Gabon's National Parks Gabon contains one of the richest and most biodiverse ecosystems in all of Africa, home to many rare and threatened species in the forests that cover eighty-five percent of its total surface area. However, Gabon had no protected areas, and extensive logging contracts that challenged this. Until September, 4th 2002. Just over a month before, on the first of August, three men proposed a network of parks to the President, El Hadj Omar …showed first 75 words of 847 total…

…showed last 75 words of 847 total…tours and safaris in the reserves. This will help the economy grow more quickly, as the country moves more into the developed world, and also preserve the environment. The short-term sacrifice on the timber exports, balanced by limited funding from the United States, should lead to a much greater increase in the income from tourism, for the good of everyone. National Geographic Magazine, September 2003 and August 2004 editions. news.bbc.co.uk gabonnationalparks.com wcs.org