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Gabon's battle against poachers to save wildlife

28/08/2019 GMT

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Stephen Sackur speaks to Lee White, newly appointed Environment Minister in Gabon.

Stephen Sackur speaks to Lee White, newly appointed Environment Minister in the West African state of Gabon. Can he find a sustainable balance between the needs of man and nature?

Our planet is hemorrhaging natural resources at an alarming rate. Biodiversity is under threat as forests are felled and wild animals illegally hunted. Stephen Sackur speaks to Lee White, newly appointed Environment Minister in the West African state of Gabon. He is on the frontline of the effort to conserve and protect what remains, in a country famed for its tropical forests, its elephants and gorillas, but also notorious for systemic corruption and inequality. Can Gabon find a sustainable balance between the needs of man and nature?

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