- Gabon Gets Funds to Reduce Emissions by 50%
The Government of Gabon and the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) signed a Letter of Intent for 18 million US dollars to protect the country’s forests and accelerate the fight against climate change.
- Gabon Announces Creation of 20 Marine Protected Areas
President Ali Bongo Ondimba announced on Monday, in a speech delivered at the United Nations headquarters, that his government has created a network of 20 marine protected areas in Gabon, consisting of nine marine parks and 11 aquatic reserves covering 26% of Gabon’s territorial waters.
- Congo Republic Inaugurates Hydroelectric Dam
President Denis Sassou N’Guesso of the Congo Republic recently inaugurated the Liouesso hydroelectric dam on 29 May 2017.
- Newly discovered Congo peatland is key to protecting global climate
Scientists have discovered the largest known tropical peatland in the Congo basin.
