The Nature Conservancy’s priority in Gabon is to support the country’s capacity in managing and conserving the country’s healthy forests and waterways- as well as the drinking water, food, timber and fuel they provide for Gabon’s people-in balance with the country’s goals for economic growth.

 

By leveraging The Nature Conservancy’s Great Rivers Partnership (GRP) we are bringing diverse partners and the best available science to protect eight of the world’s Great Rivers, including the Ogooue. The GRP’s approach integrates the management of water, land and other natural resources to protect nature and foster economic growth, generating benefits for people and wildlife.

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Key Reports for Gabon Program

Freshwater Conservation and Management Blueprint for the Ogooue Basin. The Ogooue river basin contains a globally important array of species and natural communities dependent upon its many freshwater rivers, streams, and wetlands. The biodiversity and the benefits that nature provides in the Ogooue Basin are at risk if development in the forestry, mining, hydroelectric energy, and infrastructure sectors proceeds in an unplanned fashion or information vacuum. This blueprint will inform economic development and freshwater conservation actions in Gabon so they can proceed in a manner that effectively maintains the natural heritage of the Ogooue Basin into the future. Read the full report.