By Jeff Massah LOFA COUNTY, Liberia — For communities living on the edges of Liberia’s forests, conservation is no longer presented simply as a responsibility imposed from outside. Increasingly, it is becoming a shared commitment in which communities themselves are taking ownership of the forests that sustain their livelihoods. This approach is at the heart of Conservation International’s (CI) work …

By LAEJN Editorial Team MONROVIA, Liberia — For decades, agriculture in Liberia was widely perceived as an occupation largely reserved for poor people in rural communities, with farming often associated with subsistence, manual labor, low productivity, and limited economic opportunity. That perception, however, is gradually changing. Across Liberia, agriculture is increasingly being viewed not simply as a means of survival, …