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Gabon: Country seeks to have both rainforest protection and economic sel-reliance

Writer: Dave Harmon, PW editorDave Harmon, PW editor

LOANGO NATIONAL PARK, Gabon — Evening and the rainforest. A riverbank packed with elephants. Treetops so dense they obscure all but a chimpanzee’s hairy arm. And, as the sun sets, a twinkle on the horizon: an offshore oil platform.


The nation of Gabon is so lush with forests and wildlife its nickname is Africa’s Eden. It’s also one of the continent’s major oil producers.


https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/03/climate/gabon-logging-oil-economy.html

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