Gabon

Gabon is located in Central Africa, at the Equator on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Terrain includes plains and savanna. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rangeland. Gabon has high biodiversity rarity of terrestrial land vertebrates at a global scale. When analysed as single taxons, the rarity of amphibians, birds, mammals and reptiles is also high. The rarity of marine fish and mammals is also high. Challenges to biodiversity include deforestation; solid waste pollution; water pollution from the oil industry; and wildlife poaching.