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Gabon ranks second in the world in terms of the percentage of national territory allocated forconservation. Nearly 11% of Gabon's territory, or an area of 29,400 km2, is reserved for 13 national parks.

Gabon ranks ninth in the Environmental Performance Index for Africa.

Through a participatory process, Gabon has sought to increase its environmental protection efforts and include the issue of climate change in the implementation of its social project

Thus, in December 2011, a National Climate Plan was adopted and presented at the 17th Conference of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 17), held in Durban, South Africa.

The objective of this Climate Plan is to reconcile environmental protection with sustainable economic development.

Gabon's pioneering and responsible stance on the crucial 21st century challenge of fighting climate change bears witness to the commitment of a country which has already distinguished itself through its contribution to the global  environmental  protection endeavour.

The underlying vision of the Future with Confidence social project, on the basis of which the current president was elected, rests on three concepts: i) industrial Gabon, focused on local processing of forest and mining resources ; ii) service-centred Gabon, focused on the development of high value-added services; and iii) Green Gabon, focused on the development of environmental and agricultural resources.

1.23. 2012 saw the official launch of Gabon's strategic development plan, Gabon Émergent (Emerging Gabon). The plan sets out the development ambitions for transforming Gabon into an emerging economy by 2025. In view of the depletion of the country's mining and oil resources, the strategic plan aims to diversify the country's production base while promoting sustainable development. The pillars of the strategy are the development of agricultural resources, industrial activities and services.

2.9. In 2012, the Government officially launched its national development strategy in the form of the "Emerging Gabon" strategic plan. The aim is to achieve inclusive growth which is strong, sustainable and diversified by unlocking the country's potential in the areas of energy, mining, forestry, tourism, agriculture and agro-industry. To this end, the authorities intend to reconcile economic diversification with sustainable development by: improving the business climate for private sector development; strengthening infrastructure to support growth centres outside the oil subsector; and ensuring the conservation of natural resources.

Gabon adopted a national industrialization strategy on 28 April 2013, as an outcome of the first National Industry Forum. The goal of this strategy is to ensure Gabon's transition from being a simple oil-exporting economy to being a diversified and sustainable economy focused both on the mining and metallurgical sectors and on Gabon as an environmentally friendly country ( Green Gabon) ( forestry , agriculture, fishing , aquaculture, and agro-industry). The strategy essentially targets local processing of Gabonese natural resources and the creation of 325,000 jobs, two thirds of which are skilled posts.