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Logging to help the climate? Gabon turns to its rainforests

The Star 02 Nov 2021
MAYUMBA, Gabon (Reuters) - With its oil reserves in decline, Gabon is betting that careful logging can safeguard the vast wealth of its forests, halving carbon emissions associated with the industry while producing more timber. Read full story ... .
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Gabon Gambles on Sustainable Logging to Prevent Deforestation

US News 02 Nov 2021
By Alessandra PrenticeMAYUMBA, Gabon (Reuters) -With its oil reserves waning, Gabon is betting that careful logging can safeguard the vast wealth... .
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As leaders pledge to protect forests, Gabon points to how

The Economist 02 Nov 2021
Trees in the Congo basin provide a service that the world should pay for ... .
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Vaalco gets more crude oil after well workovers offshore Gabon

Offshore Energy Today 01 Nov 2021
Houston-based Vaalco Energy has completed two well workovers at the Etame field offshore Gabon. The post Vaalco gets more crude oil after well workovers offshore Gabon appeared first on Offshore.. ... .
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The carbon battle in Gabon’s mighty mangroves

The Daily Telegraph Australia 29 Oct 2021
As the world struggles to curb climate change, Gabon is seeking to protect its mangroves - one of the world's few net absorbers of carbon. Louisa Naks has more ....
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Ex-aide to Gabon's Bongo jailed for five years

Urdu Point 29 Oct 2021
Brice Laccruche Alihanga, a once-powerful chief of staff under Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba, was sentenced Friday to five years in prison after a high-profile trial sparked by an anti-corruption crackdown ... He is also being prosecuted separately for other offences ... He said the punishment was a "political decision" ... ....
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Egypt's match against Gabon moved to 16 November

Egypt Today 28 Oct 2021
Egypt's match against Gabon in Matchday 6 of the 2022 FIFA World Cup African qualifiers will be played on 16 November at 3.00 PM, the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) announced.  ... was held to a 1-1 draw against Gabon away from home. .
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Gabon plumbs carbon mystery of its mighty mangrove trees

MENA FN 27 Oct 2021
(MENAFN - The Peninsula) Reuters Pongara National Park. The towering trees in Gabon's impenetrable mangrove swamps have helped to make the Central African country one of the world's few net ... .
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GABON : Total, Assala and Perenco push workers to get vaccinated after government pressure

Africa Intelligence 26 Oct 2021
Faced with a significant increase in the number of cases of Covid-19, Gabon is upping pressure on oil companies to ....
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Gabon's 'invisible' children: No birth certificate means no school

France24 26 Oct 2021
In Gabon, the government estimates that 7,400 children were missing the precious document in 2018, ...
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Q&A;: How Gabon plans to lead the African negotiators at COP26

Al Jazeera 26 Oct 2021
Their presentation convinced the president to establish a national park network in Gabon – protected areas that now span 11 percent of the country ... Several of them were in Gabon, just because of Gabon’s geography on the coast with mountains next to it and so the humid air comes off the sea, goes up into the hills and it rains.
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Total knew it was fuelling climate change since the 1970s

Mail Guardian South Africa 25 Oct 2021
A major and influential player on the continent ... Through opaque contracts and providing support to authoritarian regimes in Cameroon, Angola, Gabon and Congo-Brazzaville, Total’s power and influence went beyond the energy sector and the French “backyard” of Africa. In 2020, Africa accounted for ... What should we do? ... Vote for an informed choice.
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BW Energy brings online Tortue Phase 2 project off Gabon

Offshore Energy Today 20 Oct 2021
Oil and gas company BW Energy has started production from the Tortue Phase 2 project on the Dussafu Marin license located offshore Gabon. The post BW Energy brings online Tortue Phase 2 project off.. ... .

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