Gabon wants to promote the preservation of its humid equatorial forests

By Marc Cherki

Posted
yesterday at 7:07 p.m., Update yesterday at 7:07 p.m.

Aerial view of the Ogooué River in eastern Gabon, with its equatorial forests. XAVIER BOURGOIS/AFP

REPORT – In Central Africa, Gabon has focused on reforestation. This strategy helps to mitigate CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.

In Libreville

“From Copenhagen(the COP15 summit in 2009, editor’s note), Gabon has absorbed more than 1 billion net tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. We are therefore considered the most carbon-positive country in the world. However, reinforced support from our partners will make it possible to do even better by absorbing more than 100 million net tons each year.”welcomed the Head of State, Ali Bongo Ondimba, opening the African Climate Week in Libreville on August 28th.

Unlike COP27, this event attracted few participants, except for a strong delegation from Egypt, African countries and embassy representatives who knew little about the forest. Nevertheless, according to Lee White, Minister of Water and Forests, Environment and the Country’s Climate Plan since 2019, “Gabon’s forests already capture 140 million tonnes of CO₂ gross per year, up 19 million tonnes over ten years…

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