logs-in-lofa-and-bassa/) - Top: Some of the logs Sing Africa Plantation Liberia Limited abandoned at its sawmill in Zorzor, Lofa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue Editor’s Note: In this second part of a series on Sing Africa Plantation Liberia Limited, we reveal how the Singaporean logging company abandoned a large number of logs in
- [Opinion: 'We’re excited to be among the first cohort of 49 Legal Empowerment Fund grantees'](https://thedaylight.org/2022/07/22/were-excited-to-be-among-the-first-cohort-of-49-legal-empowerment-fund-grantees/) - Top: Members of the National Union of Community Forest Development Committee. The DayLight/Harry Browne By the National Union of Community Forest Development Committees “Around the world, more than 5 billion people lack meaningful access to justice. The Legal Empowerment Fund (LEF) is the first initiative dedicated solely to closing the global justice gap by investing in
- [Minister Breaks Laws With Shares In Mining and Logging Company](https://thedaylight.org/2022/06/29/minister-breaks-laws-with-shares-in-mining-and-logging-company/) - Top: Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Cooper Kruah illegally holds a five percent stake in a mining and logging company. Illustration by Leslie Lumeh By James Harding Giahyue Editor’s Note: This is the first of a three-part series on Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Cooper Kruah’s conflict of interest as a shareholder in Universal Forestry
- [Minister Admits Conflict of Interest While Denying Same Offense](https://thedaylight.org/2022/07/04/minister-admits-conflict-of-interest-while-denying-same-offense/) - Top: Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Cooper Kruah “relinquish” his stakes in Universal Forestry Corporation (UFC) to his son Prince Kruah. Picture Credit: Facebook/Emmanuel Fred By James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA – Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Cooper Kruah has admitted being in a conflict of interest with his continued involvement with a company currently mining
- [Three Suspects on the Run for Killing Sea Turtle](https://thedaylight.org/2022/06/29/three-suspects-on-the-run-for-killing-sea-turtle/) - Top: (L-R) Godpower Sayon, Austin Paye and Enoch King escaped while they were being held in a withholding cell to be taken to court when they escaped. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Gabriel M. Dixon BARCONNIE – Three men accused of killing a sea turtle in Grand Bassa County have broken jail, days after they
- [Company Cuts About US$2M Logs Outside Concession](https://thedaylight.org/2022/06/26/company-cuts-about-us2m-logs-outside-concession/) - Top: Some of the logs that Sing Africa likely illegally harvested in the Bluyeama Community Forest in its sawmill in Zorzor, Lofa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue Editor’s Note: This story is the first of a three-part series on the illegalities of Sing Africa Plantation Liberia Limited, a Singaporean company logging
- [FDA Suspends Community Forest Leadership Amid Corruption Scandal](https://thedaylight.org/2022/04/27/fda-suspends-community-forest-leadership-amid-corruption-scandal/) - Top. John Flomo, the chief officer of the Korninga 'A' community forest management body, is accused of mismanaging US$76,000. By Henry B. Gboluma, Jr. KORNINGA CHIEFDOM, Gbarpolu - The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has suspended the entire leadership of a community forest in Gbarpolu County for alleged mismanagement of funds. Earlier this year, three members
- [Communities Aid Company Break Logging Laws, Hurting Themselves](https://thedaylight.org/2022/06/09/communities-aid-company-break-logging-laws-hurting-themselves/) - Top: Varguaye is one of the towns affected by Akewa's operations in the Gola Konneh Community Forest. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Emmanuel Sherman Editor’s Note: This story is the second of a two-part series on Akewa Group of Companies’ operations in Liberia, focusing on the shortcomings of communities where the company operates. The first
- [Government Agent Connives With Illegal Miners in River Cess](https://thedaylight.org/2022/06/16/government-agent-connives-with-illegal-miners-in-river-cess/) - Top: One of several pits Gbarwor has dug in Sand Beach, River Cess. The DayLight/Varney Kamara By Varney Kamara SAND BEACH – Illicit miners are threatening the existence of a famous town in River Cess County with the help of an official of the Ministry of Mines, an investigation by The DayLight has revealed. Gbarwor
- [Inside Liberia’s Pangolin Scales Syndicate](https://thedaylight.org/2022/05/21/inside-liberias-pangolin-scales-syndicate/) - Top: Abu Keita, a broker in Compound Number Three, Grand Bassa County, buys a kilogram of pangolin scales for at least US$2 and sells them to traffickers for up to US$20. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue BOPOLU, Gbarpolu County – Liberia is one of the countries of origin for the trafficking of
- [Abandoned Logs Turn Out as Collateral in Illegal Deal](https://thedaylight.org/2022/06/12/abandoned-logs-turn-out-as-collateral-in-illegal-deal/) - Top: Some of the logs Sun Yeun/Alma Wood illegally harvested and abandoned in a log yard in MaFalla, Grand Cape Mount County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Varney Kamara Editor’s Note: This story is part of a series on abandoned logs, which highlights the failure of the forestry sector to prevent the waste of much-needed
- [Indonesians Share Oil Palm Experiences with Liberians](https://thedaylight.org/2022/06/12/indonesians-share-oil-palm-experiences-with-liberians/) - Top: A swathe of palm plantation in Butaw, Sinoe County. The DayLight/Harry Browne By Varney Kamara MONROVIA – A team of Indonesians from communities affected by palm plantations has shared their experiences with actors in the Liberian oil palm industry, introducing a new monitoring tool that builds a relationship between villagers and investors. Indonesia is
- [Monoculture Plantations Have Long Harmed Communities and their Ancestral Lands. A New Tool Seeks to Change That.](https://thedaylight.org/2022/06/13/monoculture-plantations-have-long-harmed-communities-and-their-ancestral-lands-a-new-tool-seeks-to-change-that/) - Indonesian and Liberian community leaders have developed a tool to help companies track the impacts of their plantations across supply chains Top: Annie Gboyah, Peter K. Ben and Thomas Y. Kpue of the Jogbahn clan stand on the boundary line between the oil palm plantation land and their lands. Photo Credit: Isabel Albee for Rights
- [How FDA Allows a Foreign Family Hoard Forests and Hurt Communities](https://thedaylight.org/2021/10/21/how-fda-allows-a-foreign-family-hoard-forests-and-hurt-communities/) - Banner Image: Sing Africa Plantations Liberia Incorporated has failed to meet its obligations with Bluyeama despite logging into the community. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue BONDI MANDINGO CHIEFDOM, Gbarpolu and BLUYEAMA, Lofa County – In 2018, the Bondi Mandingo Authorized Community Forest signed a logging agreement with Indo Africa Plantation Limited. The
- [FDA Awarded Foreign Firms Contracts Meant for Liberians, Investigation Finds](https://thedaylight.org/2022/06/08/fda-awarded-foreign-firms-contracts-meant-for-liberians-investigation-finds/) - Top: Vanjah Village is one of the communities affected by an illegal subcontract deal between Bassa Logging and Alma Wood. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Varney Kamara Editor’s Note: This is the first of a series on the aftermaths of timber sales contracts (TSCs), which were canceled in March 2021 following years of illegitimacy.
- [Bea Mountain Caused Cape Mount River Pollution, EPA Finds](https://thedaylight.org/2022/06/04/bea-mountain-caused-cape-mount-river-pollution-epa-finds/) - Top: Inspectors of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) examine Bea Mountain's waste facility in Grand Cape Mount County. Photo Credit: EPA By Varney Kamara (This is an updated version of the story, adding comments from Bea Mountain and a counterstatement from the Environmental Protection Agency) MONROVIA – A spillage of a chemical from a waste
- [Farmers Showcase Seeds to Raise Awareness of Agriculture in Bassa](https://thedaylight.org/2022/05/09/farmers-showcase-seeds-to-raise-awareness-of-agriculture-in-bassa/) - Top: Some of the seeds are on display at the fair. Photo credit: Community Empowerment for Change (CEC) By John Dennis Weah, Jr. COMPOUND NUMBER THREE, Grand Bassa County – Scores of farmers across Wee Statutory District in Grand Bassa County have displayed hundreds of seeds and their knowledge to preserve them at an agricultural
- [FDA Watches As Company Abandons '5,000’ Logs in Nimba](https://thedaylight.org/2022/05/03/fda-watches-as-company-abandons-5000-logs-in-nimba/) - Top: The International Consultant Capital has abandoned thousands of logs in the Gbi-Doru District. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue GBI-DORU DISTRICT, Nimba County – Sylvester Garsaynee might have been elected chairman of a group that represents the interest of locals in a logging concession in one of Liberia’s most forested regions. However,
- [Indonesia Palm Oil Exports Ban Hurts Liberia Amid Ukrainian War](https://thedaylight.org/2022/04/23/indonesia-palm-oil-ban-hurts-liberia-amid-ukrainian-war/) - Top: Indonesia exported US$26.3 million in palm oil and products made from the commodity to Liberia in 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Varney Kamara MONROVIA – Indonesia has banned palm oil exports, a move that will hurt Liberia, which imports the commodity and some of its products
- [Opinion: Earth Day - A Call To Government To Save Liberia’s Forest](https://thedaylight.org/2022/04/21/opinion-earth-day-a-call-to-government-to-save-liberias-forest/) - Top: Fog forms over a montane forest in Zorzor, Lofa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Gabriel M. Dixon Today, the world celebrates Earth Day. Every year, people from more than160 countries across the world come together at different events to observe the day. This year’s celebration is being held under the theme: “Invest in
- [Foya Replants Trees To Defeat Deforestation](https://thedaylight.org/2022/04/12/foya-replants-trees-to-defeat-deforestation/) - Top: Farmers from Bambudu planting cocoa in the savannah to combat deforestation and climate change in Foya, Lofa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue FOYA, Lofa County – In the 1970s the Liberian government signed an agreement with Agrimenco, an Israeli company, to produce rice and palm oil in the craggy forest
- [Women Struggle to Participate in Forest Governance 15 Years After Law](https://thedaylight.org/2021/12/22/women-struggle-to-participate-in-forest-governance-15-years-after-law/) - Banner Imgae: Tenneh Sanii sitting under her kitchen in Kiawelahun village. The DayLight/Emmanuel Sherman By Emmanuel Sherman FORNOR, Grand Cape Mount County – Tenneh Sanii, 46, is the only female member of the community forest development committee (CFDC), which represents villagers’ interest in a logging contract with Sun Yeun Logging Corporation. She often walks more
- [Akewa: The Nigerian Company Breaking Liberia’s Logging Laws Unpunished](https://thedaylight.org/2022/01/25/akewa-the-nigerian-company-breaking-liberias-logging-laws-unpunished/) - Top: A worker labels logs in Akewa’s log field in the Beyan Poye Community Forest, Margibi County. Photo credit: Akewa via Facebook By Emmanuel Sherman and James Harding Giahyue Editor’s Note: This story is the first of a two-part series on Akewa Group of Companies’ operations in Liberia, focusing on the lapses of the Forestry
