Gabon's Equatorial Rainforest: 85% Jungle & Canopy Walks
Gabon protects more equatorial rainforest than almost any nation on Earth — 85% of the country is forested, sheltering half of Africa's forest elephants and the largest gorilla population
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Gabon National Park Headquarters
Libreville's ANPN headquarters showcases the extraordinary history of Gabon's 13 national parks – created in a single year by President Bongo in 2002 to protect 11% of the country
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Rainforest Canopy Walkway
A canopy walkway in the forest reserve east of Libreville rises 30 meters above the forest floor — eye level with hornbills, sunbirds and the extraordinary tree ecosystem
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Congo Basin Forest Biodiversity
Gabon's forests are home to 80% of the species found in the Congo Basin — more forest elephants, western lowland gorillas and chimpanzees than anywhere outside the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Forest Medicinal Plant Walk
Traditional Gabonese healers use hundreds of rainforest plants as medicine – a guided ethnobotanical walk reveals the pharmacopoeia hidden in the world's second largest rainforest
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River kayaking in the rainforest
Kayaking on the forest rivers east of Libreville offers chances to spot forest buffalo, sitatunga antelope in the riparian vegetation and enormous fruit bats at dusk
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Gabon Carbon Forest Project
Gabon is the first African country to receive carbon payments to protect its forests – a visit to a community forest management project shows conservation finance in action