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"New illegal logging threatens Liberia’s forests amid vague ban"
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New illegal logging threatens Liberia’s forests amid vague ban
MONROVIA — Chainsaw-milled timber is emerging as a damaging new form of illegal logging in Liberia. Chainsaw milling is legally permitted only for small-scale production of boards for the country’s domestic market, but larger operators may be using it as a means to evade regulations governing the sourcing and tracing of wood, and to avoid […]

#Birdlife international's annual update of the State of the World’s #birds shows a greater number of species are facing pressures from #agriculture,

#Birdlife international's annual update of the State of the World’s #birds shows a greater number of species are facing pressures from #agriculture,

"Loggers have ‘grabbed’ around 1m hectares of Indigenous land in DRC"
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Loggers have 'grabbed' around 1m hectares of Indigenous land in DRC - Carbon Brief
Large swathes of land in the global south are managed by local communities and Indigenous people, but their land rights are under threat