- [Two Dozen Former Firestone Workers Fight Alleged Illegal Dismissal](https://thedaylight.org/2021/07/11/two-dozens-former-firestone-workers-fight-alleged-illegal-dismissal/) - Top: A signboard welcoming people to the headquarters of Firestone Liberia. The DayLight/Varney Kamara By Varney Kamara HARBEL, Margibi County – Six months after Firestone sacked Moses Flomo without severance pay after nearly three decades of service, he suffered a severe injury while performing a menial job at a farm in Totota, Bong County. Doctors
- [Ex-Senate Pro Tempore Claims 850 Acres of Community Land in Gbarpolu](https://thedaylight.org/2021/09/17/ex-senate-pro-tempore-claims-850-acres-of-community-land-in-gbarpolu/) - Banner Image: A portion of former Senator Armah Jallah’s controversial palm plantation in the Fallah Clan of Bopolu District, Gbarpolu County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue Former Senator Armah Zolu Jallah claims 850 acres of land he received from the chief of Fallah Clan, his uncle in 2016, for a palm plantation. Residents of the clan
- [President Weah Violated Law By Accepting 1,500 Acres of Community Land](https://thedaylight.org/2021/12/20/president-weah-violated-law-by-accepting-1500-acres-of-community-land/) - Banner Image: President George Weah violated the Land Rights Act by accepting 1,500 acres of land in Gbi-Doru, Nimba County. Picture credit: The Analyst By Varney Kamara In 2020, the people of the Gbi-Doru District in Nimba County gave President George Weah 1,500 acres of land he is using for agricultural purposes Despite being his
- [Sande School Storming Unmasks Mano’s Misgivings](https://thedaylight.org/2021/10/25/sande-school-storming-unmasks-manos-misgivings/) - Banner Image: Mano’s headquarters in Gbah, Bomi County. The DayLight/Harry Browne By Varney Kamara GAYAH HILL, Bomi County – In August earlier this year, a student of the Mano Plantation High School was allegedly raped by a motorcyclist while taking her to school. The bike taxi rider ran away after people from a nearby village
- [Youth Group Sets Standards for Accountability Nationwide](https://thedaylight.org/2022/04/15/youth-group-sets-standards-for-accountability-nationwide/) - Top: The headquarters of the Bassa Youth Congress (BYC) in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County. The DayLight/Varney Kamara By Varney Kamara BUCHANAN, Grand Bassa County – In 2014, the Bassa Youth Caucus (BYC) sacked Mathew Bryant, its president, for misapplying a portion of its share of the county social development fund. Bryant had suggested the US$300
- [Case Compels Company to Settle Logging Dispute With Community](https://thedaylight.org/2022/04/14/case-compels-company-to-settle-logging-disputes-with-community/) - Top: A worker labels logs in Akewa’s log field in Beyan Poye Community Forest, Margibi County. Photo credit: Akewa via Facebook By Emmanuel Sherman MONROVIA – A forest community in Margibi County has filed a court action to compel a Nigerian company to discuss a settlement in a logging dispute between them. Beyan Poye Community
- [Dutch Bank Pulls Out of Probe Into Alleged Deforestation and Land Grab in Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/2022/04/11/dutch-bank-pulls-out-of-probe-into-alleged-deforestation-and-land-grab-in-liberia/) - Top: Deforestation is associated with the agricultural sector in Liberia. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Gabriel M. Dixon MONROVIA - Dutch Bank, ING, has backed down from an OECD investigation into a complaint filed by NGOs that accused it of supporting companies that are allegedly clearing forests and grabbing land in Liberia and other
- [Farmers to Complain Against Oil Palm Company to Global Watchdog](https://thedaylight.org/2022/04/07/farmers-to-complain-against-oil-palm-company-to-global-watchdog/) - Top: An Equatorial Palm Oil truck transports palm nuts at the company's Palm Bay estate. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Emmanuel Sherman JOGBAHN CLAN, Grand Bassa County – last year, there were hopes after farmers and Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO) began negotiation to resolve a conflict between the pair over a controversial deal that saw
- [Community Leader Urges Local Officials To Stay Off Forest Matters](https://thedaylight.org/2022/04/05/community-leader-urges-local-officials-to-stay-off-forest-matters/) - Top: Newly felled and marked logs from the Bond Mandingo Forest in Gbarpolu County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Henry Gboluma BOPOLU, Gbarpolu County - A community forest leadership has cautioned county officials and residents to stay away from matters of the management of forest resources. Recently, Joseph Akoi, Assistant Development Superintendent of Gbarpolu threatened
- [Actors Want Women’s Rights Mainstreamed in Agriculture, Land Sectors](https://thedaylight.org/2022/03/21/actors-want-womens-rights-mainstreamed-in-agriculture-land-sectors/) - Top: Women on a farm in Sarpimah, Gbarpolu County. The DayLight/Harry Browne By Varney Kamara MONROVIA – Stakeholders have agreed to mainstream gender equity and inclusion across the agriculture, land, and forestry sectors in Liberia. The enforcement of gender policies across these sectors has been largely hampered by access to information, a coordinated strategy, traditional
- [U.S. Envoy Calls Out Monrovia’s Garbage System In Comic Critique](https://thedaylight.org/2022/03/16/u-s-envoy-calls-out-monrovias-garbage-system-in-comic-critique/) - Top: U.S. Ambassador to Liberia Michael A. McCarthy. Photo credit: U.S. Embassy near Monrovia By Gabriel M. Dixon MONROVIA – U.S. Ambassador to Liberia Michael McCarthy has criticized the condition of the sanitation system of Monrovia in a witty opinion piece also tearing into the leadership of the country. In a thinly veiled criticism of
- [Tenure Facility: The International NGO Supporting Rural Communities for Land Rights](https://thedaylight.org/2022/03/18/tenure-facility-the-international-ngo-supporting-rural-communities-for-land-rights/) - Top: Women pose with a fist in Gbonota in Bong County in 2019 with Tenure Facility’s Dr. Raymond Samndong (squatting) and Loretta Pope-Kai of the Foundation for Community Initiatives (third from the right). The DayLight/James Giahyue By Gabriel M. Dixon MONROVIA – In 2019, Tenure Facility supported the Protection of Customary Collective Community Land Rights in Liberia (P3CL).
- [CSOs Want EU Add Rubber, Investors to Draft Regulation on Deforestation](https://thedaylight.org/2022/03/12/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 a proposed regulation. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Varney Kamara MONROVIA – Liberian civil society actors have suggested that the European Union include the rubber industry and financiers in the proposed
- [Villagers Fall Sick after Chemical Accident](https://thedaylight.org/2022/03/11/villagers-fall-sick-after-chemical-accident/) - Top: An elderly woman said she suffered irritation in her eyes after a car crashed with ammonium nitrate onboard in her village. The DayLight/Varney Kamara By Varney Kamara SMALL BOMI, Grand Cape Mount - Barely two weeks after a Bea Mountain truck crashed—spilling ammonium nitrate in a roadside village in Grand Cape Mount—residents of the
- [Bloh Sayeh: Land Commissioner’s Comments on the Firestone Loan Fact-checked](https://thedaylight.org/2022/03/08/bloh-sayeh-land-commissioners-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 Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue Bloh Sayeh, a commissioner at the Liberia Land Authority, might have impressed delegates of the just-ended National Land Conference with a piece of a history lesson
- [31 Communities Certified for Rights to Ancestral Land](https://thedaylight.org/2022/03/05/31-communities-certified-for-rights-to-ancestral-land/) - Top: Sarah Tugbo receives Jargleoken’s self-identification certificate from Commissioner Ellen Pratt of the Land Authority. The Gwelepoken District community in Maryland was one of 31 communities certified at the just-ended Land Conference in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue BUCHANAN, Grand Bassa County – Thirty-one communities from Lofa, Maryland and River Gee have
- [Bea Mountain’s Supplier Smuggled Explosives and Arms to Libya Once](https://thedaylight.org/2022/03/06/bea-mountains-supplier-smuggled-explosives-and-arms-to-libya-once/) - Top: Some of a 26-kilogram consignment of ammonium nitrate spilled into a private yard in Sinje, Grand Cape Mount County last month. Photo Credit: Philip Zodua By Varney Kamara MONROVIA – An explosive-manufacturing company, which supplies Bea Mountain in Liberia, smuggled arms and explosives to Libya in 2018, an investigation by The DayLight has revealed.
- [UN Adopts Resolution To End Plastic Pollution](https://thedaylight.org/2022/03/05/un-adopts-resolution-to-end-plastic-pollution/) - Top: Plastic materials form a huge part of Liberia’s solid wastes. The DayLight/Tom Portland By Varney Kamara MONROVIA – A United Nations resolution to end plastic pollution has been adopted, setting the foundation for the creation of an international treaty to combat the global crisis. On Tuesday, 175 countries, including Liberia, met in the Kenyan
- [USAID Chief Tells Land Rights Actors to Support Rural Communities At Launch of US$10M Project](https://thedaylight.org/2022/03/03/usaid-chief-tells-land-rights-actors-to-support-rural-communities-at-launch-of-us10m-project/) - Top: USAID Mission Director Jim Wright speaks at the launch of Land Management Activity on the second day of the National Land Conference in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County on March 2, 2022. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue BUCHANAN, Grand Bassa County – Jim Wright, the Mission Director of the United States Agency
- [Calls Made for Land Authority to Cancel Deeds It Awarded without Regulations](https://thedaylight.org/2022/03/01/calls-made-for-land-authority-to-cancel-deeds-it-awarded-without-regulations/) - Top: Renée Gibson, a member of the CSO Oil Palm Working Group, reads the group’s position at a side event at the opening of the Land Conference in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue BUCHANAN, Grand Bassa – The Civil Society Oil Palm Working Group (CSO-OPWG) and representative of
- [Bea Mountain Truck Carrying Chemical Crashes in Cape Mount](https://thedaylight.org/2022/02/21/bea-mountain-truck-illegally-carrying-chemical-crashes-in-cape-mount/) - Top: A consignment of ammonium nitrate is seen scattered from the accident spot in Small Bomi, Sinje, Grand Cape Mount County. Picture credit: Philip Zodua By Varney Karmara SINJE, Cape Mount – A Bea Mountain truck carrying 26 metric tons of ammonium nitrate, which has caused some of the deadliest explosions in human history, crashed by
- [Benefit Board Elects New Leaders](https://thedaylight.org/2022/02/18/benefit-board-elects-new-leaders/) - Top: New leaders of the National Benefit Sharing Trust Board in group photo following its elections on Thursday. The DayLight/Varney Kamara By Varney Kamara MONROVIA - Representatives of the group responsible to manage communities’ forest benefits have elected a new corps of officials for the next three years. The National Benefit Sharing Trust Board (NBSTB)
