Gabonese Foreign Minister Michael Moussa Adamo poses for a picture during a Reuters interview at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali, Rwanda June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Ayenat Mersie 

Gabonese Foreign Minister Michael Moussa Adamo poses for a picture during a Reuters interview at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali, Rwanda June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Ayenat Mersie 

Eco-guide in the Pongara National Park, Ghislain Bouassa, shows a propagule - a mangrove seed, in Pongara National Park, Gabon, October 15, 2021. Picture taken October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Alessandra Prentice 

Eco-guide in the Pongara National Park, Ghislain Bouassa, looks through leaves to find propagules - mangrove seeds, in Pongara National Park, Gabon, October 15, 2021. Picture taken October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Alessandra Prentice 

An aerial view shows a mangrove field that has been cleared to make space for new constructions, in the Mindoube 1 neighborhood, in Libreville, Gabon October 17, 2021. Picture taken October 17, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

An aerial view shows a mangrove field that has been cleared to make space for new constructions, in the Mindoube 1 neighborhood, in Libreville, Gabon October 17, 2021. Picture taken October 17, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

An aerial view shows mangrove field that has been cleared to make space for new constructions, in the Mindoube 1 neighborhood, in Libreville, Gabon October 17, 2021. Picture taken October 17, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Elephants are seen on the edge of the forest at Pongara National Park, near Libreville, Gabon, October 16, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Elephants seen through thick vegetation in forest at Pongara National Park, near Libreville, Gabon, October 16, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Elephants are seen through thick vegetation in forest at Pongara National Park, near Libreville, Gabon, October 16, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Elephants are seen through thick vegetation in forest at Pongara National Park, near Libreville , Gabon, October 16, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Elephants are seen on the edge of the forest at Pongara National Park, near Libreville, Gabon, October 16, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Gabon's Minister of Forests, Oceans, Environment and Climate Change, Lee White, eats fruit picked up in a forest in the Pongara National Park, Gabon, October 16, 2021. Picture taken October 16, 2021. REUTERS/Chistophe Van Der Perre 

Gabon's Minister of Forests, Oceans, Environment and Climate Change, Lee White, stands in a forest in the Pongara National Park, Gabon, October 16, 2021. Picture taken October 16, 2021. REUTERS/Chistophe Van Der Perre 

Eco-guide in the Pongara National Park, Ghislain Bouassa, sits on the trunk of a mangrove tree, in Pongara National Park, Gabon, October 15, 2021. Picture taken October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Alessandra Prentice 

An aerial view shows mangrove trees, in Pongara National Park, Gabon, October 15, 2021. Picture taken October 15, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Mangrove trees and their roots are pictured in Pongara National Park, Gabon, October 15, 2021. Picture taken October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

An aerial view shows a logging road going through the rainforest in Nyanga province, Gabon, October 14, 2021. Picture taken October 14, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Chistophe Van Der Perre 

Log workers write up information on a stump moments after cutting an eveuss tree in a rainforest, in Nyanga province, Gabon, October 14, 2021. Picture taken October 14, 2021. REUTERS/Alessandra Prentice 

Lumberjack Rodrigue Mboumba's face is freckled with sawdust after a fall of an eveuss tree in the rainforest, in Nyanga province, Gabon, October 14, 2021. Picture taken October 14, 2021. REUTERS/Chistophe Van Der Perre 

Lumberjack Rodrigue Mboumba slices through eveuss tree trunk with a chainsaw in Nyanga province, Gabon, October 14, 2021. Picture taken October 14, 2021. REUTERS/Chistophe Van Der Perre 

Lumberjack Rodrigue Mboumba slices through eveuss tree trunk with a chainsaw in Nyanga province, Gabon, October 14, 2021. Picture taken October 14, 2021. REUTERS/Chistophe Van Der Perre 

Workers check the quality of plywood made in Gabon's Special Economic Zone in Nkok, Gabon, October 12, 2021. Picture taken October 12, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Workers check quality of plywood made in Gabon's Special Economic Zone, in Nkok, Gabon, October 12, 2021. Picture taken October 12, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Aerial view of stock bulldozer picking up a log in Gabon's Special Economic Zone Log Park, in Nkok, Gabon, October 12, 2021. Picture taken October 12, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Stock bulldozer moves a log in Gabon's Special Economic Zone log park, in Nkok, Gabon, October 12, 2021. Picture taken October 12, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Aerial view of stock bulldozer placing log on truck lorry in Gabon's Special Economic Zone log park, in Nkok, Gabon, October 12, 2021. Picture taken October 12, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Aerial view of logs piled on top of each other at Gabon's Special Economic Zone log park, in Nkok, Gabon, October 12, 2021. Picture taken October 12, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

A truck transports logs to Gabon's Special Economic Zone, in Nkok, Gabon, October 12, 2021. Picture taken October 12, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

A worker at Gorilla In and Out Furniture set up in Gabon's Special Economic Zone assembles a wooden desk, in Nkok, Gabon, October 12, 2021. Picture taken October 12, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

A worker at Gorilla In and Out Furniture set up in Gabon's Special Economic Zone assembles a wooden chair in a warehouse full of finished furniture, in Nkok, Gabon, October 12, 2021. Picture taken October 12, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

An aerial view of Pongara National Park, near Libreville, Gabon October 11, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Aerial view of Gabonese rainforest, in Arboretum Raponda Walker, Gabon, October 11, 2021. Picture taken October 11, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre 

Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba arrives for a group picture at the BRICS summit meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 27, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings 

Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba (L) speaks with Cameroon's President Paul Biya on the "Mirage" boat which carries heads of state and governments prior to arriving at the One Planet Summit in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, France December 12, 2017. REUTERS/Ludovic Marin/Pool 

Members of Art Corps, a Gabonese dance band, perform during the Francophone Games at the culture palace in Abidjan, Ivory Coast July 23, 2017. REUTERS/Luc Gnago 

The headquarters of Total’s Gabon operations in Libreville, Gabon March 22, 2017. Picture taken March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Gerauds Wilfried Obangome 

Visitors walk along a beach in Libreville, Gabon, February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings 

Visitors walk along a beach in Libreville, Gabon, February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings 

A woman sells dried fish fish at a market in Libreville, Gabon, February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings 

An OiLibya petrol station is seen in front of an outlet of French retail group Geant in Libreville, Gabon February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings 

A woman buys vegetables at a market in Libreville, Gabon, February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings 

Visitors walk along a beach in Libreville, Gabon, February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings 

A man sells fish at a market in Libreville, Gabon, February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings 

Cars drive past a billboard for telecommunications company Gabon Telecom in Libreville, Gabon, February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings 

A man walks past a billboard for telecommunications company Gabon Telecom in Libreville, Gabon, February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings 

An outlet of French retail group Geant is seen in Libreville, Gabon, February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings 

An outlet of French retail group Geant is seen in Libreville, Gabon, February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings 

An outlet of French retail group Geant is seen in Libreville, Gabon, February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings 

A Total petrol station is seen in Libreville, Gabon, February 2, 2017. Picture taken February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings 

A Total petrol station is seen in Libreville, Gabon, February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings 

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