The appointment of a logging executive with ties to former president and war criminal Charles Taylor has drawn fierce criticism by local environmental groups.
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Amid reports of forced evictions, with communities displaced to make space for carbon offsetting projects, such as reforestation initiatives on their land.
As African countries line up to cash in on the global carbon offset market, concern is growing that the multimillion-dollar deals to keep their forests intact could threaten the land rights and way of life of people who live there.