Local land rights may be in danger from push for palm oil in Liberia

Mongabay
By Morgan Erickson-DavisMar 11, 2015, 8:58 pm194 pts
The rights of local and indigenous peoples aren’t being adequately protected in the drive for economic development, according to a report published in February by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), a coalition of forest-oriented organizations. For a place like Liberia, reeling from both decades of…

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