The problem here is: cutting down trees creates jobs; receiving 150m doesn't. You still have to distribute them somehow and make these people figure out what to do.
The headline is sensationalist, what they are doing it paying for the government not to issue more logging licenses (easy to verify) and putting forests on "protected" status (as well as other concrete, targeted projects).
It's not like they are handing out cash to the government against a promise.
More likely than not a majority of the people cutting trees down in Liberia are going to continue cutting trees whether the government wants them to or not.
And I doubt any low level worker will get real money,given the insane level of corruption there.
And for god sake,why would Norway care? this constant meddling into african politics by the west is upsetting.It's not help,it's arrogance.