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Land deals in Africa prompt concerns for local communities

Land deals in Africa prompt concerns for local communities

Communities in Liberia and other African countries face potential displacement and loss of livelihood due to extensive land sales to a Dubai-based company, Blue Carbon, aimed at conservation and carbon credit sales.

Taiwo Adebayo reports for The Associated Press.

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Investigation faults Liberian agency protecting rainforest

An independent investigation into logging in the Liberian rainforest found illegal operations “on a significant scale," with multiple missteps or breaches of law by the government agency charged with protecting those forests, according to a copy of the report obtained by The Associated Press.
mining company threatens community-led forest management in Liberia
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Liberia gave villagers control over their forests. Then a mining company showed up

USAID and other donors spent tens of millions of dollars supporting community-led forest management in Liberia, hoping conservation would follow. In one forest, a Swiss-Russian iron prospector has other plans.

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The Congo rainforest is losing ability to absorb carbon dioxide. That’s bad for climate change.
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The Congo rainforest is losing ability to absorb carbon dioxide. That’s bad for climate change.

Like the Amazon, the Congo Basin rainforest is turning from carbon “sink" to source, a new study says.

To stop destruction of Liberia’s rainforest, he put his life on the line
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To stop destruction of Liberia’s rainforest, he put his life on the line

Alfred Brownell had to flee Liberia after challenging the powerful palm oil and other extractive industries that were clearing its forests. But he remains committed to seeing that the West African nation’s biodiverse lands be developed sustainably and the rights of its indigenous peoples respected.
'Almost certain extinction': 1,200 species under severe threat across world
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'Almost certain extinction': 1,200 species under severe threat across world

Scientists map out threats faced by thousands of species of birds, mammals and amphibians.

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