In June 2005 the UN Integrated Regional Information Network reported that the roads in Grand Kru had decayed and become overgrown by dense bush, rendering them impassable except on foot.

The residents have a subsistence farming economy, based on slash-and-burn techniques of clearing the bush.

Many tropical fruits, domestic and wild, grow in the region including oranges, limes, mangos, soursop, breadfruit, and coconut.

The people keep poultry, cattle, sheep, and goat to supplement their diets and to use for their products; the animals are found in and around most villages.

Before the civil war, the region's extensive rainforests contained a wide variety of wildlife including wild pigs, bongo, dik-dik, pangolin, civet, pygmy hippo, African buffalo, and colobus monkey, all of which are hunted for food and hides.

The warfare disrupted their habitats; in addition, many animals were killed in the course of the war and their populations have fallen.