Gabon convenes stakeholders for national biodiversity strategy validation
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In Libreville on July 20, 2026, national and international environmental stakeholders began validating Gabon's National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan SPANB. This document will guide national policy for natural heritage preservation, aligning with the National Growth and Development Plan PNCD 2026-2030. Maurice Ntossui Allogo, Minister of Water and Forests, Environment, Climate, responsible for Human-Wildlife Conflict, chaired the opening of the national validation workshop. The event, supported by the Seed Fund and the World Wide Fund for Nature WWF, gathered representatives from the United Nations system, development partners, sectoral ministries, the private sector, and civil society organizations. Minister Allogo emphasized that the document, resulting from months of consultation, requires collective validation to reflect the PNCD's coherence with natural capital preservation. He stated that discussions should be guided by coherence, inclusion, and operationalization, with participant contributions improving the document for national appropriation. Once validated, it will serve as a roadmap for a Gabon where biodiversity conservation and economic and social development are mutually reinforcing, promoting green, inclusive, and sustainable growth. Tsayi Mouvagha, project coordinator, noted the strategy's participatory development, involving public administrations, local authorities, technical and financial partners, civil society organizations, local communities, ind
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