- [Women Urged to Participate in Community Forest Matters Ahead of Elections](https://thedaylight.org/2022/02/18/women-urged-to-participate-in-community-forest-matters-ahead-of-elections/) - Top: Women protest for land rental fees in Monrovia. The DayLight/Harry Browne By Emmanuel Sherman MONROVIA - Women have been called upon to take up their legal space in community forest leaderships ahead of their elections this year. Letla Mosenene, team leader of Multi-stakeholder forest Governance and Accountability Programme (MFGAP) urged women to consider their
- [Wardens Set Up Tools To Gather Info on Parks](https://thedaylight.org/2022/02/15/wardens-set-up-tools-to-gather-info-on-parks/) - Top: A village in Kongbor, adjacent to the Gola National Park. The DayLight/Rudolph Gborkeh By Varney Kamara TUBMANBURG, Bomi County – Park managers in Gbarpolu and Lofa Counties have created a system to store information that will help them effectively manage the Gola National Park and the Foya Proposed Protected Area. The Integrated Management Effectiveness
- [Bong Officials Mismanaged US$2.2M, Report Reveals](https://thedaylight.org/2022/02/14/bong-officials-mismanaged-2-2m-report-reveals/) - Top: One of the controversial projects highlighted in the report. Photo Credit: The Bong Accountability Project By Varney Kamara MONROVIA - Officials of Bong County misappropriated over US$2 million of the county’s social development funds (CSDF) between 2018 and 2020, a new report has found. The report unearthed the project management committee (PMC) awarded contracts
- [Villagers Learn to Collect Data to Manage Forest](https://thedaylight.org/2022/02/11/villagers-learn-to-collect-data-to-manage-forest/) - Top: Trainers and trainees of the Tonglay Community Forest Inventory training. The DayLight/Varney Kamara By Varney Kamara BOPOLU, Gbarpolu County – Two dozen villagers in Gbarpolu have started training on the collection of information on how they will manage their community forest. Leaders of the Tonglay Community Forest in the Kongba District of Gbarpolu
- [The DayLight Clinches Top Forest Reporting Awards](https://thedaylight.org/2022/01/31/the-daylight-clinches-top-forest-reporting-awards/) - Top: Winners Ojuku Kangar and Emmanuel Sherman pose with their certificates. The DayLight/Varney Kamara By Varney Kamara MONROVIA – The DayLight has clinched two of this year’s Forest Media Awards for journalists who report impactful stories on the forestry sector. Emmanuel Sherman, an editor at the DayLight, won Best Report in the newspaper/online category,
- [Land Authority Issuing Community Deeds Without Regulations, Report Finds](https://thedaylight.org/2022/02/04/land-authority-issues-deeds-from-tribal-certificates-without-regulations-report-finds/) - Top: A community in the Yarmein Clan in Nimba County the Land Authority has issued a deed, according to a new report. The DayLight/William Harmon By James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA – Before the Land Rights Act of 2018, chiefs and elders across Liberia issued thousands of tribal certificates to individuals as a kind of
- [Extractive Sector Sidelined in Annual Address](https://thedaylight.org/2022/01/30/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 the State of the Nation Address last week, the biggest contributor to the government’s revenue envelope. The extractive sector is expected to be the chief contributor to Liberia’s projected
- [Liberia Abandons Agricultural Transformation to NGOs: Hundreds of millions spent, but farm productivity falling, and farmers’ losses and food insecurity rising](https://thedaylight.org/2022/01/26/liberia-abandons-agricultural-transformation-to-ngos-hundreds-of-millions-spent-but-farm-productivity-falling-and-farmers-losses-and-food-insecurity-rising/) - 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 of millions on projects to be self-sufficient in rice production. Almost half of a billion (437.02 million USD) accounts for financial flow to Liberia’s agriculture sector- specifically the crop-subsector
- [Farmers Hope Kromah Faced Justice](https://thedaylight.org/2022/01/25/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 for Democracy (ULIMO) are not happy that Alhaji Kromah, the group’s founder, died without facing justice. ULIMO killed the husband and a son of Hawa Nyonkor, a farmer and
- [Achieving Net Zero: Recognising the Challenges Ahead](https://thedaylight.org/2022/01/17/achieving-net-zero-recognising-the-challenges-ahead/) - Top: Prof. Jovica V. Milanovic, the author. Photo credit: Spreckley By Prof. Jovica V. Milanovic Editor’s Note: Professor of Electrical Power Engineering at the University of Manchester, Fellow of the IEEE and former member of the Governing Board of the IEEE Power & Energy Society. The views he has expressed here are of his opinions,
- [Community Forest Leaders In Gbarpolu on Trial Over Misuse of US$76K](https://thedaylight.org/2022/01/07/community-forest-leaders-in-gbarpolu-on-trial-over-misuse-of-us76k/) - Top: Johnson Flomo, the chief officer of Korninga A Community Forest in Gbarpolu, and two others are accused of misusing US$76,000. The DayLight/Henry Gboluma, Jr. By Henry B. Gboluma, Jr. KORNINGA, Gbarpolu County – Three members of a community forest leadership in Gbarpolu County have been jailed for allegedly misusing $US76, 000 intended for social
- [Dutch Banks Finance US$3.5 Billion in Deforestation Projects Affecting Liberia, Report Finds](https://thedaylight.org/2021/12/13/dutch-banks-finance-us3-5-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 Rabobank have provided 3.1 billion Euros (nearly US$3.5 billion) in the last five years to agriculture projects that have led to deforestation and human rights violation around the world,
- [Tubman and Firestone: The Tale of Land-grab and Human Rights Abuses](https://thedaylight.org/2021/11/30/tubman-and-firestone-the-tale-of-land-grab-and-human-rights-abuses/) - Banner Image: Harvey Firestone left and Tubman Right. Picture credit: Indiana University By Varney Kamara MONROVIA– Since 1952, Liberia has commemorated November 29, the birthday of former President William V.S. Tubman, as a national holiday. Throughout this period, Liberians from all walks of life join in huge pomp and pageantry. In Maryland County, Tubman’s birthplace,
- [Dutch Bank Reaps US$375M from Deforestation, Rights Abuses in Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/2021/12/21/dutch-bank-reaps-us375m-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 oil palm projects in Liberia, which are marred by deforestation and human rights violations, according to a new report by Global Witness. Rabobank, a Dutch financial institution, generated dividends
- [Tree Kills Man in Cape Mount](https://thedaylight.org/2021/12/02/tree-kills-man-in-cape-mount/) - Banner Image: A man squats next to the body of the late Joseph Galakpai. The DayLight/Emmanuel Sherman By Emmanuel Sherman GOLA KONNEH - A man has died in a logging accident in Grand Cape Mount County. Joseph Galakpai died on Saturday after a tree he was harvesting fell on him and killed him instantly in
- [LEITI Rallies for Women’s Input in Natural Resource Sector](https://thedaylight.org/2021/12/03/leiti-rallies-for-womens-input-in-natural-resource-sector/) - Banner Image: Miatta Pratt, a member of the Gola Konneh Community Forest displays meeting minutes she attends. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Varney Kamara MONROVIA – Liberia Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (LEITI) has embarked on the training for civil society organizations in Monrovia for the enhancement of women’s participation in the country’s natural resource sector.
- [Communities threaten more Protests Over Land Rental Fees](https://thedaylight.org/2021/12/02/communities-threaten-more-protests-over-land-rental-fees/) - Banner Image: Representatives of communities protest before the Ministry of Finance in Monrovia. The DayLight/Theophilus Jackson By William Selmah MONROVIA - Representatives of forest communities across the country say they will stage more sit-in actions at the Finance Ministry to demand settlement of land rental arrears owed to them until their demands are met. They
- [Ex-Pro Tempore’s Brother Claims 750 Acres of Community Land in Gbarpolu, Locals Say No](https://thedaylight.org/2021/11/27/ex-pro-tempores-brother-claims-750-acres-of-community-land-in-gbarpolu-locals-say-no/) - Banner Image: A portion of the 750 acres of land Sylvester Jallah is claiming in Fallah Clan, Gbarpolu County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue Darkollie Sylvester Jallah, a brother of the former President Pro Tempore of the Liberian Senate, claims 750 acres of land in Fallah Clan, Gbarpolu County He said his
- [Illegal Logging Having Severe Impact on Women, Says CSO](https://thedaylight.org/2021/11/20/illegal-logging-having-severe-impact-on-women-says-cso/) - Banner Image: Mrs. Loretta Alethea Pope Kai. Photo credit: Foundation for Community Initiatives via Facebook By Varney Kamara MONROVIA – A civil society organization (CSO) has frowned on illegal logging across the country, saying such practice is having severe negative consequences on women across concession communities. “A significant segment of our women rely on the
- [Ex-Poachers and Former Illicit Miners Learn to Protect Gola Forest](https://thedaylight.org/2021/10/05/ex-poachers-and-former-illicit-miners-lean-to-protect-gola-forest/) - Banner Image: Locals plow a swampland to plant rice Kumgbor. The DayLight/Varney Kamara By Varney Kamara KONGBA, Gbarpolu County – For more than a decade, Mary Jusu traded bushmeat in Kumgbor. In 2017, a group of conservation campaigners encouraged her to turn to lowland farming in order to protect the Gola National Park near her
- [CSOs Warn of Land Crisis Due to Lack of Regulations](https://thedaylight.org/2021/11/16/csos-warn-of-land-crisis-due-to-lack-of-regulations/) - Banner Image: A Village in Gbarsor, River Cess County. The DayLight/William Harmon By William Selmah MONROVIA – Civil society organizations working on land rights in Liberia have warned of land conflicts in Liberia, unless the Liberia Land Authority (LLA) speeds up the development of regulations for enforcing the Land Rights Act, including the customary ownership
- [Electric Cars, Private ‘Kehkeh’: Liberia’s Commitments to Combat Climate Change](https://thedaylight.org/2021/11/16/electric-cars-private-kehkeh-liberias-commitments-to-combat-climate-change/) - Banner Image: Liberia promised to reduce deforestation by 50 percent. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Varney Kamara In December 2015, 196 countries across the world met in Paris, France, to take uniform action in addressing the effects of global warming. The Paris Agreement or COP 21 is an internationally binding legal treaty whose overall goal
- [Companies Cut Logs worth Nearly US$2.5M Outside Concession, Report Finds](https://thedaylight.org/2021/11/05/companies-cut-logs-worth-nearly-us2-5m-outside-concession-report-finds/) - Banner Image: Logs harvested outside of TSC A2 barcoded TTC/RGI and FGL, according to a new report. Photo credit: Independent Forest Monitoring Coordination Mechanism. By James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA – Two companies harvested logs worth US$2.475 million outside of a concession area in Grand Bassa County, with the government of Liberia yet to take any
