• Gabon

Other indicators for legal timber trade of Gabon

Third party certification

In 2019, Gabon's President announced that all logging concessions must be certified by 2022. Any concessionaire not engaged in a certification process by that date could lose its logging rights.

Private sustainable management certification

  • FSC: 2,062,190 ha
  • PAFC (PEFC): 596,822 ha

Private legality+ certification

  • FSC CW/FM: 235,593 ha
  • OLB (BV): 0 ha
  • LS (Nepcon): 321,428 ha
  • TLV (CU): 431,528 ha

On October 26 and 27, 2020, the PAFC BC forest certification standard was validated, see article ATIBT.