Cacao plantations in Liberia encroach into proposed Kwa national park

Mongabay
Aug 12, 2026, 4:29 am67 ptsTrending
A cocoa boom in southeast Liberia is wiping out native forests and encroaching into a proposed national park. The would-be Kwa National Park, a dense tropical rainforest, is home to chimpanzees, forest elephants, pygmy hippos and pangolins. Kwa is partly located in Grand Gedeh county, one of the most densely…

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