Gabon rewards

Gabon’s Ivindo National Park has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in recognition of the nation’s success in defending biodiversity and challenging climate change. Ivindo National Park is located in the centre of the African country and covers an area of 3,000 square kilometres. It’s home to a high concentration of forest elephants, gorillas, chimpanzees, leopards and three species of pangolin. Forest spans more than 88 per cent of Gabon’s territory and deforestation rates have been consistently low (less than 0.08 per cent) since 1990. It recently became the first country in Africa to receive results-based payments for reduced carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.