Libreville/Yaounde, 25 January 2020 (ECA) – In collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has kick-started a process to enable Gabon reap unprecedented development gains from its rich rain forests and other natural resources. This, through the sustainable transformation of, and a methodical audit of such endowments.
Experts of ECA's Office for Central Africa and advisors in the Gabonese Ministry of Water, Forests, the Sea and Environment, on Friday rounded-off a two day online meeting to fully explicate the stakes of a US$1million two-year project in this regard, funded by the Joint SDG Fund (JSDGF), to involved parties from several other ministries, the private sector, development organisations and conservation NGOs.