©FAO/Gershrill Mengome. Greeting between H.E. Pacôme Moubelet Bouyeba, State Minister for Forests and the Environment, Gabon and FAO Forestry Officer, Jean Claude Nguinguiri, with Lionel Kinadjian, representing the FAO Sub-Regional Coordinator for Central Africa, to mark cooperation in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Located on the equator on Central Africa’s west coast, Gabon is a forest-rich country with 242,192 ha (one percent of total forests) managed through community forestry. Recognizing the approach's major potential in alleviating rural poverty and in improving forest conditions, the Gabonese government is keen to extend its reach and benefits to local communities, as evidenced at a validation workshop to assess a recent study on the extent and effectiveness of community-based forestry.
Read more in the summary of the FAO-Gabon validation workshop held in Libreville, Gabon, from 21 to 22 February 2018 to assess the recent study on the FAO-developed assessment tool “Framework to assess extent and effectiveness of Community-Based Forestry”.
©FAO/Arsène Nsimaga. Gabon. Local beekeepers checking a hive on the site of the pilot project at Ebyeng Edzuaméniène (Ogooué-Ivindo).
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