Liberia country and climate development report
This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) examines Liberia’s development trajectory through the lens of the country’s vulnerability to climate change. It identifies Liberia’s development risks
Liberia
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Sesa Goa to finalise capex for Liberia mining project by Jan
Aims to produce 10 million tonne of iron ore per annum in the first phase Vedanta group firm Sesa Goa will finalise the capital expenditure plan for first phase of its Liberia iron ore mining project by January, a top company official said. The company is aiming to produce 10 million tonne of iron ore per annum in the first phase from Liberia's Western Clusters project, in which it had acquired 51% stake for about $90 million (about Rs 411 crore) last year.
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India may miss MDG target
There is a bad news: India may not be able to meet Millennium Development Goals for Women and Children’s health by the target year of 2015. In fact, the first report of the UN Secretary General’s independent
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Shady deals threaten Liberian rainforest: report
Liberia's forestry department has given a quarter of the nation's land to logging firms over the past two years in a flurry of shady deals now under investigation by the government, advocacy group Global
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Liberia has sold quarter of its land to logging companies, says report
One quarter of Liberian land has been sold to logging companies in just two years, threatening the country with widespread devastation, according to a report. A new spate of logging contracts in Liberia
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Signing their lives away: Liberia’s private use permits and the destruction of community-owned rainforest
A quarter of Liberia’s total landmass has been granted to logging companies in just two years, following an explosion in the use of secretive and often illegal logging permits, an investigation by Global
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Liberia, World Bank sign power agreement
The government of Liberia and the World Bank have signed an agreement to finance the Liberian section of the West Africa Power Pool (WAPP), which also involves three other countries in the region. According
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Global panel formed to set development targets
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia and Liberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf will lead a global panel to set international targets on sustainable
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Sesa Goa may soon mine iron ore in Liberia
Sesa Goa, a Vedanta Group Company, is close to acquiring development rights to mine iron ore in Liberia, West Africa . The mineral potential of the Western Cluster is divided among three deposits –
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Liberia Hopes To Revive Greener Logging Industry
Forested nations used to fear tough rules on logging would hurt their valuable timber industries, but for Liberia they could be a way of reviving its sector -- by giving it privileged access to European markets. From 2012, any country that wants to export wood to the European Union will have to be able to prove it was not logged illegally, a regulation that has spurred a spate of deals with tim
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Voices of peace
One night, in a country torn by a long and harrowing armed conflict, Liberian social worker Leymah Gbowee dreamt she gathered women together to pray for peace. Her dream was realized in 2003 at St Peters Lutheran Church in the country