Author: wsharrisjr20

Forest and biodiversity are the risks of depletion or extinction due to unregulated cross border pit-sawing, hunting and mining around the Liberian border town of Vahun, Lofa County, a visit by the Liberia Forest Media Watch (LFMW) in Vahun has ascertained. The illegal act is happening in all major towns in Vahun, mainly Folima, Levuma and Memolahun, where LFMW’s reporter visited. Three Sierra Leonean Nationals, Mohammed Nyallah (Tobe), Bassiru and Jasper are suspects of the unauthorized timber trade. Hunting and trading of bushmeat and mining are also rampant in Vahun.There are concerns from environmentalists that Liberian forests risk depletion if…