AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoIboga Protection: Gabon’s sacred iboga plant is drawing growing interest from US drug companies seeking to develop ibogaine for addiction treatment. Practitioners warn that iboga is part of Bwiti tradition, as international demand raises concerns about protecting the plant and local control. Forest Fires: New analysis points to rising fire activity across Africa’s tropical forests, including the Congo Basin. Fires threaten forests and peatlands that store vast amounts of carbon. Mining Pressure: WWF’s Congo Basin director says mining has no place in protected areas, even as extractive projects and wildlife declines put conservation at risk. Forest Finance: WWF is urging a shift from scattered projects to coordinated investment across whole landscapes. Only about 4% of forest finance for the world’s major tropical basins reached the Congo Basin in 2017–21.
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