News Liberia Industry: Liberia has a new plan to protect its rainforests. Can it work?
Published on: Sunday 31 August 2025
News source: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/liberia-has-a-new-plan-to-protect-its-rainforests-can-it-work/
Around half of West Africa’s remaining rainforests are in the small coastal nation of Liberia. They’re home to species like western chimpanzees and pygmy hippos, valuable stands of hardwood — and hundreds of thousands of people. Despite years of logging reforms backed by foreign aid, Liberia lost more than 38,000 hectares (94,000 acres) of humid […]
News Liberia Industry: In Liberia, abandoned hotel stands as symbol of haunted past
Published on: Sunday 09 January 2022
News source: https://www.gulftoday.ae/lifestyle/2022/01/10/in-liberia-abandoned-hotel-stands-as-symbol-of-haunted-past
The Ducor shut in 1989 at the outbreak of back-to-back civil wars which ran from 1989-1997 and from 1999-2003, and swiftly fell into disrepair.
