Gabon is a natural paradise: 80 percent of the country is primeval forest. So far, the country has made a living from oil, but now Environment Minister Lee White wants to make Gabon a green model country. Gabon wants to develop the rainforest economically without destroying it. On the contrary – the felling should protect nature and the climate and make Gabon independent of the petroleum industry.
The Swiss company Precious Woods, which specializes in the sustainable management of tropical forests, is playing a pioneering role. With hundreds of employees, the company manages vast forests that are home to the last forest elephants and gorillas on earth.
“NZZ Format” gets to the bottom of the question of whether deforestation and nature conservation really go together. Because critics say that every felled tree is one too many.