FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Prime Minister Hon. James Marape arrived today (February 28, 2023) in Libreville, capital of Gabon in West Africa, to attend the two-day ‘One Forest Summit’ in Libreville.
He was warmly welcomed to Gabon by Prime Minister Hon. Alain-Claude Bilie By Nze upon arrival in capital Libreville at 4.30pm PNG Time today (7.30am Gabon time).
At the Summit, PM Marape will deliver a Country Statement and hold bilateral discussions with the Presidents of the Republics of Gabon and France and other leaders on how to protect and preserve the rainforests of the world in a sustainable manner.
In fact, immediately after arriving in Libreville, PM Marape went straight into a bilateral meeting with Gabon President, H.E. Ali Bongo Ondimba, in which fruitful discussions were held on preserving the rainforests of the world in a sustainable manner.
It will be a useful summit for action, for the large-scale implementation of certain decisions that are vital for the future of our planet.
The Libreville meeting, on 1 and 2 March 2023, aims to lead to new commitments and concrete initiatives concerning the advancement of knowledge and the promotion of scientific cooperation on forest ecosystems, the promotion of sustainable value chains in the forest sector, the development of innovative sources of financing, notably by exploring market-based solutions for biodiversity conservation.
The One Forest Summit also expects to promote solidarity between the world’s three major tropical forest basins, the Congo Basin, the Amazon Forest and the forests of South East Asia including PNG.
******