Why are forests in Liberia disappearing?

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Jul 28, 202638:22Science & Medicine

On this week's episode of the Mongabay Newscast, we speak with features writer Ashoka Mukpo, who traveled to southeastern Liberia to investigate what satellite images indicated was a spike in deforestation over a relativ...

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