Liberia

Liberia is a country located in West Africa, with an area of 111,369 km².

The forest cover in Liberia represents about 68% of the country territory, and more than half of the West Africa’s remaining rainforest as well. Most of the forests found in Liberia are primary or naturally regenerated forests. Forest ownership can be divided in three categories: state forest, community forest, and private forest.

The FAO estimated that the net annual change in forest area in Liberia between 2010 and 2020 was -0.39% (FAO, 2020). Most of the deforestation is attributed to conversion to agriculture, mining, and uncontrolled logging.

According to the ITTO (2019), Liberia produced 501,000 m³ of logs and 133,000 m³ of sawnwood in 2017 but the wood is largely unregistered in the country. Due to the civil war (1989-2003) the forest industry and the rural infrastructures were destroyed. Therefore, most of the wood is used for the domestic market. Only logs are exported to China for the large majority (ITC, 2020).

Sources:
EUFLEGT
Timber Trade Portal