‘Let’s understand the value of the forest’ says Liberia’s Silas Siakor

Mongabay
Sep 1, 2025, 7:25 am124 ptsTrending
Rainforests have long played a central role in Liberia. Home to hundreds of thousands of people, they’re a source of sustenance, a site for cultural practice and habitat for forest elephants, western chimpanzees, and pygmy hippos. Massive rubber plantations carved out of them dominated the country’s economy…

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