VOICED:High-tech tagging helps restart Liberian logging

The video discusses Liberia's rainforest, which was under an export ban during the civil war. With commercial logging resuming, new tracking technology aims to prevent illegal logging and ensure sustainable practices. Conservation efforts focus on tagging trees and recording data to create a legal log list. Despite these measures, illegal logging persists, often by former fighters. The government hopes to manage this while boosting the economy, aiming to generate $12 million to aid national rebuilding.

What is the significance of tagging trees in the logging process?

What are the economic implications of the timber industry for Liberia post-civil war?