LIBERIA’S COASTAL WETLANDS FORM A CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM BUT OUR FAST GROWING COASTAL POPULATION IS THREATENING THEM. IN THIS PROGRAM WE LEARN MORE ABOUT WETLANDS AND VISIT COMMUNITIES THAT LIVE ON THEM.
WE LOOK AT THE KAILONDO GAS STATION AND ASK WHAT IS HOLDING UP AN EPA ORDER TO SHUT IT DOWN.
BUT FIRST, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES TO WETLANDS IS THE MOUTAINS OF GARBAGE AND SEWAGE FLOODING MONROVIA. IN SLUM COMMUNITIES PEOPLE ARE BATTLING INSECTS, RATS AND DISEASE. THE ISSUE PROMPTED A ROW BETWEEN MONROVIA MAYOR JEFFERSON KOIJEE AND US AMBASSADOR MICHAEL MCCARTHY THIS MONTH.