Authorities in Gabon have launched an operation in search of weapons and game belonging to potential poachers.
The operation is a response to reports of increased poaching activity in some areas.
The anti-poaching unit was formed two years ago and results from a partnership partnership between Gabon’s ministry for Water and Forests, a Belgian NGO called Conservation Justice and a Swiss-Gabonese sustainable forestry firm, Precious Woods CEB.
“We’ve observed strong poaching activities in these areas so we had to be present on the ground to regulate these activities”, said brigade leader Jerry Ibala Mayombo.
Forests cover 88% of the surface of this small central African nation that has made the protection of biodiversity a priority.
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