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5.7. This general objective gives rise to the following specific objectives:
(1) To increase knowledge of the diverse resources of the forestry sector, particularly those which can be exploited, taking into account: (...); and (iii) plant and animal biodiversity. (...) The issuance of logging permits, carried out through a tendering process, will thus be based on the knowledge and value of the forest's resources. This economic value is added to the forest's value as a carbon sink, which is ensured by widespread sustainable management of forests and protected areas.
To combat illegal forest practices in order to protect forestry resources and ensure unhindered access of Gabonese wood to the European Union (EU) and other international markets.
(...) 4) To strengthen the capacity of stakeholders in the forestry and wood industry by supporting the private sector through: (i) upgrading the wood processing industry from the current 20% to 30% recovery rate for felled timber to a minimum recovery rate of 80%. This involves making full use of logging waste (forest slash, wood processing waste); (...)
(6) To update the Forestry Code in collaboration with the various partners concerned, by developing a legal framework for all the measures which will be taken in the various sectors (water, forest, wood, wildlife, and protected areas) with a view to promoting sustainable management and adapting the tax system to the current economic context by taking into account NTFPs.

5.29. 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). It focuses on the local processing of Gabon's natural resources into semi finished or finished products. (...)

5.31. There are also plans to redraw Gabon's economic map with the creation of 10 economic hubs, including three extractive industry hubs: (...); and four Green Gabon hubs: Oyem, Mouila Ndendé, Mayumba, Lastourville Koulamoutou; (...)

5.34. (...), fishing and aquaculture policy will revolve around the following measures:
• the implementation of a sustainable management framework for fishery resources;
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• the fight against marine overfishing and illegal and unregulated fishing.

5.35. To ensure sustainable management of the exceptional submarine biodiversity of the Gabonese coastline, the Government has established the Blue Gabon Project, which is a participatory framework aimed at preserving this ecosystem by putting into place a system of rational management and exploitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and the continental shelf.

5.36. With a view to the strategic management of Gabon's fishery resources, the National Fishing and Aquaculture Authority, which is in the process of being set up, will implement the Government's policy on sustainable management of fishing and aquaculture.

5.39. (...). Fishing south of Cape Lopez is governed by strict regulations banning fishing in protected areas.

5.42. The clearly established goal is to achieve, by 2020, a fourfold reduction in Gabon's food imports, to re establish the country's self sufficiency as regards food, fishery, and livestock products, and to make Gabon a net exporter of agro-industrial products, all while complying with the principles of integrated farming and sustainable development.

5.44. The clear objective is to halve Gabon's food imports by 2025, restore self sufficiency in food products , fish and livestock products and become a net exporter of agro-industrial products , while respecting the principles of sustainable agriculture and sustainable development.

5.48. Specifically, Gabon aims to:
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• Industrial export agriculture: (...) On 2 May 2019, Olam Palm Gabon (OPG) announced that its Lot 3 oil palm plantation at Moutassou in Ngounié province had been awarded Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification. (...)
• Operational strengthening of the agricultural sector: (...) • More recently, Law No. 040/2018 of 28 December 2018 establishes rational management and use of plant protection products and lays down a related legal framework. AGASA grants administrative authorizations to producers, sellers and distributors of plant protection products in the country. It is also responsible for drawing up the national list of approved plant protection products, carrying out risk assessments and publishing guides to good practice in agricultural production. Otherwise, pesticides and hazardous chemicals listed in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention, together with most of the persistent organic pollutants in Annex A to the Stockholm Convention, remain banned from import for agricultural purposes. (...)