Libreville, July 1, 2024 (AGP) – The World Large Fund for Nature (WWF) launched, this Monday, July 1 in Libreville, the second section of the biodiversity and growth undertaking (Biodev) 2030 which promotes sustainable practices within the financial sector in Gabon.
The opening ceremony was chaired by WWF Gabon Regional Director Nathalie Nyare Essima.
The mining and agriculture sectors have been on the coronary heart of the workshop for the launch of the second section of the stated undertaking organized by WWF Gabon. The intention was to create a framework for exchanges between the stakeholders and the administrations of the stated sectors.
“We have been stunned to see that the stakeholders discovered this undertaking very attention-grabbing. We subsequently mentioned the issues associated to it with a view to discover ample options to numerous points that come up with the exploitation of pure sources, each logging and mining,” defined Eugène Ndong Ndoutoume, the Coordinator of the Biodev 2030 undertaking.
Throughout the work, the problems of artisanal gold mining in waterways and linked to forestry, the issue of exploitation of permits which have largely returned, have been addressed on the first stage.
It was additionally a possibility to put specific emphasis on the political or regulatory devices in these sectors; to see learn how to enhance them, strengthen them and create in order that biodiversity is built-in into these financial sectors.
As a reminder, the Biodev undertaking, in its first section, consisted of figuring out the financial sectors that may have an irreparable affect on biodiversity if there are not any applicable measures. Throughout this work, the mining and agriculture sectors have been recognized, therefore the launch of the undertaking in its second section.
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