- [Explainer: The Four Objectives of COP26 You Need To Know](https://thedaylight.org/2021/11/09/explainer-the-four-objectives-of-cop26-you-need-to-know/) - Banner Image: West Point witnesses sea erosion every year. The DayLight/Harry Browne By Emmanuel Sherman Monrovia – In his address to the opening of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) ongoing climate change summit in Glasgow, Scotland or COP26, President George Weah called on world leaders to address the global
- [11.6 Billion Microplastics are Released from Our Teabags Per Bag](https://thedaylight.org/2021/11/07/11-6-billion-microplastics-are-released-from-our-teabags-per-bag/) - Banner Image: A cup of tea. Photo credit: Traidcraft Tea—the quintessentially British drink that we love so much so that 100 million cups are drank daily, translating to almost 36 billion per year. There are so many variations of tea, ranging from black tea to green and peppermint, touting a range of health benefits. For example, green tea
- [New APP for Forest Monitoring Launched](https://thedaylight.org/2021/10/27/new-app-for-forest-monitoring-launched/) - Fog forms over a forest in Zorzor, Lofa. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Varney Kamara MONROVIA – Conservation groups on Tuesday introduced a new software aimed at assisting forest monitors preserve protected areas across protected areas in Liberia. Known as the integrated management effectiveness tool (IMET), the global biodiversity monitoring software meant to improve
- [Opinion: With Dutch money, our rainforest and our income will disappear](https://thedaylight.org/2021/10/26/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 James G. Otto, program leader Friends of the Earth Liberia, partner of Milieudefensie. Banner Image: A road passes through Golden Veroleum Liberia’s palm plantation in Sinoe County. The DayLight/Harry Browne Dutch
- [J-Palm partners with International Foundation to Support 7,500 Liberian Smallholder Oil Palm Producers](https://thedaylight.org/2021/10/26/j-palm-partners-with-international-foundation-to-support-7500-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) and an international foundation have formed a partnership to improve access for 7,500 smallholder oil palm producers in rural Liberia to more efficient processing technologies and markets. The partnership with
- [Former GVL Workers Receive Payoffs after Labor Ministry’s Ruling](https://thedaylight.org/2021/10/23/former-gvl-workers-receive-payoffs-after-labor-ministrys-ruling/) - Banner Image: An ex-worker of GVL receives his severance pay after a settlement with the company earlier this month. The DayLight/Harry Browne By Varney Kamara GREENVILLE, Sinoe County – Sixteen former workers of Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) have received their severance benefits after they reached a settlement with the company, one year and eight months
- [Forest Stakeholders Draft 10 ‘Smart’ Logging Agreements](https://thedaylight.org/2021/10/19/forest-stakeholders-draft-10-smart-logging-agreements/) - A log field in Salayea, Lofa County, run by Alpha Logging and Wood Processing Inc. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA – Stakeholders from across the forestry sector have proposed the revision of 10 agreements between communities affected by large-scale logging concessions and companies to replace failed, existing contracts. The drafts—which actors in the sectors
- [Media Organizations Call on Government to Disclose ArcelorMittal's Agreement](https://thedaylight.org/2021/10/19/media-organizations-call-on-government-to-disclose-arcelormittals-agreement/) - It has been more than five weeks since President George Weah and Lakshmi Mittal, the CEO of ArcelorMittal, signed a revised mineral development agreement (MDA) in September, extending the company’s concession with Liberia for 25 years. Since the agreement, valued at US$800 million, was signed and forwarded to the Legislature for ratification, the government has
- [Government Pays Logging Communities US$200K](https://thedaylight.org/2021/10/19/government-pays-logging-communities-us200k/) - Banner Image: The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning in Monrovia. The DayLight/Harry Browne BY Emmanuel Sherman MONROVIA – The Government of Liberia has paid US$200,000 to communities affected by logging concessions. The payment represents a tenth of over US$5.5 million owed communities in land rental fees since the 2015/2016 fiscal year they protested for
- [Four Facts That Show Why Monrovia is Dirty](https://thedaylight.org/2021/10/12/four-facts-that-show-why-monrovia-is-dirty/) - Banner Image: An employee of the Monrovia City Corporation removes a huge pile of overstayed garbage in Monrovia. The DayLight/Tom Portland By Gabriel Dixon MONROVIA – Recently, the Head of the European Union Delegation in Liberia, Ambassador Laurent Delahouse came under heavy criticism for a statement he made at the Monrovia City Forum on Solid
- [Artisanal Miners Acquire ‘Smart Mining’ Skills to Protect Gola Forest](https://thedaylight.org/2021/10/11/artisanal-miners-acquire-smart-mining-skills-to-protect-gola-forest/) - Banner Image: Artisanal miners often dig large holes and abandon them. The DayLight/Varney Kamara By Varney Kamara GBARMA, Gbarpolu County- Artisanal miners across villages in Gbarpolu County have been trained to carry on smart mining, a sustainable method that seeks to protect the Gola National Park. The park has over 60 plant and animals species
- [Two Arrested for Allegedly Killing Elephants, Another on the Run](https://thedaylight.org/2021/10/11/two-arrested-for-allegedly-killing-elephants-another-on-the-run/) - Banner Image: Elephants in Toe Town, Grand Gedeh County. The DayLight/Harry Browne By Emmanuel Sherman ZEYEAMA CLAN, Lofa County – Two men have been arrested for allegedly killing elephants in Lofa County, the Liberia News Agency (LINA) reported on Monday. Big-boy Forkpa and Koikoi Willie are suspected of shooting a pair of elephants in
- [European Ambassador Apologizes for ‘Dirty Monrovia’ Comments](https://thedaylight.org/2021/10/08/european-ambassador-apologizes-for-dirty-monrovia-comments/) - Banner Image: Ambassador Laurent Delahousse, wearing a mask. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Stephen L Bernard Jr. MONROVIA – Laurent Delahousse, the ambassador of the European Union to Liberia, has apologized for saying that “Monrovia is the dirtiest" he has ever visited. Delahousse’s statement at the Monrovia City Forum on Solid Waste Management on
- [Explainer: Six Things You Need to Know About Wetlands](https://thedaylight.org/2021/10/06/explainer-six-things-you-need-to-know-about-wetlands/) - Banner Image: A partial, bird’s eye view of a mangrove swamp in Montserrado County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Favour Topor For decades, people have encroached on swamplands or wetlands not knowing the significance of the vital resources that this natural body brings to our ecosystem. For example, people have built and fill in swamplands
- [Study Finds Primary Forest within 1-3 Km Critical for Chimpanzee Habitat in Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/2021/10/05/study-finds-primary-forest-within-1-3-km-critical-for-chimpanzee-habitat-in-liberia/) - Primary forest 1-3 km critically important to connectivity and conservation of western chimpanzee in Liberia. Liberia has the second-largest population of western chimpanzee, recently classified “critically endangered.” Chimpanzee habitat and movement overlaps considerably with existing timber and agriculture concessions. Roads network could also pose threat to chimpanzee habitat in the future as the Liberian government
- [Campaigners Deepen Their Knowledge on New Advocacy Tool](https://thedaylight.org/2021/09/26/campaigners-deepen-their-knowledge-on-new-advocacy-tool/) - Banner Image: A Forest in Sinoe. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Varney Kamara MONROVIA- More than 150 civil Society actors have ended a strategic dialogue to enhance monitoring of companies’ ethical compliance, and communities’ social benefits across Liberia, using a new tool for such advocacy. The second Accountability Framework initiative (AFi) dialogue followed its introduction
- [Family of Assistant Minister, Town Clash Over 400 Acres of Land](https://thedaylight.org/2021/09/24/family-of-assistant-minister-town-clash-over-400-acres-of-land/) - Banner Image: Luyeama Town in Zorzor District, Lofa County. The DayLight/Varney Kamara By Varney Kamara LUYEAMA, Lofa County - John Forpka, 55, a resident of Luyeama, was jailed in August after a townsman from the neighboring Washington Village accused him of terroristic threat over a parcel of farmland between both communities. “That this small
- [NGO Donates to Community Forest Conservation Efforts](https://thedaylight.org/2021/09/20/ngo-donates-to-community-forest-conservation-efforts/) - Banner Image: The Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) donated this canoe to the Barconnie-Harmonville Community Forest to help it conserve its forest. Photo credit: SDI By William Selmah BUCHANAN, Grand Bassa County - Since the Barconnie-Harmonville Authorized Community Forest was established in 2017, it has found it difficult to sustain its conservation program. Illegal occupants
- [Community Forest Leaders Siphon Over US$5,000 in Gbarpolu](https://thedaylight.org/2021/09/20/community-forest-leaders-siphon-over-us5000-in-gbarpolu/) - Banner Image: Gainkpa, Korninga Chiefdom in Gbarpolu County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue The leaders of Korninga A Community Forest spent US$5,275 without the approval of the rest of the community. They paid themselves US$3,300 Christmas gift and US$7,585 for training It spent US$1,300 for legal fees but does not say who the lawyer is and
- [Nimba Citizens Reject ArcelorMittal's Concession Extension](https://thedaylight.org/2021/09/17/nimba-citizens-reject-arcelormittals-concession-extension/) - Banner Image: Iron Ores on their way to the Port of Buchanan. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Varney Kamara PAYNESVILLE - Aggrieved citizens from Nimba County Monday criticized the extension of ArcelorMittal's mineral development agreement (MDA) on grounds that they did not participate in its negotiation. Last week, ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML), the world's largest steel
- [Report: Underpayment of Producers Challenges Vegetable Industry](https://thedaylight.org/2021/09/06/report-underpayment-of-producers-challenges-vegetable-industry/) - Banner Image: A trader serves a buyer at a vegetable kiosk in Congo Town. The DayLight/Theophilus Jackson By William Selmah MONROVIA – The underpayment of vegetables producers by traders is gravely undermining productivity in the sector, a new study has established. “Farmers complain about traders and switch between them, but are at the same
- [COVID-19 Vaccine Campaign Launched in Monrovia](https://thedaylight.org/2021/09/05/covid-19-vaccine-campaign-launched-in-monrovia/) - Banner Image: A placard at the SOS Hospital in Congo Town showing different locations for coronavirus vaccine administration. The DayLight/William Harmon By Emmanuel Sherman MONROVIA – A campaign seeking to engage communities in Liberia to turn out and get vaccinated against coronavirus has been launched in Monrovia. The campaign is part of Supporting Effective Advocacy
