AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoGabon–EU Fisheries: Gabon has ended its 19-year Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement with the European Union, saying the deal no longer serves its economic interests; the latest 2021–2026 protocol covered EU purse seiners and other tuna and crustacean fishing, after government moves to renegotiate and then formally end the agreement on June 29, 2026. Congo Basin Research: A new Science Panel for the Congo Basin is pushing to close major knowledge gaps, aiming to train 1,000 PhDs over the next decade to better protect the forest that stores vast carbon and supports biodiversity—while warning it faces slash-and-burn, logging, mining and charcoal demand. Water Security Mapping: A pan-African effort is mapping groundwater to help communities manage drought and extreme rainfall swings, using science-based maps to identify where water can be pumped safely. Gabon Mining Watch: Millennial Potash reports strong Banio Potash drilling results, including 220 meters of potash-bearing rock with thick, high-grade carnallitite seams, supporting plans to upgrade the project’s resource model. Climate Science Debate (Gabon link): Caltech researchers challenge earlier interpretations of ancient rock signals from drill cores, including from Gabon’s Francevillian Basin, raising new questions about past global environmental change.
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