Al Jazeera documents a tribe using the Internet to tackle the logging mafias
‘Green Nobel’ winner fights to protect Africa’s rainforests
The majestic Kongou Falls, has some of the most spectacular cataracts in Africa, which are located in the heart of Gabon’s Ivindo National Park. The 3,000-square-kilometer park is one of the most significant African sites for biodiversity conservation, sheltering a rich variety of wildlife and vegetation species. It is this scenic beauty and environmental importance of Gabon’s vast rainforests that first prompted Gabonese activist and renowned environmentalist Marc Ona Essangui to campaign for the protection and preservation of the Congo Basin rainforest.