- [Chinese Company Fails to Live Up to Logging Contract in Bassa](https://thedaylight.org/2021/09/02/chinese-company-fails-to-live-up-to-logging-contract-in-bassa/) - Banner Image: Fineboy Village, the headquarters of Zuzohn Clan in Grand Bassa County. The DayLight/William Q. Harmon BY William Q. Harmon FINEBOY VILLAGE, Grand Bassa County— The roads, footpaths that lead to Fineboy Village are only passable by motorcycles. There are so many bumps and the road gets narrower as you go. Some people call this
- [Senator Prince Moye Recommended Illegal Dismissal of MNG Gold Staff](https://thedaylight.org/2021/09/01/senator-prince-moye-recommended-illegal-dismissal-of-mng-gold-staff/) - Banner Image: Senator Prince Moye of Bong County. The DayLight/Facebook By William Selmah GBARNGA, Bong County – Senator Prince Moye recommended the illegal sacking of an employee of MNG Gold Liberia after he supported his rival in last year’s senatorial elections, an investigation by The DayLight has found. Moye ordered the sacking of Lloyd Ngwayah
- [Gola Forest Road Repair To Spur Development in Region](https://thedaylight.org/2021/08/30/gola-forest-road-repair-to-spur-development-in-region/) - Banner Image: SCNL team and local daily hires repairing a damaged bridge on the Komgba Highway in Gbarpolu County. Friday, August 27, 2021. The DayLight/Varney Kamara By Varney Kamara KUMGBOR, Gbarpolu County – In order to ensure easy access to the Gola National Park and create free movement of goods and services, a nongovernmental organization,
- [Bassa Citizens Give ArcelorMittal Ultimatum Over Concession Failures](https://thedaylight.org/2021/08/24/bassa-citizens-give-arcelormittal-ultimatum-over-concession-failures/) - Banner Image: An ArcelorMittal locomotive leaves the Port of Buchanan for Nimba County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Ojuku S. Kangar, Jr. BUCHANAN, Grand Bassa County - A group, Bassa Untied Front for Positive Change (BASUFOC), has given ArcelorMittal an 11-day ultimatum to fulfill the portion of its concession agreement that relates to the county,
- [Lofa Community to First Use New Format for Logging Contract](https://thedaylight.org/2021/08/20/lofa-community-to-first-use-new-format-for-logging-contract/) - Balagwalazu Town, Bluyeama Clan, Zorzor District, Lofa County. Saturday, 14 August 2021. The DayLight/Varney Kamara By Varney Kamara BALAGWALAZU, Lofa County – A forest community in Zorzor, Lofa County and a logging company have agreed to amend their current agreement to adopt a new template for their logging agreement, the first time a commercial use
- [Government to Begin Paying Communities US$5.5m Land Rental Fees](https://thedaylight.org/2021/08/20/government-to-begin-paying-communities-us5-5m-land-rental-fees/) - Banner Image:The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning. The DayLight/Harry Browne By Ojuku S. Kangar, Jr MONROVIA– The Government of Liberia has agreed to pay communities affected by large-scale logging concessions US$200,000, just around a tenth of what they demanded before calling off their protest two weeks ago. “The government’s action shows commitment. It agreed
- [European Union Ambassador Warns Liberia Against Mismanaging its Forest](https://thedaylight.org/2021/08/19/european-union-ambassador-warns-liberia-against-mismanaging-its-forest/) - Banner Image: Logs on a field in the Bluyeama Clan of Zorzor District, Lofa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA – Laurent Delahousse, the European Ambassador accredited to Liberia, has urged the country to manage its forest sustainably or lose it forever. Liberia has the biggest portion (42 percent) of the
- [Communities Demand Cultural Damages Mano Inherited From Sime Darby](https://thedaylight.org/2021/08/17/communities-demand-cultural-damages-mano-inherited-from-sime-darby/) - Banner Image: A wall of the fence of the headquarters of Mano Palm Oil Industry in Bomi County. The DayLight/Harry Browne By Emmanuel Sherman BALLAH TOWN, Grand Cape Mount County – Communities affected by Mano Palm Oil Industries’ plantation have demanded payment of cultural damages agreed by its predecessor Sime Darby. Sime Darby agreed to
- [Anger as Police Allegedly Ransack Sande Bush Looking for Stolen Palm Nuts](https://thedaylight.org/2021/08/13/anger-as-police-ransack-sande-bush-looking-for-stolen-palm-nuts/) - Banner Image: Senjeh District Head Zoe Ma Jebbeh Bigboy in an interview with the DayLight on Friday, August 6, 2021. The DayLight/Derrick Snyder By Varney Kamara BEHSAO, Bomi County – Traditional leaders in Bomi are threatening to take action against police and security guards of Mano Palm Oil Plantation Investment (MPOI) who allegedly ransacked a
- [Watchdog Backs Communities’ Protest for US$5.5M Land Rental Fees](https://thedaylight.org/2021/08/06/watchdog-backs-communities-protest-for-us5-5m-land-rental-fees/) - Banner Image: Residents of logging-affected communities protest before the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning on Tuesday in Monrovia. The DayLight/Harry Browne By James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA – The Benefit Sharing Trust Board—a multi stakeholders’ watchdog in the forestry sector—has backed communities’ protest for more than US$5.5 million in land rental fees. Communities led by
- [Road Is Cover Up for ‘Serbian’ Company To Access Vambo’s Minerals](https://thedaylight.org/2021/06/24/mineralsroad-is-cover-up-for-access-to-vambo/) - Banner Image: Miners at a goldmine in Vambo, Grand Bassa County during a gold rush in 2014. The DayLight/KK By Ojuku S. Kangar Vambo hosts Mt. Finley, which is 350 meters high and has potential for gold and other minerals. It was the setting of a 2014 gold rush African Trades is aware of that
- [Campaigners Differ With Government On Fees for Community Land Survey](https://thedaylight.org/2021/06/09/campaigners-differ-with-government-on-fees-for-community-land-survey/) - Banner Image: Cee Town in Gbarsaw, River Cess County. The DayLight/William Q. Harmon BY Ojuku S. Kangar, Jr. MONROVIA - Land rights campaigners have disagreed with the Liberian government on fees for surveying community lands across the country. Under the Land Rights Act of 2018, the government of Liberia is obligated to survey community land,
- [Communities Ditched Conservation For Mining. Now The Miners Aren’t Living Up to Their Promises](https://thedaylight.org/2021/07/02/communities-ditched-conservation-for-mining-now-the-miners-arent-living-up-to-their-promises/) - Banner Image: Solway Mining has been exploring Mount Delton beginning 2020. The DayLight/William Q. Harmon BY William Q. Harmon Russian-Liberian company Solway Mining Incorporated is not living up to a memorandum of understanding with Blei and Sehyi Ko-doo authorized forest communities in Nimba County Solway owes the communities two years of health and education payments,
- [Environmentalist Calls on Liberia to Restore Ecosystem](https://thedaylight.org/2021/06/09/environmentalist-calls-on-liberia-to-restore-ecosystem/) - Banner Image: Logs lie on the ground in Bondi-Mandingo Chiefdom, Gbarpolu County. The DayLight/Harry Browne By: Emmanuel Sherman ROBERTSPORT, Grand Cape Mount County – A Liberian environmentalist called for stronger action on ecosystem restoration as Liberia celebrated World Environment Day. Richard Sambolah of Farmers Associated to Conserve the Environment (FACE), told the public to get
- [Opinion: Scale-up Seaweed into The Global Food System to Address Nutrition Challenges, Improve Livelihood, and Reduce Greenhouse Gases Emission](https://thedaylight.org/2021/08/01/opinion-scale-up-seaweed-into-the-global-food-system-to-address-nutrition-challenges-improve-livelihood-and-reduce-greenhouse-gases-emission/) - Banner Image: An infographic depicting the multiple contributions of seaweed to human nutrition and health. The DayLight/Ambulah Mamey By Ambulah Mamey We are for more years left to meet the 2025 global nutrition targets: 40% reduction in the number of stunted under-5 children, 50% reduction of anemia in women of reproductive age, 30% reduction in
- [Foreign Banks Hear Allegations of Land-grab and Pollution Against Their Investments in Liberian Goldmine](https://thedaylight.org/2021/08/10/foreign-banks-hear-allegations-of-land-grab-and-pollution-against-their-investments-in-liberian-goldmine/) - Banner Image: A mountain range in Foya, Lofa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue BY James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA – More than 10,000 villagers who allege being harmed by Bea Mountain Mining Corporation’s New Liberty Gold Mine in Kinjor, Grand Cape Mount County, have had their complaint accepted against the German and French national development banks – DEG
- [Golden Veroleum Breaches MoUs with Communities, New Report Finds](https://thedaylight.org/2021/08/13/golden-veroleum-breaches-mous-with-communities-new-report-finds/) - Banner Image: Butaw, Sinoe County. The DayLight/Harry Browne By Varney Kamara MONROVIA – Golden Veroleum Liberia has failed to implement more than 50 percent of the memoranda of understanding (MoUs) it signed with communities in Sinoe County, according to a new report by Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) and its Dutch partner Friends of the Earth
- [Extractive Revenues Declined By 12 Percent Last Year Due to Coronavirus](https://thedaylight.org/2021/05/11/extractive-revenues-declined-by-12-percent-last-year-due-to-coronavirus/) - Banner Image:Iron ore being transported to the Port of Buchanan for export. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue BY Varney Kamara MONROVIA – Revenues generated from Liberia’s extractive industries in the first half of last year dropped by more than US$5 million due to the coronavirus pandemic, according in the latest report by the Liberia Extractive Industries
- [Fisheries Authority Distributes Nets to Fishermen in Bassa](https://thedaylight.org/2021/08/14/fisheries-authority-distributes-nets-to-fishermen-in-bassa/) - Banner Image: A fisherman receives a fishing net in exchange for his plastic net. The DayLight/NaFAA BUCHANAN, Grand Bassa County – A group of fishermen in Grand Bassa County has received several thread nets in exchange for their rubber ones as part of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA), as part of its to
- [Women’s Rights CSO Condemns Government’s Failure to Pay Communities over US$5.5M](https://thedaylight.org/2021/08/06/womens-rights-cso-condemns-governments-failure-to-pay-communities-over-us5-5m/) - Banner Image: women from logging-affected communities protest before the Ministry of Finance in Monrovia. The DayLight/Harry Browne By William Q. Harmon MONROVIA – The Foundation for Community Initiatives (FCI)—which advocates for women’s land rights—has expressed displeasure over the Liberian government’s failure to pay communities their legal share of land rental fees it received from logging
- [Logging Communities Suspend Protest for US$5.5M Land Rental Fees](https://thedaylight.org/2021/08/03/logging-communities-suspend-protest-for-us5-5m-land-rental-fees/) - Banner Image: Protesters from logging-affected communities hold placards at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning in Monrovia on Tuesday. The DayLight/Harry Browne By Ojuku S. Kangar, Jr. MONROVIA – Communities affected by logging concession have suspended their planned weeklong protest for over US$5.5 million land rental fees the Liberian government owes them after reaching
- [Seven Bomi Clans Seek Customary Land Ownership](https://thedaylight.org/2021/05/31/seven-bomi-clans-seek-customary-land-ownership/) - Banner Image: A view of Bola, Lower Tongay Clan, Bomi county. The DayLight/William Q. Harmon BY William Q.Harmon BEAFINA, Bomi—Seven clans in Bomi County have begun the process to legalize their customary ownership of their land. Manoah, Zepeh, Upper Togay and Lower Togay of Senjeh District and Mannah Clan, Kpo Clan and Gorblah of Klay
