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Liberia Ratifies Historic UN High Seas Treaty, Cementing Ocean Commitment Ahead of Global Summit

[Monrovia, Liberia – June 7, 2025] Liberia has officially ratified the landmark Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Treaty, a pivotal international agreement that aims to protect biodiversity...

EPA Begins Demolition of Illegal Structures in Wetlands and Waterways to Prevent Flooding and Enforce the Law.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia, working with the Presidential Executive Order 143 Taskforce Against Encroachment on Beachfronts, Waterways, and Wetlands, along with the...

Pre-Feasibility Study Highlights Potential for Landfill Gas Utilization in Monrovia, Liberia

The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia, through its partner, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, has completed a pre-feasibility study evaluating the potential for landfill...

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Liberia Pushes for Global Drought Partnership Support Under Dr. Urey Yarkpawolo’s Leadership

Cologne, Germany – June 23, 2025 – Liberia is seeking greater international support to strengthen its national response to drought and climate challenges, with Environmental...

EPA Leads Liberia’s First National Plan to Address Climate-Induced Migration

(Berlin, June 19, 2025)_For the first time in the nation’s history, Liberia is taking a bold and structured step to respond to the rising threat...

“Climate Change Is Displacing Liberians”….EPA Executive Director Raises Alarm in Berlin

(Berlin, Germany – June 17, 2025)– Liberia’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Executive Director, Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo, has told world leaders that climate change...