News Gabon Ngounie: Gabon: Local Voices Spread Conservation Message
Guest Column - Although Gabon is a poster child for globalization's accelerated reach for resources, its president says he is committed to increasing support for national parks. Taking on the mantle of pressing the government to implement that commitment is a non-governmental organization financed out of the modest salary of an activist who runs a cleaning business on the side. AllAfrica guest columnist Daniel Glick reports:
News Gabon Ngounie: Big forests, big ag: Are rainforests the right place for industrial agriculture? (commentary)
Gabon remains a relative stronghold for endangered wildlife like chimpanzees and forest elephants. Singapore-based Olam International, one of the world’s largest agribusinesses, has agreed not to ...
News Gabon Ngounie: Gabon: Land and People
Much of Gabon, which is situated astride the equator, is drained by the Ogooué River (and its tributaries, the Ngounie and the Ivindo), which flows into the Atlantic through a long and broad estuary. ...
News Gabon Ngounie: Palm oil is unavoidable. Can it be sustainable?
In southwestern Gabon, the old-growth forest stretches hundreds of miles. One January morning I disembark from a narrow boat on the shore of the Ngounié River with a few employees of Olam, a Singapore ...
