Gabon: A Model for Conservation
Remarkable Achievements in Preserving Wildlife and Natural Rain Forest A sea of green… It was some time in the mid-1980’s, and I was a passenger on a 16-seater aircraft flying from Libreville to Moanda, situated deep in Gabon’s interior. I peered out the window as the plane rose above the outskirts of the Gabonese capital. […]
Gabon: An ‘Old’ Oil Country Finds Other Resources A Rich Country Getting Richer
Why is Gabon so rich?… Easy question to answer: It has plenty of oil and gas and also huge rainforests covering nearly 90% of its total land area delivering some of the best hardwoods in the world. And then there is also its well-developed manganese mining sector. But oil has been the country’s wealth mainstay. […]
