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Reports emerge of wartime loggers return to Liberia

2013-06-07 07:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Global Witness: The Liberian governments failure to enforce its forest laws is encouraging logging companies to find new ways to bypass rules to gain access to the countrys rainforests and exploit local communities, according to a new report from Global Witness. Those involved include loggers who reportedly worked with the Oriental Timber Company, which trafficked arms, committed human rights abuses and felled large swathes of forest during Liberias brutal civil war. Individuals are supposed to be barred from...

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