Aware of the importance of forests in the fight against the danger of global warming, the Gabonese government decided to lend a hand to the international community. In Gabon, the forest covers 88% of the territory. And to take advantage of it, the Gabonese government settled a Congo basin satellite image capture.

“There were pictures, but this area is particular in the way that tere are too much cloud covering the sky, said Tanguy Gahouma, Gabonese Council of climate. “So, in order to have enough images and be able to use them by drawing maps to follow the evolution of these covered forests, we needed updated images, and there was an excessive lack of images.” Added the counselor.
To solve this problem, Gabon has therefore implemented the Gabonese agency studies and space observations, AGEOS, and first results are expected by early 2015.