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West Africa Rising: Liberia leads charge to lure palm oil investors

In the past three years, four major companies have promised a total of $2.6 billion in palm oil investment in Liberia, and more could be coming soon. Global demand for the versatile oil is expected to double by 2020.
Sizing up palm oil

Palm oil is in everything from fuel to cosmetics. Is it a solution or a problem?
Palm oil paradox

Meeting the demand for the ecofriendly fuel means burning rain forests. A new network offers a better way.
EarthTalk: Is push for ‘healthy’ oil destroying rain forests?

Oil-palm plantations are trumping biodiversity in equatorial lands.
Bright Green
Unilever accused of destroying Borneo rainforests

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Mae Azango has gone undercover to report on female circumcision, a rite of the Sande society in Liberia that is performed on young girls.

Mae Azango exposed a secret ritual in Liberia, putting her life in danger

When journalist Mae Azango wrote about a secret women's circumcision ritual in Liberia, she received death threats.