BRAINFOREST on a mission in Mitzic

As part of the actions aimed at strengthening the capacities of Gabon's civil society to better understand, organize, participate, and interact with the negotiation of the FLEGT VPA, Olivier MEYE OBIANG (project manager), Richelieu ZUE OBAME (Coordinator of the BRAINFOREST forest governance program), and Anais MBENG (Communication Officer) from BRAINFOREST met upon their arrival with the administrative authorities and the associations of MITZIC and SAM (Woleu Ntem) to discuss the reasons for their visit.

The objective of this field mission is to:

• Raise awareness about the FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade) process and the OIF (Independent Forest Observation);
• Identify investigators to lead the monitoring cells;
• Identify trainers for the investigators.