NEW YORK, USA, Sept. 24 -- Liberia's natural-resource wealth should be managed as a foundation for peace, resilience and sustainable development rather than treated solely as an economic asset, Environmental Protection Agency Executive Director Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo has told an international gathering in New York.

By Selma Lomax, selma.lomax@frontpageafricaonline.com

Dr. Yarkpawolo made the assertion Wednesday during a high-level Government of Liberia side event convened on the margins of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

The meeting brought together government officials, United Nations representatives, development partners and experts to discuss the increasingly important connection between climate cha...