- [Bassa Officials Apply Illegal Logging MoU Despite FDA Rebuke](https://thedaylight.org/2021/05/31/bassa-officials-apply-illegal-logging-mou-despite-fda-rebuke/) - Banner Image: A portion of the newly paved road in Vambo, Grand Bassa County. The DayLight/Ojuku S. Kangar, Jr BY Ojuku S.Kangar VAMBO, Grand Bassa County – An illegal memorandum of understanding that will see a company pave a dirt road through two townships in District #2, Grand Bassa County, in exchange for logs, is
- [Want to Know About Customary Land Rights? There is an Easy Manual for It](https://thedaylight.org/2021/06/23/want-to-know-about-customary-land-rights-there-is-an-easy-manual-for-it/) - Banner Image: Representatives of FCI, SDI and Parley-Liberia posed with copies of the manual. The DayLight/ William Q. Harmon By William Q. Harmon PAYNESVILLE – Many communities across the country are seeking customary ownership to their land but many others are unaware of the Land Rights Act of 2018 that guarantees such right. Now, there
- [Logging Communities To Protest Over US$5.5M Government Owes Them](https://thedaylight.org/2021/08/02/logging-communities-to-protest-over-us5-5m-government-owes-them/) - Banner Image: Elders of Gbi-Doru District, Nimba County, stage a sleep-in protest at the headquarters of the Forestry Development Authority in Paynesville in 2019. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA – Rural communities in Liberia affected by large-scale logging concession will on Tuesday begin a weeklong sit-in protest at the Ministry of
- [Making Our Professional Lives More Environmentally Friendly](https://thedaylight.org/2021/06/16/making-our-professional-lives-more-environmentally-friendly/) - Banner Image: Theophilus Jackson, an IT intern, works from home in Congo Town. James Harding Giahyue/The DayLight By Flogas More people than ever are now working from home, and remote working could well become the norm for many employees. But with people also more aware of personal sustainability issues, how can remote employees tailor their work
- [Civil Society Actors Learn New Tool for Concession Campaign](https://thedaylight.org/2021/07/30/civil-society-actors-learn-new-tool-for-concession-campaign/) - Banner Image: Ariel view of a portion of the Palm Bay Estate of Equatorial Palm Oil’s (EPO) covering 6,400 hectares of land in Jogbahn Clan in District No.4, Grand Bassa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA – Campaigners from civil society organizations in Liberia on Thursday received training on the Accountability
- [Dismissed GVL Workers’ Case Transferred to Monrovia](https://thedaylight.org/2021/07/29/dismissed-gvl-workers-case-transferred-to-monrovia/) - Banner Image: A GVL Signboard in Sinoe County. The DayLight/Harry Browne By Varney Kamara MONROVIA – A case involving 14 dismissed workers of Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) and the company has been transferred to Monrovia from Sinoe County, an important stage in the parties’ efforts to reach an out-of-court settlement. GVL had requested the transfer
- [Fourteen Dismissed GVL Workers Fight To Get Back Their Jobs](https://thedaylight.org/2021/05/11/fourteen-dismissed-gvl-workers-fight-to-get-back-their-jobs/) - Banner Image: A Golden Veroleum Liberia signboard in Butaw, Sinoe County. The DayLight/Harry Browne By James Harding Giahyue Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) dismissed 14 of its workers for their alleged involvement in a riot in Butaw in May 2015 The former employees lodged a complaint against the company for constructive dismissal and unfair labor practice
- [‘Ecocide’ Defined in New Effort to make it Fifth International Crime](https://thedaylight.org/2021/07/02/ecocide-defined-in-new-effort-to-make-it-fifth-international-crime/) - Banner Image: A pile of logs left to rot as part of infamous private use permit scandal of 2013 that rocked the Liberian forestry sector. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By Ojuku S. Kangar MONROVIA – A panel of 12 legal experts from around the world have arrived at a definition of “ecocide,” a step closer
- [Opinion: Violated? Liberia's Land Rights Law and the Worsening Dynamics of Land Grabs](https://thedaylight.org/2021/07/27/violated-liberias-land-rights-law-and-the-worsening-dynamics-of-land-grabs/) - Banner Image: A schoolboy walks on a road on Golden Veroleum Liberia's plantation in Butaw, Sinoe County. The DayLight/Harry Browne By Ali Kaba The Land Rights Law (LRL), enacted on the 23rd of August 2018, was an impressive feat. It recognizes the land rights of all Liberians, especially rural communities who have historically been subject
- [GVL’s Reason for Layoffs Due To Road Repair Was Illegal](https://thedaylight.org/2021/07/27/gvls-reason-for-layoffs-due-to-road-repair-was-illegal/) - Banner Image: A Golden Veroleum Liberia signboard in Butaw, Sinoe County. The DayLight/Harry Browne By Varney Kamara MONROVIA – One of the three reasons Golden Veroelum Liberia (GVL) gave to lay off 440 people last year was illegal, an investigation by The DayLight has uncovered. GVL said the layoffs were due to high cost of
- [Civil Society Council wants COVID-19 Testing Outsourced, Corrupt Health Workers Shamed](https://thedaylight.org/2021/07/26/civil-society-council-wants-covid-19-testing-outsourced-corrupt-health-workers-shamed/) - Banner Image: Loretta Pope Kai, the chairperson of the National Civil Society Council of Liberia. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue By James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA – The National Civil Society Council of Liberia is calling for the Liberian government to outsource the management of its coronavirus-testing information system amid reports of bribery and extortion by healthcare
- [Website with Info on Land, Forestry and Investment Launched](https://thedaylight.org/2021/07/22/website-with-info-land-forestry-and-investment-launched/) - CONGO TOWN – An online repository of information about land, forest and investment in Liberia has been launched, a move its creator says will help meet challenges in the formalization of customary land rights in Liberia. The Land Info Shop website allows civil society groups in the land and forestry sector to access strategies and
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- [Global Environment Facility](https://thedaylight.org/tag/global-environment-facility/)
- [chainsaw milling](https://thedaylight.org/tag/chainsaw-milling/)
- [Binta Billity](https://thedaylight.org/tag/binta-billity/)
- [Brittney Griner](https://thedaylight.org/tag/brittney-griner/)
- [Vahun](https://thedaylight.org/tag/vahun/)
- [Reporters without Borders](https://thedaylight.org/tag/reporters-without-borders/)
- [Environmental Journalists killed](https://thedaylight.org/tag/environmental-journalists-killed/)
- [Press freedom](https://thedaylight.org/tag/press-freedom/)
- [Foya](https://thedaylight.org/tag/foya/)
- [pangolin](https://thedaylight.org/tag/pangolin/)
- [Zoonotic diseases](https://thedaylight.org/tag/zoonotic-diseases/)
- [Ebola](https://thedaylight.org/tag/ebola/)
- [Liberian Ministry of Health](https://thedaylight.org/tag/liberian-ministry-of-health/)
- [bushmeat](https://thedaylight.org/tag/bushmeat/)
- [wildlife](https://thedaylight.org/tag/wildlife/)
- [illicit drugs](https://thedaylight.org/tag/illicit-drugs/)
- [heroin](https://thedaylight.org/tag/heroin/)
- [goldmine](https://thedaylight.org/tag/goldmine/)
- [Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency](https://thedaylight.org/tag/liberia-drug-enforcement-agency/)
- [Ministry of Mines and Energy](https://thedaylight.org/tag/ministry-of-mines-and-energy/)
- [zogo](https://thedaylight.org/tag/zogo/)
- [Liberian National Police](https://thedaylight.org/tag/liberian-national-police/)
- [zircon sand](https://thedaylight.org/tag/zircon-sand/)
- [sand mining](https://thedaylight.org/tag/sand-mining/)
- [Du-Wolee](https://thedaylight.org/tag/du-wolee/)
- [Kpayan District](https://thedaylight.org/tag/kpayan-district/)
- [Supreme Court f Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/supreme-court-f-liberia/)
- [Gbi-Doru](https://thedaylight.org/tag/gbi-doru/)
- [Maryland Oil Palm Plantation](https://thedaylight.org/tag/maryland-oil-palm-plantation/)
- [Maryland County](https://thedaylight.org/tag/maryland-county/)
- [Sustainable Development Institute](https://thedaylight.org/tag/sustainable-development-institute/)
- [Environmental Protection Agency](https://thedaylight.org/tag/environmental-protection-agency/)
- [Port of Buchanan](https://thedaylight.org/tag/port-of-buchanan/)
- [land grab](https://thedaylight.org/tag/land-grab/)
- [The European Union Delegation to Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/the-european-union-delegation-to-liberia/)
- [Embassy of Sweden in Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/embassy-of-sweden-in-liberia/)
- [Embassy of Ireland in Lberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/embassy-of-ireland-in-lberia/)
- [Embassy of France in Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/embassy-of-france-in-liberia/)
- [Embassy of Germany in Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/embassy-of-germany-in-liberia/)
- [Laurent Delahousse](https://thedaylight.org/tag/laurent-delahousse/)
- [Gheegbarn #1](https://thedaylight.org/tag/gheegbarn-1/)
- [Compound Number Two](https://thedaylight.org/tag/compound-number-two/)
- [Community Forestry in Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/community-forestry-in-liberia/)
- [human-elephant conflict](https://thedaylight.org/tag/human-elephant-conflict/)
- [elephants](https://thedaylight.org/tag/elephants/)
- [Kongbor](https://thedaylight.org/tag/kongbor/)
- [poaching](https://thedaylight.org/tag/poaching/)
- [U.S. State Department Human Rights Report](https://thedaylight.org/tag/u-s-state-department-human-rights-report/)
- [Ancestral land rights](https://thedaylight.org/tag/ancestral-land-rights/)
- [Liberia Land Authority](https://thedaylight.org/tag/liberia-land-authority/)
- [The International Land and Forest Tenure Facility](https://thedaylight.org/tag/the-international-land-and-forest-tenure-facility/)
- [Parley Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/parley-liberia/)
- [Foundation for Community Initiatives](https://thedaylight.org/tag/foundation-for-community-initiatives/)
- [Askon Liberia Genera Trading Inc.](https://thedaylight.org/tag/askon-liberia-genera-trading-inc/)
- [Ministry of Foreign Affairs](https://thedaylight.org/tag/ministry-of-foreign-affairs/)
- [Jatoken Group Inc.](https://thedaylight.org/tag/jatoken-group-inc/)
- [Liberia Mineral Export Inc.](https://thedaylight.org/tag/liberia-mineral-export-inc/)
- [illegal mining](https://thedaylight.org/tag/illegal-mining/)
- [Liberia Revenue Authority](https://thedaylight.org/tag/liberia-revenue-authority/)
- [Akewa Group of Companies](https://thedaylight.org/tag/akewa-group-of-companies/)
- [Iroko Timber Logging Corporation](https://thedaylight.org/tag/iroko-timber-logging-corporation/)
- [BuzzBox](https://thedaylight.org/tag/buzzbox/)
- [Elephant Research and Conservation](https://thedaylight.org/tag/elephant-research-and-conservation/)
- [Mandra](https://thedaylight.org/tag/mandra/)
- [Dr. Amos Sawyer](https://thedaylight.org/tag/dr-amos-sawyer/)
