Podcast 052 with special guest - Minister Lee White CBE | Gabon  | Minister of Water, Forests, the Sea, and Environment, charged with Climate Change , SDGs and Land-use Planning

00:59 Intro to Minister White and background story: setting up parks with the president Omar Bongo Ondimba - turning point towards sustainable forestry 
06:09 Payment by Norway - the way it all works and how Gabon is doing it 
22:08 Can the system be replicated elsewhere on the continent? The mechanism to save the Congo basin
29:40 The protection by law won’t help, because it is dying from climate change. 
38:28 When does climate change start? When do the polluters become liable?

Article: Gabon is first African country paid to protect its rainforest
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-57567829 

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ATC 052 - Minister Lee White CBE | Gabon | First African Country Paid To Protect Its Rainforest

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ATC 052 - Minister Lee White CBE | Gabon | First African Country Paid To Protect Its Rainforest

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