In River Cess County, residents of Garwin Community Forest say logging companies have abandoned their promises, leaving them poorer than before.

As climate change drives more farmers into the forest, the government of President Joseph Boakai is promising reforms. But as Eric Opa Doue reports in this collaboration with New Narratives, for people on the ground, little has changed.

New Narratives’ Eric Opa Doue reports from River Cess County for Okay FM.

This story was a collaboration with New Narratives as part of the “Investigating Liberia” project. The Swedish Embassy provided funding, but the founder had no say in the story’s content.