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Nile Marsh (2024), Alexandra Diener (2020) & Heather Galloway (2019) of Brandeis University contrbuted to this page.
General information
United States CIA World Factbook: Liberia
Environmental & demographic information
World Bank Liberia Population Statistics
Liberia @ World Population Review
Environmental news
· For all of Africa, but focused on Liberia; no environment section, but a search for environmental terms indicates extensive coverage.
International agreements & initiatives
Liberia @ International Environmental Agreements (IEA) Database Project
United Nations Environmental Programme in Liberia
International organizations & initiatives
Gaborone Declaration for Sustainability in Africa
· Initiative has ended; Liberia was one of 10 countries involved
Liberia @ US Agency for International Development
Liberia @ Global Environment Facility
Liberia @ UN Development Program
Liberia @ UN Environment Program
Environmental law
Associaton of Environmental Lawyers of Liberia (Gvreen Advocates)
· Green Advocates is currently building their website (here), so this link is through a third party.
Defending the Environment in Liberia @ E-LAW
· An information/interview page about the founder of Green Advocate
Government information and agencies
· A search for “environment” at this website provides many useful results.
Environmental Protection Agency
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
Liberia @ Environmental Foundation for Africa
Liberia @ Environmental Justice Foundation
· "... we protect human rights and the environment by fearlessly confronting corruption and challenging the systems that enable it"
Society for the Conservation of Nature in Liberia
Sustainable Development Institute
· "We are grassroots activists using technology to hold the Liberian government & corporations to their commitments"
Trade issues
· This article from the International Trade Association describes many of the trade agreement treaties
that Liberia has signed with other countries, and also mentions a Voluntary Partnership Agreement
that aims to control illegal logging.
Liberia Trade of Hazardous Materials
Plastic pollution
Plastic Pollution Affects Liberia's Marine Ecosystems
Climate change
Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) @ UNFCCC NDC Registry
· First NDC to the Paris Agreement (2015)
Climate Risk Profile for Liberia
Freshwater
Water, Sanitation & Hygeine @ UNICEF
Marine institutions
Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea
· Information on the various marine, inland, and aquaculture structures in Liberia
Fisheries
Agriculture & food
Liberia @ World Food Programme
Agricultural Sector Market Overview
Sustainable agriculture project @ Borgen Project
Biodiversity
· A summary of the status of birds and bird conservation in Liberia
Biodiversity in Liberia @ FFI
A National Biodiversity Offset Scheme: A Road Map for Liberia's Mining Sector (report)