Liberia puts a wartime logger in charge of its forests

Mongabay
Apr 25, 2024, 5:15 am140 pts
Liberia’s new president, Joseph Boakai, has appointed a timber trader linked to illegal logging to head the agency responsible for the country’s forests. Rudolph Merab, a longtime ally of Boakai’s, was tapped to lead the Forestry Development Authority in February, prompting alarm from environmental…

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