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NewYorkTimes: Gabon Forest


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NGOUNGOU JEAN LUM(R) cuts Okoumé logs with his colleugues at the StarPly factory, specialized in the production of wood plywood, in the Nkok industrial zone in Libreville, Gabon, Friday, August 26, 2022. Created since 2010, the Nkok industrial zone aims
Forests on the banks of the Akaka River in Loango Park in west central Gabon on Tuesday, August 23, 2022. Akaka, which means crossroads in the Myene language, was once a meeting point for ethnic groups from the center and the south.
Young women walk past a gas station at the Awendjé roundabout in Libreville, Gabon on August 30, 2022. Gabon's economy, the fifth largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa, is 60% dependent on the petroleum industry, which Minister Lee White estimates
A coconut seller at the beach of Lycee Leon MBA in Libreville on Sunday, August 28, 2022. Gabon has beautiful forests and landscapes that make it called Eden, with 85% of its national area occupied by forests, this country intends to exploit its forests
The Gabonese President, His Excellency Ali BONGO ODIMBA takes part in the opening ceremony of the African Climate Week in Libreville, the capital of Gabon on Monday, July 29, 2022. As part of the preparation of the cop27 which will take place in Egypt, G
An elephant walks in the water near the forests of Akaka River in Loango Park in west central Gabon on Tuesday, August 23, 2022. Gabon is the first country in the world to own forest elephants. It alone contains nearly 95,000 elephants, or 65 to 70% of
Henry Wora walk in his field destroyed by elephants and chimpanzees living around his village in Fanguindaka, western Gabon, Wednesday, August 24, 2022. Fanguindaka like most villages near the forests and savannahs of Gabon are often victims of field d
An eco-guide lights Okoumé resin at Pongara National Park on Pointe Denis Island, 14km from Libreville in Gabon, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Used in Gabonese culture during traditional vigils to light indigenous torches, for purification and as a mosquito r
ANGONE EMANE NDONG Carl Casimir, quality and certification manager at StarPly, checks the quality of logs received at the factory in the Nkok industrial zone in Libreville, Gabon, Friday, August 26, 2022. Created since 2010, the Nkok industrial zone aim
Artworks and furnitures exhibited at the Akiba showroom in the Nkok industrial zone at 27km from Libreville in Gabon on Friday, August 26, 2022. Created since 2018, Akiba is both the brand and the showroom open to the public and exhibiting furniture 100
Mouchigan Yaya has breakfast in the showroom of their workshop before starting his work day in the Pont Akébé neighborhood of Libreville, Gabon on the morning of Tuesday, August 30, 2022. Yaya is a carpenter and has been working in the wood industry for
Clothes of workers at a local sawmill spread out in the sun on the remains of okoumé logs in Libreville, Gabon on Tuesday, August 30, 2022. Created since 2010, the Nkok industrial zone aims to promote local processing, industrial production and sustainab
Sellers of clothes in the streets of the Mont Bouët market in Libreville on Tuesday, August 30, 2022. Gabon's economy, the fifth largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa, is 60% dependent on the petroleum industry, which Minister Lee White estimates wi
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