Liberia: EU Bemoans Violations in Forestry Sector

Feb 7, 2023 | Tina S. Mehnpaine, Observer
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The head of the European Union (EU) Delegation has described as worrisome the blatant violations that have marred the Liberian forestry sector in recent years denying Liberians, especially rural communities, the needed resources to better their lives. The lack of proper forest management plans and the ignoring of the laws that govern the sector, which is in effect fueling illegal logging activities across the country, EU Ambassador Laurent Delahousse said, are the real threats to forest regeneration. These vices, he believes, are affecting the commercial and the global value of the forest.