Liberia: Massive Deforestation Activities in G. Gedeh

A report reaching the Daily Observer, Nimba Bureau from the Southeast part of Liberia, especially Grand Gedeh indicates that there is widespread depletion of the forest, affecting most of the tree species used for furniture or construction.

Modesco Gaye, the head of Timber and Chains Saw Union in Gbard Geded told the Daily Observer, more hundreds of hectares of forest have been depleted by the Butkinabe’ with cocoa farming.

He explained that the Butkinabes farmers are in the habit of setting the…