Liberia's 'trees for cash' deal with Norway - in 15 seconds

Name: Liberia's 'trees for cash' deal with Norway - in 15 seconds
Uploaded: 2014-09-23T12:59:23.000Z
Duration: 15 s
Description: Liberia is to become the first nation in Africa to stop cutting down trees in return for development aid. Here's the story - in 15 seconds.

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Liberia is to become the first nation in Africa to stop cutting down trees in return for development aid.

Norway will pay the West African country $150m (£91.4m) to stop deforestation by 2020.

Here's the story - in 15 seconds.

Africa

23 September 2014