Gabon will be organising a meeting to discuss the problems facing human beings and elephants in several localities in the country. The meeting follows a series of preliminary consultations that began on July 14, 2021 and has been fixed to hold on Thursday Aug. 12 and Friday Aug. 13. Launched on July 14 by Lee […]
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The Government of Norway has announced it would compensate Gabon for its engagement in forestry protection by giving the country 17 million US dollars, about 9.3 billion FCFA. This amount is the quid pro quo for the supplementary carbon sequestration by Gabon between 2016 and 2017, thanks to the measures put in place in the […]
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Four persons have been detained in the Makoukou central prison and 26 others provisionally released, following protests by farmers over the destruction of their farms by elephants in Mekambo, a town in Ogooue-Ivindo province of Gabon. According to security sources, the 26 persons provisionally released have been sent home to pacify others and bring serenity […]
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An eco-guard working at the Mwagna National Park in Gabon was shot and killed in Mekambo by a counsellor whose house was encircled and being searched by eco-guards. “This is a tragic case of a human-animal conflict being turned into a human-human conflict,” said Marcel Izembi, President of the Committee of the Wise of Zadie […]
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The General Assembly of Gabon’s National Syndicate of Forestry and Water Professionals (SYNAPEF), has given the country’s Minister of Forestry and Water, Lee White, a three-day ultimatum to pay the entire amount of output allowances due to its members or face industrial action. During a meeting of the syndicate held in Libreville the capital on […]
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After a rigorous evaluation of the Pan-African Forest Certification (PAFC) of Gabonese timber by the Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (TPAC) of The Netherlands, Gabonese timber has been given the go ahead to enter Holland. The evaluation which was demanded by the government of Holland received the certification of TPAC in May this year and the […]
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After more than two years of crying to government without a response, the population of Etikboue, a locality in the west of Gabon has decided to take their case to the press concerning the pollution of their environment by the Franco-Britanic oil company Perenco. For more than two years, crude oil emanating from Perenco installations […]
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At a time when conservationists have been shouting against the indiscriminate destruction of African forests, especially by Chinese timber exploitation companies, Gabon seems to be on reverse gear as it witnessed the largest shipment of timber to China on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. Gabon’s Minister of Water and Forestry, Lee White, who is British, was […]
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