Gabon's Minister of Forests and Environment - Lee White
Can Gabon find a sustainable balance between the needs of man and nature? Stephen Sackur speaks to Lee White, Environment Minister in the West African state of Gabon.
Our planet is haemorrhaging natural resources at an alarming rate. Biodiversity is under threat as forests are felled, wild animals illegally hunted. Stephen Sackur speaks to Lee White, newly appointed Environment Minister in the West African state of Gabon. He is on the front line of the effort to conserve and protect what remains, in a country famed for its tropical forests, its elephants and gorillas, but also notorious for systemic corruption and inequality. Can Gabon find a sustainable balance between the needs of man and nature?
Last on
Broadcasts
- Wed 28 Aug 2019 02:06GMT主播大秀 World Service Online, Europe and the Middle East & West and Central Africa only
- Wed 28 Aug 2019 03:06GMT主播大秀 World Service UK DAB/Freeview
- Wed 28 Aug 2019 05:06GMT主播大秀 World Service Australasia, Americas and the Caribbean & South Asia only
- Wed 28 Aug 2019 06:06GMT主播大秀 World Service East and Southern Africa & East Asia only
- Wed 28 Aug 2019 13:06GMT主播大秀 World Service Australasia
- Wed 28 Aug 2019 14:06GMT主播大秀 World Service except Australasia
- Wed 28 Aug 2019 17:06GMT主播大秀 World Service South Asia
- Wed 28 Aug 2019 19:06GMT主播大秀 World Service except East and Southern Africa, South Asia & West and Central Africa
Podcast
-
![]()
HARDtalk
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
