This article is part of an editorial partnership with the Fund for Global Human Rights. Both the government and the companies that profited from concessions to exploit Liberia’s natural resources began to see them as a threat. Green Advocates filed complaints that led Firestone to create a waste treatment facility after almost a century of operations. Everything has been damaged by the company.” –Massa P. Toure, Natural Resources Women PlatformMassa P. Toure of the Natural Resources Women Platform knows what that impact feels like, however. Green Advocates is in the process of taking the message to the people, and helping to translate laws into action.

Source: Front Page Africa May 03, 2019 07:52 UTC