[AFP] Gabon has become the first African nation to receive a financial reward for protecting its forests as part of international efforts to fight climate change, the government announced Tuesday.

Gabon’s biodiversity is among the largest and most diverse wild ecosystems in the world, with nearly 90% of its territory ...

Gabon has become the first African country to receive payment for reducing carbon emissions by protecting its rainforest. The UN-backed Central African Forest Initiative (Cafi) has handed over $ ...

Creating a Future in which Human Beings and Wild Animals can Live in Harmony in the Tropical Forests of Africa A project that resonates with Japan, where people have lived in harmony with nature since ...

In Gabon, on central Africa’s west coast, rainforest covers about 80% of the country, and a significant proportion of the population lives in close contact with the forest. As the world has ...

Gabon is a country with a strong political commitment to preserving rainforests – and has been for over thirty years. Since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, the country has maintained low deforestation ...