Monrovia, Oct. 6 -- In the deep rainforests of Liberia, thousands of felled logs lie rotting in company's yards, swamps, and roadside fields-harvested but never exported, valued but never accounted for. From Lofa to Sinoe, from Grand Bassa to Nimba and Gbarpolu Counties, communities are left staring at wasted resources, broken promises, and unanswered questions amid widespread poverty.

Liberia's growing log abandonment crisis-a quiet but devastating failure in the country's forestry sector that points to something deeper: a pattern of corporate neglect, weak enforcement, and suspected illicit exports. "The logs were exported to Europe despite not being from a legal source, violating Liberia's timber trade agreement with the European Unio...