Overview

The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) is providing over $200,000 to fund forestry experts to work with partners from Gabon government agencies and academic institutions to support national forest inventory, including forest carbon monitoring. These efforts support the implementation of Gabon's Green Development Strategy, which promotes low emissions development. USFS is also working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop a cadre of forest and wildlife management experts across the sub-region through a multi-year training initiative targeting mid-career professionals from government, the private sector, and non-governmental organizations. Gabon is a partner country in the United States' Enhancing Capacity for Low Emission Development Strategies (EC-LEDS) program, a whole-of-government program that supports partner countries' efforts to pursue low-emission, climate-resilient economic development.