The focus on controlled harvesting with a push to stimulate processing and employment is precisely part of the FLEGT agenda. Liberia is focused on the socio-economic benefits and the environmental sustainability of a profitable commercial logging sector. The Liberian sustainability management process is not perfect yet, and room for improvement definitely exists, but today the commercial logging companies in Liberia are not harvesting timber illegally nor do they export without paying taxes. However, Liberia does have a lot of timber sold locally that is harvested illegally and the GOL collects zero tax. It focuses the industry on the right commercial, industrial and national priorities: local processing, employment creation and resource sustainability.

Source: Front Page Africa December 23, 2017 02:15 UTC