Libreville, Gabon, Oct 26, 2026 (AFP) - Botanists comb Gabon's rich rainforests with nature on the line

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2026-10-26

Each year, Gabon's lush rainforests yield the discovery of previously unknown plant species to botanists like Archange Boupoya -- who believes that this exceptional yet largely mysterious natural wealth needs cataloguing to save. "We cannot preserve that which we do not understand," said Boupoya, the director of the Sibang botanical garden, a sliver of tropical forest in the heart of the capital Libreville, brimming with orchids snaking up metal......

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