By Barcoding Trees, Liberia Looks to Save its Rainforests

360 yale: A decade after a brutal civil war, the West African nation of Liberia has partnered with the European Union on a novel system for protecting its remaining forests -- marking every harvestable tree so it can be traced to its final destination. But given Liberia’s history of conflict and corruption, will it work? Nearly two-thirds of West Africa’s remaining rainforests are in the small but troubled nation of Liberia. That is a small miracle. A decade ago, Liberia’s forests were being stripped bare......

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