Hearing of elephant poacher Hugues Dila in Congo
The Legal Assistant of the « Espace Tridom Interzone Congo Project», a joint program of the Ministry of Forest Economy (Republic of Congo) and WWF (« WWF-ETIC »), Corneille (...)
The sacred tree of the African jungle – handcuffs fight chainsaws in Gabon
In the jungles of Gabon the Kevazingo tree is considered to be sacred. This impressive tree, also known as Bubinga (Guibourtia), can grow to more than 40 meters tall, way (...)
US, GABON cooperation to protect wildlife
PONGARA, Gabon — U.S. Marines and Gabon’s Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux, or ANPN, worked together Sept. 14-25, 2015, at the Pongara National Forest in Pongara, Gabon, (...)
2 traffickers arrested in Gabon with 150 kg of ivory
Two ivory traffickers, a Gabonese and a Cameroonian, were early this week arrested in Libreville and 150 kg of ivory seized from them, a statement from Conservation Justice, (...)
Gabon to submit its project on climate change
Gabon plans to submit its project on the fight against global warming dealing with carbone storage during the forthcomning 21th conference of United Nations on climate change (...)
Gabon to drain 20 000 tourists for the Lopé National Park
Gabon plans to attract 20 000 ecologist tourists before 2020 in the national park of Lopé, northeast of the country, one of thirteen national parks created in 2002, announced (...)
Gabon’s PM to attend the International Conference on Illegal Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora in Africa
Gabon’s PM Daniel Ona Ondo is in Brazaville since yesterday to take part to the illicit trafficking and illegal trade on wildlife Conference.
Gabon: Two ivory traffickers arrested in Mekambo
Last April 21st, 2015, two ivory traffickers, Boucary Diallo, 40, a Gabonese national of Malian origin residing in Mekambo and NDJONE Manelle, a Congolese, 26 years old (...)
Humpback whales removed from endangered species
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have proposed last April 20th to withdraw most whales humpback in the world’s list of endangered species, after 45 (...)
AGEOS to launch spatial observation
The Chairman for the Committee of management of the Council national climate of Gabon, Etienne Massard, announced last Tuesday in Libreville, Gabon the launch of the (...)
EU grants 1.35 billion CFA francs to PAGOS program
The European Union granted the National Parks Agency (ANPN) with about 1.35 billion CFA Francs as part of the sectorial governance program fund (PAGOS). The PAGOS program (...)
Gabon needs to secure government stockpiles
In another blow to efforts to combat ivory trafficking in Central Africa, thieves broke into a local court in northern Gabon last week and stole up to 300 kilograms of (...)
Ivory trade: The judicial authorities of Franceville hand heavy sentence
6 months of prison far, one million CFA Francs of fines and 5 million in damages. This is the penalty that the president of the court of Franceville inflicted to OMBENDA Jean (...)
Gabon Becomes First African Country to Submit UN Climate Action Plan
GABON has submitted its new climate action plan to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the first African country to do so.
Slaughter of wildlife in Benin : last threatened Eden
The National Park of The Pendjari is one of the jewels of Africa, containing the biggest population of elephants of West Africa and endangered species such as elephants, (...)
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