- [Thelma Comfort Duncan Sawyer](https://thedaylight.org/tag/thelma-comfort-duncan-sawyer/)
- [River Cess County](https://thedaylight.org/tag/river-cess-county/)
- [Representative Lawrence Morris](https://thedaylight.org/tag/representative-lawrence-morris/)
- [Superintendent Florence Brandy](https://thedaylight.org/tag/superintendent-florence-brandy/)
- [Todee](https://thedaylight.org/tag/todee/)
- [Montserrado County](https://thedaylight.org/tag/montserrado-county/)
- [Bea Mountain Mining Corporation](https://thedaylight.org/tag/bea-mountain-mining-corporation/)
- [Jikando](https://thedaylight.org/tag/jikando/)
- [Gola Konneh District](https://thedaylight.org/tag/gola-konneh-district/)
- [copper sulphate](https://thedaylight.org/tag/copper-sulphate/)
- [Marblee and Karblee Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/tag/marblee-and-karblee-community-forest/)
- [African Wood and Lumber Company](https://thedaylight.org/tag/african-wood-and-lumber-company/)
- [Assistant Minister for Trade Peter Somah](https://thedaylight.org/tag/assistant-minister-for-trade-peter-somah/)
- [Wilson Tarpeh](https://thedaylight.org/tag/wilson-tarpeh/)
- [Todee District](https://thedaylight.org/tag/todee-district/)
- [Tetra Enterprises Inc.](https://thedaylight.org/tag/tetra-enterprises-inc/)
- [Liberia National Police](https://thedaylight.org/tag/liberia-national-police/)
- [Swedish Embassy in Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/swedish-embassy-in-liberia/)
- [German Embassy in Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/german-embassy-in-liberia/)
- [Certified cocoa](https://thedaylight.org/tag/certified-cocoa/)
- [Organic cocoa](https://thedaylight.org/tag/organic-cocoa/)
- [Irish Embassy in Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/irish-embassy-in-liberia/)
- [Liberian cocoa](https://thedaylight.org/tag/liberian-cocoa/)
- [Central Morweh Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/tag/central-morweh-community-forest/)
- [Bong County](https://thedaylight.org/tag/bong-county/)
- [Whorn Waterfall](https://thedaylight.org/tag/whorn-waterfall/)
- [Quikon Clan](https://thedaylight.org/tag/quikon-clan/)
- [Tenure Facility](https://thedaylight.org/tag/tenure-facility/)
- [Customary land rights](https://thedaylight.org/tag/customary-land-rights/)
- [St. John River](https://thedaylight.org/tag/st-john-river/)
- [Kpatawee Waterfall](https://thedaylight.org/tag/kpatawee-waterfall/)
- [Liberia Wildlife Crime Unit](https://thedaylight.org/tag/liberia-wildlife-crime-unit/)
- [Noah's Ark High School](https://thedaylight.org/tag/noahs-ark-high-school/)
- [Kokoyah District](https://thedaylight.org/tag/kokoyah-district/)
- [Land Rights Act](https://thedaylight.org/tag/land-rights-act/)
- [Blue Carbon](https://thedaylight.org/tag/blue-carbon/)
- [carbon credit](https://thedaylight.org/tag/carbon-credit/)
- [United Arab Emirates](https://thedaylight.org/tag/united-arab-emirates/)
- [carbon credits](https://thedaylight.org/tag/carbon-credits/)
- [Corruption](https://thedaylight.org/tag/corruption/)
- [Equator Prize](https://thedaylight.org/tag/equator-prize/)
- [Kpokolo](https://thedaylight.org/tag/kpokolo/)
- [Carbon trading](https://thedaylight.org/tag/carbon-trading/)
- [Margibi](https://thedaylight.org/tag/margibi/)
- [World Bank](https://thedaylight.org/tag/world-bank/)
- [Liberia's GDP](https://thedaylight.org/tag/liberias-gdp/)
- [FAO](https://thedaylight.org/tag/fao/)
- [Blue Carbon Inc.](https://thedaylight.org/tag/blue-carbon-inc/)
- [carbon market](https://thedaylight.org/tag/carbon-market/)
- [BlueEarth Capital](https://thedaylight.org/tag/blueearth-capital/)
- [COP 28](https://thedaylight.org/tag/cop-28/)
- [Belle Yalla](https://thedaylight.org/tag/belle-yalla/)
- [Buchanan](https://thedaylight.org/tag/buchanan/)
- [Jatoken](https://thedaylight.org/tag/jatoken/)
- [Tibelrosa Tarponweh](https://thedaylight.org/tag/tibelrosa-tarponweh/)
- [Korninga B Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/tag/korninga-b-community-forest/)
- [Korninga B](https://thedaylight.org/tag/korninga-b/)
- [Indo Africa](https://thedaylight.org/tag/indo-africa/)
- [Joseph Boakai](https://thedaylight.org/tag/joseph-boakai/)
- [Code of Conduct for Public Officials](https://thedaylight.org/tag/code-of-conduct-for-public-officials/)
- [Ziadue & Teekpeh Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/tag/ziadue-teekpeh-community-forest/)
- [EJ&J Investment Corporation](https://thedaylight.org/tag/ejj-investment-corporation/)
- [Rudolph Merab](https://thedaylight.org/tag/rudolph-merab/)
- [Korninga Chiefdom](https://thedaylight.org/tag/korninga-chiefdom/)
- [Bondi Mandingo Chiefdom](https://thedaylight.org/tag/bondi-mandingo-chiefdom/)
- [Korninga A Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/tag/korninga-a-community-forest/)
- [Coveiyalah Investment Enterprise](https://thedaylight.org/tag/coveiyalah-investment-enterprise/)
- [Dr. Emmanuel Urey Yarkpawolo](https://thedaylight.org/tag/dr-emmanuel-urey-yarkpawolo/)
- [Firestone](https://thedaylight.org/tag/firestone/)
- [President Joseph Boakai](https://thedaylight.org/tag/president-joseph-boakai/)
- [Quezp Mining Company](https://thedaylight.org/tag/quezp-mining-company/)
- [Royceville](https://thedaylight.org/tag/royceville/)
- [Brewerville](https://thedaylight.org/tag/brewerville/)
- [Dredging](https://thedaylight.org/tag/dredging/)
- [Illegal Mining in Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/illegal-mining-in-liberia/)
- [Royesville](https://thedaylight.org/tag/royesville/)
- [Marshall Wetlands](https://thedaylight.org/tag/marshall-wetlands/)
- [East International Construction Company](https://thedaylight.org/tag/east-international-construction-company/)
- [Fengshou](https://thedaylight.org/tag/fengshou/)
- [Development of African Commodities](https://thedaylight.org/tag/development-of-african-commodities/)
- [Mining Accident](https://thedaylight.org/tag/mining-accident/)
- [Ziadue Clan](https://thedaylight.org/tag/ziadue-clan/)
- [Gbarsaw Clan](https://thedaylight.org/tag/gbarsaw-clan/)
- [Dorbor Clan](https://thedaylight.org/tag/dorbor-clan/)
- [Virginia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/virginia/)
- [Jorquelleh District](https://thedaylight.org/tag/jorquelleh-district/)
- [Jorpolu Clan](https://thedaylight.org/tag/jorpolu-clan/)
- [Representative Marvin Cole](https://thedaylight.org/tag/representative-marvin-cole/)
- [Central Agriculture Research Institute](https://thedaylight.org/tag/central-agriculture-research-institute/)
- [CARI](https://thedaylight.org/tag/cari/)
- [Chinese Embassy in Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/chinese-embassy-in-liberia/)
- [China Aid](https://thedaylight.org/tag/china-aid/)
- [Supreme Court of Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/supreme-court-of-liberia/)
- [Huiren Mining Inc.](https://thedaylight.org/tag/huiren-mining-inc/)
- [Bao Chico](https://thedaylight.org/tag/bao-chico/)
- [Decent Work Act](https://thedaylight.org/tag/decent-work-act/)
- [STT Heavy Mineral Resources Limited](https://thedaylight.org/tag/stt-heavy-mineral-resources-limited/)
- [Peter Wleh Nyenswah](https://thedaylight.org/tag/peter-wleh-nyenswah/)
- [EITI](https://thedaylight.org/tag/eiti/)
- [Sierra Leone](https://thedaylight.org/tag/sierra-leone/)
- [SLEITI](https://thedaylight.org/tag/sleiti/)
- [motorcycle taxis](https://thedaylight.org/tag/motorcycle-taxis/)
- [Harrisburg](https://thedaylight.org/tag/harrisburg/)
- [Z&C Investment Company](https://thedaylight.org/tag/zc-investment-company/)
- [Rock quarrying](https://thedaylight.org/tag/rock-quarrying/)
- [West Water](https://thedaylight.org/tag/west-water/)
- [Rudulph Merab](https://thedaylight.org/tag/rudulph-merab/)
- [District Three B&C Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/tag/district-three-bc-community-forest/)
- [Plank Toll](https://thedaylight.org/tag/plank-toll/)
- [Garmai Kennedy](https://thedaylight.org/tag/garmai-kennedy/)
- [House of Representatives](https://thedaylight.org/tag/house-of-representatives/)
- [Z&C Investment Compnay](https://thedaylight.org/tag/zc-investment-compnay/)
- [LiberTrace](https://thedaylight.org/tag/libertrace/)
- [Gertrude Nyaley](https://thedaylight.org/tag/gertrude-nyaley/)
- [iron ore](https://thedaylight.org/tag/iron-ore/)
- [Bondi Mandingo](https://thedaylight.org/tag/bondi-mandingo/)
- [Kpo Mountain](https://thedaylight.org/tag/kpo-mountain/)
- [Tarsue Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/tag/tarsue-community-forest/)
- [West Africa Forest Development Incorporated](https://thedaylight.org/tag/west-africa-forest-development-incorporated/)
- [ArcelorMittal](https://thedaylight.org/tag/arcelormittal/)
- [Yekepa](https://thedaylight.org/tag/yekepa/)
- [wetlands](https://thedaylight.org/tag/wetlands/)
- [Nimba Mon-Waa](https://thedaylight.org/tag/nimba-mon-waa/)
- [Liberia Forest Media Watch](https://thedaylight.org/tag/liberia-forest-media-watch/)
- [Okay FM](https://thedaylight.org/tag/okay-fm/)
- [Masayaha](https://thedaylight.org/tag/masayaha/)
- [Ministry of Public Works](https://thedaylight.org/tag/ministry-of-public-works/)
- [Ninth Judicial Circuit Court](https://thedaylight.org/tag/ninth-judicial-circuit-court/)
- [Central River Dugbe Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/tag/central-river-dugbe-community-forest/)
- [Iroko Timber and Logging Company](https://thedaylight.org/tag/iroko-timber-and-logging-company/)
- [Gboyonnoh Karmbo](https://thedaylight.org/tag/gboyonnoh-karmbo/)
- [The International Land and Tenure Facility](https://thedaylight.org/tag/the-international-land-and-tenure-facility/)
- [Du-Wolee Nyennue](https://thedaylight.org/tag/du-wolee-nyennue/)
- [Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil](https://thedaylight.org/tag/roundtable-on-sustainable-palm-oil/)
- [Ministry of Agriculture](https://thedaylight.org/tag/ministry-of-agriculture/)
- [Liberia Natural Produce Incorporated](https://thedaylight.org/tag/liberia-natural-produce-incorporated/)
- [Sanquin District](https://thedaylight.org/tag/sanquin-district/)
- [Equatorial Palm Oil](https://thedaylight.org/tag/equatorial-palm-oil/)
- [Konnex Investments Ltd](https://thedaylight.org/tag/konnex-investments-ltd/)
- [Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad](https://thedaylight.org/tag/kuala-lumpur-kepong-berhad/)
- [Golden Agri-Resources](https://thedaylight.org/tag/golden-agri-resources-2/)
- [Tarjuwon](https://thedaylight.org/tag/tarjuwon/)
- [Lower Kulu](https://thedaylight.org/tag/lower-kulu/)
- [Blogbo-Teh](https://thedaylight.org/tag/blogbo-teh/)
- [Proforest](https://thedaylight.org/tag/proforest/)
- [National Bureau of Concessions](https://thedaylight.org/tag/national-bureau-of-concessions/)
- [Tartweh-Drapoh](https://thedaylight.org/tag/tartweh-drapoh/)
- [GreenConsultants](https://thedaylight.org/tag/greenconsultants/)
- [Lower Bokon Clan](https://thedaylight.org/tag/lower-bokon-clan/)
- [Land Rights Act of 2018](https://thedaylight.org/tag/land-rights-act-of-2018/)
- [University of Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/university-of-liberia/)
- [Second Land Conference](https://thedaylight.org/tag/second-land-conference/)
- [Numopoh](https://thedaylight.org/tag/numopoh/)
- [United States Forest Service](https://thedaylight.org/tag/united-states-forest-service/)
- [Agritix Xylorix](https://thedaylight.org/tag/agritix-xylorix/)
- [Illegal timber trafficking](https://thedaylight.org/tag/illegal-timber-trafficking/)
- [Southeastern Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/southeastern-liberia/)
