Between 2000 and 2005 the country lost 55.7% of its primary forests, which has been cleared for logging, subsistence agriculture and notably the collection of wood for fuel which remains problematic in western Africa.
Between 2000 and 2005 the country lost 55.7% of its primary forests, and the rate of forest change increased by 31.2% to 3.12% per annum. Forest has been cleared for logging, timber export, subsistence agriculture and notably the collection of wood for fuel which remains problematic in western Africa.