Environmental Problems of Liberia
The Republic of Liberia is experiencing many of the same environmental problems as the entire region of West Africa. In recent decades, challenges related to the preservation of natural resources have become increasingly relevant here. The natural resources of Liberia, its flora and fauna are ins...
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| Language: | English |
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Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute for African Studies
2023-09-01
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| Series: | Ученые записки Института Африки Российской академии наук |
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| Online Access: | https://africajournal.ru/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Grishina-Эkologicheskie-Problemy-Liberii.pdf |
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| Summary: | The Republic of Liberia is experiencing many of the same environmental problems as
the entire region of West Africa. In recent decades, challenges related to the preservation of natural
resources have become increasingly relevant here. The natural resources of Liberia, its flora and
fauna are insufficiently protected, which opens up wide opportunities for various kinds of illegal
activities.
Despite the fact that any types of development of natural resources are prohibited in nature
reserves and national parks, the local population for many years has been using their territory for
farming, cattle grazing, logging, small-scale mining, house building, fishing and hunting.
The article analyzes the main environmental risks in the Republic of Liberia: unauthorized
logging, hunting of wild animals, pollution of terrestrial water sources and oceanic coastal waters by
industrial and household waste, uncontrolled increase in the number of landfills. It is emphasized that
the unfavorable environmental situation negatively affects the health of the population and damages
the tourism industry. The work of some national and international environmental organizations to
normalize the environmental situation in the country is analyzed. It is concluded that currently the listed environmental problems of Liberia, due to the difficult internal economic situation, are far from being resolved. Currently, measures taken for environmental protection purposes, both at the level of individual
countries of the continent and at the international level, do not give the expected results. Thus,
environmental problems in Liberia, as in a number of other States of the African continent, are
growing much more intensively than they are being solved. In many ways, this is the result of a whole
complex of interrelated challenges of the modern stage of development, rooted in the traditional
understanding of the practical use of natural resources. |
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| ISSN: | 2412-5717 3034-3496 |