Liberia: Cocoa Rush Overruns Liberian County Once 99 Percent Forested

Jul 19, 2026
WOODCENTRAL
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Grand Gedeh has lost more forest in a single year than any Liberian county on record since 2002, with an unpublished government count putting migrant cocoa workers as high as 80,000 and the EU ban on deforestation-linked goods now delayed to 30 December.