- [Superintendent J. Lavala Massaquoi](https://thedaylight.org/tag/superintendent-j-lavala-massaquoi/)
- [Local Government Act](https://thedaylight.org/tag/local-government-act/)
- [Chainsaw Milling Regulation](https://thedaylight.org/tag/chainsaw-milling-regulation/)
- [Unites States Forest Service](https://thedaylight.org/tag/unites-states-forest-service/)
- [East Nimba Nature Reserve](https://thedaylight.org/tag/east-nimba-nature-reserve/)
- [Wologizi Proposed Protected Area](https://thedaylight.org/tag/wologizi-proposed-protected-area/)
- [Wonegizi Proposed Protected Area](https://thedaylight.org/tag/wonegizi-proposed-protected-area/)
- [Silas Siakor](https://thedaylight.org/tag/silas-siakor/)
- [Salayea Town](https://thedaylight.org/tag/salayea-town/)
- [Palama Clan](https://thedaylight.org/tag/palama-clan/)
- [Forest Trends](https://thedaylight.org/tag/forest-trends/)
- [electricity tariff](https://thedaylight.org/tag/electricity-tariff/)
- [Liberia Electricity Corporation](https://thedaylight.org/tag/liberia-electricity-corporation/)
- [Salayea Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/tag/salayea-community-forest/)
- [Solway Mining Inc.](https://thedaylight.org/tag/solway-mining-inc/)
- [Sehyi Ko-doo Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/tag/sehyi-ko-doo-community-forest/)
- [Blei Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/tag/blei-community-forest/)
- [Wilmot Paye](https://thedaylight.org/tag/wilmot-paye/)
- [Quikon](https://thedaylight.org/tag/quikon/)
- [Augustine B.M. Johnson](https://thedaylight.org/tag/augustine-b-m-johnson/)
- [Carbon Harvesting Corporation Scandal](https://thedaylight.org/tag/carbon-harvesting-corporation-scandal/)
- [NGO Coalition of Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/ngo-coalition-of-liberia/)
- [Liberia's Land Rights Act](https://thedaylight.org/tag/liberias-land-rights-act/)
- [women's right to land](https://thedaylight.org/tag/womens-right-to-land/)
- [ArcelorMittal Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/arcelormittal-liberia/)
- [Libfor Forest Corporation](https://thedaylight.org/tag/libfor-forest-corporation/)
- [Ministry of Commerce and Industry](https://thedaylight.org/tag/ministry-of-commerce-and-industry/)
- [National Benefit Trust Sharing Board](https://thedaylight.org/tag/national-benefit-trust-sharing-board/)
- [Bushrod Island Magisterial Court](https://thedaylight.org/tag/bushrod-island-magisterial-court/)
- [economic sabotage](https://thedaylight.org/tag/economic-sabotage/)
- [Mano Oil Palm Industries](https://thedaylight.org/tag/mano-oil-palm-industries/)
- [Sime Darby](https://thedaylight.org/tag/sime-darby/)
- [Vambo Township](https://thedaylight.org/tag/vambo-township/)
- [Clarence Massaquoi](https://thedaylight.org/tag/clarence-massaquoi/)
- [C&C Corporation](https://thedaylight.org/tag/cc-corporation/)
- [Vambo](https://thedaylight.org/tag/vambo/)
- [Krish Veneer Industries](https://thedaylight.org/tag/krish-veneer-industries/)
- [Public Procurement and Concession Act](https://thedaylight.org/tag/public-procurement-and-concession-act/)
- [Regulation on Bidder Qualifications](https://thedaylight.org/tag/regulation-on-bidder-qualifications/)
- [Timber Sale Contract](https://thedaylight.org/tag/timber-sale-contract/)
- [National Customs Brokers Association of Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/national-customs-brokers-association-of-liberia/)
- [Bassa Logging and Timber Company](https://thedaylight.org/tag/bassa-logging-and-timber-company/)
- [Representative Alex Noah](https://thedaylight.org/tag/representative-alex-noah/)
- [Superintendent Peter Wleh Nyensueh](https://thedaylight.org/tag/superintendent-peter-wleh-nyensueh/)
- [Tarsue Chiefdom](https://thedaylight.org/tag/tarsue-chiefdom/)
- [Numopoh Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/tag/numopoh-community-forest/)
- [Gabriel Doe](https://thedaylight.org/tag/gabriel-doe/)
- [Nitrian Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/tag/nitrian-community-forest/)
- [Zor Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/tag/zor-community-forest/)
- [Multi-stakeholders Forest Governance and Accountability Project](https://thedaylight.org/tag/multi-stakeholders-forest-governance-and-accountability-project/)
- [MFGAP](https://thedaylight.org/tag/mfgap/)
- [chewing sticks](https://thedaylight.org/tag/chewing-sticks/)
- [cross-border trade](https://thedaylight.org/tag/cross-border-trade/)
- [Mavasagueh Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/tag/mavasagueh-community-forest/)
- [Thomas Romeo Quioh](https://thedaylight.org/tag/thomas-romeo-quioh/)
- [African Finch Logging Limited](https://thedaylight.org/tag/african-finch-logging-limited/)
- [National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority](https://thedaylight.org/tag/national-fisheries-and-aquaculture-authority/)
- [Liberia Immigration Service](https://thedaylight.org/tag/liberia-immigration-service/)
- [Ministry of Labor](https://thedaylight.org/tag/ministry-of-labor/)
- [Moussa Abdul Karim](https://thedaylight.org/tag/moussa-abdul-karim/)
- [Mak Enterprises Inc.](https://thedaylight.org/tag/mak-enterprises-inc/)
- [Tax evasion](https://thedaylight.org/tag/tax-evasion/)
- [timber smuggling](https://thedaylight.org/tag/timber-smuggling/)
- [Gba Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/tag/gba-community-forest/)
- [Westwood Corporation](https://thedaylight.org/tag/westwood-corporation/)
- [West Water Group Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/west-water-group-liberia/)
- [District 3 B&C Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/tag/district-3-bc-community-forest/)
- [Illicit mining](https://thedaylight.org/tag/illicit-mining/)
- [Alwell Alloysius Carr](https://thedaylight.org/tag/alwell-alloysius-carr/)
- [Burkinabé cocoa farmer](https://thedaylight.org/tag/burkinabe-cocoa-farmer/)
- [Cocoa](https://thedaylight.org/tag/cocoa/)
- [Ivory Coast](https://thedaylight.org/tag/ivory-coast/)
- [Grand Gedeh](https://thedaylight.org/tag/grand-gedeh/)
- [Grand Gedeh County](https://thedaylight.org/tag/grand-gedeh-county/)
- [The Commerce Court of Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/the-commerce-court-of-liberia/)
- [Sapo National Park](https://thedaylight.org/tag/sapo-national-park/)
- [Burkianabé farmers in Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/burkianabe-farmers-in-liberia/)
- [River Gee County](https://thedaylight.org/tag/river-gee-county/)
- [Seekon Pellokon Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/tag/seekon-pellokon-community-forest/)
- [Jihad Akkari](https://thedaylight.org/tag/jihad-akkari/)
- [Euro Liberia Logging](https://thedaylight.org/tag/euro-liberia-logging/)
- [Liberian Hardwood Corporation](https://thedaylight.org/tag/liberian-hardwood-corporation/)
- [cocoa farming in Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/cocoa-farming-in-liberia/)
- [RAC Incorporated](https://thedaylight.org/tag/rac-incorporated/)
- [River Gee](https://thedaylight.org/tag/river-gee/)
- [Armed Forces of Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/armed-forces-of-liberia/)
- [Esau Farr](https://thedaylight.org/tag/esau-farr/)
- [The DayLight](https://thedaylight.org/tag/the-daylight/)
- [Carlucci Cooper](https://thedaylight.org/tag/carlucci-cooper/)
- [masked dancer](https://thedaylight.org/tag/masked-dancer/)
- [Liberian journalism](https://thedaylight.org/tag/liberian-journalism/)
- [Global Investigative Journalism Network](https://thedaylight.org/tag/global-investigative-journalism-network/)
- [West Water Group Liberia Incorporated](https://thedaylight.org/tag/west-water-group-liberia-incorporated/)
- [Group of 77](https://thedaylight.org/tag/group-of-77/)
- [Liberian National Red Cross Society](https://thedaylight.org/tag/liberian-national-red-cross-society/)
- [National Disaster Management Agency](https://thedaylight.org/tag/national-disaster-management-agency/)
- [Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative](https://thedaylight.org/tag/liberia-extractive-industries-transparency-initiative/)
- [Iroko Timber and Logging Corporation](https://thedaylight.org/tag/iroko-timber-and-logging-corporation/)
- [Alex Grant](https://thedaylight.org/tag/alex-grant/)
- [Integrity Watch Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/integrity-watch-liberia/)
- [Ministry of Justice](https://thedaylight.org/tag/ministry-of-justice/)
- [Heritage Partners and Associates](https://thedaylight.org/tag/heritage-partners-and-associates/)
- [Samuel Kpakio](https://thedaylight.org/tag/samuel-kpakio/)
- [Liberian Investigator](https://thedaylight.org/tag/liberian-investigator/)
- [Kwa Proposed Protected Area](https://thedaylight.org/tag/kwa-proposed-protected-area/)
- [European Union Delegation in Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/european-union-delegation-in-liberia/)
- [Seaview Community](https://thedaylight.org/tag/seaview-community/)
- [Kongba District](https://thedaylight.org/tag/kongba-district/)
- [Burkinabé migrants in Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/burkinabe-migrants-in-liberia/)
- [Superintendent Alex Grant](https://thedaylight.org/tag/superintendent-alex-grant/)
- [John Mahama](https://thedaylight.org/tag/john-mahama/)
- [Ghana](https://thedaylight.org/tag/ghana/)
- [mercury](https://thedaylight.org/tag/mercury/)
- [Minamata Convention](https://thedaylight.org/tag/minamata-convention/)
- [dredge mining](https://thedaylight.org/tag/dredge-mining/)
- [Liberia's exports for 2023](https://thedaylight.org/tag/liberias-exports-for-2023/)
- [Africa Gold Report 2025](https://thedaylight.org/tag/africa-gold-report-2025/)
- [gold smuggling](https://thedaylight.org/tag/gold-smuggling/)
- [Gbengbar Town](https://thedaylight.org/tag/gbengbar-town/)
- [Kpaytuo](https://thedaylight.org/tag/kpaytuo/)
- [Bloquia Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/tag/bloquia-community-forest/)
- [Neezonnie Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/tag/neezonnie-community-forest/)
- [Sampson Zammie](https://thedaylight.org/tag/sampson-zammie/)
- [Representative Clarence Banks](https://thedaylight.org/tag/representative-clarence-banks/)
- [LBDI](https://thedaylight.org/tag/lbdi/)
- [Burkinabé migrants](https://thedaylight.org/tag/burkinabe-migrants/)
- [Payment for stewardship](https://thedaylight.org/tag/payment-for-stewardship/)
- [Jaedae](https://thedaylight.org/tag/jaedae/)
- [Wedjah](https://thedaylight.org/tag/wedjah/)
- [Konobo Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/tag/konobo-community-forest/)
- [Greenville](https://thedaylight.org/tag/greenville/)
- [Beyan Poye Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/tag/beyan-poye-community-forest/)
- [Palladium Liberia](https://thedaylight.org/tag/palladium-liberia/)
- [Golden Trip Group Limited](https://thedaylight.org/tag/golden-trip-group-limited/)
- [cocoa farming](https://thedaylight.org/tag/cocoa-farming/)
- [Burkinabe migrants](https://thedaylight.org/tag/burkinabe-migrants-2/)
- [Betiba](https://thedaylight.org/tag/betiba/)
- [Nitrain Community Forest](https://thedaylight.org/tag/nitrain-community-forest/)
- [Mount Coffee Solar Plant](https://thedaylight.org/tag/mount-coffee-solar-plant/)
- [Dr. Emmanuel Yarkpawolo](https://thedaylight.org/tag/dr-emmanuel-yarkpawolo/)
- [Salayea Disrict](https://thedaylight.org/tag/salayea-disrict/)
- [Massawo Town](https://thedaylight.org/tag/massawo-town/)
- [Wild Chimpanzee Foundation](https://thedaylight.org/tag/wild-chimpanzee-foundation/)
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