The TFA 2020 is a UN-backed global initiative that seeks to end deforestation driven by the beef, bean, paper and oil palm industries. Liberia, a signatory to the TFA 2020, has given more than 2 million acres of its land to oil palm concessionaires. “We realize that communities are very, very important stakeholders when it comes to the oil palm sector. Oil palm concessions have witnessed a string of violence in Liberia. Last month, GVL withdrew from the Roundtable on Sustainable Oil Palm (RSPO) over land grab and deforestation.

Source: Front Page Africa September 11, 2018 00:56 UTC