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Gabon

Central African tropical forest country with important commercial timber species and conservation value.

Region Africa
ISO GA · GAB
Capital Libreville
Forest profile Dense tropical rainforest
Country Overview

Country at a glance

700+ estimated species context
155 wood species
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Forest Resource

Forests and woodland

Extensive equatorial rainforest supports exceptional biodiversity and a large commercial timber resource. The forest estate includes production concessions, protected areas and community forests.

Management

Forest management

Forest concessions increasingly operate under management plans that regulate harvest cycles, species selection and regeneration. Certification and traceability are important components of the export timber sector.

Industry

Forestry and wood products

Gabon produces sawn timber, veneer, plywood and value-added wood products. Domestic processing has expanded as the country seeks to retain more value from its forest resource.

Wood Species

Linked wood species

Wood species currently associated with this country in The Wood Explorer.

Entandrophragma cylindricum Trade Name Sapele

Entandrophragma cylindricum Trade Name Sapele
Meliaceae · captured
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Abaku-nini Omphalocarpum elatum Abale Blighia sapida Abam Chrysophyllum africanum Abam Gambeya lacourtiana Abem Berlinia bracteosa Abeum a grandes feuilles Gilbertiodendron dewevrei Abo-ako Homalium letestui Abokpo Diospyros crassiflora Abotoasebie Pentadesma butyracea Abrahassa Ochthocosmus africanus Abura Mitragyna ciliata Abwe Daniella thurifera Adjouaba Dacryodes buettneri Adjouaba Dacryodes le testui Adu Garcinia kola Adzum Dacryodes igaganga Afina Strombosia glaucescens Afina Strombosia pustulata Afina Strombosia scheffleri Aforwa Microdesmis puberula African celtis Celtis adolfi-friderici African corkwood Musanga cecropioides African ebony Diospyros kamerunensis African homalium Homalium dolicophyllum African mahogany Khaya anthotheca African mahogany Khaya ivorensis African mahogany Khaya senegalensis African nut tree Ricinodendron heudolottii African padauk Pterocarpus soyauxii African satinwood Zanthoxylum gillettii African walnut Lovoa klaineana African walnut Lovoa trichiliodes African walnut Coula edulis African yellow wood Enantia chlorantha African zebrawood Microberlinia bisulcata Africian canarium Canarium schweinfurthii