Climate Changed

An African Forest Is on Front-line in Fighting Climate Change

  • Gabon’s forest preservation deal with Norway helps trap carbon
  • U.K.-born environment minister champions Gabon’s forestry plan
Forest elephants in the Ivindo national park, near Makokou.

Photographer: Amaury Hauchard/AFP

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When Lee White first visited the central African nation of Gabon, he believed he’d found paradise.