Liberia: More Evidence Emerges FDA Permitted Illegal Timber Export

Grand Bassa County — This is the fourth part of a series on the Forestry Development Authority’s approval of illegal timber exports.

• In February, the FDA’s log-tracking computer LiberTrace red-flagged 413 logs in West Water’s consignment with multiple problems. Yet the Forestry Development Authority ignored the warnings and approved the shipment.
• The FDA dismisses DayLight’s initial investigation of the illegal export as an “intentional misinterpretation” of the facts
• But DayLight traced some…