Liberia: Cacao Plantations in Liberia Encroach into Proposed Kwa national Park

Aug 12, 2026
Mongabay
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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.