Gabon’s Director General of Forests was arrested on 12 September 2023. Ghislain Moussavou’s arrest comes a few days after his meeting with the President of the Transitional Council for the Restoration of Institutions (CTRI). General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema had summoned the senior official from the Ministry of Water and Forests to return potentially embezzled funds within 48 hours.
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One Forest Summit: forest preservation at the heart of climate issues
At COP 27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, French President Emmanuel Macron and Gabonese President Ali Bongo announced that a One Forest Summit would be held in Libreville, Gabon, on 1-2 March 2023. This summit will be an opportunity to advance and renew the Nations’ commitments to the conservation and sustainable management of forests, which are essential to addressing interrelated global challenges, foremost among them climate change and biodiversity loss.